Steve McKinnon

Steve McKinnon
Born	(1976-11-23) 23 November 1976 Glasgow Scotland
Other names	The Smashing Machine, God of War
Nationality	Australian
Height	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Weight	95.5 kg (211 lb; 15.04 st)
Division	Heavyweight Cruiserweight
Style	Muay Thai, Shotokan Karate
Stance	Orthodox
Fighting out of	Sydney, New South Wales
Team	Bulldog Gym
Trainer	Stuart Mckinnon
Rank	black belt in Shotokan
Kickboxing record
Total	52
Wins	45
By knockout	30
Losses	7
Other information
Notable relatives	Brother - Stuart Mckinnon Bulldogg Gym Castle Hill NSW www.bulldoggym.com.au Father - Thomas McKinnon who is also a published author with eBooks available at www.tdmckinnon.com
last updated on: 23 November 2013

Steve "The Smashing Machine" Mckinnon (born 23 November 1976 in Scotland) is an Australian, Heavyweight, World Champion kickboxer, fighting out of the Bulldog Gym in Sydney, New South Wales. He is the current WBC Muay Thai Super Cruiserweight World champion^[1]

Career

Steve began his training in his father's Karate school, Torakan, at the age of 4 in Shotokan Karate, attaining his black belt, fighting and winning Karate tournaments before he began his kickboxing career at 16. Steve has had many formidable opponents including, but not limited to Ashwin Balrak, Paul Slowinski, Nathan Corbett, Thor Hoopman and Ramazan Ramazanov.

He was set to face Nenad Pagonis at Glory 7: Milan in Milan, Italy on 20 April 2013^[2] but his opponent was instead changed to Michael Duut, whom he lost to via a controversial unanimous decision.^[3][4][5]

He competed in the eight-man tournament at Glory 9: New York - 2013 95kg Slam in New York City on 22 June 2013^[6][7] and lost his second controversial decision in a row as he dropped a majority decision against Filip Verlinden in the quarter-finals.^[8][9][10]

Titles

2008 WBC Muaythai World Super Cruiserweight (210 lbs, 95.454 kg) Champion.

2 NSW Titles

2 Australian Titles

1 South Pacific Title

1 Commonwealth Title

5 World Titles

Kickboxing record

Kickboxing record

45 Wins (30 (T)KO's), 7 Losses' Date Result Opponent Event Location Method Round Time 2015-04-17 Loss Zabit Samedov GFC Fight Series 3 - Heavyweight Tournament, Semi Finals Dubai, UAE Decision (Unanimous) 3 3:00 2014-11-15 Win Nato Lauuii Capital Punishment - The Return of Bangin' Ben Edwards Canberra, Australia KO (Right High Kick) 1 2013-11-23 Win Nikolaj Falin Kings of Kombat 11 Australia Decision (Unanimous) 3 3:00 2013-08-17 Win David Radeff Star Wars: War of the Year Sydney, Australia Decision 3 3:00 2013-06-22 Loss Filip Verlinden Glory 9: New York - 95kg Slam Tournament, Quarter Finals New York City, New York, USA Decision (majority) 3 3:00 2013-04-20 Loss Michael Duut Glory 7: Milan Milan, Italy Decision (Unanimous) 3 3:00 2012-09-01 Loss Nathan Corbett Total Carnage II Gold Coast, Australia Decision (Unanimous) 5 3:00 2012-06-09 Win Frank Muñoz Singha Battle For The Belts Bangkok, Thailand KO 1 Retains WBC Muaythai Super Cruiserweight World title. 2012-03-17 Win Nato Lauuii Capital Punishment 5 Canberra, Australia TKO (Elbows) 3 2011-02-? Win David Radeff Enfusion Kickboxing Tournament '11, 2nd Round, super fight Koh Samui, Thailand Decision (Unanimous) 3 3:00 2010-12-19 Win Stephane Susperregui WCK Muay Thai Hainan Island, China Decision (Majority) 5 3:00 Retains WBC Muaythai Super Cruiserweight World title. 2010-11-06 Win Eduardo Maiorino Immortality 3 Sydney, Australia TKO 2 Retains WBC Muaythai Super Cruiserweight World title. 2010-06-09 Win Paul Slowinski Last Man Standing 2 Tournament, Semi Final Melbourne, Australia Decision (Majority) 3 3:00 2010-06-09 Win Andonis Tzoros Last Man Standing 2 Tournament, Quarter Finals Melbourne, Australia 2009-11-13 Win Hrvoje Kišiček Immortallity Australia vs Croatia Sydney, Australia TKO (Cut) 2 3:00 2009-05-14 Win Thor Hoopman Immortality II: Battle of Gods Sydney, Australia Decision 5 3:00 2008-06-20 Win Ashwin Balrak International Muay Thai Fight Night Montego Bay, Jamaica Decision (unanimous) 5 3:00 Wins WBC Muaythai Super Cruiserweight World title. 2008-03-29 Win Thor Hoopman Xplosion 18 Super Fights Sydney, Australia Decision (Unanimous) 5 3:00 2007-12-08 Loss Ramazan Ramazanov Xplosion 17, WMC Intercontinental title 95 kg Sydney, Australia KO (Right hook) 4 2:51 Fight was for WMC Intercontinental Muay Thai Heavyweight title. 2006-08-18 Loss Nathan Corbett Xplosion 13 Sydney, Australia TKO (Doctor stoppage) 4 2006-06-24 Win Jay Hepi K-1 Kings of Oceania 2006 Round 1 Auckland, New Zealand TKO (Injury) 2 2005-6-14 Win Simon Dreus Castle Hill muay thai Las Vegas, USA KO 1 2:45 Wins IKKC Intercontinental Heavyweight Muay Thai Title. 2004-04-16 Win Gareth Lewis Sydney, Australia KO (High kick) 4 2004-02-29 Win Wissam Fattal Tarik Solak Presents - Kickboxing Gala NSW Sydney, Australia KO (Left high kick) 2 2002-12-13 Win Alofa Solitua No Mercy Sydney, Australia TKO 3 2001-09-01 Loss Paul Slowinski JNI Promotions, Star City Australia KO (Left Highkick) 3 1:52 2000-10-27 Win Shane Meads JNI Promotion Sydney, Australia KO 1 1:30 Wins ISKA Australian Cruiserweight title. Legend:       Win       Loss       Draw/No contest       Notes

References

External links

• http://www.tdmckinnon.com
• http://www.wbcmuaythai.com/ratting.php