Alviar Lima

Alviar Lima
Lima at Ring Masters Olympia press conference, Istanbul in 2008
Born	Alviar Lima (1978-03-23) March 23, 1978 (age 46) Cape Verde
Other names	The Machine
Nationality	Dutch Cape Verdean
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight	76 kg (168 lb; 12.0 st)
Division	Welterweight Middleweight
Style	Muay Thai
Stance	Orthodox
Fighting out of	Rotterdam, Netherlands
Team	Team SuperPro (2005–2013) Sitan Gym
Trainer	Dennis Krauweel
Years active	1999–2013
Kickboxing record
Total	78
Wins	58
By knockout	28
Losses	17
By knockout	2
Draws	3
Last updated on: May 24, 2013

Alviar "The Machine" Lima (born 23 March 1978) is a Cape Verdean-Dutch retired kickboxer who fought out of Rotterdam, 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, 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.^[2]

On 24 May 2013, 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 were some of his sparring mates.^[4]

His name is also written as Aalviar 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

58 Wins (28 (T)KO's, 30 decisions), 17 Losses, 3 Draws
Date	Result	Opponent	Event	Location	Method	Round	Time
2013-05-24	Win	Alexandru Irimia	KlasH Champions Challenge: Drumul către Glorie! Bătălia de pe Bega	Timișoara, Romania	Decision (Split)	3	3:00
Lima wins and retires.
2012-09-02	Win	Darryl Sichtman	Muay Thai Mania 5	The Hague, Netherlands	TKO	3
2011-11-19	Loss	Tevfik Sucu	SuperKombat World Grand Prix Final 2011	Darmstadt, Germany	Decision (Unanimous)	3	3:00
2011-05-29	Win	Lindo Profas	The Battle of the Rotterdam Rebels 9[5]	Rotterdam, Netherlands	Decision (Unanimous)	3	3:00
2010-06-12	Win	Lukasz Rambalski	Beast of the East 2010 Poland	Gdynia, Poland	Decision (Unanimous)	3	3:00
2010-03-07	Loss	Warren Stevelmans	Time For Action presents: Team SuperPro 10 Year Anniversary	Nijmegen, Netherlands	Decision (Unanimous)	3	3:00
Loses W.F.C.A. Thai-boxing middleweight world title -72.5 kg.
2010-01-30	Loss	Shemsi Beqiri	Beast of the East 2010 tournament final	Zutphen, Netherlands	Decision (Unanimous)	3	3:00
Fight was for Beast of the East 2010 (-72,5kg) tournament title.
2010-01-30	Win	Tevfik Sucu	Beast of the East 2010 tournament semi final	Zutphen, Netherlands	Decision (Unanimous)	3	3:00
2010-01-30	Win	Lukasz Rambalski	Beast of the East 2010 tournament quarter final	Zutphen, Netherlands	KO	2
2009-12-19	Draw	Muhammed Gür	Mix Fight	Darmstadt, Germany	Decision draw	5	3:00
2009-10-31	Win	Fadi Merza	KlasH European Elimination	Martigny, Switzerland	Decision (Unanimous)	5	3:00
2009-04-21	Loss	Artur Kyshenko	K-1 World MAX 2009 Final 16	Fukuoka, Japan	TKO (Referee stoppage)	1	2:56
2009-01-24	Loss	Khalid Bourdif	Beast of the East 2009	Venice, Italy	Ext R. Decision (Unanimous)	4	3:00
For the Beast of the East 2009 (-72,5kg) tournament title.
2009-01-24	Win	William Diender	Beast of the East 2009	Zutphen, Netherlands	Decision (Unanimous)	3	3:00
2009-01-24	Win	Szűcs Barnabás	Beast of the East 2009	Zutphen, Netherlands	Decision (Unanimous)	3	3:00
2008-10-05	Loss	Goran Borovic	Tough Is Not Enough	Rotterdam, Netherlands	2 Ext R. Decision (Unanimous)	5	3:00
Fight was for OPBU Euro-African title (-70kg) under K-1 Rules.
2008-07-07	Win	Mark Vogel	K-1 World MAX 2008 Final 8	Fukuoka, Japan	TKO (Doctor stoppage)	2	3:00
2008-05-31	Win	Yücel Fidan	Beast of the East	Zutphen, Netherlands	TKO (Doctor stoppage/Cut)	2	0:59
2008-03-15	Loss	Gregory Choplin	It's Showtime 75MAX Trophy 2008, Quarter Finals	's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands	Decision (Unanimous)	3	3:00
2008-02-17	Loss	Warren Stevelmans	K-1 MAX Netherlands 2008 The Final Qualification	Utrecht, Netherlands	Decision (Split)	3	3:00
2008-01-26	Win	Nieky Holzken	Beast of the East	Zutphen, Netherlands	KO (Left hook)	3	0:36
Wins WFCA World Thaiboxing Middleweight (-72.57 kg) title.
2007-10-26	Win	Vasily Shish	KlasH Champions Battlefield: Show No Mercy	Sibiu, Romania	Decision (Unanimous)	3	3:00
2007-07-21	Win	Mario Princ	KlasH Champions Battlefield II	Albufeira, Portugal	KO	1
2007-04-28	Win	Imro Main	KlasH Champions Battlefield	Höör, Sweden	Decision	3	3:00
2007-03-24	Win	Yassin Boudrouz	It's Showtime Trophy 2007	Lommel, Belgium	TKO (Doctor Stoppage)	1
Qualifies for It's Showtime 75MAX Trophy 2008.
2007-01-13	Win	Laurent Periquet	K-1 Rules Heavyweight Tournament 2007 in Turkey	Istanbul, Turkey	TKO (Referee stoppage)	2	3:00
2006-11-12	Win	Marco Pique	2H2H Pride & Honor Ahoy 2006	Rotterdam, Netherlands	Decision (Unanimous)	5	3:00
2006-10-14	Win	Baker Barakat		Germany
2006-09-23	Loss	Şahin Yakut	It's Showtime 75MAX Trophy Final 2006, Semi Finals	Rotterdam, Netherlands	Decision (Unanimous)	3	3:00
2006-09-23	Win	Najim Ettouhlali	It's Showtime 75MAX Trophy Final 2006, Quarter Finals	Rotterdam, Netherlands	Ext R. Decision (Unanimous)	4	3:00
2006-06-03	Loss	Pajonsuk	Gentleman Fight Night 3	Tilburg, Netherlands	Decision (Unanimous)	5	3:00
2006-05-13	Win	Fadi Merza	SuperLeague Elimination 2006	Vienna, Austria	Decision (Unanimous)	5	3:00
Wins SuperLeague Middleweight title -73 kg.
2006-03-11	Win	José Reis	SuperLeague Apocalypse 2006	Paris, France	Decision (Unanimous)	3	3:00
2006-02-18	Win	Imro Main	It's Showtime 75MAX Trophy Belgium, Pool A Final	Mortsel, Belgium	TKO	1
Qualifies for It's Showtime 75MAX Trophy Final 2006.
2006-02-18	Win	Jan van Denderen	It's Showtime 75MAX Trophy Belgium, Pool A Semi Finals	Mortsel, Belgium	Decision	3	3:00
2006-01-28	Win	Petr Polak	SuperLeague Hungary 2006	Budapest, Hungary	Decision (Unanimous)	3	3:00
2005-12-18	Win	Richard Fenwick	I.K.B.A. World Championships	Oss, Netherlands	Decision (Unanimous)	5	3:00
Wins I.K.B.A. Thaiboxing world title -73 kg.
2005-10-22	Win	Thomas Hladky	SuperLeague Heavy Knockout 2005	Vienna, Austria	Decision (Unanimous)	3	3:00
2005-09-24	Win	Kamal El Amrani	SuperLeague Turkey 2005, Final	Istanbul, Turkey	TKO (Corner Stoppage)	3
Wins SuperLeague Tournament Turkey 2005 -73 kg title.
2005-09-24	Win	Ali Gunyar	SuperLeague Turkey 2005, Semi Finals	Istanbul, Turkey	TKO (Corner Stoppage)	2
2005-09-24	Win	José Reis	SuperLeague Turkey 2005, Quarter Finals	Istanbul, Turkey	Decision	3	3:00
2005-05-21	Win	Thomas Hladky	SuperLeague Germany 2005	Oberhausen, Germany	TKO (Doctor Stop/Cut)	1
2005-03-26	Draw	Andy Souwer	East Side 4	Amsterdam, Netherlands	Decision draw	5	3:00
2004-12-18	Win	Marko Stünkel	SuperLeague Netherlands 2004	Uden, Netherlands	TKO	5
2004-11-14	Loss	Imro Main	Muay Thai/Mixed Fight Gala, Sporthal Stedenwijk	Almere, Netherlands	Decision (Unanimous)	5	3:00
2004-02-22	Win	Marco Pique	2 Hot 2 Handle	Rotterdam, Netherlands	Decision (Unanimous)	5	3:00
2003-11-30	Draw	Gago Drago	Killerdome IV	Amsterdam, Netherlands	Decision draw	5	3:00
2003-09-28	Loss	Ondrej Hutnik	Muay Thai Champions League IX	Rotterdam, Netherlands	Decision (Unanimous)	5	3:00
2003-05-31	Loss	Marco Pique	Muay Thai Express I	Rotterdam, Netherlands	Decision (Unanimous)	5	3:00
Fight was for Dutch Muaythai (72,5kg) title.
2003-03-16	Loss	Şahin Yakut	Ahoy Simply The Best VI	Rotterdam, Netherlands	Decision (Unanimous)	5	3:00
2002-10-05	Win	Nabil Boukhari	Thaiboxing @ Topsportcentrum	Rotterdam, Netherlands	TKO (Ref stop/gave up)
2002-06-08	Loss	Vincent Vielvoye	W.P.K.L. Muay Thai Champions League VII	Rotterdam, Netherlands	TKO (Corner stoppage)	4
Fight was for Dutch Muaythai (72,5kg) title.
2002-03-22	Win	Anouar Hanin	Muay Thai Champions League VI	Rotterdam, Netherlands	TKO	3
2002-03-22	Win	Alexei Perdzchik	Muay Thai Champions League VI	Rotterdam, Netherlands	TKO (Corner stoppage)	2
2001-11-04	Win	Chico Swerts	Muay Thai Champions League V	Rotterdam, Netherlands	Decision (Unanimous)	5	3:00
2001-03-03	Win	James Hoever	Muay Thai Champions League IV	Rotterdam, Netherlands	Decision (Unanimous)	5	3:00
2000-09-03	Win	Roel Rink	"Veselic meets Dejpitak"	Arnhem, Netherlands	KO	1
1999-02-07	Win	Timmermans	"Matter of Honor"	Rotterdam, Netherlands	TKO (Doctor stop/injury)	3
Legend:   Win   Loss   Draw/No contest   Notes

See also

• List of K-1 events
• List of male kickboxers
• List of It's Showtime events
• List of It's Showtime champions

External links

• K-1 Profile
• Super League Profile

References

1. Related Wikipedia Article
2. "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. Archived from the original on 2011-07-25. Retrieved 2011-05-29.