Gilbert Yvel
MMA bad boy Gilbert Yvel has always been a menacing figure in the cage, but how did he fare when he fought in his first ever kickboxing bout back in 2002?
At the time Yvel’s MMA form was somewhat patchy, having suffered a few losses in the PRIDE organization, before getting a couple of wins under his belt in other promotions.
Remarkably, just a few weeks before his kickboxing bout with Ray Sefo at the K-1 World Grand Prix, Yvel had fought in an MMA bout against Jeremy Horn, losing by unanimous decision.
The K-1 fight would go even worse though, with Sefo landing punishing blows to the body and thunderous leg kicks, and in the second round one such kick saw Yvel dropping straight to the canvas grimacing in pain.
He would get back up and keep fighting, but his injured limb was now all but useless and a couple of more chopping blows to it would floor him once again to end the fight by KO.
