In the video, the two talk for a few minutes. Peter Aerts is evidently moving from the Netherlands to Tokyo. Akiyama says he is looking forward to sparring with Aerts, even calling him a legend. The ...

Peter Aerts is one of those strikers you always wished would have given MMA a serious try. You can’t really blame him for sticking with kickboxing, though. Over the course of a nearly thirty-year ...

Widely considered one of the all-time great Heavyweight kickboxers, Peter Aerts has battled injury, age, and a litany of elite opponents. Aerts’ head kick would become the stuff of legend and his ...

(PRESS RELEASE) -- In the book "Principles and Practice of Sports Management," University of Massachusetts Professor Lisa P. Masteralexis estimates the career of a professional athlete at less than ...

View post: Victor Wembanyama Just Broke This 28-Year-Old Playoff Record On Saturday, Dec. 21, Tokyo’s Ariake Coliseum will host GLORY 13, which will feature the final fight in the storied kickboxing ...

Kickboxing legend Peter Aerts has officially hung up his gloves. The 44 year old all time great officially announced his retirement via video at a press conference for an upcoming kickboxing show in ...

As of May 2026, RIZIN Fighting Federation is executing a bold shift from its traditional 'spectacle-first' model to a more strategic, globally competitive identity. The upcoming RIZIN 53 in Kobe and ...

AERTS: Peter Aerts (Pictures) is a highly successful Dutch fighter with an 81-23-1 (57 KO) record in kickboxing. He has held the I.K.B.F. world heavyweight championship and the W.M.T.A. World Muay ...

Now this may be kickboxing related, but the man who won this years K1 Grand Prix title was and still is a heavyweight champion of mixed martial arts before winning any championships in kick boxing.