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Michael Knaap

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Association: Golden Glory
Pro Debut Date: 2001-05-27
Pro Record: 18-23-3
Win Finish %: 94.4%
Quality Perf. %: 36.4%
Last Ranked: 1/01/2011

#221 Light Heavyweight

Highest Quarterly Ranking: 1/01/2008

#62 Light Heavyweight
Last Loss Date: 1/17/2015
Last Loss: [NR] Dean Lister

Complete Professional MMA Fight History
Fighter rankings represent most recent generated quarterly rating prior to the fight

  Opponent Outcome
L Dean Lister Submission (Heel Hook)
Round 1
  Fightor 1 - Lister vs. Knaap
Saturday, January 17th 2015
L Bojan Mihajlovic Decision (Unanimous)
Round 3
  SBC 2 - Serbian Battle Championship
Saturday, November 16th 2013
L David Tkeshelashvili Submission (Rear Naked Choke)
Round 1
  OTS - Only The Strongest 2011
Saturday, April 16th 2011
W Sultan Kasanow Submission (Kimura)
Round 1
  NAS 3 - North against South
Sunday, March 27th 2011
L Hans Stringer
#77 Light Heavyweight 		Decision (Unanimous)
Round 2
  BOTE - Chahbari vs. Souwer
Saturday, January 30th 2010
L Ronny Markes Decision (Unanimous)
Round 3
  BG - Top Team
Sunday, October 25th 2009
L Antoni Chmielewski
#83 Light Heavyweight 		Decision (Unanimous)
Round 2
  KSW 11 - Konfrontacja
Friday, May 15th 2009
L Krzysztof Kulak
#88 Light Heavyweight 		Decision (Unanimous)
Round 0
  KSW 10 - Dekalog
Friday, December 12th 2008
L Dion Staring
#99 Light Heavyweight 		Decision (Unanimous)
Round 3
  UG 8 - Ultimate Glory 8
Sunday, July 6th 2008
L Robert Jocz
#39 Light Heavyweight 		Submission (Rear Naked Choke)
Round 2
  BOTE - Beast of the East
Saturday, May 31st 2008
W Andre Fyeet Submission (Armbar)
Round 1
  FS - Fite Selektor
Thursday, March 13th 2008
L Dion Staring
#97 Heavyweight 		Decision
Round 0
  BOTE - Beast of the East
Saturday, January 26th 2008
W Nikolai Onikienko TKO
Round 0
  LOTR - Schilt vs. Guelmino
Saturday, January 12th 2008
W Ralf Wonnink Submission (Armbar)
Round 0
  OTS - Only the Strongest
Saturday, November 24th 2007
L Alistair Overeem
#12 Light Heavyweight 		Submission (Guillotine Choke)
Round 1
  K-1 - World GP in Amsterdam
Saturday, June 23rd 2007
W Martin Zawada
#55 Light Heavyweight 		Decision
Round 0
  CF - The Real Deal
Saturday, May 5th 2007
L Murad Chunkaiev
#37 Light Heavyweight 		Decision (Split)
Round 2
  2H2H - Pride & Honor
Sunday, November 12th 2006
W Marko Sintic Submission (Armbar)
Round 1
  CF - Combined Forces
Saturday, October 7th 2006
L Martin Zawada
#59 Light Heavyweight 		Submission (Armbar)
Round 2
  2H2H - Road to Japan
Sunday, June 18th 2006
L Vitor Vianna
#116 Light Heavyweight 		Submission (Armbar)
Round 3
  BOTE - Beast of the East
Friday, May 12th 2006
W Ralf Wonnink Submission (Armbar)
Round 1
  OTS - Only The Strongest
Saturday, May 6th 2006
L Vitor Vianna
#116 Light Heavyweight 		SUB
Round 3
  Beast Of The East 8
Saturday, April 8th 2006
L Alexandre Ferreira
#117 Heavyweight 		Submission (Armbar)
Round 1
  WCFC - No Guts No Glory
Saturday, March 18th 2006
L Tomasz Drwal
#94 Light Heavyweight 		Submission (Choke)
Round 2
  BFS - Mix Fight Gala 4
Sunday, March 6th 2005
W Samir Bourekba TKO
Round 0
  MTBN - Garuda Gym
Saturday, October 16th 2004
W Edmunds Kirsis DQ (Headbutt)
Round 0
  MTBN - Garuda Gym
Saturday, October 16th 2004
L Alexei Veselovzorov
#125 Light Heavyweight 		Submission (Rear Naked Choke)
Round 1
  M-1 MFC - Middleweight GP
Saturday, October 9th 2004
L Tengiz Tedoradze
#53 Heavyweight 		Decision (Majority)
Round 0
  CFC 1 - Cage Carnage
Sunday, July 11th 2004
L Sander Thonhauser
#98 Heavyweight 		KO (Punch)
Round 2
  Rings Holland - Worlds Greatest
Sunday, April 4th 2004
W Roman Zentsov
#53 Heavyweight 		KO (Punches)
Round 1
  2H2H - 2 Hot 2 Handle
Sunday, February 22nd 2004
L Andrey Rudakov
#44 Middleweight 		Submission (Rear Naked Choke)
Round 1
  DF - Durata World Grand Prix 3
Friday, December 12th 2003
L Tengiz Tedoradze
#69 Heavyweight 		Decision
Round 1
  DF - Durata World Grand Prix 3
Friday, December 12th 2003
L Olaf in t Veld Decision (Unanimous)
Round 3
  Rings Holland - The Untouchables
Saturday, September 27th 2003
W Peter Verschuren Submission (Leglock)
Round 1
  2H2H 6 - Simply the Best 6
Sunday, March 16th 2003
W Nathan Schouteren TKO (Kick to the Body)
Round 2
  Rings Holland - One Moment In Time
Sunday, December 1st 2002
D Cheick Kongo Draw
Round 2
  Its Showtime - As Usual
Sunday, September 29th 2002
W Can Sahinbas TKO
Round 2
  FFH - Free Fight Explosion 2
Sunday, June 23rd 2002
W Patrick de Witte KO (Flying Knee)
Round 1
  Rings Holland: Saved By The Bell
Sunday, June 2nd 2002
W Valeri Bozis TKO (Low Kicks)
Round 0
  Together Productions - Fight Gala
Saturday, March 23rd 2002
W Ramon Temmink KO
Round 2
  Together Productions - Fight Gala
Saturday, February 16th 2002
W Sam Turky Submission
Round 0
  Together Productions - Fight Gala
Saturday, November 24th 2001
W Alexandr Bodrov Submission (Armbar)
Round 0
  Together Productions - Fight Gala
Saturday, October 27th 2001
D Jeffrey Pedro Draw
Round 1
  Kam Lung - Only The Strongest Survive 3
Saturday, September 29th 2001
D Husein Cift Draw
Round 2
  FFH - Free Fight Explosion 1
Sunday, May 27th 2001
  Opponent Event Outcome
L Dean Lister   Fightor 1 - Lister vs. Knaap
Saturday, January 17th 2015 		Submission (Heel Hook)
Round 1
L Bojan Mihajlovic   SBC 2 - Serbian Battle Championship
Saturday, November 16th 2013 		Decision (Unanimous)
Round 3
L David Tkeshelashvili   OTS - Only The Strongest 2011
Saturday, April 16th 2011 		Submission (Rear Naked Choke)
Round 1
W Sultan Kasanow   NAS 3 - North against South
Sunday, March 27th 2011 		Submission (Kimura)
Round 1
L Hans Stringer
#77 Light Heavyweight 		  BOTE - Chahbari vs. Souwer
Saturday, January 30th 2010 		Decision (Unanimous)
Round 2
L Ronny Markes   BG - Top Team
Sunday, October 25th 2009 		Decision (Unanimous)
Round 3
L Antoni Chmielewski
#83 Light Heavyweight 		  KSW 11 - Konfrontacja
Friday, May 15th 2009 		Decision (Unanimous)
Round 2
L Krzysztof Kulak
#88 Light Heavyweight 		  KSW 10 - Dekalog
Friday, December 12th 2008 		Decision (Unanimous)
Round 0
L Dion Staring
#99 Light Heavyweight 		  UG 8 - Ultimate Glory 8
Sunday, July 6th 2008 		Decision (Unanimous)
Round 3
L Robert Jocz
#39 Light Heavyweight 		  BOTE - Beast of the East
Saturday, May 31st 2008 		Submission (Rear Naked Choke)
Round 2
W Andre Fyeet   FS - Fite Selektor
Thursday, March 13th 2008 		Submission (Armbar)
Round 1
L Dion Staring
#97 Heavyweight 		  BOTE - Beast of the East
Saturday, January 26th 2008 		Decision
Round 0
W Nikolai Onikienko   LOTR - Schilt vs. Guelmino
Saturday, January 12th 2008 		TKO
Round 0
W Ralf Wonnink   OTS - Only the Strongest
Saturday, November 24th 2007 		Submission (Armbar)
Round 0
L Alistair Overeem
#12 Light Heavyweight 		  K-1 - World GP in Amsterdam
Saturday, June 23rd 2007 		Submission (Guillotine Choke)
Round 1
W Martin Zawada
#55 Light Heavyweight 		  CF - The Real Deal
Saturday, May 5th 2007 		Decision
Round 0
L Murad Chunkaiev
#37 Light Heavyweight 		  2H2H - Pride & Honor
Sunday, November 12th 2006 		Decision (Split)
Round 2
W Marko Sintic   CF - Combined Forces
Saturday, October 7th 2006 		Submission (Armbar)
Round 1
L Martin Zawada
#59 Light Heavyweight 		  2H2H - Road to Japan
Sunday, June 18th 2006 		Submission (Armbar)
Round 2
L Vitor Vianna
#116 Light Heavyweight 		  BOTE - Beast of the East
Friday, May 12th 2006 		Submission (Armbar)
Round 3
W Ralf Wonnink   OTS - Only The Strongest
Saturday, May 6th 2006 		Submission (Armbar)
Round 1
L Vitor Vianna
#116 Light Heavyweight 		  Beast Of The East 8
Saturday, April 8th 2006 		SUB
Round 3
L Alexandre Ferreira
#117 Heavyweight 		  WCFC - No Guts No Glory
Saturday, March 18th 2006 		Submission (Armbar)
Round 1
L Tomasz Drwal
#94 Light Heavyweight 		  BFS - Mix Fight Gala 4
Sunday, March 6th 2005 		Submission (Choke)
Round 2
W Samir Bourekba   MTBN - Garuda Gym
Saturday, October 16th 2004 		TKO
Round 0
W Edmunds Kirsis   MTBN - Garuda Gym
Saturday, October 16th 2004 		DQ (Headbutt)
Round 0
L Alexei Veselovzorov
#125 Light Heavyweight 		  M-1 MFC - Middleweight GP
Saturday, October 9th 2004 		Submission (Rear Naked Choke)
Round 1
L Tengiz Tedoradze
#53 Heavyweight 		  CFC 1 - Cage Carnage
Sunday, July 11th 2004 		Decision (Majority)
Round 0
L Sander Thonhauser
#98 Heavyweight 		  Rings Holland - Worlds Greatest
Sunday, April 4th 2004 		KO (Punch)
Round 2
W Roman Zentsov
#53 Heavyweight 		  2H2H - 2 Hot 2 Handle
Sunday, February 22nd 2004 		KO (Punches)
Round 1
L Andrey Rudakov
#44 Middleweight 		  DF - Durata World Grand Prix 3
Friday, December 12th 2003 		Submission (Rear Naked Choke)
Round 1
L Tengiz Tedoradze
#69 Heavyweight 		  DF - Durata World Grand Prix 3
Friday, December 12th 2003 		Decision
Round 1
L Olaf in t Veld   Rings Holland - The Untouchables
Saturday, September 27th 2003 		Decision (Unanimous)
Round 3
W Peter Verschuren   2H2H 6 - Simply the Best 6
Sunday, March 16th 2003 		Submission (Leglock)
Round 1
W Nathan Schouteren   Rings Holland - One Moment In Time
Sunday, December 1st 2002 		TKO (Kick to the Body)
Round 2
D Cheick Kongo   Its Showtime - As Usual
Sunday, September 29th 2002 		Draw
Round 2
W Can Sahinbas   FFH - Free Fight Explosion 2
Sunday, June 23rd 2002 		TKO
Round 2
W Patrick de Witte   Rings Holland: Saved By The Bell
Sunday, June 2nd 2002 		KO (Flying Knee)
Round 1
W Valeri Bozis   Together Productions - Fight Gala
Saturday, March 23rd 2002 		TKO (Low Kicks)
Round 0
W Ramon Temmink   Together Productions - Fight Gala
Saturday, February 16th 2002 		KO
Round 2
W Sam Turky   Together Productions - Fight Gala
Saturday, November 24th 2001 		Submission
Round 0
W Alexandr Bodrov   Together Productions - Fight Gala
Saturday, October 27th 2001 		Submission (Armbar)
Round 0
D Jeffrey Pedro   Kam Lung - Only The Strongest Survive 3
Saturday, September 29th 2001 		Draw
Round 1
D Husein Cift   FFH - Free Fight Explosion 1
Sunday, May 27th 2001 		Draw
Round 2

Quarterly Generated Historical Rankings
Rating bar represents the fighter's standing relative to the top of the division at the time

Date ↑ ↓ Rank Record Points
01/01/2011 8 #221 Light Heavyweight 17-20-3
23
10/01/2010 11 #213 Light Heavyweight 17-20-3
23
07/01/2010 16 #202 Light Heavyweight 17-20-3
23
04/01/2010 5 #186 Light Heavyweight 17-20-3
24
01/01/2010 25 #191 Light Heavyweight 17-19-3
24
10/01/2009 5 #166 Light Heavyweight 17-18-3
26
07/01/2009 18 #171 Light Heavyweight 17-18-3
27
04/01/2009 14 #153 Light Heavyweight 17-17-3
28
01/01/2009 NR #139 Light Heavyweight 17-17-3
28
10/01/2008 NR #153 Heavyweight 17-16-3
26
07/01/2008 NR #88 Light Heavyweight 17-15-3
36
04/01/2008 NR #74 Heavyweight 17-14-3
39
01/01/2008 8 #62 Light Heavyweight 15-13-3
41
10/01/2007 6 #70 Light Heavyweight 14-13-3
39
07/01/2007 54 #76 Light Heavyweight 14-13-3
39
04/01/2007 1 #130 Light Heavyweight 13-12-3
25
01/01/2007 24 #129 Light Heavyweight 13-12-3
25
10/01/2006 2 #153 Light Heavyweight 12-11-3
20
07/01/2006 21 #151 Light Heavyweight 12-11-3
20
04/01/2006 20 #130 Light Heavyweight 11-8-3
21
01/01/2006 9 #110 Light Heavyweight 11-7-3
23
10/01/2005 3 #119 Light Heavyweight 11-7-3
24
07/01/2005   #116 Light Heavyweight 11-7-3
24
04/01/2005 36 #116 Light Heavyweight 11-7-3
24
01/01/2005 NR #80 Light Heavyweight 11-6-3
30
10/01/2004 1 #113 Heavyweight 9-5-3
26
07/01/2004 42 #114 Heavyweight 9-4-3
26
04/01/2004 NR #72 Heavyweight 9-3-3
34
07/01/2003 6 #83 Heavyweight 8-0-3
27
04/01/2003 11 #77 Heavyweight 8-0-3
27
01/01/2003 NR #88 Heavyweight 7-0-3
25
07/01/2002 NR #65 Light Heavyweight 6-0-2
23


A fighter's rank (US) state is assigned based on the state that the fighter most frequently fought in professionally, within the past three years. If there is a tie, the most recent state is used. The Win-Loss-Draw record for the fighter in the "Big Leagues". The Big Leagues refer to the top organizations based on a statistical analysis we performed. Some organizations were counted as one, due to mergers, etc. A quality performance is a fight in which the fighter fought an acceptable opponent, and substantiated their current rating (at the time) based on the outcome. At it's most basic level, one can equate "combat age" to "dog years" in that it will mirror the basic human lifecycle. With this computation, we expect fighters to hit their respective "peak" in the years that your typical adult "peaks" in life, somewhere between 25 and 40. We will expect most fighters to start their descent at some point in their 40s and be far removed from their peak by 60. This is an experimental metric that attempts to reflect a fighter's recent opposition quality. The metric goes back 1,080 days, and looks at all the fighter's opponents' W-L-D records within a window of 540 days before, and 540 days after their respective bout(s) with the fighter. All of the records are added up and the cumulative win percentage is presented by this metric in a "strength of schedule" format. These ranking sets have been generated by a recent version of the software, using recent data and will not match previously published issues of the rankings, especially since a majority of these generated sets are for dates much earlier than the site’s inception.
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