James Zikic - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

James Zikic is an English

England

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...

mixed martial artist

Mixed martial arts

Mixed Martial Arts is a full contact combat sport that allows the use of both striking and grappling techniques, both standing and on the ground, including boxing, wrestling, Brazilian jiu-jitsu, muay Thai, kickboxing, karate, judo and other styles. The roots of modern mixed martial arts can be...

and boxer

Boxing

Boxing, also called pugilism, is a combat sport in which two people fight each other using their fists. Boxing is supervised by a referee over a series of between one to three minute intervals called rounds...

. He competes in the light heavyweight

Light Heavyweight (MMA)

The light heavyweight division in mixed martial arts generally refers to competitors weighing between 186 and 205 lb . It sits between the lighter middleweight division, and the heavyweight division....

and middlweight

Middleweight (MMA)

The middleweight division in mixed martial arts can refer to a number of different weight classes:*UFC's & Strikeforce's middleweight division, which groups competitors within 171 to 185 lb...

divisions for London Shootfighters

London Shootfighters

London Shootfighters is a mixed martial arts gym and fight team based in London. Founded in 1997 by Alexis Demetriades and Paul Ivens, they are widely considered as one of the top MMA gyms in the UK and is highly ranked on the world stage...

MMA Gym.

Career

Zikic has had five professional boxing

Professional Boxing

Professional boxing, or prizefighting, emerged in the early twentieth century as boxing gradually attained legitimacy and became a regulated, sanctioned sport. Professional boxing bouts are fought for a purse which is divided among the fighters and promoters as determined by contract...

bouts, with three wins and two losses. His last professional boxing bout was in 2004. He began his mixed martial arts

Mixed martial arts

career in 1998, and made his UFC

Ultimate Fighting Championship

The Ultimate Fighting Championship is the largest mixed martial arts promotion company in the world that hosts most of the top-ranked fighters in the sport...

debut in 2002 when he faced Phillip Miller

Phillip Miller

Phillip Miller is an American former mixed martial artist who retired undefeated and competed in the Middleweight division. He won his last fight at HOOKnSHOOT – Absolute Fighting Championships 2 against Moacir Oliveira on March 28, 2003...

at UFC 38: Brawl at the Hall
UFC 38
UFC 38: Brawl at the Hall was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship. It took place at the Royal Albert Hall in London, England, on July 13, 2002...

. He lost the fight via unanimous decision and this proved to be his first and only UFC bout.

In April 2007, he won the Cage Rage World Light Heavyweight Championship by defeating Evangelista "Cyborg" Santos

Evangelista Santos

Evangelista Santos is a Brazilian mixed martial artist who is a member of the famous Chute Boxe Academy. He has fought in Strikeforce, Pride Fighting Championship, Cage Rage, International Vale Tudo Championships and Pancrase. He is currently fighting for World Victory Road and Strikeforce...

at Cage Rage 21: Judgement Day
Cage Rage 21
Cage Rage 21: Judgement Day was a mixed martial arts event held by the Cage Rage Championships on April 21, 2007 at the Wembley Arena in London, England. It was televised on Sky Sports in the United Kingdom and Ion Television in the United States....

. He lost the title at his first defence, however, as he lost to Vitor Belfort

Vitor Belfort

Vítor Vieira Belfort is a Brazilian mixed martial artist and former UFC Light Heavyweight Champion. Belfort was born in Rio de Janeiro and studied jiu-jitsu with the Gracie family, namely Carlson Gracie. He received a black belt under Carlson and currently trains with Xtreme Couture, fighting in...

at Cage Rage 23: Unbelievable
Cage Rage 23
Cage Rage 23: Unbelievable was a mixed martial arts event held by the Cage Rage Championships on September 22, 2007 at the Wembley Arena in London, England. It was televised on Sky Sports in the United Kingdom....

in September that year.

After the demise of Cage Rage

Cage Rage

Cage Rage Championships, also known as Cage Rage, was a United Kingdom-based, mixed martial arts promotion that premiered on 7 September 2002 in London. Cage Rage went bankrupt and is now no longer trading...

, he signed with Poland's KSW

Konfrontacja Sztuk Walki

Konfrontacja Sztuk Walki, better known by its acronym, KSW, is widely considered to be the premiere mixed martial arts organization in Poland and one of the leading promotions in Europe. To date, most events have been hosted in Warsaw, Poland...

and made his promotional debut with a decision victory over Daniel Dowda at KSW XII: Najman vs. Pudzianowski
KSW XII
KSW XII: Najman vs. Pudzianowski was a mixed martial arts event held by the Polish promotion Konfrontacja Sztuk Walki on December 11, 2009 in Warsaw, Poland...

in December 2009. He was then scheduled to fight Robert Jocz

Robert Jocz

Robert Jocz is a Polish mixed martial artist. He fights in the Middleweight division and has competed for numerous European MMA promotions, like BOTE, M-1, KSW, Ultimate Glory and The Cage. Robert has earned the reputation of a tough fighter, because he has never been finished for the most of his...

in June 2010 in Gdynia

Gdynia

Gdynia is a city in the Pomeranian Voivodeship of Poland and an important seaport of Gdańsk Bay on the south coast of the Baltic Sea.Located in Kashubia in Eastern Pomerania, Gdynia is part of a conurbation with the spa town of Sopot, the city of Gdańsk and suburban communities, which together...

, Poland

Poland

Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...

at a Beast of the East event, but had to cancel it because his contract with KSW

Konfrontacja Sztuk Walki

proved to be exclusive for Poland.

On September 25, 2010, Zikic faced John Phillips

John Phillips (fighter)

John Phillips is a Welsh mixed martial artist, who fights at middleweight. He is a veteran of British MMA, having fought in Cage Rage and BAMMA.-Background:...

at BAMMA 4: Reid vs. Watson
BAMMA 4
BAMMA 4: WATSON vs. REID was a mixed martial arts event held by the British Association of Mixed Martial Arts on September 25, 2010 at the National Indoor Arena in Birmingham, England. The event was televised on Bravo in the United Kingdom.-Background:...

in a bout to determine the #1 contender for BAMMA Middleweight Championship. Phillips weighed in at 187 lbs, which technically made it a catchweight bout, and continued his streak of TKO victories by defeating Zikic in 1:34 of the first round.
Recently lost a controversial split decision to Izumi.Even the commentors where quite surprised by the decision.http://www.megavideo.com/?v=K5PPFF40

Mixed martial arts record

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|Loss
|align=center|18–9–2
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Antoni Chmielewski

Antoni Chmielewski is a Polish judoka and mixed martial artist. He competed in the light heavyweight division of KSW and other European MMA promotions, but recently moved down to middleweight.-Biography:...

|Decision (split)
|KSW XVII

KSW XVII

KSW XVII: Revenge was a mixed martial arts event that took place on November 26, 2011 by the Polish promotion Konfrontacja Sztuk Walki in Łódź...

Poland

Michał Materla
|Decision (unanimous)
|KSW XVI

KSW XVI

KSW XVI was a mixed martial arts event held on 21 May 2011 by the Polish promotion Konfrontacja Sztuk Walki in Gdańsk, Poland. It was the sixteenth numerical event from KSW and their twenty first MMA event in total....

Gdansk

Gdańsk is a Polish city on the Baltic coast, at the centre of the country's fourth-largest metropolitan area.The city lies on the southern edge of Gdańsk Bay , in a conurbation with the city of Gdynia, spa town of Sopot, and suburban communities, which together form a metropolitan area called the...

, Poland

Poland

|To determine the #1 contender for the KSW Middleweight Championship

Konfrontacja Sztuk Walki

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| Win
|align='center' |18–7–2
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Antoni Chmielewski

|Decision (unanimous)
|KSW XV

KSW XV

KSW XV: Contemporary Gladiators was a mixed martial arts event held on 19 March 2011 by the Polish promotion Konfrontacja Sztuk Walki in Poland in Warsaw, Poland. It was the fifteenth numerical event from KSW and their twentieth MMA event in total....

Warsaw

Warsaw is the capital and largest city of Poland. It is located on the Vistula River, roughly from the Baltic Sea and from the Carpathian Mountains. Its population in 2010 was estimated at 1,716,855 residents with a greater metropolitan area of 2,631,902 residents, making Warsaw the 10th most...

, Poland

Poland

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|Loss
|align=center|17–7–2
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Hiroshi Izumi

Hiroshi Izumi is a Japanese judoka and mixed martial artist.He won the Men's -90kg category silver medal at the Athens Olympics in 2004 and the gold medal at the World judo championship games in Cairo, Egypt on 2005....

Tokyo

, ; officially , is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan. Tokyo is the capital of Japan, the center of the Greater Tokyo Area, and the largest metropolitan area of Japan. It is the seat of the Japanese government and the Imperial Palace, and the home of the Japanese Imperial Family...

, 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...

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|Loss
|align=center|17–6–2
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John Phillips

John Phillips (fighter)

John Phillips is a Welsh mixed martial artist, who fights at middleweight. He is a veteran of British MMA, having fought in Cage Rage and BAMMA.-Background:...

|TKO (strikes)
|BAMMA 4

BAMMA 4

BAMMA 4: WATSON vs. REID was a mixed martial arts event held by the British Association of Mixed Martial Arts on September 25, 2010 at the National Indoor Arena in Birmingham, England. The event was televised on Bravo in the United Kingdom.-Background:...

Birmingham

Birmingham is a city and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands of England. It is the most populous British city outside the capital London, with a population of 1,036,900 , and lies at the heart of the West Midlands conurbation, the second most populous urban area in the United Kingdom with a...

, England

England

||Catchweight bout as Phillips weighed in at 187lbs.
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|Win
|align=center|17–5–2
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Daniel Dowda
|Decision (unanimous)
|KSW XII

KSW XII

KSW XII: Najman vs. Pudzianowski was a mixed martial arts event held by the Polish promotion Konfrontacja Sztuk Walki on December 11, 2009 in Warsaw, Poland...

Warsaw

, Poland

Poland

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|Win
|align=center|16–5–2
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Rodney Faverus
|Submission (armbar)
|Cage Rage 26

Cage Rage 26

Cage Rage 26: Extreme was a mixed martial arts event held by the Cage Rage Championships on May 10, 2008 at the NEC Arena in Birmingham, England...

London

London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...

, England

England

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|-
|Loss
|align=center|15–5–2
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Vitor Belfort

|Decision (unanimous)
|Cage Rage 23

Cage Rage 23

Cage Rage 23: Unbelievable was a mixed martial arts event held by the Cage Rage Championships on September 22, 2007 at the Wembley Arena in London, England. It was televised on Sky Sports in the United Kingdom....

London

, England

England

||Lost the Cage Rage World Light Heavyweight Championship.
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|Win
|align=center|15–4–2
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Evangelista Cyborg

Evangelista Santos

|Decision (unanimous)
|Cage Rage 21

Cage Rage 21

Cage Rage 21: Judgement Day was a mixed martial arts event held by the Cage Rage Championships on April 21, 2007 at the Wembley Arena in London, England. It was televised on Sky Sports in the United Kingdom and Ion Television in the United States....

London

, England

England

||Won the Cage Rage World Light Heavyweight Championship.
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|Win
|align=center|14–4–2
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England

|
|-
|Win
|align=center|13–4–2
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Gökhan Saki

Gökhan Saki is a Turkish-Dutch heavyweight kickboxer, fighting out of Golden Glory Gym in Breda, Netherlands...

England

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| Draw
|align=center|12–4–2
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Jeremy Horn

Jeremy Graham Horn is an American mixed martial artist. He is one of the most experienced fighters in the sport with a professional record of 88–21–5...

England

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|Loss
|align=center|12–4–1
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Cyrille Diabate

Cyrille Diabaté is a French mixed martial artist and kickboxer. He has also competed in shoot boxing and Muay Thai. He has fought at Palace Fighting Championship, PRIDE, ShoXC, Deep, Cage Rage and Ultimate Fighting Championship....

England

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| Draw
|align=center|12–3–1
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Fabricio Werdum

Fabricio Werdum is a Brazilian mixed martial artist, a two-time Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu world champion, a two-time ADCC world heavyweight champion and European Jiu-Jitsu champion. He holds black belts in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, Judo, and Muay Thai. Werdum has competed in Pride Fighting Championships, the...

England

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|Loss
|align=center|12–3
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Phillip Miller

|Decision (unanimous)
|UFC 38

UFC 38

UFC 38: Brawl at the Hall was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship. It took place at the Royal Albert Hall in London, England, on July 13, 2002...

London

, England

England

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|Win
|align=center|12–2
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England

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|Win
|align=center|11–2
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England

England

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|Win
|align=center|9–2
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England

England

England

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|-
|Win
|align=center|6–2
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England

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|Win
|align=center|5–2
|Andrew Farrell
|Decision
|TFKRG 5 - Total Fight KRG 5
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|align=center|2
|align=center|5:00
|England

England

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|Win
|align=center|4–2
|Jim Walker
|align=center|N/A
|IFC WC 5 - Warriors Challenge 5
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|align=center|N/A
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|California

California

California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...

, United States

United States

The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

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|Loss
|align=center|3–2
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Hawaii

Hawaii is the newest of the 50 U.S. states , and is the only U.S. state made up entirely of islands. It is the northernmost island group in Polynesia, occupying most of an archipelago in the central Pacific Ocean, southwest of the continental United States, southeast of Japan, and northeast of...

, United States

United States

The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

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|Win
|align=center|3–1
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Hawaii

, United States

United States

The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

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|Win
|align=center|2–1
|Keith Mielke
|Submission (armbar)
|SB 11 - SuperBrawl 11
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|align=center|1
|align=center|0:46
|Hawaii

Hawaii

, United States

United States

The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

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|Loss
|align=center|1–1
|Scott Goddard
|KO
|NOTS 2 - Night of the Samurai 2
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|align=center|1
|align=center|1:15
|England

England

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|Win
|align=center|1–0
|Justin Gray
|Decision
|NOTS 1 - Night of the Samurai 1
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|align=center|2
|align=center|5:00
|England

England

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