Marco Piqué
Marco Piqué | |
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| Born | Marco Piqué January 9, 1980 Suriname |
| Other names | The Sniper |
| Occupation(s) | Kickboxer, Muay Thai fighter |
| Years active | 2003–present |
| Known for | World Full Contact Association Muay Thai middleweight champion, WMC intercontinental belt holder, K-1 MAX regional finalist |
Marco "The Sniper" Piqué (born January 9, 1980) is a Surinamese-Dutch athlete competing in the welterweight division of kickboxing. He represents Team Snipers based in The Hague, Netherlands. Piqué is the reigning World Full Contact Association Muay Thai middleweight champion, holds the WMC intercontinental belt, and has twice reached the finals in regional K-1 MAX tournaments.
Biography and career
Hailing originally from Suriname, Piqué has mainly fought within the Dutch circuit. His first significant achievement came in 2003 when he overcame Alviar Lima to secure the W.P.K.L. Dutch national Muay Thai crown. Following this, he added the W.F.C.A. Benelux and W.P.K.L. European titles to his accolades and contended for the I.K.K.C. world title against Jongsanan Fairtex in Las Vegas.
By 2006, Piqué was consistently matched against elite middleweight fighters such as Buakaw Por. Pramuk, Şahin Yakut, and Giorgio Petrosyan—the latter encounter occurring in the final of the Janus Fight tournament. While his outcomes that year were varied, 2007 marked a strong period with thirteen wins out of fifteen bouts, including notable victories over Chaid Oulad El Hadj and Petr Polak.
In 2008, Piqué made his K-1 MAX debut at the Dutch qualifier in Utrecht, advancing to the final after defeating the favored Joerie Mes but ultimately falling to Warren Stevelmans. That same year, he reached the semi-finals of another K-1 MAX event held in Sweden. Returning to competition in 2009, he again advanced to the final of the K-1 World MAX Europe tournament but was defeated by Leroy Kaestner. Additionally, he claimed both the W.M.C. intercontinental title and the W.F.C.A. world championship on home soil in Suriname that year.
Following these successes, Piqué faced several challenges: a decision loss to Issam Reghi at Time Fight 2 in France (2012), a retirement before round five against Raphaël Llodra during Best of Siam 3 (2013), and unanimous decision defeats by Suriya Prasathinpimai at Thailand vs. Europe 2013 and John Wayne Parr at the Boonchu Cup on Australia’s Gold Coast.
He rebounded with a points win over Dima Weimer at Day of Destruction 7 in Hamburg (2013) but then suffered a unanimous decision loss to Grégory Choplin as part of Lion Fight 14’s main event in Las Vegas (2014).
Titles
- 2010 Superfighters 8 Man Tournament Champion
- 2009 W.F.C.A. Muay Thai world champion -72.5 kg
- 2009 W.M.C. Muay Thai Intercontinental title -72.5 kg
- 2009 K-1 MAX Europe tournament runner-up -70 kg
- 2008 K-1 MAX Netherlands tournament runner-up -70 kg
- 2007 Kings of Kickboxing Pforzheim preliminary tournament winner -75 kg
- 2007 Rayong-Dreamfights GP Part II tournament victor -73 kg
- 2005 W.P.K.L. Dutch Muay Thai champion -76 kg
- 2005 W.P.K.L. European Muay Thai champion -76 kg
- 2004 W.F.C.A. Benelux Muay Thai champion
- 2003 W.P.K.L. Dutch Muay Thai champion -72.5 kg
Kickboxing
|- |- bgcolor="#CCFFCC" | 2017-05-13 || Win ||align=left| Kadir Tastan || Akin Dovus Arenasi || Turkey || Decision || 3 || 3:00 |- bgcolor="#FFBBBB" | 2017-01-14 || Loss ||align=left| Yi Long || 2016 World Kickboxing Championship || Zhengzhou, China || Decision || 3 || 3:00 |- bgcolor="#FFBBBB" | 2016-12-03 || Loss ||align=left| Atakan Arslan || Mix Fight Gala 20 || Frankfurt, Germany || Unanimous Decision || 3 || 3:00 |- ! style=background:white colspan=9 | |- |- bgcolor="#FFBBBB" | 2016-05-28 || Loss ||align=left| Masoud Minaei || Akın Dövüs Arenası || Turkey || Decision || 3 || 3:00 |- |- bgcolor="#CCFFCC" | 2016-04-23 || Win ||align=left| Erkan Varol || Champions Night || Istanbul, Turkey || Decision || 3 || 3:00 |- |- bgcolor="#FFBBBB" | 2016-04-03 || Loss ||align=left| Murthel Groenhart || WFL - Where Heroes Meet Legends, Semi-final|| Almere, The Netherlands|| Decision||3||3:00 |- |- bgcolor="#FFBBBB" | 2016-03-12 || Loss ||align=left| Hysni Beqiri|| Superpro Fight Night 7|| Basel, Switzerland|| Decision||3||3:00 |- |- bgcolor="#FFBBBB" | 2015-12-20|| Loss||align=left| Alessandro Campagna|| Invictus Arena, Prestige Fight|| Rome, Italy|| Unanimous Decision||3||3:00 |- |- bgcolor="#CCFFCC" | 2015-12-05|| Win||align=left| Wang Hesong|| WLF|| Zhengzhou, China|| Decision||3||3:00 |- |- bgcolor="#FFBBBB" | 2015-10-24|| Loss||align=left| Marcus Fisher|| VVWS|| Panama City, Panama|| Decision||3||3:00 |- |- bgcolor="#FFBBBB" | 2015-03-14|| Loss||align=left| Harut Grigorian|| Enfusion Live 25|| Turnhout, Belgium|| Decision||3||3:00 |- |- bgcolor="#CCFFCC" | 2015-03-07|| Win||align=left| Sun Weichao|| Wu Lin Feng|| Zhengzhou, China|| Unanimous Decision||3||3:00 |- |- bgcolor="#FFBBBB" | 2015-02-21|| Loss||align=left| Berat Aliu|| Gladiators Fight Night|| Baden, Switzerland|| Decision||3||3:00 |- |- bgcolor="#CCFFCC" |2015-01-16|| Win||align=left| Michael Corley|| Legacy Kickboxing 1|| Houston, USA|| TKO (punches)||3|| |- bgcolor="#CCFFCC" |2014-12-05|| Win||align=left| Jiang Chunpeng|| Kunlun Fight 14|| Bangkok, Thailand|| Ext.R Unanimous Decision||4||3:00 |- bgcolor="#CCFFCC" |2014-10-04|| Win||align=left| Erkan Varol|| Mix Fight Gala XVI|| Istanbul, Turkey|| Unanimous Decision|||3|||3:00 |- bgcolor="#c5d2ea" |2014-09-13||| Draw|||align=left| Shkodran Veseli||| Gladiators Fight Night||| Baden, Switzerland|||Decision (Draw)|| |||3:00 |- bgcolor="#CCFFCC" |2014-05-03||| Win|||align=left| Berat Aliu||| La Familia Fightnight 5||| Halle, Germany||| Unanimous Decision|||3|||3:00 |- bgcolor="#CCFFCC" |2014-04-26||| Win|||align=left| Steeve Valente||| Mix Fight Gala XV||| Darmstadt, Germany||| TKO (Injury)||1|| |- bgcolor="#FFBBBB" |2014-03-28||| Loss|||align=left| Grégory Choplin||| Lion Fight 14||| Las Vegas, USA||| Unanimous Decision|||5|||3:00 |- bgcolor="#CCFFCC" |2014-03-07||| Win|||align=left| Mücahit Kulak||| AKIN Dövüş Arenası KickBoxing Event||| Turkey||| Decision|||3|||3:00 |- bgcolor="#CCFFCC" |2014-02-22||| Win|||align=left| Shkodran Veseli||| Fight Night||| Vienna, Austria||| Split Decision|||5|||3:00 |- bgcolor="#FFBBBB" ! style=background:white colspan=9 | Selected defeats include prominent rivals such as Nieky Holzken and Giorgio Petrosyan during major European and international kickboxing contests. |- bgcolor="#CCFFCC" ! style=background:white colspan=9 | Career highlights feature winning the Superfighters Tournament in Frankfurt (2010), capturing the W.F.C.A. Muay Thai world championship (-72.5 kg) in Paramaribo (2009), and earning the W.M.C. Muay Thai Intercontinental title (-72.5 kg) in Jamaica (2009). |}