Career
In K-1 he fought against some of the biggest stars at the time, like Ernesto Hoost, Ray Sefo, Michael McDonald and Glaube Feitosa. When Martin Holm was seven years old, he started swimming in the local swimming school. A few years later he became interested in Aikido and practiced it for four years.
Soon after he became interested in Shotokan Karate.
When he was 14 he entered one of the best Muay Thai gyms in Stockholm at that time, "Slagskeppet Muay Thai," where he met Jörgen Kruth and immediately was taken by the sport. Martin was 18 years old and vacationing in Thailand with his trainer Po Lindvall and Jörgen Kruth when he had his first fight.
He was not prepared for the fight but his opponent was an experienced local Muay Thai fighter. From Vallentuna he had some professional fights and later entered K-1 two years after Kruth.
In 2002, he made his K-1 debut at the K-1 World Grand Prix 2002 in Nagoya.
He knocked out Namibian Jokki Oberholtzer at 1"38" in the first round. His next fight was against Brazilian karate practitioner Glaube Feitosa. Holm lost the evenly fought battle by majority decision.
He finished his rookie year in K-1 at the K-1 World Grand Prix 2002 Finals undercard against Canadian Michael McDonald.
In 2003, in Paris, Holm fought against four-time K-1 World Champion Ernesto Hoost and lost by unanimous decision. After three years off, in January 2007, he announced he will be making his comeback to K-1.
Martin Holm was found dead on 24 June 2009. The cause of death was suicide by hanging.
Holm had been privately struggling with depression and an emotional imbalance.