Errol Zimmerman

Errol Zimmerman (born April 20, 1986) is a Curaçaoan-Dutch kickboxer, representing the Hemmers Gym in Breda, Netherlands.

Zimmerman began training aged 12 and competing in kickboxing in 2001 at the age of 15.

He competed in the under-85 kg division early in his career before moving up, eventually reaching heavyweight.

On January 19, 2005, he won the Dutch Muay Thai title at 86 kg when he knocked out Bas van den Muijsenberg in Tilburg.

He then followed this up with a fairly successful showing at the K-1 Canarias 2005 eight-man tournament in Tenerife, Spain on April 2, 2005.

After knocking out local fighter Mario Ostos in the quarter-finals and Cameroon's Eric Kouman in the semis, he was defeated by Henriques Zowa via unanimous decision in the final.

He was able to bounce back by defeating Mutlu Karbulut in his next fight at It's Showtime 2005 Amsterdam on June 12, 2005.

He was then given the chance to rematch Henriques Zowa at It's Showtime 75MAX Trophy, 1st Round - Tilburg on October 17, 2005.

He was able to avenge his loss to Zowa, defeating him by unanimous decision after five rounds.

He ended the year with a second-round knockout of Omar Bellahmar on December 17 in Maastricht, Netherlands.

Zimmerman began 2006 with a knockout loss to Naoufal Benazzouz on March 5.

Despite this, he was still invited to take part in the K-1 Scandinavia Grand Prix 2006 in Stockholm, Sweden on May 22.

In the quarter-finals, he defeated Jonathan Gromark via technical knockout in the extra round.

Then, in the semis, he lost to Magomed Magomedov by unanimous decision and was eliminated from the tournament.

Following a round one TKO win over Michiel Gerlach on June 3, Zimmerman returned to the Canary Islands for the K-1 Canarias 2006 on June 16.

He was unable to get as far as the previous year, however, as he was defeated by Gregory Tony on points at the first stage.

Towards the end of the year, he was able to pick up two more wins.

He KO'd Johan Mparpagiannis in the first round at the K-1 World MAX North European Qualification 2007 in Stockholm on November 27, and took revenge on Naoufal Benazzouz by TKOing him in Roosendaal, Netherlands on December 9.

Zimmerman kicked off 2007 by knocking out Jerry Hofman in Amersfoort, Netherlands on January 21.

He then recorded the two biggest wins of his career when he took decision wins over K-1 veterans Brecht Wallis and Petar Majstorovic.

He defeated Wallis in the Netherlands on April 7, and then entered the eight-man tournament at K-1 Fighting Network Romania 2007 on May 4 to make his K-1 debut.

In the quarter-finals, he beat Majstorovic via an extra round majority decision before going on to rematch Wallis in the semis.

He was unable to reproduce his earlier performance, however, and lost a majority decision.

On June 6, he KO'd Gurkan Demirmenci in round one in Tilburg, Netherlands.

Zimmerman then defeated veteran fighter Rodney Faverus by decision in Arnhem, the Netherlands on October 14.

He finished 2007 by TKOing Kenan Akbulut on November 17.

On January 21, Zimmerman knocked out Orlando Breijdenburg in the first round at Ultimate Glory 7 in Amersfoort, Netherlands.

He is K-1 World Grand Prix 2008 in Amsterdam and SUPERKOMBAT Fight Club tournaments champion.

Zimmerman is also former Glory Heavyweight Championship and K-1 Super Heavyweight Championship challenger.

Zimmerman has also competed in one Openweight mixed martial arts fight at K-1 Dynamite!! 2008 against the Japanese MMA icon Ikuhisa Minowa.

Zimmerman lost the fight by a toe hold, a move that is rarely seen in MMA, to the submission specialist.

Then, on February 9, he took part in the opening round of the K-1 Europe Grand Prix at the K-1 World Grand Prix 2008 in Budapest where he faced Damir Tovarovic of Croatia.

After the referee gave Tovarovic two eight counts in the second round, Zimmerman forced the referee to stop the fight when he rocked him for a third time with a high kick.

After stopping an aging Rene Rooze at the It's Showtime 75MAX Trophy 2008 on March 15, Zimmerman advanced to the final eight of the Europe GP at the K-1 World Grand Prix 2008 in Amsterdam on April 26.

Against Attila Karacs in the quarter-finals, Zimmerman was given the TKO win when Karacs could not continue due to a cut on his shin.

He then went up against Björn Bregy in the semis and, despite being dominated by the huge Swiss fighter in the first round and dropped in the third, was able to knock him out with a flurry of punches at the end of round three.

Advancing to the final against Zabit Samedov, he took a majority decision win after a hard-fought three rounds to become the K-1 European Champion and qualify for 2008 K-1 World Grand Prix.

At the K-1 World Grand Prix 2008 in Seoul Final 16 on September 27, he beat Brazilian karateka Glaube Feitosa by unanimous decision (30–26, 30–26, and 30–26) to qualify for the K-1 World Grand Prix 2008 Final in Yokohama, Japan on December 6.

In 2011 WIPU voted him the Kickboxer of the Year.

He has competed in the K-1, It's Showtime, SUPERKOMBAT and GLORY promotions and is currently signed to ONE Championship.