Donegi Abena

Donegi Abena (born February 23, 1998) is a Surinamese-Dutch kickboxer fighting for Glory. As of 31 December 2020, he is ranked the #6 light-heavyweight in the world by Combat Press.[3]

Donegi Abena
Born (1998-02-23) February 23, 1998
Paramaribo, Suriname
NationalitySurinamese
Dutch
Height1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)[1]
Weight95 kg (209 lb; 15.0 st)[2]
DivisionLight Heavyweight
StyleKickboxing
StanceOrthodox
Fighting out ofAmsterdam, Netherlands
TeamMike’s Gym
TrainerMike Passenier
Years active2014 - present
Kickboxing record
Total21
Wins15
By knockout3
Losses6
By knockout2

Kickboxing career

Early career

Abena made his debut in 2014, during Go Hard Or Go Home 7, when he faced Fabio Brent. He won the fight by decision. This would be the first of his five fight winning streak. He would suffer his first professional loss to the Czech Jan Soukup. He would lose his next fight as well, dropping a decision to Petr Romankevich.

During FFC 25 he would achieve a TKO win over Maurice Jackson, which would begin his second career winning streak. His four fight winning streak would earn his a place in the WLF 8 man Super Heavyweight Tournament. In the semifinals bout he won the rematch with Petr Romankevich, but suffered a KO loss to the tournament winner Jairzinho Rozenstruik.

Bouncing back with a win over Fabien Fouquet during FFC 29, he entered the A1 WCC Heawyweight Qualification Tournament. In the semifinals he beat Wendell Roche and Brian Douwes in the finals.

After a win over Clyde Brunswijk, he entered the A1WCC Champions League. After beating Luis Tavares in the quarter finals and Adnan Rezovic in the semifinals, he faced Mohamed Abdellah in the final match. He would lose by way of decision.

Moving to the Absolute Championship Berkut he earned the best win of his career, with a unanimous decision win over Andrei Stoica.[4]

GLORY

Following this, he signed with Glory. In his debut fight, during Glory 62, he fought Stephane Susperregui. He won by unanimous decision. In his second fight with the organization, he defeated Michael Duut.

This led him to a fight for the Glory Light Heavyweight Championship against the champion Artem Vakhitov.[5] He would fail to capture the title.[6] Three months later he fought in another title fight, for the interim Light Heavyweight title against Alex Pereira.[7] Abena lost to the pound-for-pound great by knockout.[8]

Abena re-signed with GLORY in January 2021.[9] He was scheduled to fight Luis Tavares at Glory 77 on 30 January 2021.[10] Tavares won the fight by unanimous decision.[11]

Championships and accomplishments
  • A1 World Combat Cup
    • A1 WCC Heavyweight Qualification Tournament Title

Kickboxing record
Kickboxing record
15 Wins (3 (T)KO's), 6 losses, 0 draws
DateResultOpponentEventLocationMethodRoundTime
2021-01-30Loss Luis TavaresGlory 77: RotterdamRotterdam, NetherlandsDecision (Unanimous)33:00
2019-09-28Loss Alex PereiraGlory 68: MiamiMiami, United StatesKO (Left Hook)32:08
For the interim Glory Light Heavyweight Championship
2019-06-22Loss Artem VakhitovGlory 66: ParisParis, FranceDecision (Split)53:00
For Glory Light Heavyweight Championship.
2019-03-09Win Michael DuutGlory 64: StrasbourgStrasbourg, FranceDecision (split)33:00
2018-12-08Win Stephane SusperreguiGlory 62: RotterdamRotterdam, NetherlandsDecision (Unanimous)33:00
2018-07-13Win Andrei StoicaACB KB 16Târgoviște, RomaniaDecision33:00
2018-05-05Loss Mohamed AbdellahA1WCC Champions League, FinalHasselt, BelgiumDecision33:00
For the A1WCC Champions League Tournament.
2018-05-05Win Adnan RezovicA1WCC Champions League, Semi FinalHasselt, BelgiumDecision33:00
2018-05-05Win Luis TavaresA1WCC Champions League, Quarter FinalHasselt, BelgiumExt R. Decision33:00
2017-12-22Win Clyde BrunswijkBlood, Sweat and TearsParamaribo, SurinameDecision33:00
2017-05-13Win Brian DouwesA1 World Combat Cup, Final [12]Eindhoven, NetherlandsDecision33:00
Wins A1 WCC Heawyweight Qualification Tournament Title.[13]
2017-05-13Win Wendell RocheA1 World Combat Cup, Semi Finals [14]Eindhoven, NetherlandsDecision33:00
2017-04-22Win Fabien FouquetFFC 29Ljubljana, SloveniaTKO (Liver Shot)12:35
2016-12-03Loss Jairzinho RozenstruikWu Lin Feng 2016: WLF x Krush - China vs JapanZhengzhou, ChinaKO1
For The WLF Super Heavyweight Tournament.[15][16]
2016-12-03Win Petr RomankevichWu Lin Feng 2016: WLF x Krush - China vs JapanZhengzhou, ChinaDecision33:00
2016-11-05Win Andress van EngelenA1 World Combat CupGermanyDecision33:00
2016-08-23Win Dzhobir TashmatovAkhmat Fight ShowGrozny, RussiaDecision (Unanimous)33:00
2016-07-22Win Andrey OhotnikTatneft Cup 2016 - 1st selection 1/4 finalKazan, RussiaKO2
2016-06-10Win Maurice JacksonFFC 25: Mitchell vs LopezSpringfield, Massachusetts, USATKO (punches)11:10
2016-03-06Loss Petr RomankevichTatneft Cup 2016 - 2nd selection 1/8 finalKazan, RussiaDecision43:00
2015-12-19Loss Jan SoukupVečer Bojovníků Thajského Boxu VII.[17]Liberec, Czech RepublicDecision (Unanimous)33:00
2015-09-25Win Elmir MehićWFL: Bosnia [18]Laktaši, Bosnia and HerzegovinaDecision (Split)33:00
Switched to A Class.
2015-02-08Win Mohammed BalliMuay Thai Centre Clyde van DamsNetherlandsDecision31:30
2014-12-14Win Mohamed GabriMaxifit/Mejiro Wormer galaNetherlandsDecision31:30
2014-10-18Win Marwin GietmannMTBG Ruble Event 15 [19]NetherlandsDecision31:30
2014-10-05Win Fabio BrentGo Hard Or Go Home 7 [20]Tilburg, NetherlandsDecision31:30
N Class.

Legend:   Win   Loss   Draw/No contest   Notes

See also

References
  1. "FIGHTER INFO". Final Fight Championship. Retrieved 6 May 2020.
  2. "Donegi Abena". Glory Kickboxing. Retrieved 6 May 2020.
  3. https://combatpress.com/2020/12/combat-press-kickboxing-rankings-december-2020/
  4. "ACB KB-16: Andrei Stoica (Romania) vs Donegi Abena (Suriname)". Youtube. Retrieved 6 May 2020.
  5. "Vakhitov: "I Shall Keep My Belt"". Kickboxingz. Retrieved 6 May 2020.
  6. "GLORY 66 Results". Kickboxingz. Retrieved 6 May 2020.
  7. "GLORY Kickboxing". Twitter. Retrieved 6 May 2020.
  8. "Alex Pereira KO's Donegi Abena to become the Glory LHW Interim Champion". Reddit. Retrieved 6 May 2020.
  9. "Former Title Challenger Abena Re-signs With GLORY". kickboxingz.com. Retrieved 3 January 2021.
  10. "Murthel Groenhart derde Nederlander bij GLORY-evenement". telegraaf.nl. Retrieved 6 January 2021.
  11. "GLORY 77: fittie tussen Luis Tavares en Donegi Abena nadat uitslag bekend is". sportnieuws.nl. Retrieved 31 January 2021.
  12. Uitslagen 13-05-2017: A1 World Combat Cup Eindhoven
  13. Uitslagen 13-05-2017: A1 World Combat Cup Eindhoven
  14. Uitslagen 13-05-2017: A1 World Combat Cup Eindhoven
  15. 「2016 WLF武林風 vs Krush中日対抗戦 vol.2」 12月3日(土)中国・河南省鄭州市・河南テレビマッチの全試合順が決定!“モロッコのワンダーボーイ”イリアス・ブライドがスーパーファイトに参戦!
  16. "Bigi Boi" wint 4-mans toernooi en pakt WLF wereldtitel(in Dutch)
  17. VEČER BOJOVNÍKŮ THAJSKÉHO BOXU VII.(in Czech)
  18. WFL 2015 – Sept 25
  19. Uitslagen MTBG-Goch Rumble Event 15(in Dutch)
  20. Uitslagen Go Hard Or Go Home 7(in Dutch)


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