Marc Vlieger

Marc Vlieger is a professional Belgian-Congolese kickboxer and mixed martial artist from Brussels, Belgium. Vlieger was born in Kolwezi (Lualaba Province), in the South of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. He has participated in Enfusion, It's Showtime and K-1, and is currently signed to BFN Group. All of his victories have come via KO. He fights out of Assim Gym. He's half Dutch through his father's side, but represents Belgium due to growing up there. He's been cited as being one of the Belgian talents by renown kickboxing news site Liverkick, and is among the top 5 super heavyweights (out of 7) in Belgium according to the BKBMO ranking.

2009-2010
Vlieger's first professional fight took place on 21 June 2009, which he won by TKO'ing Rob Bruin in the first round. Thereafter, in July of the same year, he won by KO in the second round against Gill Louz at Golden Glory Helmond. In his first fight of 2010 he was matched against Burak Budaklier, whom he also knocked out in the first round, on 17 January 2010. His first professional loss would follow later that month, when he was TKO'd by Mathieu Kongolo at Battle Arena, in Zwevegem, Belgium.

Vlieger's first (and only) MMA fight would be against Tayfun Aktoz, which was the main event of BFN Group's first event, Brussels Fight Night, The Beginning, on March 27, 2010. He won this fight by knocking his opponent out with a knee in the opening seconds of the bout.

Just a month later, he would return to kickboxing to fight in the K-1 World Grand Prix Selection 2010 tournament in Turkey, which featured eight heavyweight fighters, including Konstantin Gluhov, Vitaly Shemetov and Volkan Düzgün. Vlieger would advance to the semi-final after KO'ing Mutlu Karabulut in the first round. However, he would suffer a TKO defeat against Vitaly Shemetov in the third round of their fight. In his last fight of 2010, he KO'ed Hossayen Bouarab at Who's the Best in Charleroi, Belgium.

2011-2012
Vlieger initiated 2011 by competing in the second season of Enfusion, a televised kickboxing tournament with eight fighters, in the style of a Reality TV Show, set in Koh Samui, Thailand. He would advance to the quarterfinal of the tournament after knocking out Martin Jahn in the first round. However, he was thereafter beat by Frank Munoz by way of decision.

On 26 March 2011, Vlieger would participate in his first It's Showtime event, here he lost a decision against the later It's Showtime 85kg MAX World Title holder Sahak Parparyan. The rest of the year would prove to be unsuccessful, losing by TKO against Sam Tevette, by decision against Revanho Blokland at It's Showtime 50, and by decision against Jaffhar Wilnis at Battle Arena in Zwevegem.

His first fight in 2012 proved to be fruitful; here he knocked out Mimoun Moussate in the third round, at Force & Honneur in Brussels.