Francisco "Chiquinho" Filho (born January 10, 1971) is a Brazil

Brazil

Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...

ian former Kyokushin

Kyokushin

is a style of stand-up, full contact karate, founded in 1964 by Korean-Japanese karate master, who was born under the name Choi Young-Eui . Kyokushinkai is Japanese for "the society of the ultimate truth". Kyokushin is rooted in a philosophy of self-improvement, discipline and hard training...

 Karateka and kickboxer. He is one of the few karate-ka to have successfully completed the 100 man kumite more than once.

He holds notable K-1 wins over Sam Greco

Sam Greco

Sam "Slam 'em" Greco is a retired Australian super heavyweight kickboxer, heavyweight mixed martial artist and professional wrestler of Italian descent, who fought in Kyokushin karate, professional kickboxing, and K-1 tournaments....

, Andy Hug

Andy Hug

Andy Hug was a Swiss Seidokaikan and Kyokushin karateka and kickboxer from Wohlen. Hug was the K-1 World Grand Prix 1996 champion and runner up in 1997 and 1998.-Biography and career:...

, Remy Bonjasky

Remy Bonjasky

Remy "The Flying Gentleman" Bonjasky is a Dutch super heavyweight kickboxer of Surinamese descent. He is a three-time K-1 World Grand Prix champion, who has won the title in 2003, 2004, and 2008...

, Ernesto Hoost

Ernesto Hoost

Ernesto Fritz "Mr. Perfect" Hoost is a Dutch former kickboxer and four-time K-1 World Champion. He made his debut in 1993 at the K-1 World Grand Prix 1993, where he came just one win short of the world title...

, Peter Aerts

Peter Aerts

Peter "The Dutch Lumberjack" Aerts is a Dutch super heavyweight kickboxer. He is a three-time K-1 World Grand Prix and Muay Thai World Champion. Aerts is best known for his powerful strikes and high kicks.- Biography :...

 and Stefan Leko

Stefan Leko

Stefan "Blitz" Leko is a German-Croatian heavyweight kickboxer. He is former Muay Thai world heavyweight champion and Kickboxing world super-heavyweight champion, K-1 European Grand Prix 1998 champion, 1999 K-1 Dream champion and two time K-1 World Grand Prix in Las Vegas tournament champion...

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Career

Francisco Filho made his professional K-1

K-1

K-1 is a defunct world-wide kickboxing promotion based in Tokyo, Japan founded by Kazuyoshi Ishii, a formerKyokushin karate practitioner. K-1 combines stand up techniques from Muay Thai, Karate, Taekwondo, Savate, San Shou, kickboxing, western-style boxing, and other martial arts...

 fighting debut on July 20, 1997 at the K-1 Dream '97 tournament against the legendary Kyokushin

Kyokushin

is a style of stand-up, full contact karate, founded in 1964 by Korean-Japanese karate master, who was born under the name Choi Young-Eui . Kyokushinkai is Japanese for "the society of the ultimate truth". Kyokushin is rooted in a philosophy of self-improvement, discipline and hard training...

 and Seidokaikan

Seidokaikan

is a style of full contact karate, or Knockdown karate, founded by Kazuyoshi Ishii in 1980.-History:First formed in 1980 by Kazuyoshi Ishii, a former Kyokushin Karate practitioner who began his training under Hideyuki Ashihara in 1969...

 fighter Andy Hug

Andy Hug

Andy Hug was a Swiss Seidokaikan and Kyokushin karateka and kickboxer from Wohlen. Hug was the K-1 World Grand Prix 1996 champion and runner up in 1997 and 1998.-Biography and career:...

. This was their second encounter, the first being at the 5th Kyokushin World Tournament in 1991 that resulted in a highly controversial knockout victory for Filho, as he struck Hug after the bell rang, with Hug cheering and having his back to Filho. The second fight was also won by Filho quickly earning the Brazilian a large fan base in Japan

Japan

Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...

 as well as making him one of the then top contenders for the K-1 World GP Championship title.

Filho has since held championship titles in both K-1 as well as in IKO-Kyokushin Kaikan. He has not taken part in any major competition since 2004 but remains active developing young fighters and in overseeing Brazil’s Kyokushin national team.

Titles and accomplishments

• Kickboxing
  • 2001 K-1 World Grand Prix Runner Up
    K-1 World Grand Prix 2001
    K-1 World Grand Prix 2001 Final was a kickboxing event promoted by the K-1. The event was held at the Tokyo Dome in Tokyo, Japan on Saturday, December 8, 2001 in front of 65,000 spectators. It was the ninth K-1 Grand Prix final, involving eight of the world's top fighters, with all bouts fought...
    
    
  • 2001 K-1 World Grand Prix in Fukuoka Repechage A Champion
  • 2000 K-1 World GP in Yokohama Champion
• Kyokushin
  • 1999 7th Kyokushin World Open Karate Tournament IKO 1 (defeated Hajime Kazumi
    Hajime Kazumi
    is one of Kyokushin's most successful knockdown karate fighters and an instructor of full-contact fighting techniques.-Career:At age twenty Kazumi defeated many top fighters to reach the finals of the All Japan Karate Tournament. Since then Kazumi has never finished outside of the top two places in...
    
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  • 1997 1st Kyokushin World Weight Tournament Heavyweight
  • 1995 6th Kyokushin World Open Karate Tournament IKO 1 (lost to Hajime Kazumi
    Hajime Kazumi
    is one of Kyokushin's most successful knockdown karate fighters and an instructor of full-contact fighting techniques.-Career:At age twenty Kazumi defeated many top fighters to reach the finals of the All Japan Karate Tournament. Since then Kazumi has never finished outside of the top two places in...
    
    )
  • 1995 Brazilian Open
  • 1994 Mundialito Open
  • 1994 7th South American Championships
  • 1993 Brazilian Open
  • 1992 6th South American Championships
  • 1992 Brazilian Open
  • 1991 5th Kyokushin World Open Karate Tournament final 16 (lost to Kenji Yamaki)
  • 1991 Uruguayan Open Karate Championships
  • 1990 Paulista Championships
  • 1990 Brazilian Open
  • 1989 5th South American Championships
  • 1989 Paulista Championships
  • 1988 Paulista Championships Juniors
  • 1988 Brazilian Open 6th place
  • 1987 Brazilian Open 7th place
  • 1987 Paulista Championships Juniors
  • 1986 Paulista Championships Juniors
  • 1985 Paulista Championships Juniors

• In 1995 Fancisco Filho completed 100 man kumite in Brazil and in Japan.

Kickboxing record

Kickboxing record
Legend:

See also

• List of K-1 events
• List of K-1 champions
• List of male kickboxers
• List of kickboxing organizations