Andrei Kulebin
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Andrei "Bullet" Kulebin is a Belarusian Muay Thai
welterweight
kickboxer
fighting out of Minsk, Belarus for Gym "Kick Fighter". He is an astonishing 18 time Muay Thai and kickboxing world champion who has won international titles both at amateur and professional level from 51 kg to 67 kg and is considered one of the top pound for pound Muay Thai fighters in the world. In 2007 he was the first ever Muay Thai fighter in Belarus to be awarded the "Honored Master of Sport" by the countries president.
, only to switch to Muay Thai
four years later, aged twelve, when he joined his (still) current club Gym "Kick Fighter", run by trainer Evgeni Kotelnikov. At his new gym he had access to some of the best facilities in Belarus, training with future world champions such as Dmitry Shakuta
, Andrei Kotsur, Aliaksei Pekarchyk and Vasily Shish
. As a teenager he competed in a number of amateur competitions in Belarus, winning the junior national title at 38 kg as well as making his pro debut in 1999. In 2001 he came third at the I.A.M.T.F. Amateur Muay Thai World Championships in Bangkok, Thailand and went even better later that year winning gold in the 51 kg category at the W.A.K.O.
World Championships in 2001. Success in the amateur circuit transferred across to the professional game in 2002 where Andrei defeated compatriot Alexei Talantov to win the W.K.N.
European title, followed swiftly by the organizations intercontinental title, also in 2002. Between 2002 and 2005 Andrei won more titles – winning gold medals at the I.A.M.T.F. (world & European), W.A.K.O.
and W.M.F. world championships, as well as claiming two W.K.N.
professional world titles at super bantamweight and featherweight respectively. He also suffered his first ever professional defeat losing to Rudolf Durica in an unsuccessful attempt for Durica's W.P.M.F. title at the King's Birthday event in Bangkok, Thailand at the end of 2005. Bt 2006, at the age of 21, Andrei had won seven world titles.
In October, 2006 Andrei entered the annual W.M.C. I-1 World Muay Thai Grand Prix, an eight man competition for some of the top Muay Thai fighters at 63.5 kg. He emerged victorious at the tournament in Hong Kong
, gaining revenge over the man who had inflicted his first pro defeat and reigning I-1 champion, Rudolph Durica, in the semi finals, before defeating Santichai Or Boonchauy in the final. He re-entered the W.M.C. I-1 World Grand Prix again the next year as defending champion once more defeating the two men he had faced the previous year, beating Santichai in the semi finals and Durica in the final. His victory in Hong Kong was tempered somewhat by his defeat against Neung Songnarong and the loss of the W.K.N.
intercontinental title he had won back in 2002 (strangely this was Andrei's first defence of the title in five years due to a lack of suitable opposition). He also had success on the amateur circuit winning an incredible three world championships in one year; W.M.F., W.A.K.O.
and I.F.M.A. He followed up this success the following year by once again winning the W.M.C. I-1 World Grand Prix, for the third successive year.
2009 was another successful year for Andrei, winning the W.M.C. featherweight title from reigning world champion Mosab Amrani
at the Champions of Champions II event in Jamaica and then defending his title by knocking out Michael Dicks towards the end of the year, with a spectacular head kick. Sandwiched between these title fights was a tournament win at the inaugural W.K.N.
Big-8 competition held in Andrei's home town of Minsk
. The next year was not quite as successful as he suffered three defeats to Thai opposition losing to Jeeprasak Inudom at the quarter final stage of the I.F.M.A. world championships (the first time in years he had failed to make at least the podium at an amateur championship) and twice to Sudsakorn Sor Klinmee
in W.K.N.
events, both of which were for prestigious titles within the organization. Despite a relatively unsuccessful year, Andrei still had time to win two world titles, winning the W.M.C. I-1 tournament for the fourth time and the little known World Dynamite Thaiboxing title against Imran Khan in Sheffield
, as well as gold at the IFMA European Championships. At the beginning of 2011 Kulebin won another medal at amateur level, winning gold at the I.F.M.A. European championships in Antalya, Turkey.
Amateur
Muay Thai
Muay Thai is a combat sport from Thailand that uses stand-up striking along with various clinching techniques. It is similar to other Indochinese kickboxing systems, namely pradal serey from Cambodia, tomoi from Malaysia, lethwei from Myanmar and muay Lao from Laos...
welterweight
Welterweight
Welterweight is a weight class division in combat sports. Originally the term "welterweight" was used only in boxing, but other combat sports like kickboxing, taekwondo and mixed martial arts also began to use it for their own weight division system...
kickboxer
Kickboxing
Kickboxing refers to a group of martial arts and stand-up combat sports based on kicking and punching, historically developed from karate, Muay Thai and western boxing....
fighting out of Minsk, Belarus for Gym "Kick Fighter". He is an astonishing 18 time Muay Thai and kickboxing world champion who has won international titles both at amateur and professional level from 51 kg to 67 kg and is considered one of the top pound for pound Muay Thai fighters in the world. In 2007 he was the first ever Muay Thai fighter in Belarus to be awarded the "Honored Master of Sport" by the countries president.
Career/Biography
Andrei began his kickboxing education at the age of eight in Minsk where he studied TaekwondoTaekwondo
Taekwondo is a Korean martial art and the national sport of South Korea. In Korean, tae means "to strike or break with foot"; kwon means "to strike or break with fist"; and do means "way", "method", or "path"...
, only to switch to Muay Thai
Muay Thai
Muay Thai is a combat sport from Thailand that uses stand-up striking along with various clinching techniques. It is similar to other Indochinese kickboxing systems, namely pradal serey from Cambodia, tomoi from Malaysia, lethwei from Myanmar and muay Lao from Laos...
four years later, aged twelve, when he joined his (still) current club Gym "Kick Fighter", run by trainer Evgeni Kotelnikov. At his new gym he had access to some of the best facilities in Belarus, training with future world champions such as Dmitry Shakuta
Dmitry Shakuta
Dmitry "Shok" Shakuta is a Belarusian Muay Thai super middleweight kickboxer fighting out of Minsk, Belarus for the SK-55 gym. He is an eight time amateur and professional world champion who is most well known for being the It's Showtime 77MAX world champion between 2008-09.-Biography/Career:Born...
, Andrei Kotsur, Aliaksei Pekarchyk and Vasily Shish
Vasily Shish
Vasily "Torero" Shish is a Belarusian Muay Thai middleweight kickboxer fighting out of Minsk, Belarus for the Chinuk Gym. He is a five time world and five time European Muaythai and kickboxing champion who has won titles at both amateur and professional level...
. As a teenager he competed in a number of amateur competitions in Belarus, winning the junior national title at 38 kg as well as making his pro debut in 1999. In 2001 he came third at the I.A.M.T.F. Amateur Muay Thai World Championships in Bangkok, Thailand and went even better later that year winning gold in the 51 kg category at the W.A.K.O.
World Association of Kickboxing Organizations
The World Association of Kickboxing Organisations is one the international organization of kickboxing, and the governing body of Amateur kickboxing sport certified by SportAccord...
World Championships in 2001. Success in the amateur circuit transferred across to the professional game in 2002 where Andrei defeated compatriot Alexei Talantov to win the W.K.N.
World Kickboxing Network
The World Kickboxing Network is a professional kick boxing and thai boxing organization and is one of the largest professional sanctioning organizations in the world, represented in more than 100 countries....
European title, followed swiftly by the organizations intercontinental title, also in 2002. Between 2002 and 2005 Andrei won more titles – winning gold medals at the I.A.M.T.F. (world & European), W.A.K.O.
World Association of Kickboxing Organizations
The World Association of Kickboxing Organisations is one the international organization of kickboxing, and the governing body of Amateur kickboxing sport certified by SportAccord...
and W.M.F. world championships, as well as claiming two W.K.N.
World Kickboxing Network
The World Kickboxing Network is a professional kick boxing and thai boxing organization and is one of the largest professional sanctioning organizations in the world, represented in more than 100 countries....
professional world titles at super bantamweight and featherweight respectively. He also suffered his first ever professional defeat losing to Rudolf Durica in an unsuccessful attempt for Durica's W.P.M.F. title at the King's Birthday event in Bangkok, Thailand at the end of 2005. Bt 2006, at the age of 21, Andrei had won seven world titles.
In October, 2006 Andrei entered the annual W.M.C. I-1 World Muay Thai Grand Prix, an eight man competition for some of the top Muay Thai fighters at 63.5 kg. He emerged victorious at the tournament in Hong Kong
Hong Kong
Hong Kong is one of two Special Administrative Regions of the People's Republic of China , the other being Macau. A city-state situated on China's south coast and enclosed by the Pearl River Delta and South China Sea, it is renowned for its expansive skyline and deep natural harbour...
, gaining revenge over the man who had inflicted his first pro defeat and reigning I-1 champion, Rudolph Durica, in the semi finals, before defeating Santichai Or Boonchauy in the final. He re-entered the W.M.C. I-1 World Grand Prix again the next year as defending champion once more defeating the two men he had faced the previous year, beating Santichai in the semi finals and Durica in the final. His victory in Hong Kong was tempered somewhat by his defeat against Neung Songnarong and the loss of the W.K.N.
World Kickboxing Network
The World Kickboxing Network is a professional kick boxing and thai boxing organization and is one of the largest professional sanctioning organizations in the world, represented in more than 100 countries....
intercontinental title he had won back in 2002 (strangely this was Andrei's first defence of the title in five years due to a lack of suitable opposition). He also had success on the amateur circuit winning an incredible three world championships in one year; W.M.F., W.A.K.O.
World Association of Kickboxing Organizations
The World Association of Kickboxing Organisations is one the international organization of kickboxing, and the governing body of Amateur kickboxing sport certified by SportAccord...
and I.F.M.A. He followed up this success the following year by once again winning the W.M.C. I-1 World Grand Prix, for the third successive year.
2009 was another successful year for Andrei, winning the W.M.C. featherweight title from reigning world champion Mosab Amrani
Mosab Amrani
Mosab "Jaguar" Amrani is a Moroccan-Dutch middleweight-super welterweight Muay Thai kickboxer fighting out of Amsterdam, Netherlands for Mousid Gym. He is the former W.M.C. Muay Thai featherweight world champion and is currently competing in It's Showtime. He is a highly skilled fighter whose...
at the Champions of Champions II event in Jamaica and then defending his title by knocking out Michael Dicks towards the end of the year, with a spectacular head kick. Sandwiched between these title fights was a tournament win at the inaugural W.K.N.
World Kickboxing Network
The World Kickboxing Network is a professional kick boxing and thai boxing organization and is one of the largest professional sanctioning organizations in the world, represented in more than 100 countries....
Big-8 competition held in Andrei's home town of Minsk
Minsk
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. The next year was not quite as successful as he suffered three defeats to Thai opposition losing to Jeeprasak Inudom at the quarter final stage of the I.F.M.A. world championships (the first time in years he had failed to make at least the podium at an amateur championship) and twice to Sudsakorn Sor Klinmee
Sudsakorn Sor Klinmee
Sudsakorn Sor Klinmee is a Thai Muay Thai kickboxer and the reigning Thailand and WKN Muaythai Welterweight world champion.- Biography :...
in W.K.N.
World Kickboxing Network
The World Kickboxing Network is a professional kick boxing and thai boxing organization and is one of the largest professional sanctioning organizations in the world, represented in more than 100 countries....
events, both of which were for prestigious titles within the organization. Despite a relatively unsuccessful year, Andrei still had time to win two world titles, winning the W.M.C. I-1 tournament for the fourth time and the little known World Dynamite Thaiboxing title against Imran Khan in Sheffield
Sheffield
Sheffield is a city and metropolitan borough of South Yorkshire, England. Its name derives from the River Sheaf, which runs through the city. Historically a part of the West Riding of Yorkshire, and with some of its southern suburbs annexed from Derbyshire, the city has grown from its largely...
, as well as gold at the IFMA European Championships. At the beginning of 2011 Kulebin won another medal at amateur level, winning gold at the I.F.M.A. European championships in Antalya, Turkey.
Titles
Professional- 2010 World Dynamite Thaiboxing champion -66 kg
- 2010 W.K.N.World Kickboxing NetworkThe World Kickboxing Network is a professional kick boxing and thai boxing organization and is one of the largest professional sanctioning organizations in the world, represented in more than 100 countries....
World Grand Prix Big-8 runner up -66.7 kg - 2010 W.M.C. I-1 World Grand Prix champion -66 kg
- 2009 W.M.C. world champion -63 kg (1st title defense)
- 2009 W.M.C. I-1 World Grand Prix runner up -66 kg
- 2009 W.K.N.World Kickboxing NetworkThe World Kickboxing Network is a professional kick boxing and thai boxing organization and is one of the largest professional sanctioning organizations in the world, represented in more than 100 countries....
World Grand Prix Big-8 champion -66.7 kg - 2009 W.M.C. world champion -63 kg
- 2008 W.M.C. I-1 World Grand Prix champion -65 kg
- 2007 W.M.C. I-1 World Grand Prix champion -63.5 kg
- 2006 W.M.C. I-1 World Grand Prix champion -63.5 kg
- 2005 W.K.N.World Kickboxing NetworkThe World Kickboxing Network is a professional kick boxing and thai boxing organization and is one of the largest professional sanctioning organizations in the world, represented in more than 100 countries....
Muay Thai featherweight world champion -60.3 kg - 2004 W.K.N.World Kickboxing NetworkThe World Kickboxing Network is a professional kick boxing and thai boxing organization and is one of the largest professional sanctioning organizations in the world, represented in more than 100 countries....
Muay Thai super bantamweight world champion -58.5 kg - 2002-07 W.K.N.World Kickboxing NetworkThe World Kickboxing Network is a professional kick boxing and thai boxing organization and is one of the largest professional sanctioning organizations in the world, represented in more than 100 countries....
intercontinental champion - 2002 W.K.N.World Kickboxing NetworkThe World Kickboxing Network is a professional kick boxing and thai boxing organization and is one of the largest professional sanctioning organizations in the world, represented in more than 100 countries....
European champion
Amateur
- 2011 I.F.M.A European Muaythai Championships in Antalya, Turkey
-67 kg - 2010 I.F.M.A European Muaythai Championships in Velletri, Italy -67 kg
- 2009 I.F.M.A. World Muaythai Championships in Bangkok, Thailand
-67 kg - 2008 I.F.M.A. World Muaythai Championships in Busan, South Korea
-67 kg - 2007 I.F.M.A. World Muaythai Championships in Bangkok, Thailand -67 kg
- 2007 W.A.K.O. World Championships in Belgrade, SerbiaW.A.K.O. World Championships 2007 (Belgrade)W.A.K.O. World Championships 2007 in Belgrade were the joint 16th edition of the W.A.K.O. world championships - the second event would be held later that year in Coimbra, Portugal. They were for amateur male and female kickboxers and covered the following categories; K-1, Low-Kick and Light-Contact...
- 63.5 kg (K-1 Rules) - 2007 W.M.F. World Muaythai Championships in Bangkok, Thailand -63.5 kg
- 2006 I.F.M.A. World Muaythai Championships in Bangkok, Thailand -60 kg
- 2006 W.M.F. World Muaythai Championships in Bangkok, Thailand -60 kg
- 2005 W.M.F. World Muaythai Championships in Bangkok, Thailand -60 kg
- 2004 W.M.F. World Muaythai Championships in Bangkok, Thailand -57 kg
- 2003 W.A.K.O.World Association of Kickboxing OrganizationsThe World Association of Kickboxing Organisations is one the international organization of kickboxing, and the governing body of Amateur kickboxing sport certified by SportAccord...
World Championships in Yalta, Ukraine -57 kg (Thai Boxing) - 2003 I.A.M.T.F. World Muaythai Championships in Bangkok, Thailand -55.3 kg
- 2002 I.A.M.T.F. European Muaythai Championships in Cyprus -51 kg
- 2001 W.A.K.O. World Championships in Belgrade, Serbia & MontenegroW.A.K.O. World Championships 2001 (Belgrade)W.A.K.O. World Championships 2001 were the joint thirteenth world kickboxing championships hosted by the W.A.K.O. organization...
-51 kg (Thai Boxing) - 2001 I.A.M.T.F. World Muaythai Championships in Bangkok, Thailand -48 kg
- x8 Belarusian national Muay Thai champion
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