Aerts won the GP d ' Isbergues in 1996, Circuit Franco Belge in 2001, the Giro della Provincia di Lucca in 2001, and most notably La Flèche Wallonne in 2002 ; he did not won a professional race after that.

Aerts also won the GP the following year when he beat Toshiyuki Atokawa by KO, Ernesto Hoost by decision and then stopped Jérôme Le Banner with body shots in the final.

Aerts switched to " The Champs " gym in Eindhoven, with Eddy Smulders, in 1989 where he won his first world title, taking the IKBF World Heavyweight Championship in 1990.

Aerts was judged the winner unanimously ( 10-9, 10-9, 10-9 ) and advanced into the semis for the first time since he won the Grand Prix in 1998.

This time, however, the judges went in favour of Aerts ' opponent and Musashi won a majority decision ( 30-30, 30-29, 30-29 ).

Aerts won by majoruity decision ( 30-29, 30-29, 30-30 ) to bring their rivalry to 2-2 and qualify for the K-1 World Grand Prix 2008 Final which was held on December 6, 2008.

Although the fight went to an extra round decision which Aerts won unanimously ( 10-9, 10-9, 10-9 ), he looked like a much improved fighter.

After being cut above the eye and finishing the fight with a swollen face, Aerts won a brilliantly fought decision.

It was recorded in Taiwan on UFO / WEA records and was produced by Billy Aerts.

In 1993, in his first K-1 World Grand Prix, in quarterfinals Hoost defeated Peter Aerts by decision, knocked out Maurice Smith in semis and advanced to the tournament finals where he was knocked out by Branko Cikatic.

Hoost reached the K-1 World Grand Prix Finals again in 1995, but lost to Peter Aerts by a four round decision.

However, he is also considered by many frustratingly inconsistent, occasionally appearing lackluster or inactive in the ring, such as in his K-1 Final quarterfinal match against Peter Aerts in 2003.

The band recorded its first album, Mental Floss for the Globe, in Brussels in 1989 ( produced by Jean-Marie Aerts, of TC Matic ), and came to instant success.

Le Banner was knocked down by Aerts's highkick but managed to knocked out Aerts by left hook by 1: 11 of the 1st round.

However, because of a persisting injury to the groin, he was not able to continue the tournament and was replaced by Peter Aerts.

Because Remy was badly hurt by this he pulled of scheduled fights with Badr Hari and Peter Aerts.

The opening ceremony was attended by two TV presenters and four athletes, Quinty Trustfull, Humberto Tan, Kew Jaliens, Peter Aerts, Jerome Le Banner, and Ernesto Hoost.

He made it to the 1998 WGP final as well, where he lost to Peter Aerts by KO, although he became the first fighter to ever make three consecutive WGP finals.

The team is managed by Marc Sergeant and Bill Olivier and they are assisted by Herman Frison, Jean-Pierre Heyndericks, Bart Leysen, Marc Wauters, Mario Aerts and Michiel Elijzen.

As of July 2012, Aerts is ranked the # 9 heavyweight in the world by LiverKick. com.

On January 29, 1993, Aerts defeated Peter Selkthorpe of England by first-round knockout with a knee strike to win the European Muay Thai title in Best, Netherlands.

Aerts then beat Michael Thompson by KO in a superfight at the K-3 Grand Prix ' 95 in Nagoya on July 16, 1997 before beating Hubert Numrich for the WMTA World Super Heavyweight Muay Thai Championship in Amsterdam on October 28, 1995.

Aerts knocked Filho down in round one but the match was stopped by the doctor at the end of the round as Aerts had a large cut on his shin, and Filho was awarded the victory.

Abidi managed to drag Aerts into a brawl and caused a huge upset by KOing him in round one.

Due to this cut, Aerts could not advance in the tournament and was replaced by Abidi in the semis.

He has beaten the best kickboxers in the world, including decision wins over three times K-1 champions Remy Bonjasky and Peter Aerts and knockout highlight reel wins over two currently best kickboxers in the world Semmy Schilt and Badr Hari.

Then, following a knockout win over Hiraku Hori at the K-1 World Grand Prix 2006 in Seoul in June and a decision victory against Gary Goodridge at the K-1 World Grand Prix 2006 in Sapporo in July, Aerts faced Musashi in a tournament reserve fight at the K-1 World Grand Prix 2006 in Tokyo Final on December 2, 2006.

Aerts was given the chance to avenge this loss at K-1 Revenge ' 96 four months later, on September 1, 1996 when the rubber match was made between the pair.

At the beginning of the fight, Warring pretended that he wanted to sportsmanly touch gloves with Aerts and then attempted to sneakily punch him with a right overhand when he got close to him.

Aerts continued his win-streak when he knocked out Andrew Thomson in fity-six seconds at K-1 King of the Ring 2000 in Bologna, Italy on May 12, 2000.

Aerts was then given the chance to prove this loss was simply a fluke when he rematched Abidi in the quarter-finals of the K-1 World Grand Prix 2000 in Yokohama, a qualifying tournament for the 2000 World Grand Prix.

Aerts developed a large hemotoma on his left foot when Filho blocked one of his kicks with his knee.

At the K-1 World Grand Prix 2002 on December 7, 2002, Aerts was eliminated from the Grand Prix at the quarter-final stage for the fourth year running when he was beaten by Ray Sefo via split decision ( 29-30, 30-28, 30-29 ).

Aerts lost in the first round when he could not continue after injuring his leg while low kicking Botha.

Having made his debut in mixed martial arts on July 6, 2005 when he knocked out former sumo wrestler Wakashoyo at Hero's 2, Aerts returned for his second and last MMA bout against judoka Shungo Oyama at K-1 PREMIUM 2005 Dynamite !!

The match ended when Lashley held Fujta by the arms and let Aerts deliver one of his famous kicks to his head, knocking him out.

Aerts battered Lobman until his corner threw in the towel in round two.

Due to this, Aerts ' corner stopped the fight at the end of round two and he was eliminated from the tournament.

With Harinck back in his corner, Aerts faced Errol Zimmerman in a superfight at the K-1 World Grand Prix 2009 in Yokohama.

In what is considered to be one of the best Grand Prixs ever, and the pinnacle Aerts ' career, he stopped Masaaki Satake with a knee strike in the quarters and forced the referee to stop his semi-final match with long-time rival Mike Bernardo.

After knocking the karate man down with a barrage of strikes in round two, the referee stopped the fight and Aerts went through to the final where a rematch with reigning champion Semmy Schilt awaited.