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Gary "Two Horns" Turner (born 2 September 1970) is an English professional 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....

and mixed martial artist

Mixed martial arts

Mixed Martial Arts is a full contact combat sport that allows the use of both striking and grappling techniques, both standing and on the ground, including boxing, wrestling, Brazilian jiu-jitsu, muay Thai, kickboxing, karate, judo and other styles. The roots of modern mixed martial arts can be...

who fought in the Cage Rage

Cage Rage

Cage Rage Championships, also known as Cage Rage, was a United Kingdom-based, mixed martial arts promotion that premiered on 7 September 2002 in London. Cage Rage went bankrupt and is now no longer trading...

and K-1

K-1

K-1 is a defunct world-wide kickboxing promotion based in Tokyo, Japan founded by Kazuyoshi Ishii, a formerKyokushin karate practitioner. K-1 combines stand up techniques from Muay Thai, Karate, Taekwondo, Savate, San Shou, kickboxing, western-style boxing, and other martial arts...

promotions. Turner was the K-1

K-1

UK Grand Prix champion in 2003 and 2004. As a mixed martial artist, he currently holds a record of 4-2-1 with notable victories over Tank Abbott

Tank Abbott

David Lee Abbott is an American mixed martial arts fighter and former professional wrestler. He has described his fighting style, which he developed brawling in the bars and streets of Huntington Beach, California, as "street fighting"...

and former British Heavyweight boxing champion, Julius Francis

Julius Francis

Julius Francis is a former British Heavyweight champion boxer - who participated in many noteworthy boxing matches in the 1990s and 2000s. In 2007 he also participated in a mixed martial arts bout....

Mixed martial arts career

Turner made his professional MMA debut in 1999 with a win over Joe Akano. After fighting once more seven months later Turner did not fight in a professional MMA bout again until 2007 when he joined Cage Rage

Cage Rage

. On 21 April 2007, he made his Cage Rage debut in a bout against American former UFC

Ultimate Fighting Championship

The Ultimate Fighting Championship is the largest mixed martial arts promotion company in the world that hosts most of the top-ranked fighters in the sport...

fighter Tank Abbott

Tank Abbott

which he won by TKO after 2:31 of the opening round.

He continued with Cage Rage, winning his next two fights against Brazilian Edson Drago

Edson Drago

Edson "Draggo" Claas Vieira is a Brazilian mixed martial artist and boxer.-Early career:Vieira emerged as a heavyweight prospect in 2005 and 2006 when he ran his record to 9-0 with a string of brutal knockouts, including his 15-second pummeling of Chute Boxe product Helio Dipp a fight for which he...

and former British heavyweight boxer Julius Francis

Julius Francis

before suffering his first defeat against Mostapha Al-turk

Mostapha Al-turk

Mostapha al-Turk is a retired Lebanese-born English mixed martial artist and submission wrestler. He has trained with London Shootfighters for the past ten years. Turk was the ADCC European Champion in 2005 and was the British Cage Rage Heavyweight Champion, before relinquishing his title to sign...

by submission in March 2008 which was to be his final fight in Cage Rage as the promotion folded at the end of 2008. His last MMA bout was in April 2009, losing a split decision to Valdas Pocevicius in Croatia

Croatia

Croatia , officially the Republic of Croatia , is a unitary democratic parliamentary republic in Europe at the crossroads of the Mitteleuropa, the Balkans, and the Mediterranean. Its capital and largest city is Zagreb. The country is divided into 20 counties and the city of Zagreb. Croatia covers ...

Titles

Gary is an 10 time world champion (x2 kickboxing, x8 Ju-Jitsu) who has also won countless European and domestic titles across a wide range of martial arts

Martial arts

Martial arts are extensive systems of codified practices and traditions of combat, practiced for a variety of reasons, including self-defense, competition, physical health and fitness, as well as mental and spiritual development....

styles.

Pro Kickboxing
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....

2006 W.P.K.C. super heavyweight world champion +95 kg (K-1 Rules)
2005 K-1 Scandinavia Grand Prix runner up
2004 K-1 Battle of Britain champion
2003 K-1 Battle of Britain champion
1997 W.A.K.O. Pro
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...

heavyweight European champion -94 kg (Full-Contact)
1996 W.A.K.O. Pro
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...

super cruiserweight British champion -88 kg (Low-Kick)
1995 W.K.A.
World Kickboxing Association
The World Kickboxing Association is one of the oldest and the largest amateur and professional sanctioning organizations of kickboxing in the world for the sport. Its official name is "World Kickboxing and Karate Association"....

super cruiserweight British champion -90 kg (Full-Contact)
1995 W.A.K.O. Pro
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...

heavyweight British champion -94 kg (Low-Kick)

Amateur Kickboxing
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....

1997 W.A.K.O. World Championships in Gdansk, Poland (Full-Contact)
1996 W.A.K.O. European Championships in Belgrade, Serbia & Montenegro
W.A.K.O. European Championships 1996
W.A.K.O. European Championships 1996 were the thirteenth European kickboxing championships hosted by the W.A.K.O. organization arranged by the Serbia and Montenegro kickboxing president Borislav Pelević. The event was the first ever to be held in Serbia and Montenegro and welcomed the country back...

-91 kg (Full-Contact)
1994 W.A.K.O. European Championships in Helsinki, Finland (Full-Contact)
1992 W.A.K.O. European Championships in Varna, Bulgaria (Light-Contact)

Ju-Jitsu

2001 W.C.J.J.O. World Championships in Jersey, UK (Teams)
2001 W.C.J.J.O. World Championships in Jersey, UK (Individual)
2000 I.S.J.A. World Championships in Leeds, UK (Teams)
2000 I.S.J.A. World Championships in Leeds, UK (Individual)
1999 J.J.I.F. European Championships in Leeds, UK
1998 J.J.I.F. World Championships in Berlin, Germany
1998 W.C.J.J.O. World Championships in Reno, USA (Teams)
1998 W.C.J.J.O. World Championships in Reno, USA (Individual)
1998 I.S.J.A. World Championships in Vancouver, Canada (Teams)
1998 I.S.J.A. World Championships in Vancouver, Canada (Individual)
1997 J.J.I.F. European Championships in Paris, France
1996 I.S.J.A. World Championships in West Virginia, USA (Teams)
1996 I.S.J.A. World Championships in West Virginia, USA (Individual)
1995 W.C.J.J.O. World Championships in Auckland, New Zealand (Teams)
1995 W.C.J.J.O. World Championships in Auckland, New Zealand (Individual)

Judo
Judo
is a modern martial art and combat sport created in Japan in 1882 by Jigoro Kano. Its most prominent feature is its competitive element, where the object is to either throw or takedown one's opponent to the ground, immobilize or otherwise subdue one's opponent with a grappling maneuver, or force an...

1996 British Schools champion

Shootfighting
Shootfighting
Shootfighting is a combat sport and martial art, with competitions governed by the International Shootfighting Association . Shootfighting incorporates techniques from a multitude of traditional martial arts, the most principle of these being Muay Thai and Catch Wrestling.Shootfighting was...

1992 Golden Dragon Cup in Rimini, Italy tournament champion

Professional Kickboxing Record

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Legend:

Mixed martial arts record

Dubrovnik

Dubrovnik is a Croatian city on the Adriatic Sea coast, positioned at the terminal end of the Isthmus of Dubrovnik. It is one of the most prominent tourist destinations on the Adriatic, a seaport and the centre of Dubrovnik-Neretva county. Its total population is 42,641...

, Croatia

Croatia

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Mostapha Al-turk

|Submission (punches)
|Cage Rage 25

Cage Rage 25

EliteXC Presents Cage Rage 25: Bring it On was a mixed martial arts event co-promoted by England's Cage Rage Championships and the United States' Elite Xtreme Combat that took place on Saturday, March 8, 2008 at the Wembley Arena in London, England...

London

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, England

England

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...

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Julius Francis

|Submission (punches)
|Cage Rage 23

Cage Rage 23

Cage Rage 23: Unbelievable was a mixed martial arts event held by the Cage Rage Championships on September 22, 2007 at the Wembley Arena in London, England. It was televised on Sky Sports in the United Kingdom....

London

, England

England

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Edson Claas Vieira
|TKO (corner stoppage)
|Cage Rage 22

Cage Rage 22

Cage Rage 22: Hard as Hell was a mixed martial arts event held by the Cage Rage Championships on July 14, 2007 at the Wembley Arena in London, England. It was televised on Sky Sports in the United Kingdom....

London

, England

England

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Tank Abbott

|TKO (punches)
|Cage Rage 21

Cage Rage 21

Cage Rage 21: Judgement Day was a mixed martial arts event held by the Cage Rage Championships on April 21, 2007 at the Wembley Arena in London, England. It was televised on Sky Sports in the United Kingdom and Ion Television in the United States....

London

, England

England

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Buckinghamshire

Buckinghamshire is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan home county in South East England. The county town is Aylesbury, the largest town in the ceremonial county is Milton Keynes and largest town in the non-metropolitan county is High Wycombe....

, England

England

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Milton Keynes

Milton Keynes , sometimes abbreviated MK, is a large town in Buckinghamshire, in the south east of England, about north-west of London. It is the administrative centre of the Borough of Milton Keynes...

, England

England

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