Melvin Manhoef

Melvin Manhoef is the kind of fighter I find genuinely thrilling. Crossing over between kickboxing and MMA is hard enough, but winning major belts in both, the It's Showtime middleweight title and the Cage Rage light heavyweight crown, is rare company. At 173 cm he was never the biggest man in the cage, yet his explosive striking made every bout feel like it could end in an instant. That fearless, all-action style is exactly what draws crowds, and I admire fighters who give the audience a show while still chasing titles.

Name (English)

Melvin Manhoef

Name (Japanese)

メルヴィン・マヌーフ

Reading

めるゔぃん・まぬーふ

Born

May 11, 1976 (age 50)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Taurus / Dragon

Origin

Paramaribo, Suriname

Height

173 cm

Occupation

mixed martial arts fighter / kickboxer

• Official sitehttps://www.melvinmanhoef.com/
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melvin%20Manhoef
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%A1%E3%83%AB%E3%83%B4%E3%82%A3%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%83%9E%E3%83%8C%E3%83%BC%E3%83%95
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1195363

Tags

• mixed martial arts fighter
• kickboxer

Last updated

2026-06-21

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.