Rodney Glunder Explained

Rodney Glunder
Other Names:The Silent Assassin
Birth Name:Rodney Faverus
Birth Date:3 January 1975
Birth Place:Leiden, Netherlands
Weight:234lb
Reach:76 in
Style:MMA, Kickboxing, Boxing, Wrestling, Kyokushin karate, Taekwondo, Brazilian jiu-jitsu
Stance:Orthodox
Fighting Out Of:Amsterdam, Netherlands
Team:Team Hardcore
Mike's Gym
Mejiro Gym
Team Benelux
Gracie Barra Amsterdam
Burning Heart Dojo
Rank:black belt in Kyokushin
black belt in Taekwondo
blue belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu
Years Active:1995–2013; 2014–2017
Box Win:1
Box Kowin:1
Box Loss:0
Kickbox Win:17
Kickbox Kowin:5
Kickbox Loss:12
Kickbox Koloss:4
Mma Kowin:12
Mma Subwin:3
Mma Decwin:9
Mma Dqwin:1
Mma Koloss:3
Mma Subloss:11
Mma Decloss:6
Mma Draw:3
Mma Nc:1
Sherdog:1521
Footnotes:Sponsored by Diesel (2003–2010).
Updated:June 12, 2012

Rodney Glunder (born as Rodney Faverus, March 1, 1975) is a retired Dutch professional kickboxer, mixed martial artist, professional wrestler[1] and boxer, current actor, entrepreneur[2] and bodybuilder.[3] He has fought for M-1 Global, Cage Rage, K-1, PRIDE Fighting Championship, RINGS, Glory, Konfrontacja Sztuk Walki, It's Showtime, SuperKombat, SLAMM!! Events and Art of War Fighting Championship. Glunder holds notable wins over top contenders Cheick Kongo, Valentijn Overeem, Joe Riggs, Melvin Manhoef, Cyrille Diabaté, Brian Douwes and Gregory Tony.

In March 2022 Glunder was charged with rape, aggravated assault and attempted manslaughter by the Dutch authorities.[4] [5] [6] On March 25, 2022, he was found guilty and has been sentenced to 5 years in prison.[7]

Mixed martial arts and kickboxing career

Glunder began practicing martial arts at the age of 18, with Kyokushin kaikan and Taekwondo. He has a son who fights as a professional kickboxer, Massaro Glunder (born in 1994). In 1997, he won the European full contact karate championships.[8] Rodney began competing in mixed martial arts in 1996, and is a journeyman of the sport with almost fifty fights. Rodney has never been knocked out in professional kickboxing, in late-2014 Glunder was knocked out with a knee to the body in a kickboxing bout, but has been knocked out only once in professional mixed martial arts competition by former UFC contender and fellow Dutch fighter Gilbert Yvel who knocked Glunder unconscious with a series of punches at 2 Hot 2 Handle: Pride and Honor in 2006. Glunder is also the first person to ever defeat veterans Brian Douwes and Mikko Rupponen by technical knockout.

In April 2003, Rodney made his K-1 debut against former UFC and Strikeforce contender Joe Riggs at the K-1 Holland Grand Prix 2003 and won via knockout within the first round. He won his first K-1 GP in June 2006, when he defeated three opponents in one night to be crowned the K-1 Canarias 2006 champion.

In May 2012, Glunder entered the SuperKombat World GP to accept a fight against Romanian kickboxer Andrei Stoica after Stoica referred to Glunder's sparring partner and fellow Surinamese fighter Redouan Cairo as "the nigger" in a post fight interview after Stoica's recent fight with Cairo.[9] Glunder later lost the fight via decision in a fight many believe Glunder had won, after the fight Glunder went on to say he felt he lost the fight due to Stoica being the "poster boy" for SuperKombat and Romanian judges biased toward Surinamese fighters.[10]

Rodney replaced injured K-1 legend Jérôme Le Banner against Marcin Różalski at KSW 20, losing the fight via unanimous decision.

On April 20, 2013, at the Rumble of the North II event Glunder fought his last career fight, this time under boxing rules. He defeated Janos Tiborcz by first-round KO and retired from contact sports shortly after.[11]

On May 31, 2014, Rodney has decided to come out of retirement to take a fight against Porud Gym fighter Koos Wessels Boer for the vacant M.O.N Muay Thai European Championship at Rumble of the North IV.[12]

Professional wrestling career

Rodney Glunder
Birthname:Rodney Faverus
Names:Rodney Glunder
Weight:250lb
Birth Date:January 3, 1975
Birth Place:Leiden, Netherlands
Billed:South Holland, Netherlands
Trainer:Bas van Kunder
wXw staff
Dutch Top Team
Debut:August 5, 2005

After retiring from fighting Glunder has decided to once again pursue a career in professional wrestling, Rodney was previously the owner of New Blood Wrestling in Jan 2004, the promotion folded a year later near the end of 2005, and also occasionally wrestled for German promotion Westside Xtreme Wrestling and Pro Wrestling Holland after his promotion folded.[13] On June 22, 2013, Glunder is set to make his return to wrestling at a Pro Wrestling Showdown event in a tag team match, teaming with former WWE competitor Joe E. Legend after Legend's partner Sean Lucas suffered an injury during training. After winning this match with Legend he later joined the Red Star Empire stable alongside Rico Bushido and Adam Polak, replacing Red Star member Lloyd Pengel after Pengel cost the team to lose a number of previous matches. Pengel was later allowed back into the Red Star Empire after suffering a beating at the hands of Glunder and Bushido.[14] [15]

After a couple weeks of inactivity Glunder returned with his Red Star team to challenge WWE Hall of Fame inductee Tony Atlas to a match after Glunder told Atlas he is a better bodybuilder than Atlas ever was, Glunder recently started bodybuilding in 2013 and Atlas is a 30-year bodybuilding veteran, Glunder also went on to say he wanted the match to be a no holds barred match, Atlas later accepted the match and is set to take place at the PWS 13 event on February 23, 2014, in Purmerend, Netherlands. The match was declared a no-contest by the referee when Glunder refused to release his guillotine choke submission after Atlas fell unconscious as he grabbed the ring ropes, Glunder was later suspended by PWS executives for several months.[16] A year after his suspension ended Rodney made sporadic appearances on the Holland independent circuit, Glunder later decided to re-retire from professional wrestling in March 2016 to pursue a career in acting, specifically in direct to TV films in the Netherlands.

Titles and championships[17]

Mixed martial arts record

|-| Loss| align=center| | Marcin Rózalski| Decision (unanimous)| KSW 20| | align=center| 3| align=center| 5:00| Gdańsk, Poland||-| Loss| align=center| 25–19–3 (1)| Dion Staring| Technical Submission (kimura)| Glory 11| | align=center| 1| align=center| 2:42| Amsterdam, Netherlands||-| NC| align=center| 25–18–3 (1)| Antônio Braga Neto| No Contest (fighter fell from ring)| Art of War 14| | align=center| 1| align=center| 0:24| Macau, China||-| Win| align=center| 25–18–3| Arnoldas Joknys| TKO (punches and elbows)| Cage Fighters Championships 5| | align=center| 1| align=center| 2:42| Riga, Latvia| |-| Loss| align=center| 24–18–3| Victor Valimaki| Submission (rear naked choke)| M-1 Challenge 10: Finland| | align=center| 1| align=center| 2:14| Helsinki, Finland||-| Loss| align=center| 24–17–3| James Zikic| Submission (armbar)| Cage Rage 26| | align=center| 3| align=center| 0:25| London, England||-| Loss| align=center| 24–16–3| Robert Jocz| Decision (split)| Beast of the East| | align=center| 3| align=center| 5:00| Amsterdam, Netherlands||-| Loss| align=center| 24–15–3| Krzysztof Kulak| Submission (injury)| Return of the King 2| | align=center| 3| align=center| N/A| Paramaribo, Suriname||-| Loss| align=center| 24–14–3| Renato Sobral| Technical Submission (arm-triangle choke)| PFP: Ring of Fire| | align=center| 3| align=center| 1:00| Quezon City, Philippines||-| Loss| align=center| 24–13–3| Maro Perak| TKO (injury)| WFC 3: Bad Sunday| | align=center| 1| align=center| 5:00| Domžale, Slovenia| |-| Win| align=center| 24–12–3| Chinto Mordillo| KO (punches)| Return of the King 1| | align=center| 1| align=center| 0:08| Paramaribo, Suriname||-| Loss| align=center| 23–12–3| Gilbert Yvel| KO (punches)| 2H2H – Pride & Honor| | align=center| 1| align=center| 1:38| Rotterdam, Netherlands||-| Win| align=center| 23–11–3| Mikko Rupponen| TKO (broken hand)| WFC 2: Evolution| | align=center| 2| align=center| 0:22| Koper, Slovenia||-| Loss| align=center| 22–11–3| Yuki Sasaki| Submission (armbar)| WCFC: No Guts No Glory| | align=center| 1| align=center| 4:40| Manchester, England||-| Win| align=center| 22–10–3| Henriques Zowa| Decision| It's Showtime: Amsterdam Arena| | align=center| N/A| align=center| N/A| Amsterdam, Netherlands||-| Loss| align=center| 21–10–3| Ramazan Akhadullaev| Decision (split)| M-1 MFC: Heavyweight GP| | align=center| 2| align=center| 5:00| Moscow, Russia||-| Loss| align=center| 21–9–3| Alistair Overeem| Submission (guillotine choke)| 2 Hot 2 Handle| | align=center| 1| align=center| N/A| Rotterdam, Netherlands| |-| Win| align=center| 21–8–3| Melvin Manhoef| KO (punches)| It's Showtime 2004 Amsterdam| | align=center| 2| align=center| 4:43| Amsterdam, Netherlands||-| Win| align=center| 20–8–3| Dave Vader| Decision (unanimous)| Rings Holland: World's Greatest| | align=center| 3| align=center| 5:00| Utrecht, Netherlands| |-| Win| align=center| 19–8–3| Cyrille Diabaté| Decision (unanimous)| 2 Hot 2 Handle| | align=center| 2| align=center| 5:00| Amsterdam, Netherlands||-| Loss| align=center| 18–8–3| Chalid Arrab| Decision (unanimous)| PRIDE Bushido 1| | align=center| 2| align=center| 5:00| Saitama, Japan||-| Win| align=center| 18–7–3| Miodrag Petkovic| TKO (punches)| RINGS Durata World Grand Prix 2| | align=center| 1| align=center| 0:11| Opatija, Croatia| |-| Win| align=center| 17–7–3| Nikolai Onikienko| Decision| RINGS Durata World Grand Prix 2| | align=center| 1| align=center| 5:00| Opatija, Croatia||-| Win| align=center| 16–7–3| Jose Ramalho| Decision| RINGS Durata World Grand Prix 2| | align=center| 1| align=center| 5:00| Opatija, Croatia||-| Win| align=center| 15–7–3| Sergey Kaznovsky| Submission (armbar)| It's Showtime 2003 Amsterdam| | align=center| 1| align=center| 3:41| Amsterdam, Netherlands||-| Win| align=center| 14–7–3| Tommy Sauer| TKO (doctor stoppage)| Rings Holland: One Moment In Time| | align=center| 2| align=center| 3:52| Utrecht, Netherlands| |-| Win| align=center| 13–7–3| Valentijn Overeem| Submission (forfeit)| 2H2H 5 – Simply the Best 5| | align=center| 1| align=center| 3:00| Rotterdam, Netherlands||-| Win| align=center| 12–7–3| Cheick Kongo| Decision (unanimous)| Rings Holland: Saved by the Bell| | align=center| 2| align=center| 5:00| Amsterdam, Netherlands| |-| Loss| align=center| 11–7–3| Martin Malkhasyan| Submission (kneebar)| M-1 MFC – Russia vs. the World 3| | align=center| 1| align=center| 3:34| Saint Petersburg, Russia||-| Win| align=center| 11–6–3| Fatih Kocamis| Decision (split)| 2H2H 4 – Simply the Best 4| | align=center| 2| align=center| 5:00| Rotterdam, Netherlands||-| Win| align=center| 10–6–3| Paul Cahoon| TKO (doctor stoppage)| Rings Holland: Some Like It Hard| | align=center| 3| align=center| 1:53| Utrecht, Netherlands| |-| Draw| align=center| 9–6–3| Cyrille Diabaté| Draw| Rings Holland: No Guts, No Glory| | align=center| 2| align=center| 5:00| Amsterdam, Netherlands||-| Win| align=center| 9–6–2| Ricardo Fyeet| Submission (guillotine choke)| Rings Holland: Heroes Live Forever| | align=center| 2| align=center| 1:04| Utrecht, Netherlands| |-| Win| align=center| 8–6–2| Fabrice Bernardin| DQ (illegal strikes)| Kam Lung – Only the Strongest Survive 2| | align=center| 1| align=center| N/A| Hellevoetsluis, Netherlands||-| Win| align=center| 7–6–2| Tjerk Vermanen| TKO (spinning back kick)| It's Showtime – Exclusive| | align=center| 1| align=center| 0:47| Haarlem, Netherlands||-| Win| align=center| 6–6–2| Iwan de Groot| TKO (knees)| Together Productions – Fight Gala| | align=center| 1| align=center| N/A| Zaandam, Netherlands||-| Loss| align=center| 5–6–2| Jose Landi-Jons| Technical Submission (armbar)| Amsterdam Absolute Championship 2| | align=center| 1| align=center| 6:25| Amsterdam, Netherlands||-| Loss| align=center| 5–5–2| Alexandre Ferreira| TKO (submission to punches)| World Vale Tudo Championship 8| | align=center| 1| align=center| 1:59| Aruba||-| Win| align=center| 5–4–2| Silvio Zimmerman| TKO (strikes)| World Vale Tudo Championship 8| | align=center| 1| align=center| 5:07| Aruba||-| Draw| align=center| 4–4–2| Melvin Manhoef| Draw| Rings Holland: The Kings of the Magic Ring| | align=center| 2| align=center| 5:00| Utrecht, Netherlands||-| Loss| align=center| 4–4–1| Sergei Belov| Submission (armbar)| IAFC – Pankration World Championship 1999| | align=center| 1| align=center| 7:55| Moscow, Russia||-| Loss| align=center| 4–3–1| Michele Verginelli| Submission (rear naked choke)| Ultimate Fights Brescia| | align=center| 1| align=center| 11:29| Brescia, Italy||-| Loss| align=center| 4–2–1| Richard Plug| Decision (1-0 points)| FFH – Free Fight Gala| | align=center| N/A| align=center| N/A| Beverwijk, Netherlands||-| Win| align=center| 4–1–1| Tomas Valatkevicius| Decision| KO Power Tournament| | align=center| 1| align=center| 10:00| Amsterdam, Netherlands||-| Win| align=center| 3–1–1| Sergei Zavadsky| TKO (punches)| M-1 MFC – World Championship 1998| | align=center| 1| align=center| 0:35| Saint Petersburg, Russia||-| Draw| align=center| 2–1–1| Habib Ben Sallah| Draw| FFH – Free Fight Gala| | align=center| 1| align=center| 5:00| Beverwijk, Netherlands||-| Loss| align=center| 2–1| Sergei Bytchkov| Decision| M-1 MFC – World Championship 1997| | align=center| 1| align=center| 10:00| Saint Petersburg, Russia||-| Win| align=center| 2–0| Rik de Jager| KO (knee to the body)| Rings Holland – Utrecht at War| | align=center| 2| align=center| 1:10| Utrecht, Netherlands||-| Win| align=center| 1–0| Piet Bernzen| Decision| Fight Gala – Mix Fight Night| | align=center| 3| align=center| 5:00| Haarlem, Netherlands|

Kickboxing record

Kickboxing Record
Date Result Opponent Method Round Time Event Location
2017-04-23Win Dennis StolzenbachDecision (unanimous)33:00WLF – Champion vs. Champion [18] [19] Almere, Netherlands
2012-12-08Loss Luis TavaresKO4N/AKickboks Gala Margriethal Schiedam, Netherlands
[20] [21] [22] [23]
2012-05-12Loss Andrei StoicaDecision (unanimous)33:00SuperKombat World Grand Prix II 2012 Cluj-Napoca, Romania
2012-02-12Loss Ali CenikDecision (unanimous)33:00Natural Powers Eindhoven, Netherlands
2011-10-30Loss Fred SikkingDecision (split)33:00Twilight's Fight Night Hilversum, Netherlands
2011-10-08Loss LorenDecision (split)33:00Top Event Tenerife, Spain
2011-05-01Loss Mohammed BoubkariDecision (unanimous)53:00The Next Generation Warriors 5 Utrecht, Netherlands
2011-04-10Win Brian DouwesTKO (broken arm)13:00There's Nothing Wrong By Being Strong Aalsmeer, Netherlands
2011-02-20Loss Ivan StanićDecision (unanimous)53:00Opatija Fight Night 3 Opatija, Croatia
2010-07-04Loss Ilkay AltinkayaDecision33:00Slamm!Last fight before Summer[24]
2010-04-30Win Bas van de MuizenbergDecision (unanimous)33:00SLAMM! Events: Powerzone Amsterdam, Netherlands
2010-03-19Loss Zabit SamedovTKO31:48K-1 World MAX 2010 East Europe Tournament Minsk, Belarus
2010-01-30Win Tomasz SararaDecision (unanimous)33:00Beast of the East Zutphen, Netherlands
2009-08-29Loss Ondřej HutníkDecision33:00It's Showtime 2009 Budapest Budapest, Hungary
2009-04-11Win Marcello AdriaanszDecision33:00Amsterdam Fight Club 5 Amsterdam, Netherlands
2008-05-07Loss Anderson SilvaDecision (unanimous)33:00Amsterdam Fight Club 3 Amsterdam, Netherlands
2007-01-05Win Anton BerdinikovDecision (unanimous)122:00M-1 Global Murmansk, Russia
2006-11-25Win Moustafa LakhsemDecision (unanimous)33:00Beatdown Amsterdam Amsterdam, Netherlands
2006-06-17Win Gregory TonyTKO (knees and punches)1N/AK-1 Canarias 2006, Final Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain
2006-06-17Win Humberto ÉvoraDecision33:00K-1 Canarias 2006, Semi finals Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain
2006-06-17Win Alejandro Navarro-MartinsDecision33:00K-1 Canarias 2006, Quarter finals Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain
2006-06-03Win Errol ParisTKO (doctor stoppage)51:03Gentlemen Fight Night 3 Tilburg, Netherlands
2006-05-13Win Jon DelgadoDecision (majority)33:00K-1 World Grand Prix 2006 in Amsterdam Amsterdam, Netherlands
2005-12-17Win Yussuf BelmikdanKO (right hook)4N/A2H2H: Road to Japan Maastricht, Netherlands
2005-10-29Loss James PhillipsDecision (unanimous)33:00K-1 New Talents 2005 in Germany Koblenz, Germany
2005-10-06Win Tsuyoshi TajimaTKO (doctor stoppage)13:00Bushido Europe: Rotterdam Rumble Rotterdam, Netherlands
2005-06-12Win Henriques ZowaDecision (split)33:00It's Showtime 2005 Amsterdam Amsterdam, Netherlands
2001-04-22Win Peter VerschuurenKO (knee)12:06Millennium Sports 1: Veni Vidi Vici Veenendaal, Netherlands
1996-10-26Loss Perry UbedaTKO (exhaustion)63:00Battle of Styles Amsterdam, Netherlands

Boxing record

Boxing Record
1 Wins (1 (T)KOs)
Date Result Opponent Event Location Method Round Time
2013-04-20 Win Janos Tiborcz Rumble of the North 2 Uithuizen, Netherlands KO (punches) 1 1:41
Legend:

Entrance music

EventEntrance Music
Rumble of the North 2Karate ChopFuture
Natural PowersIm Boomin – Soulja Boy
SuperKombat World Grand Prix 2012B.M.FRick Ross
There's Nothing Wrong By Being StrongWhen Im Gone – Wiz Khalifa
Opatija Fight Night 3Aston Martin MusicRick Ross
Cage Fighters Championships 5Everybody Looking – Gucci Mane
Amsterdam Fight Club 5My Shadow – Gucci Mane
K-1 World Grand Prix 2006 in AmsterdamKing Of My World – Saliva
2H2H: Road to JapanYou Know How We Do ItIce Cube

See also

External links

Notes and References

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  7. Web site: Ex-kickbokser krijgt vijf jaar celstraf voor gewelddadige verkrachtingen. Nos.nl. 25 March 2022 . 4 April 2022.
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  10. Web site: Andrei Stoica's Win Overturned; Apologizes for Racist Comments. LiverKick . 2014-06-04.
  11. Web site: Rodney Glunder u oproštajnom meču pregazio Janosa Tiborcza. Profightstore.hr. 4 April 2022.
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  13. Web site: New Blood Wrestling (NBW) « Promotions Database « CAGEMATCH – The Internet Wrestling Database . Cagematch.net . 2014-06-04.
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  21. Web site: Press Release- Interview: Luis Tavares. Sherdog.
  22. Web site: Luis Tavares vs Rodney Glunder. https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211220/vdk_iWDiCOc . 2021-12-20 . live. 25 July 2014 . YouTube.
  23. Web site: Fighter – Luis Tavares Profile . 2014-09-17 . 2014-10-30 . https://web.archive.org/web/20141030152445/http://www.gloryworldseries.com/en/fighters/view/2456 . dead .
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