Manson Gibson

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Manson Gibson
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BornManson Howard Gibson
(1963-05-05) May 5, 1963 (age 63)
Chicago, Illinois, United States
Other names
  • The Master Blaster
  • The Thai Killer
  • The Black Bruce Lee
NationalityAmerican
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight80 kg (180 lb; 13 st)
DivisionMiddleweight
Super Middleweight
Light Heavyweight
Cruiserweight
StyleKickboxing
Taekwondo
Northern Praying Mantis
Wushu
Fighting out ofChicago, Illinois, United States
TeamWindy City Gym
Kickboxing record
Total119
Wins103
By knockout80
Losses14
Draws2
Mixed martial arts record
Total2
Losses1
By submission1
Draws1
Amateur record
Total11
Wins10
By knockout8
Losses1
Last updated on: October 12, 2012

Manson Howard Gibson[1] (born May 5, 1963) is a retired American kickboxer and a 12-time world champion in kickboxing and Muay Thai. He was known for his vicious use of spinning techniques and wild, unpredictable style, mixing elements of kickboxing, Taekwondo and Northern Praying Mantis martial arts. He was sometimes referred to as the "Thai Killer" or the "Black Bruce Lee". Gibson was one of America's greatest kickboxers, and is credited with over 100 wins and more than 80 KOs, including around 40 via headkick.

Biography and career

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After a series of early career wins and claiming titles such as the K.I.C.K. Super Middleweight World Championship, Gibson found the competition at home (aside from two losses to Rick Roufus) uninspiring. So in the late 1980s and well into the 1990s, while many American fighters were fighting one another for a multitude of so-called "world titles", Manson headed across to Japan where he fought and beat top fighters such as Caesar Takeshi, Tosca Petridis and Changpuek Kiatsongrit, often fighting under different rule sets such as Shoot Boxing, K-1 and Muay Thai.[2][3][4][5]

During his period spent fighting in Japan, Gibson entered the inaugural K-2 Grand Prix in 1993. K-2 was a short lived series of tournaments held by the K-1 organization for Light Heavyweights and the 1993 event was held in Tokyo. In the tournament quarter finals he faced the highly decorated Ernesto Hoost, with Hoost, the recent K-1 Heavyweight Grand Prix runner-up, the strong favorite and on his way to becoming a legend. Gibson proved in that fight that he could hang with the world's best, knocking Hoost down with his trademark spinning backfist. However, despite the knockdown, the match went to an extra round where Gibson again knocked down Hoost, this time with a sidekick. Gibson lost a split decision.[6]

In 1996 Gibson fought a mixed martial arts bout against Yoji Anjo which resulted in a draw.[7] Gibson returned to the United States around 1998, defeating a legend in Coban Lookchaomaesaitong.[8] The match in Compton, was one in which Gibson had the MC announce himself as the "Thai Killer" and at the end of the fight did back flips next to the prone Coban. That year Gibson also won the I.K.K.C. Muaythai world title by defeating Maurice Travis, also in Los Angeles. Over the next couple of years he would defend his I.K.K.C. world title four more times with the highlight being a second victory over seven-time World Champion Changpuek Kiatsongrit – although as with the Coban fight his match antics left a sour taste in the mouth.[5]

On April 7, 2000 Gibson won the I.K.F. Pro Muay Thai Rules Light Cruiserweight North American title in Green Bay Wisconsin when he defeated Phil Petit of Sik Tai, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada by KO with a spinning backfist in the first round.[9] Gibson retired his title in 2005 when he moved up in weight. When Gibson won this title it was called the Light Cruiserweight title but the weightclass was different: 175.1 lbs. - 182 lbs. The weightclass range was later changed but Gibson's title remained Light Cruiserweight.

Around 2002 age started catching up with Gibson who was approaching his forties and he lost his I.K.K.C. world title to Frenchman Manu N'toh.[10] A win against Heath Harris in 2004 for the I.K.K.C. proved he could still be competitive, although his opponent Harris had only had a handful of professional fights prior to the encounter. Always one to try different fighting styles Gibson again had a brief foray into MMA in 2006.[11] By the end of 2009, with the losses stacking up after a series of unsuccessful title fights, Gibson retired.

Titles

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  • 2004 I.K.K.C. Pro Muay Thai Light Heavyweight World Champion −81.3 kg
  • 1999 I.K.F. Pro Muay Thai Light Cruiserweight North American Champion −84.5 kg
  • 1998–02 I.K.K.C. Muay Thai Light Heavyweight World Champion (Four title defenses)
  • 1989 Shoot boxing Hawk Class World Champion −75 kg
  • Ring Fighting Arts World Champion
  • U.K.F. Super Middleweight World Champion
  • K.I.C.K. Light Heavyweight Champion
  • K.I.C.K. Super Middleweight World Champion
  • W.A.K.O. (PRO) Super Middleweight World Champion
  • W.K.A. Super Middleweight World Champion
  • I.K.L. Middleweight Champion

Kickboxing record

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Kickboxing Record
115 Wins (80 (T)KO's), 14 Losses, 2 Draws[12]
Date Result Opponent Event Location Method Round Time
2009-12-05 Loss United States Shawn Yarborough WCK Muay Thai @ Buffalo Bill's[13] Primm, NV, USA TKO (Quit) 2 3:00
Fight was for vacant W.B.C. Muaythai light heavyweight United States title -79.4 kg.
2008-06-18 Loss Mexico Edwin Aguilar Muay Thai Fight Night[14] Montego Bay, Jamaica TKO (Quit) 3 3:00
Fight was for vacant I.K.F. Pro Muaythai Cruiserweight World Title -88.6 kg.
2007-07-07 Loss Russia Denis Grachev Hot Summer Fights[15][16][17] Inglewood, CA, USA TKO (Corner Stop/Knees) 3 0:27
Fight was for vacant I.K.F. Pro Muaythai Light Cruiserweight World Title -84.5 kg.
2004-11-20 Loss Canada Clifton Brown Matter of Pride 8[18] Los Angeles, CA, USA TKO (Leg Kicks) 4
Fight was for I.K.K.C. cruiserweight world title -82 kg.
2004-10-21 Win United States Heath Harris Guts and Glory[19] San Bernardino, CA, USA Decision (Unanimous) 5 3:00
Wins vacant I.K.K.C. Pro Muaythai light heavyweight world title -81.3 kg.
0000-00-00 Win United States Bill Rastafar USA KO (Body Punch) 3 3:00
2003-06-28 Loss United States Stefan Pellegrino Chicago Fight Night 2003: Tales Of Pain Chicago, IL, USA KO (Left Hook) 2 2:17
2003-00-00 Win United States Wrath White United States Decision (Unanimous) 3 3:00
2002-11-15 Loss France Manu N'toh W.C.K. "A Matter of Pride VI"[20][21] Victorville, CA, USA Decision (Unanimous) 5 3:00
Loses I.K.K.C. Muaythai light heavyweight world title.
2002-03-23 Loss Australia Nick Karagiannidis Master Toddy Show @ Stardust Casino[22] Las Vegas, NV, USA Decision 5 3:00
2001-12-14 Win Thailand Changpuek Kiatsongrit W.C.K. @ Palms Casino Resort[23][24] Las Vegas, NV, USA KO (Spinning Heel Kick) 2
Retains I.K.K.C. Muaythai light heavyweight world title (4th title defence).
2000-12-02 Loss Hungary Robert Sarkozi 10th World Shidokan Invitational, Quarter Finals[25] Chicago, IL, USA DQ (Constant Fouling) 4
2000-07-04 Win Canada Phil Petit Stadium View Sports Bar[26] Green Bay, WI, USA KO (Spinning Back Fist) 1
Wins vacant I.K.F. Pro Muaythai Light Cruiserweight North American title -84.5 kg. When Gibson won this title it was called the Light Cruiserweight title but the weightclass was different: 175.1 lbs. - 182 lbs. The weightclass range was later changed but Gibson's title remained Light Cruiserweight.
1999-09-11 Loss United States Richard Stellwagen Summer Brawl[27] Franklin Park, IL, USA Decision (Split) 8 2:00
Fight was for vacant I.K.F. Pro Full-Contact Light Heavyweight United States title -81.3 kg.
1998-07-07 Win Thailand Coban Lookchaomaesaitong Crystal Park Casino Outdoor Show[28][29] Los Angeles, CA, USA TKO (Right Back Kick) 5 1:59
1998-06-27 Win United States Maurice Travis [30][31] Los Angeles, CA, USA Decision 5 3:00
Wins vacant I.K.K.C. Muaythai light heavyweight world title.
1998-04-26 Win Thailand Changpuek Kiatsongrit Shooto "Shoot the Shooto XX" Tokyo, Japan Decision (Unanimous) 3 3:00
1996-07-14 Draw Thailand Yarsin Loogklongtan Shoot Boxing - S-Cup 1996, Super Fight Tokyo, Japan 2 Ext.R Decision Draw 5 3:00
1995-10-15 Win Netherlands Luc Verheye MA Japan Kickboxing Federation Tokyo, Japan Decision 5 3:00
1995-03-25 Win Italy Bartolomeo Danbrosio World Cup Of Martial arts[32] Ledyard, CT, USA KO 1 0:31
1994-06-10 Win Japan Taro Minato Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA KO 3 2:34
Wins Minato U.K.F Super middle weight world title
1994-00-00 Win Russia Sergei Mayfat HardKnock 4[33] Atlantic City, NJ, USA Decision 10 2:00
1993-12-29 Loss Netherlands Ernesto Hoost K-2 Grand Prix '93, Quarter Final Tokyo, Japan Ext.R Decision (Majority) 4 3:00
1993-05-01 No Contest United States Mark Gurley Karate International Council of Kickboxing[34] Cocoa, FL, USA
Fight was for vacant K.I.C.K. world middleweight title
1993-01-30 Win Japan Taro Minato MA Japan Kickboxing Federation Tokyo, Japan Decision 5 3:00
1992-07-30 Loss Japan Taiei Kin Seidokaikan Kakutogi Olympic II[35] Tokyo, Japan DQ (Illegal Punch) 4
1992-03-21 Win Thailand Sayidkhan Kiatpathan Martial Arts Japan Kickboxing Association[36][37] Japan TKO (Spinning High Kick) 2
0000-00-00 Win Netherlands Luc Verheye Tokyo, Japan Decision 5 3:00
1990-07-06 Win Japan Hideo Suzuki '90 Kakutougi no saiten Tokyo, Japan KO 2 1:58
1990-07-01 Win Japan Naoyuki Taira Shoot boxing BATTLE GAME Tokyo, Japan KO 4 4:01
Wins Taira Shoot boxing Hawk Class world title -75 kg.
1990-01-03 Win Japan Koichi Koide Dojo 20th Anniversary kick[38] Tokyo, Japan KO 1
0000-00-00 Win United States Johnny Davis United States KO 9
Wins Davis PKA middleweight USA title
1989-05-26 Win Japan Caesar Takeshi Tokyo Korakuen Hall Shoot Boxing[39][40] Tokyo, Japan KO (Spinning Mid Kick) 1 4:28
Wins Caesar Shoot boxing Hawk Class world title -75 kg.
1989-04-01 Loss United States Rick Roufus United States Decision
1987-09-01 Loss United States Rick Roufus United States Decision
1987-03-17 Loss United States Roy McCown PKC Kickboxing Rockford, USA Decision 7 3:00
Legend:   Win   Loss   Draw/No contest   Notes

Mixed martial arts record

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MMA Record
0 Wins, 0 Loss 1 Draws[41]
Date Result Opponent Event Location Method Round Time
1996-01-27 Draw Yoji Anjo Shootfighting Carnival Ground Zero Yokohama ~Fighting Festival [42] Yokohama, Japan Draw 1 20 minutes 1R end Time limit
Legend:   Win   Loss   Draw/No contest   Notes

See also

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References

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