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Remigijus Morkevicius Bio
Remigijus Morkevičius (born August 10, 1982 in Kaunas) is a Lithuanian mixed martial artist and kickboxer. He has fought for the Lithuanian branch of RINGS, ZST, and K-1 World MAX.
Career and biography
Remigijus started off his career in Lithuania as a kickboxer becoming a national champion in both kickboxing and Muay Thai. He transitioned across to MMA in 2002 defeating Darius Baliulis at a local event. This win led to Remigijus being signed up with Japanese promotion ZST and he would make a quick impact in Japan, knocking out his first four opponents in brutal fashion (mostly with his trademark knees) and qualifying for the 2004 ZST Grand Prix where he would suffer his first MMA defeat to Marcus Aurélio in the Semi Finals.
Remigijus would continue to have success with the ZST promotion, bar a couple of submission defeats, culminating in his victory at the 2005 ZST Grand Prix 2 where he defeated Masahiro Oishi by knockout to win the featherweight title. Remigijus would later sign to Hero's where he would becoming increasingly re-involved in the kickboxing world with K-1 MAX.
His first foray into K-1 MAX began at the 2005 K-1 MAX Champions Challenge where he defeated local fighter Yasuhiro Kazuya. Remigijus would have great initial success, winning his first four fights (including an 8 second stoppage of Shingo Garyu) and earned a shot at qualification for the 2006 K-1 MAX World Final at the 2006 K-1 MAX World Open. He faced legendary Japanese fighter Masato at this event but was unable to qualify, losing instead by technical knockout in the second round. After this defeat his kickboxing career would go on the backburner for a while as he refocused back on MMA.
Remigijus had mixed success with Hero's, winning 2 and losing 2 before returning to ZST in 2006. Additionally, problems outside of the ring have limited his fighting opportunities as of late. A return to K-1 MAX in 2008 has resulted in varying results, a crushing knockout defeat to Andre Dida showing that he has some way to go in terms of breaking into the kickboxing elite.
Personal life
Remigijus Morkevičius was arrested 2009 February 10 for assaulting a police officer and sending him to the hospital after the officer tried to stop a group of drunk youth from vandalizing cars in the center of Kaunas, Lithuania. Remigijus Morkevičius faces charges of public disturbance. The charges will probably be upgraded to assault with a deadly weapon and resisting police.
Titles
- 2005 ZST-Grand Prix 2 Featherweight champion
- BUSHIDO Lithuania Muay Thai champion
- BUSHIDO Lithuania Kickboxing champion
