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Hagelslag
14-02-2012, 15:48
Volgens de vechtsportsite mixedmartialarts.com is Mike Bernardo overleden. Er zijn nog geen nadere details. Hij was 42 jaar oud.
wow...
RIP wanneer waarheid...
Italian*Berlusconi*
14-02-2012, 15:56
??????
damn.. rip..
LeeMurray
14-02-2012, 15:58
Wow da's ff schrikken. RIP.
Anderson
14-02-2012, 16:08
RIP
Damn naar nieuws RIP ...........
Rip
RIP K-1 legend Mike Bernardo, 1969-2012
Source: The Underground
Feb 14, 2012 8:34 AM EST
K-1 legend and one-time MMA fightter Mike Bernardo has passed away. Further details will be provided as they become available.
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Michael "Mike" Bernardo (born 28 July 1969) is a South African former kickboxer and boxer from Cape Town. Bernardo is known as Beru-chan in Japan, where he has taken part in K-1 World GPs since 1994. He holds notable wins over Mirko Filipovi?, Andy Hug, Francisco Filho, Branco Cikatic, and 3 straight wins over K-1 legend Peter Aerts.
He made his K-1 debut in K-1 World GP 1995 Opening against Andy Hug. Since then he participated in 5 World Grand Prix Finals, achieving the biggest success in 1996. He reached the final but lost to Hug via spining low kick KO.
On New Year's Eve of 2004, Bernardo was going to face Nigerian fighter and Japanese-TV personality Bobby Ologun in "K1-Dynamite!" but couldn't take part in the event due to an injury and retired from K-1.
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Volgens het forum van mixedmartialarts.com schijnt het zelfmoord te zijn geweest.
WTF...
are you kidding me... damn.
RIP
Zijn partijen tegen o.a. aerts zijn legendarisch. Hij was echt een goeie bokser onder de k1 vechters.
blackadder
14-02-2012, 17:07
WTF...RIP...
Anderson
14-02-2012, 18:08
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ij_wVubqqjw&feature=related
wtf.. Plotseling of was hij al ziek ofzo?
Rip
Zelfmoord? Damn....triest verhaal :(
Richelieu
14-02-2012, 19:40
RIP
Richelieu
14-02-2012, 19:42
Volgens het forum van mixedmartialarts.com schijnt het zelfmoord te zijn geweest.
Zou niet de eerste keer zijn, herinnert men Martin Holm zich nog?
bladetrinity
14-02-2012, 20:04
Schrik er wel van eerlijk gezegd. Vond het altijd een goede en spectaculaire vechter.
R.I.P.
Damn, wat een treurig nieuws. Rust zacht!
Mike Bernardo was echt een super spectaculaire vechter. Mooi ook dat Afrikaans van hem.
42 jaar. Geen leeftijd.
R.I.P.
hier nog een highlight
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2hyRN-rsvH4&feature=player_embedded#!
OMFG
RIP Mike Bernardo. groot vechter, groot sporter! afscheid in de K1 was ook al een tearjerker
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nJ2L8C38hAI
Richelieu
14-02-2012, 20:42
Thanks Chris, de HL geeft goed aan wat voor topper Mike Bernardo was. Volgens mij was het zo dat Peter Aerts het 666 opdruk ging dragen op zijn broek als tegenpool van de kruisjes van Mike Bernardo, maar dat weet ik niet geheel zeker.
http://www.fightsite.hr/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/10093_0-552x335.jpg
2 HELDEN, VEEL TE VROEG
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ImAcUAWybSk&feature=related
blackadder
14-02-2012, 20:48
Thanks Chris, de HL geeft goed aan wat voor topper Mike Bernardo was. Volgens mij was het zo dat Peter Aerts het 666 opdruk ging dragen op zijn broek als tegenpool van de kruisjes van Mike Bernardo, maar dat weet ik niet geheel zeker.
Ja. Staat me ook iets van bij dat Peter zei dat hij wat met Mikes mind wou fucken omdat die erg gelovig was.
T15Boxing
14-02-2012, 20:53
Wow.. R.I.P.
univers1l
14-02-2012, 20:58
R.I.P.
Zit net ff te kijken naar zijn record en met overwinningen op oa Andy Hug (2x), Peter Aerts (3x), Cro Cop, Branco Cikatic, Francisco Filho, Lloyd van Dams en Glaube Feitosa heeft die heel wat grote namen verslagen.
Dit was nog eens een vechter, verdomme wat een taaie was het.....de man was echt huge in Japan...daar kwam ik eigenlijk pas achter toen ik het boek van Ernesto las..
die lichting...stuk voor stuk speciale vechters....true legends!
rest in peace Mike, OSU!!!
rollermanskunk
14-02-2012, 21:19
Thanks Chris, de HL geeft goed aan wat voor topper Mike Bernardo was. Volgens mij was het zo dat Peter Aerts het 666 opdruk ging dragen op zijn broek als tegenpool van de kruisjes van Mike Bernardo, maar dat weet ik niet geheel zeker.
Dat was dit gevecht:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=WPk_sT1nyRs
Peter zei dit erover:
Yes, it was a joke. Mike Bernardo, you know Mike Bernardo? He was talking Jesus this, that,… he gave me had bout. When I was fighting him on tournament after that, he was talking about Jesus, and put cross on his shorts, I decided to put 666 on my shorts. I won him that time. Japans liked it and I keep it on my shorts for some time, but later stop d it. But it was only a joke.
Anderson
14-02-2012, 21:27
Zit net ff te kijken naar zijn record en met overwinningen op oa Andy Hug (2x), Peter Aerts (3x), Cro Cop, Branco Cikatic, Francisco Filho, Lloyd van Dams en Glaube Feitosa heeft die heel wat grote namen verslagen.
en le Banner alleen had het camp van le Banner had protest ingediend en werd de uitslag veranderd.
In die periode had die samen met le Banner de hoogste k.o ratio.
Dramatisch! Zelfmoord of natuurlijke dood op je 42e is beide even tragisch.
Man, man, man dat waren wel tijden hoor met Hug, Hoost, Aerts, Lebanner, Sefo, Greco, Filho, Bernardo en noem ze maar op. Legends!!
RIP!!!
Tragisch! Was een echte bikkel!
rip, was echt een pure knokker en volgens Ernesto de hardste hitter in de k1 circuit ooit.
superstucie
14-02-2012, 22:42
r.i.p
Minotauro
14-02-2012, 22:54
Zonde! RIV
KO.YOU.FOOL
14-02-2012, 22:57
Ik ben wel benieuwd hoe die nu is overleden...
http://www.fightersonlymag.com/content/news/15609-k-1-winner-mike-bernardo-dies-suicide-suspected
K-1 winner Mike Bernardo dies, suicide suspected
One of the hardest-hitting heavyweights ever to take part in the K-1, Mike Bernardo has passed away at the age of 42. Tragically, it seems he took his own life at his home in South Africa today.
Police in his home city of Cape Town are yet to officially confirm Bernardo’s cause of death, but his students have been sending each other messages of support and comfort via social networks, with repeated references to Bernardo having suicided.
A source in the kickboxing industry has also told Fighters Only that Bernardo is thought to have taken his own life. Friends have expressed surprise not least because Bernardo was a committed born-again Christian who was thought to take great solace in his faith.
Bernardo’s storied kickboxing career saw him enter several K-1 Grand Prix tournaments at a time when giants walked the earth. He fought all the greatest names of the sport and his victories included Mirko ‘CroCop’ Filipovic, Andy Hug, Francisco Filho, Branco Cikatic and Peter Aerts.
The crowning glory of his 54-18-3 career was winning the K-1 Grand Prix in 2000 with a stoppage of the aforementioned CroCop. The victory was all the sweeter as it revenged a previous win that CroCop had taken over him in the first round of the preceding years tournament.
A sometime heavyweight boxer, Bernardo also won the vacant WBF belt when he stopped Dan Jerling from Czechslovakia in the sixth round in May 2000, making the millennial year the peak of his combative career. He retained that belt with a 41-second knockout of American Peter McNeely in Cape Town on June 8, 2001 but was stripped of his belt in May 2002 because of inactivity.
His fighting career ended in 2004 and he was seemingly happy as he went into retirement to concentrate on coaching upcoming fighters at his Cape Town gym. Todays news has rocked the kickboxing world and his peers have been paying tribute throughout the day.
Earlier today Fighters Only spoke with CroCop, who said he “can’t believe” the news. “It is a tragedy,” he added. American kickboxing legend Duke Roufus was also upset, posting several heartfelt Twitter messages and turning down interview requests for the day as he sought to be alone with his thoughts.
Lionheart
14-02-2012, 23:44
Damn, erg heftig nieuws zeg...!
Bernardo was een topper en had altijd wel de potentie om een K1 champ te worden..
Voor elke K1 vechter was het altijd een zware dobber om tegen Mike te vechten.
May he rest in peace.
anthony kane
15-02-2012, 00:53
RIP ... heeel erg triest ... ik kan me nog herinneren dat ik oude K1 banden keek voor ik ooit had gekickbokst en dat ik altijd echt onder de indruk was van zijn manier van vechten .. altijd gewoon lekker beuken .. zeer triest dit :(
TheSpeaker
15-02-2012, 10:02
Heel jammer dit.. Alle partijen van hem waren beuk partijen.. Helaas nooit echt goed doorgebroken..
RIP
Heel jammer dit.. Alle partijen van hem waren beuk partijen.. Helaas nooit echt goed doorgebroken..
RIP
Dan denk ik dat je zijn gevecht met Takada vergeten bent.... wat goed te begrijpen is.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=22wYrVmj4Tk
OMG Mike.... ongelooflijk. Heel triest nieuws.
TheSkindo
16-02-2012, 18:28
RIP ....groot verlies
Anderson
16-02-2012, 18:40
officieel bevestigd door familie en oud trainer.
The Passing of Mike Barnardo
On behalf of the family of Mike Barnardo I would like officially announce his passing on the morning of 14th of February 2012 at his home in Muizenberg Cape Town.
A very special thanks to Mr Ishii from K1 Japan, Fuji Television, Joe Mellilo, his friends and K1 fans in Japan and all over the world. The times Mike spent fighting in Japan were undoubtedly the happiest moments in his life.
Mike was very grateful for the opportunity Mr Ishii granted him as an unknown fighter from South Africa and with the K1 platform he became world renown and respected fighter. Mr Ishii took a personal interest in Mike spending hours with him in the gym working on his kicking and blocking technique, Mr Ishii instilled the Japanese fighting spirit in Mike and for this he was always grateful and honoured. Mike fell in love with Japan and its people and was hearted by the way K1 fans adopted him as one of their own, being more famous and loved there than in his own country. A great personal highlight for him was visiting the grave of Japanese Samurai Musashi.
After Mike’s fighting career he studied and qualified as a clinical psychologist and had a practice in Lakeside Cape Town where he offered trauma and addiction counseling with troubled youth. He also started a promotional company with his old trainer Steve Kalakoda called "BOMA-YE All African Mixed Martial Arts" www.boma-ye.net (http://www.boma-ye.net/) which created a platform for young up and coming African fighters. He was always passionate about creating opportunities for younger fighters and would inspire them to follow their dreams.
The last two years of Mike’s life he battled deep depression and anxiety.
On the 14 February 2012, Mike took his own life at his home in Muizenberg. His remains were found by his family in his apartment shortly after his passing.
Rest in Peace Beru-Chan
Steve Kalakoda
onne1983
17-02-2012, 16:47
Branko Cikatic :
http://www.tportal.hr/sport/ostalisportovi/176783/Cikatic-Bernardo-je-bio-u-depresiji-zbog-teske-bolesti.html
"Off course I am shocked, but I must admit I am not surprised. I know he was depressed. Some people close to him (friends and trainers) told me that he had AIDS and that he didn't communicate with anyone lately. He ended his sport career after he found out about the disease. Obviously it was a hard thing for him."
Branko Cikatic :
http://www.tportal.hr/sport/ostalisportovi/176783/Cikatic-Bernardo-je-bio-u-depresiji-zbog-teske-bolesti.html
"Off course I am shocked, but I must admit I am not surprised. I know he was depressed. Some people close to him (friends and trainers) told me that he had AIDS and that he didn't communicate with anyone lately. He ended his sport career after he found out about the disease. Obviously it was a hard thing for him."
damn als dat zo is, begrijp ik hem wel. damn
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