Andrei Stoica

Andrei Stoica
Born Andrei Cătălin Stoica
May 1, 1987
Bucharest, Romania
Other names Mister KO
Nationality Romania Romanian
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Weight 93.7 kg (207 lb; 14.76 st)
Division Cruiserweight
Heavyweight
Reach 73.0 in (185 cm)
Style Wushu, Kickboxing, Judo
Fighting out of Bucharest, Romania
Team Respect Gym
Trainer Alin Panaite
Fitness: Alejandro Argudín-Zaharia
Kickboxing record
Total 43
Wins 36
By knockout 23
Losses 6
By knockout 3
Draws 0
No contests 1
Other information
Notable relatives Bogdan Stoica, brother
Mixed martial arts record from Sherdog
last updated on: March 7, 2015
Andrei Stoica
Medal record
Competitor for  Romania
Wushu
European Championships
Gold 2008 Warsaw[1] Sanshou -85 kg
National Championship
Gold 2009 București[2] Sanshou -80 kg
National Championship
Gold 2009 București[3] Qingda -85 kg
National Championship
Gold 2008 București[4] Sanshou -80 kg

Andrei Cătălin Stoica (born May 1, 1987 in Bucharest) is a Romanian kickboxer, and former wushu practitioner, and current SUPERKOMBAT Super Cruiserweight Champion. He is also signed by GLORY.[5] As of 10 November 2014, Stoica is ranked the #4 light heavyweight in the world by GLORY.[6]

Early life

Andrei Stoica began his martial arts training in judo at the age of 11 before switching to wushu and kickboxing at the age of 17, training under Cătălin Zmărăndescu at CSA Steaua București.[7]

Career

In November 2010, the SUPERKOMBAT announced that they had signed Andrei Stoica and his younger brother Bogdan to compete in the promotion. Its chairman, Eduard Irimia, felt that the Respect Gym brothers have the potential to become top class fighters.[8]

On February 25, Stoica faced Redouan Cairo in a rematch at the SUPERKOMBAT World Grand Prix I 2012 in Podgorica, Montenegro. Originally, it was announced that Stoica defeated Cairo via decision after 3 rounds. However, SK officials overturned the decision to a no contest as the judges actually scored the bout a majority draw. Stoica had also caused controversy by inadvertently referring to Cairo as "the nigger" in his post-fight interview. Stoica himself apologized for the mistake, blaming his poor command of English (Stoica said he meant to use the term "negro" instead, which caused further controversy).[9][10]

He next faced Toni Milanović at the SUPERKOMBAT World Grand Prix IV 2012 on October 20 in Arad, Romania and defeated the Croatian via split decision.[11][12][13]

Stoica was scheduled to face Zabit Samedov for the inaugural SUPERKOMBAT Super Cruiserweight Championship at the SUPERKOMBAT World Grand Prix 2012 Final in Bucharest, Romania on December 22. However, Samedov took ill in the build-up to the fight and replaced by the lower-ranked Arnold Oborotov and so the bout was changed to a title eliminator with the winner facing Samedov.[14][15][16] Stoica produced another emotionally charged performance and knocked Oborotov out in the first round.[17]

He lost to Agron Preteni via unanimous decision in a non-tournament bout at the K-1 World Grand Prix 2012 Final in Zagreb, Croatia on March 15, 2013. The fight was all Stoica, until Preteni dropped him with a left hook early in the second round which earned an eight count and really turned the tide of the fight. Mladen Krajnčec, one of the judges said that this was hardest fight to judge and that K-1 rules clearly state that the one who is in a knockdown loses the fight.[18][19][20]

He scored a second round knockout of Zinedine Hameur-Lain at SUPERKOMBAT New Heroes 5 in Târgoviște, Romania on August 30, 2013.[21][22]

He KOed Dženan Poturak in round two at SUPERKOMBAT World Grand Prix III 2013 in Botoșani, Romania on September 28.[23][24]

He rematched Agron Preteni at Legend 2: Invasion in Moscow, Russia on November 9, 2013 in a reserve bout of Legend Fighting Show -95 kg tournament. Preteni took majority judges decision in a close fight with lots of strong kicks and punches which did not make lots of damage.[25][26][27][28]

He defeated Ondřej Hutník by unanimous decision to win the vacant SUPERKOMBAT Super Cruiserweight Championship at the SUPERKOMBAT World Grand Prix 2013 Final in Galați, Romania on December 21.[29]

Stoica was knocked out by Danyo Ilunga in the tournament reserve bout at GLORY 15 - Light Heavyweight World Championship Tournament in Istanbul, Turkey on April 12, 2014. The two had spirited exchanges in the first round. Ilunga was consistent with his piercing knees to Stoica, who countered them well with his right hand. Both men were successful and landed hard shots before Stoica thought that he had an advantage on a particular combination but just grazed Ilunga with a hook instead of landing clean. This allowed Ilunga to get underneath it and come back with a huge counter right hand that floored and took Stoica out, who didn't have his feet beneath him to answer the ten count.[30][31][32] Prior to the fight, he and Benjamin Adegbuyi spent time as sparring partners of Alexander Gustafsson at the Allstars Training Center in Stockholm, Sweden.[33]

He was expected to make the first defence of his SUPERKOMBAT Super Cruiserweight Championship against Boy Boy Martin at SUPERKOMBAT World Grand Prix III 2014 in Constanța, Romania on June 21, 2014.[34] Martin withdrew for undisclosed reasons, however, and was replaced by Ali Cenik.[35] Stoica defeated Cenik via unanimous decision to retain the title.[36]

He was scheduled to face Artem Vakhitov in a superfight at the Glory 20: Dubai on 3 April 2015 but pulled out for unknown reasons.[37]

Championships and accomplishments

Kickboxing

Kickboxing record

Kickboxing Record

Legend:       Win       Loss       Draw/No contest       Notes

Mixed martial arts record

Res. Record Opponent Method Event Date Round Time Location Notes
style="background-color: #c5d2ea; text-align:center" | NC 0–0 (1) United States Ronald Garland No contest (Kick to the Groin) Strike FC: Night of Gladiators April 18, 2008 1 - Ploiești, Romania

Personal life

He became a father in 2013 when his son Albert was born.[40]

See also

External links

References

  1. ↑ "Results" (PDF). ewuf.org. 2008. Retrieved 1 April 2012.
  2. ↑ "Rezultate Taolu & Sanshou" (PDF) (in Romanian). wushu.ro. 2009. Retrieved 29 June 2014.
  3. ↑ "Rezultate Qingda" (PDF) (in Romanian). wushu.ro. 2009. Retrieved 29 June 2014.
  4. ↑ "Rezultate Taolu & Sanshou" (PDF) (in Romanian). wushu.ro. 2009. Retrieved 29 June 2014.
  5. ↑ "Mirko Crocop en Andrei Stoica "tekenen" bij Glory" (in Dutch). MixFight. 22 November 2013.
  6. ↑ "Fighters Rankings".
  7. ↑ "Andrei Stoica talks career and upcoming Super Kombat fight ~ Muay Thai Authority".
  8. ↑ "Dupa verii Ghita si Soran in Local Kombat vin fratii Stoica" (in Romanian). respectgym.ro. 29 June 2012. Retrieved 29 June 2012.
  9. ↑ Dave Walsh. "LiverKick - LiverKick".
  10. ↑ Dave Walsh. "LiverKick - LiverKick".
  11. ↑ Dave Walsh. "LiverKick - LiverKick".
  12. ↑ Dave Walsh. "LiverKick - LiverKick".
  13. ↑ Dave Walsh. "LiverKick - LiverKick".
  14. ↑ Dave Walsh. "LiverKick - LiverKick".
  15. ↑ "Andrei Stoica wants Zabit Samedov in a title fight - SuperKombat WGP Final 2012". YouTube.
  16. ↑ "Zabit Samedov will fight Andrei Stoica for Superkombat World Title". YouTube.
  17. ↑ Dave Walsh. "LiverKick - LiverKick".
  18. ↑ "Fight Site". www.fightsite.hr.
  19. ↑ Dave Walsh. "LiverKick - LiverKick".
  20. ↑ "K-1 World Grand Prix Final 8 results and LIVE kickboxing coverage from Zagreb, Croatia TODAY (March 15)". MMAmania.com.
  21. ↑ Dave Walsh. "LiverKick - LiverKick".
  22. ↑ Dave Walsh. "LiverKick - LiverKick".
  23. ↑ Dave Walsh. "LiverKick - LiverKick".
  24. ↑ Dave Walsh. "LiverKick - LiverKick".
  25. ↑ Dave Walsh. "LiverKick - LiverKick".
  26. ↑ Aleksej Oleinik prisilio Cro Copa na predaju neck crankom, pogledajte borbu(Croatian)
  27. ↑ Dave Walsh. "LiverKick - LiverKick".
  28. ↑ "Legend Invasion 2 gifs and results from Moscow". Bloody Elbow.
  29. ↑ Dave Walsh. "LiverKick - LiverKick".
  30. ↑ "Glory 15 Results and Recap ~ Muay Thai Authority".
  31. ↑ "GLORY 15 Results/Pictures: Saki wins title, Spong suffers horrific leg injury". FSA - FightSport Asia.
  32. ↑ "Gokhan Saki Wins Title, Tyrone Spong Suffers Gruesome Leg Injury at Glory 15". Sherdog.
  33. ↑ "Alexander Gustafssons reportage från ABC".
  34. ↑ Dave Walsh. "LiverKick - Andrei Stoica vs. Horace Martin Set for SuperKombat's June 21st Show".
  35. ↑ Dave Walsh. "LiverKick - Full SuperKombat Card for June 21st".
  36. ↑ Jay Jauncey. "LiverKick - SuperKombat WGP III: Event Results".
  37. ↑ "ARTEM VAKHITOV SIGNS NEW DEAL WITH GLORY". gloryworldseries.com. 29 January 2015.
  38. ↑ 38.0 38.1 38.2 "Superlatives of Superkombat 2014". SUPERKOMBAT Fighting Championship.
  39. ↑ "Andrei Stoica a fost declarat luptătorul anului 2014 în România" (in Romanian). Gazeta Sporturilor. 7 December 2014.
  40. ↑ "In ring e FIARA, dar acasa e cea mai BLANDA BONA!" (in Romanian). Sport.ro. 23 September 2013.