Aalviar Lima

Aalviar Lima
Lima at Ring Masters Olympia press conference, Istanbul in 2008
Born Aalviar Lima
(1978-03-23) March 23, 1978
Cape Verde
Other names The Machine
Nationality Cape Verde Cape Verdean
Netherlands Dutch
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight 76 kg (168 lb; 12.0 st)
Division Middleweight
Style Muay Thai
Stance Orthodox
Fighting out of Dordrecht, Netherlands
Team Team SuperPro (2005-2013)
Sitan Gym
Trainer Dennis Krauweel
Kickboxing record
Total 78
Wins 58
By knockout 28
Losses 17
By knockout 1
Draws 3
last updated on: May 24, 2013

Aalviar "The Machine" Lima (born 23 March 1978) is a retired Cape Verdean-Dutch middleweight kickboxer who fought out of Dordrecht, Netherlands. He made his K-1 debut against Warren Stevelmans in K-1 MAX Netherlands 2008 The Final Qualification.[1]

Career

Lima has fought in various events and tournaments around Europe such as Beast of the East, It's Showtime Trophy, KlasH, SuperLeague, and Ring Masters. In SuperLeague, he reached his peak with clutching the title where he had beaten respectively José Reis, Ali Gunyar, and Kamal El Amrani in 2005.[2] He also has some remarkable victory records over Imro Main and Vasily Shish in Klash Event.[2]

He has been invited to K-1 after his knock-out victory over Nieky Holzken.[2] which also was selected as one of the best KOs of the year by Fight Club, the martial arts magazine of multi-sports channel Eurosport.

On 24 May 2013 Aalviar Lima fought his retirement fight against Romanian prospect Alexandru Irimia. Coach Dennis Krauweel cried when Lima announced once again his retirement. He was awarded for his win by his Team SuperPro colleague, Rico Verhoeven.[3]

Miscellaneous

Former K-1 World Max champion Albert Kraus and It's Showtime Reality Show contender Swede fighter Elias Daniel are some of his sparring mates.[4]

His name is also written as Alviar Lima instead.

Titles

  • 2010 Beast of the East tournament runner up -72.5 kg
  • 2009 Beast of the East tournament runner up -72.5 kg
  • 2008 WFCA Muaythai World champion -76 kg
  • 2008 WFCA Thaiboxing Middleweight world champion -72.57 kg
  • 2007 IKBA Thaiboxing World champion
  • 2006 SuperLeague Middleweight title -73 kg
  • 2006 It's Showtime 75MAX Trophy Belgium Pool A winner -75 kg
  • 2005 IKBA Thaiboxing World champion -73 kg
  • 2005 SuperLeague Middleweight Tournament champion -73 kg

Kickboxing record

Kickboxing record

Legend:   Win   Loss   Draw/No contest   Notes

See also

References

  1. ↑ Related Wikipedia Article
  2. 1 2 3 "Alviar Lima enters K1 max!". MAT (Martial Arts Television - Magazine). 2008-05-10. Archived from the original on 2011-07-24. Retrieved 2008-06-15.
  3. ↑ "Spectacol de arte marțiale în gala Klash 4 Glory Timișoara" (in Romanian). stiridesport.ro. 25 May 2013.
  4. ↑ "Team SuperPro squad". Archived from the original on 2016-01-24. Retrieved 2008-06-15.
  5. ↑ "Battle of the Rotterdam Rebels 9 results". www.kickbox.nl. Retrieved 2011-05-29.
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