Jerome LeBanner

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Jerome Le Banner
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Real Name	Jerome Le Banner
Nickname	Hyper Battle Cyborg or Geronimo
Height	{{{height}}}
Weight	Super heavyweight
Born	December 26,1972
Fighting out of	France
Town of birth	France
Fighting style	Muay Thai
Boxing Record
Total	39
Wins	32
By knockout	25
Losses	6
Draws	1
No contests

Jerome Le Banner(Jérome Le Banner,December 26,1972-) is a French kickboxer and is famous for his bouts in the Japanese kickboxing organization K-1. Le Banner is known for his tremendously aggressive fighting style and his many knockout wins and losses. He is nicknamed the "Hyper Battle Cyborg" and is associated with the Boerboel & Tosa Gym.

1 Biography
- 1.1 2002 K-1 Grand Prix
2 Record
3 Career
4 See also
5 External links

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Biography

Jérome Le Banner was born in 1972, on Christmas Day, in a city named Le Havre, located in the province of Normandy, about 2 hours west of Paris. Jerome started training in judo at the age of 6 and continued until he was 14 then turned to Jeet Kune Do, being a fervent admirer of Bruce Lee. This is how he got his south paw guard, which he maintains till now, despite the fact that he is right handed. Basically he can adopt both sides, which may surprise his opponents. Remember in traditional Thaï style, they can switch from left to right guard, despite their favoring one side more. When you know about Jeet Kune Do, Bruce Lee’s style, it’s no wonder that Jerome built his own style, and eventually joined Full Contact boxing competitions. At the age of 18, he debuted his first fight in Full Contact style. By age 20, he was already holding the belt (French title, ISKA federation). Soon after, he won the European belt against Stéphane Reveillon, and the Intercontinental belt, against Mike Bernardo, in South Africa.

In 1998, he signed for Don King, Mike Tyson’s manager, to fight in Thaï style and standard style, as well. Thanks to Jean Paul MAILLET, Jerome was introduced in the house of K1, for the GRAND PRIX 95, which was a selection for the finals to be held at the end of the year. Jerome's mentor is Bob, a Commander in the Navy. Bob helped Jerome to get proper lessons in Thaï style. Together they visited the CHAKURIKI, club of Peter Aerts and Branco Cicatic,Rob Kaman’s gym or the VOS gym in the Netherlands.

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2002 K-1 Grand Prix

Lebanner gets to the final round after defeating Musashi in the quarterfinal by KO 2RD 0:31, and Mark Hunt in the semifinal by JD 3RD (all 29-26). In the final round, Lebanner faced Ernesto Hoost, the victor of the other semifinal vs Ray Sefo, who gained berth because Bob Sapp had broken his hand.

The match lasted 3 rounds. In the first round, Lebanner and Hoost were evenly matched, both fighting well, judged 10-10. The second round continued much as the first had, with the fighters more tired, both drawing warning yellow cards. Judged 9-9. The third round found Hoost throwing 3 mid-kicks to shatter Lebanner's arm. The round ended when Hoost finished off Lebanner.

Hoost wins the tournament by TKO 3RD 2:25 (arm injury / three knockdowns).

Lebanner healed his arm and returned to fighting after a couple years.

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