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JEROME LE BANNER
France / Le Banner X tream Team / Kickboxing
COUNTRY : France
DATE OF BIRTH : December 26, 1972
HEIGHT : 6 feet 3 inch
WEIGHT : 267 lbs
TITLES
I.S.K.A. World Superheavyweight Muay-Thai Champion
W.K.N. Muay-Thai Champion
French & European Kickboxing Champion
K-1 GRAND PRIX '95 Finalist
K-1 GRAND PRIX '99 3rd Place
K-1 WORLD GP 2000 in Nagoya , Osaka Champion
K-1 WORLD GP 2002 Finalist
Jérôme Le Banner was born in the French city of Le Havre, in the région of Normandy. Le Banner started training judo at the age of 6. When he was 14, Bruce Lee's Fist of Fury influenced him so much that he started practicing karate instead, while trying to incorporate techniques of Jeet Kune Do he had seen in the film. Jeet Kune Do gave him southpaw stance, which he has maintained throughout his career, even though he is right handed.
At the age of 18, he debuted in his first Full Contact Kickboxing competitions. By 20 he held the ISKA French title and soon after that, he won the European belt against Stéphane Reveillon, and the Intercontinental belt in South Africa against Mike Bernardo.
On March 3, 1995 Jerome Le Banner made his K-1 debut, winning five round decision over Nokveed Devy. Two months later, on May 4, 1995 he made his first K-1 World Grand Prix appearance in Tokyo, Japan, knocking out both Masaaki Satake and Mike Bernardo,
before losing to Peter Aerts in tournament finals.
On December 7, 2002 at K-1 World Grand Prix 2002, after defeating Musashi in the quarterfinals, and Mark Hunt in the semis,
Geronimo faced three time World Champion Ernesto Hoost in tournament finals.
After evenly fought first two rounds, Hoost shattered Le Banner's arm with three roundkicks in the third. Le Banner was able to recover from this near career-ending injury, and returned to fighting six months later in K-1 Paris 2003, winning the fight by punch combinations over Belarusian Vitaly Akhramenko.
In 2006, after his loss against Semmy Schilt at K-1 World Grand Prix 2006 finals, Le Banner announced his retirement from tournament fighting, restricting future appearances to K-1's Superfight events.
In early 2007, after his fight at K-1 World GP 2007 in Yokohama he was forced to have a knee surgery and was not expected to return to the ring until 2008, however due to his fast recovery K-1 announced that Le Banner will participate on September 29, 2007 at the K-1 World GP 2007 in Seoul Final 16 against Russian kickboxer Ruslan Karaev. Just two days before the fight, Karaev had to pull out and was replaced with a former Korean Taekwondo player, Yong Soo Park.
It took Le Banner only 0'54" seconds to knock out Park in the first round by straight punch and qualify himself for K-1 World GP 2007 Finals held in December 4, 2007 at the Tokyo Dome, Japan.
| 29 | Sep. | 2007 | K-1 WORLD GP 2007 IN SEOUL FINAL16 | W | YONG SOO PARK | 1R KO |
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| 04 | Mar. | 2007 | FieLDS K-1 WORLD GP 2007 in YOKOHAMA | L | JUNICHI SAWAYASHIKI | Decision |
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| 02 | Dec. | 2006 | K-1 WORLD GP 2006 IN TOKYO | L | SEMMY SCHILT | Decision |
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| 30 | Sep. | 2006 | FieLDS K-1 WORLD GP 2006 in OSAKA -FINAL ELIMINATION- | W | HONG-MAN CHOI | Ext.R Decision |
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| 30 | Sep. | 2006 | K-1 World GP 2006 IN AMSTERDAM | W | REMY BONJASKY | Decision | Super Fight |
| 15 | Mar. | 2006 | HERO'S 2006 | W | JIMMY AMBRIZ | 1R KO | MMA |
| 31 | Dec. | 2005 | Premium 2005 Dynamite!! | W | ALAN KARAEV | 2R KO | MMA |
| 19 | Nov. | 2005 | K-1 WORLD GP 2005 in TOKYO | L | PETER AERTS | Extra R Decision |
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| 23 | Sep. | 2005 | FieLDS K-1 WORLD GP 2005 in OSAKA | W | GARY GOODRIDGE | 1R KO |
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| 27 | May | 2005 | K-1 WORLD GP 2005 in Paris | W | CYRIL ABIDI | 4R KO |
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| 26 | Mar. | 2005 | HERO'S | W | YOSHIHIRO AKIYAMA | 1R KO | MMA |
| 17 | Jul. | 2004 | K-1 WORLD GP 2004 in Seoul | W | TERRENCE REASBY | 1R KO |
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| 25 | Sep. | 2004 | K-1 WORLD GP 2004 FINAL ELIMINATION | L | FRANCOIS "THE WHITE BUFFALO" BOTHA | 3R TKO |
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| 04 | Dec. | 2004 | WORLD GP 2004 FINAL | W | HIROMI AMADA | 2R KO | Super Fight |
| 31 | Dec. | 2004 | Dynamite!! | E | BOB SAPP | Draw |
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| 21 | Sep. | 2003 | K-1 SURVIVAL 2003 | W | SHAKA ZULU | 1R KO |
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| 14 | Jun. | 2003 | K-1 WORLD GP 2003 in Paris | W | VITALI AKHRAMENKO | 2R KO | Super Fight |
| 07 | Dec. | 2002 | K-1 WORLD GP 2002 FINAL | W | MUSASHI | 2R TKO |
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| W | MARK HUNT | Decision |
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| L | ERNESTO HOOST | 3R KO |
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| 05 | Oct. | 2002 | K-1 WORLD GP 2002 Elimination | W | GARY GOODRIDGE | 1R KO |
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| 28 | Aug. | 2002 | Dynamaite! | W | DON FRYE | 1R KO |
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| 25 | May | 2002 | K-1 WORLD GP 2002 in Paris | W | MARK HUNT | 2R TKO |
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| 03 | Mar. | 2002 | K-1 WORLD GP 2002 in Nagoya | W | HIROMI AMADA | 1R KO |
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| 31 | Dec. | 2001 | INOKI-BOM-BA-YE | L | TADAO YASUDA | 2RGuillotine Chalk | MMA |
| 08 | Dec. | 2001 | K-1 WORLD GP 2001 FINAL | L | MARK HUNT | 2R KO |
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| 19 | Aug. | 2001 | K-1 ANDY MEMORIAL 2001 | W | MARC DE WIT | 2R KO |
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| 24 | Jun. | 2001 | K-1 SURVIVAL 2001 | W | STEFAN "BLITZ" LEKO | Decision |
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| 29 | Apr. | 2001 | - | W | PAVEL MAJER | 1R KO |
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| W | EBENZER FONTES BRAGA | 1R KO |
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| W | ADAM WATT | 1R KO |
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| 17 | Mar. | 2001 | K-1 GLADIATORS 2001 | - | MIKE BERNARDO | No Contest |
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| 30 | Jul. | 2000 | K-1 WORLD GP2000 in Nagoya | W | MARK HUNT | Decision |
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| W | NICHOLAS PETTAS | 1R KO |
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| W | ERNESTO HOOST | 1R TKO |
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