Jahfarr Wilnis
Jahfarr Wilnis | |
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| Born | February 26, 1986 Utrecht, Netherlands |
| Occupation | Kickboxer |
| Years active | 2010–present |
| Known for | 2015 Kunlun Fight Super Heavyweight Tournament champion, Enfusion Heavyweight World Champion |
Jahfarr Wilnis (born 26 February 1986) is a Dutch-Surinamese kickboxer who competes in the heavyweight category within Glory. He claimed victory in the 2015 Kunlun Fight Super Heavyweight Tournament and previously held the title of Enfusion Heavyweight World Champion.
Between July 2015 and December 2017, Combat Press consistently placed him among the top ten heavyweights worldwide.
Early career
On 21 March 2010, Wilnis faced Jairzinho Rozenstruik at the K-1 World MAX 2010 West Europe Tournament, resulting in a decision draw. His subsequent three bouts yielded varied outcomes: he suffered a stoppage defeat to Mitchell de Ligny on 16 May 2010, secured a decision victory over Rowan Tol on 29 August 2010, and experienced a decision loss to Brian Douwes on 16 October 2011.
Wilnis earned a decision win against Marco Vlieger at Battle Arena (K-1) on 4 February 2012, followed by another decision triumph over Antonis Tzoros at The Battle 3 held on 9 June 2012. Shortly thereafter, he achieved a third-round knockout of Sam Tevette at It's Showtime 57&58.
Glory
Wilnis made his Glory debut facing Jamal Ben Saddik at Glory 2: Brussels on 6 October 2012, claiming victory through unanimous decision. He then recorded two stoppage wins against Oguz Ovguer at Glory 6: Istanbul and Brice Guidon at Glory 10: Los Angeles before being defeated by Tomáš Hron at FFC08 on 25 October 2013.
During Kunlun Fight 21 on 17 March 2015, Wilnis overcame Roman Kryklia by decision after an extra round in the Super Heavyweight tournament quarterfinals. On 7 June 2015, at Kunlun Fight 26, he knocked out Asihati in the second round and later secured the tournament championship by winning an extra round decision against former It's Showtime World Heavyweight champion Hesdy Gerges in the finals. Wilnis extended his winning streak with a unanimous decision over Valentin Slavikovski at Kunlun Fight 29 on 18 August 2015.
Upon returning to Glory, Wilnis participated in the 2015 Heavyweight Contender tournament. He defeated Ben Edwards via second-round TKO at Glory 24: Denver but narrowly lost to Benjamin Adegbuyi by split decision in the final. Subsequently, he captured the Enfusion Heavyweight World Championship by defeating Ismael Lazaar by unanimous decision at Enfusion Live 37 on 27 February 2016.
In the following year’s Glory Heavyweight Contender tournament, Wilnis bested Kirill Kornilov at Glory 29: Copenhagen but was edged out by Ismael Londt through a split decision in the final. Later that year, during Glory 35: Nice, Mladen Brestovac stopped him in the semifinals. Wilnis then lost his inaugural Enfusion title defense to Luis Tavares by unanimous decision at Enfusion 53 on 30 September 2017.
On 12 May 2018 at Glory 53: Lille, Wilnis avenged his earlier win over Jamal Ben Saddik with another unanimous decision victory. At Glory 62: Rotterdam, he won his quarterfinal bout against Tomáš Možný but was knocked out by Benjamin Adegbuyi in the semifinals. In July 2019 at Glory 67: Orlando, he fell to D'Angelo Marshall via unanimous decision and later that year was defeated by Antonio Plazibat by split decision at Glory Collision 2.
After taking a break from competition, Wilnis returned with a third-round knockout of Georgil Fibic at Yangames Fight Night 8 on 27 August 2020. Following another period away from the ring, he earned a unanimous decision win over Michał Bławdziewicz at Glory 82 on 19 November 2022.
Most recently, Wilnis competed in the semifinals of a four-man heavyweight tournament at Glory 85 on 29 April 2023 but was stopped by Tariq Osaro via second-round TKO.
Championships and achievements
- Kunlun Fight
- Champion of the 2015 Kunlun Fight Super Heavyweight Tournament
- Enfusion
- Holder of the 2016 Enfusion Heavyweight World Championship
- Glory
- Runner-up in the 2015 Glory Heavyweight Contender Tournament
- Runner-up in the 2016 Glory Heavyweight Contender Tournament
Kickboxing record
|- |- style="background:#fbb;" | 2024-12-07 || Defeat ||align=left| Bruno Chaves || Senshi 24 || Varna, Bulgaria || Unanimous Decision || 3 || 3:00 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 2023-04-29 || Defeat ||align=left| Tariq Osaro || Glory 85 || Rotterdam, Netherlands || TKO (Punches) || 2 || 1:26 |- |- style="background:#cfc;" || 2022-11-19 || Victory ||align=left| Michał Bławdziewicz || Glory 82 || Bonn, Germany || Unanimous Decision || 3 || 3:00 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 2020-08-27 || Victory ||align=left| Georgil Fibic || Yangames Fight Night 8 || Prague, Czech Republic || KO (Jumping knee and right hook) || 3 || |- |- style="background:#fbb;" | 2019-12-21|| Defeat ||align=left| Antonio Plazibat || Glory Collision 2 || Arnhem, Netherlands || Split Decision || 3 || 3:00 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 2019-07-05 || Defeat ||align=left| D'Angelo Marshall || Glory 67: Orlando || Orlando, USA || Unanimous Decision || 3 || 3:00 |- |- style="background:#fbb;" | 2018-12-08 || Defeat ||align=left| Benjamin Adegbuyi || Glory 62: Rotterdam, Semi Finals || Rotterdam, Netherlands|| KO (Left head kick) || 3 || 2:39 |- |- style="background:#cfc;" | 2018-12-08 || Victory||align=left| Tomáš Možný|| Glory 62: Rotterdam, Quarter Finals|| Rotterdam, Netherlands|| Unanimous Decision||3||3:00 |- |- style="background:#fbb;" | 2018-09-14|| Defeat||align=left| Benjamin Adegbuyi||Glory 58: Chicago|| Chicago, USA|| Unanimous Decision||3||3:00 |- |- style="background:#cfc;" |2018-05-12|| Victory||align=left| Jamal Ben Saddik||Glory 53: Lille|| Lille, France|| Unanimous Decision||3||3:00 |- |- style="background:#fbb;" |2017-09-30|| Defeat||align=left| Luis Tavares||Enfusion Live 53|| Antwerp, Belgium|| Unanimous Decision||5||3:00 |- ! style=background:white colspan=9 |Lost the Enfusion Heavyweight World Championship. |- style="background:#fbb;" |2016-11-05|| Defeat||align=left| Mladen Brestovac||Glory 35: Nice, Semi Finals|| Nice, France|| TKO (Left high kick)||1||2:06 |- style="background:#fbb;" |2016-04-16|| Defeat||align=left| Ismael Londt||Glory 29: Copenhagen, Final|| Copenhagen, Denmark|| Split Decision||3||3:00 |- ! style=background:white colspan=9 |Competed for the Glory Heavyweight Contender Tournament title. |- style="background:#cfc;" |2016-04-16|| Victory||align=left| Kirill Kornilov||Glory 29: Copenhagen, Semi Finals|| Copenhagen, Denmark|| Unanimous Decision||3||3:00 |- style="background:#cfc;" |2016-02-27|| Victory||align=left| Ismael Lazaar||Enfusion Live 37|| Eindhoven, Netherlands|| Unanimous Decision||5||3:00 |- ! style=background:white colspan=9 |Claimed the Enfusion Heavyweight World Championship. |- style="background:#fbb;" |2016-01-09|| Defeat||align=left| Roman Kryklia||Kunlun Fight 36|| Shanghai, China|| Decision||3||3:00 |- style="background:#fbb;" |2015-10-09|| Defeat||align=left| Benjamin Adegbuyi||Glory 24: Denver, Final|| Denver, Colorado, USA|| Split Decision||3||3:00 |- ! style=background:white colspan=9 |Contended for the Glory Heavyweight Contender Tournament title. |- style="background:#cfc;" |2015-10-09||| Victory|||align=left | Ben Edwards|||Glory 24: Denver, Semi Finals|||Denver, Colorado, USA|||TKO (Low kicks)||2|||1:36 |- style="background:#cfc;" |2015-08-15||| Victory|||align=left | Valentin Slavikovski|||Kunlun Fight 29|||Sochi, Russia|||Unanimous Decision|||3|||3:00 |- style="background:#cfc;" |"2015-06-07" | Win | align=left | Hesdy Gerges | Kunlun Fight Super Heavyweight Tournament Final | Chongqing, China | Extension Round Unanimous Decision |4 |3:00 | |- ! style=background:white colspan=9 |Secured the Kunlun Fight Super Heavyweight Tournament title. |- style="background:#cfc;" |"2015-06-07" | Win | align=left | Asihati | Kunlun Fight Super Heavyweight Tournament Semi Finals | Chongqing, China | KO (Right straight punch) |2 |2:40 | |- style="background:#cfc;" |"2015-03-17" | Win | align=left | Roman Kryklia | Kunlun Fight Super Heavyweight Tournament Quarter Finals | Sanya, China | Extension Round Decision |4 |3:00 | |- style="background:#cfc;" |"2015-01-03" | Win | align=left | Alireza Karbasi | Kunlun Fight The World MAX Return Final16 | Nanjing, China | TKO (Retirement) |2 |0:35 | |- style="background:#fbb;" |"2014-03-08" | Loss | align=left | Mladen Brestovac | Glory14 Zagreb | Zagreb, Croatia | KO (Left high kick) |1 |1:19 | |- style="background:#fbb;" |"2013-10-25" | Loss | align=left | Tomáš Hron | FFC08 Zelg vs. Rodriguez | Zagreb, Croatia | Unanimous Decision |3 |3:00 | |- style="background:#cfc;" |"2013-09-28" | Win | align=left | Brice Guidon |"Glory10 Los Angeles" |"Ontario, California"| KO (Right hook) |"2"|0:38 | |- style="background:#cfc;" |"2013-04-06" |"Win" |"Oguz Ovguer"| "Glory6 Istanbul" |"Istanbul"| KO (Punches)|1|| |- style="background:#cfc;" |"2012-10-06"|Win |"Jamal Ben Saddik" |"Glory2 Brussels"|Brussels, Belgium |"Unanimous Decision" |"3"| "3:00"| |- style="background:#cfc;" |"2012-06-30"|Win |"Sam Tevette"|Music Hall & BFN Group present It's Showtime57&58 Brussels Belgium KO "3"| | |- style="background:#cfc;" |"2012–06–09"|Win |"Antonis Tzoros"|The Battle 3 Greece Decision "5" "2.00"| |-style="background:#cfc;" |"2012–02–04"|Win |"Marco Vlieger"|Battle Arena(K−1)|Zwevegem Belgium Decision "3" "3.00" | |-style="background:#fbb;" |"2011–10–16"|Loss |"Brian Douwes"|Top Team Gala Beverwijk Netherlands Decision "3" | |-style="background:#cfc;" |"2010–08–29"|Win |"Rowan Tol"|Slamm Fighting with the Stars Paramaribo Suriname KO "1" "2" | |-style="background:#fbb;" |"2010–05–16"|Loss |"Mitchell de Ligny"|Kickbox gala Amstelveen Netherlands TKO(Punches and knee) | | | | | | | | | | | | | ! 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See also
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- Glory kickboxers
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