# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/melvin-manhoef
# Generated: 2026-08-13T15:18:07.557Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/melvin-manhoef"
name: "Melvin Manhoef"
slug: "melvin-manhoef"
description: "Melvin Manhoef is a Surinamese-born Dutch retired mixed martial artist and kickboxer. In kickboxing, he is a former It's Showtime Middleweight Champion, and in MMA he was the Cage Rage Light Heavyweight Champion. In mixed martial arts, he competed in Bellator's Light heavyweight and Middleweight division and has also formerly competed for Strikeforce, DREAM, RINGS, It's Showtime, K-1, ONE FC, and KSW. Manhoef is known for his fearsome knockout power, 29 of his 32 wins have come via knockout, the highest percentage of any MMA fighter with at least 15 wins.\nAfter the kickboxing ranking system combat press was established, Melvin was placed top ten at middleweight."
tagline: "Surinamese-Dutch professional kickboxer and mixed martial artist"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Melvin-Manhoef2.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
birthDate: "1976-05-11"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           51.23
  momentum:             0
  historical:           14.36074533333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm4041462/"
    handle:    "nm4041462"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.melvinmanhoef.com/"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump