Andrei Stoica

Andrei Stoica
Born Andrei Cătălin Stoica
(1987-05-01) May 1, 1987
Bucharest, Romania
Other names Mister KO
Nationality Romanian
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Weight 94.2 kg (208 lb; 14.83 st)
Division Cruiserweight
Heavyweight
Reach 73.0 in (185 cm)
Style Wushu, Kickboxing, Judo
Fighting out of Bucharest, Romania
Team Respect Gym
Trainer Head Trainer: Alin Panaite
Boxing Coach: Andrei Mircea
Fitness Coach: Florin Taşcă
Kickboxing record
Total 51
Wins 41
By knockout 26
Losses 9
By knockout 5
Draws 0
No contests 1
Other information
Notable relatives Bogdan Stoica, brother
Mixed martial arts record from Sherdog
last updated on: October 2, 2015
Andrei Stoica
Medal record
Representing  Romania
Wushu
European Championships
2008 Warsaw[1] Sanshou -85 kg
National Championship
2009 București[2] Sanshou -80 kg
National Championship
2009 București[3] Qingda -85 kg
National Championship
2008 București[4] Sanshou -80 kg

Andrei Cătălin Stoica (born May 1, 1987) is a Romanian kickboxer. He is the first Super Cruiserweight Champion of the SUPERKOMBAT Fighting Championship (SUPERKOMBAT). He is also a three-time wushu national champion and European wushu champion.

As of 28 September 2016, he is ranked the #9 light heavyweight in the world by LiverKick.com.[5]

Background

Born in Bucharest, Romania, Stoica started training judo at age 11 before switching to wushu and kickboxing at age 17 (he trained under Cătălin Zmărăndescu at CSA Steaua București).[6]

Kickboxing career

SUPERKOMBAT Fighting Championship

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.[7]

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).[8][9]

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.[10][11][12]

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.[13][14][15] Stoica produced another emotionally-charged performance and knocked Oborotov out in the first round.[16]

K-1

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.[17][18][19]

He scored a second-round knockout of Zinedine Hameur-Lain at SUPERKOMBAT New Heroes 5 in Târgoviște, Romania on August 30, 2013.[20][21]

He KOed Dženan Poturak in round two at SUPERKOMBAT World Grand Prix III 2013 in Botoșani, Romania on September 28.[22][23]

LEGEND

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.[24][25][26][27]

SUPERKOMBAT Super Cruiserweight Champion (2013-Present)

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.[28]

GLORY

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.[29][30][31] Prior to the fight, he and Benjamin Adegbuyi spent time as sparring partners of Alexander Gustafsson at the Allstars Training Center in Stockholm, Sweden.[32]

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.[33] Martin withdrew for undisclosed reasons, however, and was replaced by Ali Cenik.[34] Stoica defeated Cenik via unanimous decision to retain the title.[35]

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.[36]

Stoica had his second title defense against Moisés Baute on October 25, 2014, at SUPERKOMBAT World Grand Prix 2014 Final Elimination,[37] where he won via KO in the third round. The win also earned him 2014 Fight of the Year and 2014 Knockout of The Year awards.

Stoica next faced Emilio Vallecillo on November 22, 2014, at SUPERKOMBAT World Grand Prix 2014 Final, Stoica won via TKO in the first round.[38]

Stoica faced Marcello Adriaansz on March 7, 2015 at SUPERKOMBAT World Grand Prix I 2015 and won via unanimous decision.[39]

Stoica fought Thomas Alizier on May 23, 2015 in his hometown, at SUPERKOMBAT World Grand Prix II 2015, winning the bout by knockout the second round.[40]

Stoica faced Abdarhmane Coulibaly on July 19, 2015 at SUPERKOMBAT World Grand Prix III 2015 in another non-title bout. Stoica won via unanimous decision.[41]

On August 1, 2015, at SUPERKOMBAT World Grand Prix IV 2015 Stoica defended his title by defeating Fred Sikking by first-round KO.[42] He scored with a left that ended the bout in one minute and fifteen seconds. After the win Stoica stated "I told you before. This belt it's mine. Sikking came out aggressive, he threw some shots, but he had no chance."

A superfight against Pavel Voronin took place for October 2, 2015 at SUPERKOMBAT World Grand Prix 2015 Final Elimination.[43] In the first round Stoica looked to work the head and body with punches while mixing in the occasional kick, Voronin looked to attack Stoica's lead leg with kicks. Stoica took over in the second round as his boxing was too fast and accurate for Voronin. In the third round Stoica connected with a knee to the body that forced Voronin to take a knee. He recovered to make it to the end of the bout, but Stoica took home a clear unanimous decision winning his eight consecutive fight.

Stoica is expected to defend his title against Jorge Loren at SUPERKOMBAT World Grand Prix 2015 Final.[44]

Championships and accomplishments

Kickboxing

Wushu

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
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 is married and has two sons (Albert b. 2013 and Alexandru Constantin b. 2015).[48][49] Andrei Stoica is an Orthodox Christian, often wearing a cross around his neck.

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. ↑ "Fighters Rankings". liverkick.com.
  6. ↑ "Andrei Stoica talks career and upcoming Super Kombat fight ~ Muay Thai Authority".
  7. ↑ "Dupa verii Ghita si Soran in Local Kombat vin fratii Stoica" (in Romanian). respectgym.ro. 29 June 2012. Retrieved 29 June 2012.
  8. ↑ Dave Walsh. "SuperKombat 2012 World Grand Prix I: Montenegro Live Results".
  9. ↑ Dave Walsh. "Andrei Stoica's Win Overturned; Apologizes for Racist Comments".
  10. ↑ Dave Walsh. "SuperKombat WGP 11, October 20 In Arad: Fight Card".
  11. ↑ Dave Walsh. "SuperKombat WGP 11 Poster + Fight Card Update".
  12. ↑ Dave Walsh. "Superkombat World Grand Prix IV Live Results".
  13. ↑ Dave Walsh. "SuperKombat WGP Final 2012 Fight Card, Ustream PPV Available".
  14. ↑ "Andrei Stoica wants Zabit Samedov in a title fight - SuperKombat WGP Final 2012". YouTube.
  15. ↑ "Zabit Samedov will fight Andrei Stoica for Superkombat World Title". YouTube.
  16. ↑ Dave Walsh. "SuperKombat WGP 2012 Final Live Results, Watch Here".
  17. ↑ "Fight Site". www.fightsite.hr.
  18. ↑ Dave Walsh. "K-1 World Grand Prix 2013 Live Results".
  19. ↑ "K-1 World Grand Prix Final 8 results and LIVE kickboxing coverage from Zagreb, Croatia TODAY (March 15)". MMAmania.com.
  20. ↑ Dave Walsh. "Full Card for August 30th's SUPERKOMBAT New Heroes".
  21. ↑ Dave Walsh. "The Stoica Brothers Earn a Pair of Finishes at SUPERKOMBAT Targoviste".
  22. ↑ Dave Walsh. "Final Card for SUPERKOMBAT WGP in Botsani".
  23. ↑ Dave Walsh. "Weekend Results: D'Angelo Marshall Wins Big at SUPERKOMBAT".
  24. ↑ Dave Walsh. "A Look at the Eclectic LEGEND: Invasion Fight Card".
  25. ↑ Aleksej Oleinik prisilio Cro Copa na predaju neck crankom, pogledajte borbu(Croatian)
  26. ↑ Dave Walsh. "LEGEND 2: Invasion Live Results".
  27. ↑ "Legend Invasion 2 gifs and results from Moscow". Bloody Elbow.
  28. ↑ Dave Walsh. "SuperKombat World Grand Prix Final Results".
  29. ↑ "Glory 15 Results and Recap ~ Muay Thai Authority".
  30. ↑ "GLORY 15 Results/Pictures: Saki wins title, Spong suffers horrific leg injury". FSA - FightSport Asia.
  31. ↑ "Gokhan Saki Wins Title, Tyrone Spong Suffers Gruesome Leg Injury at Glory 15". Sherdog.
  32. ↑ "Alexander Gustafssons reportage från ABC".
  33. ↑ Dave Walsh. "LiverKick - Andrei Stoica vs. Horace Martin Set for SuperKombat's June 21st Show".
  34. ↑ Dave Walsh. "LiverKick - Full SuperKombat Card for June 21st".
  35. ↑ Jay Jauncey. "LiverKick - SuperKombat WGP III: Event Results".
  36. ↑ "ARTEM VAKHITOV SIGNS NEW DEAL WITH GLORY". gloryworldseries.com. 29 January 2015.
  37. ↑ "SUPERKOMBAT World Grand Prix Final Elimination Geneva: Results". kickboxingplanet.com. October 27, 2014.
  38. ↑ Jack Sear (2014-11-23). "Superkombat World Grand Prix Monza: Results". liverkick.com.
  39. ↑ Jay Jauncey (2015-03-07). "SuperKombat Romania Live Results and Stream". liverkick.com.
  40. ↑ "SUPERKOMBAT World Grand Prix Bucharest: Results". www.kickboxingplanet.com. 2015-05-23.
  41. ↑ "2015 K-1 MUAY THAI fight – Andrei Stoica vs Abdarhmane Coulibaly – full fight Video SK". sport195.com. 2015-06-20.
  42. ↑ Dave Walsh (2015-08-02). "SuperKombat WGP IV in Romania Results". liverkick.com.
  43. ↑ "Full Results for Superkombat from 02.10.2015 LIVE on FightBox HD". fightbox.com. Retrieved 2015-10-28.
  44. ↑ Dave Walsh (2015-10-25). "Jorge Loren on Tap for Andrei Stoica in Grudge Match at SuperKombat WGP Final". liverkick.com.
  45. 1 2 3 "Superlatives of Superkombat 2014". SUPERKOMBAT Fighting Championship.
  46. ↑ "Andrei Stoica a fost declarat luptătorul anului 2014 în România" (in Romanian). Gazeta Sporturilor. 7 December 2014.
  47. ↑ K1 MADRID, 19 MARTIE. LIVE ONLINE. Andrei si Bogdan Stoica, Benjamin Adegbuy si Raul Catinas, cap de afis in Gala Respect World Series(Romanian)
  48. ↑ "In ring e FIARA, dar acasa e cea mai BLANDA BONA!" (in Romanian). Sport.ro. 23 September 2013.
  49. ↑ "JURNAL | ZIUA ÎNTÂI Andrei Stoica scrie în ProSport înaintea galei de sâmbătă. "Azi l-am ţinut pentru prima oară în braţe pe Alexandru Constantin, băiatul meu de nota 10"" (in Romanian). Prosport. 18 May 2015.
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