2011 in SUPERKOMBAT

2011 in SUPERKOMBAT
Information
First date	March 18
Last date	November 19
Events
Total events	7
Fights
Total fights	67
Chronology
N/A 2011 in SUPERKOMBAT 2012 in SUPERKOMBAT

The year 2011 was the 1st year in the history of the SUPERKOMBAT Fighting Championship (SUPERKOMBAT), a kickboxing promotion based in Romania. 2011 started with SUPERKOMBAT The Pilot Show and ended with SUPERKOMBAT World Grand Prix 2011 Final. It started broadcasting through a television agreement with Eurosport.

List of events

SUPERKOMBAT The Pilot Show

SUPERKOMBAT The Pilot Show
Information
Promotion	SUPERKOMBAT Fighting Championship
Date	March 18, 2011
Venue	Sala Sporturilor Traian
City	Râmnicu Vâlcea, Romania
Attendance	2,000[1]
Event chronology
N/A SUPERKOMBAT The Pilot Show SUPERKOMBAT World Grand Prix I 2011

SUPERKOMBAT The Pilot Show was a kickboxing event held by the SUPERKOMBAT Fighting Championship on March 18, 2011 at the Sala Sporturilor Traian in Râmnicu Vâlcea, Romania.^[2]

Background

Team Romania met Team Italy, and 22-year-old local Mihai Barbu fought in a WAKO-Pro World Middleweight Title Match against the title holder Arnaldo Silva of Portugal. The rest of the card was filled with exciting matchups. Featured on the card were several K-1 veterans including Cătălin Moroșanu, Sebastian Ciobanu, Dževad Poturak and Freddy Kemayo.^[2]

Results

Fight Card
Weight Class				Method	Round	Notes
Middleweight	Arnaldo Silva	def.	Mihai Barbu	KO (left hook)	5	WAKO-Pro World Middleweight Championship
Heavyweight	Cătălin Moroșanu	def.	Yüksel Aydın	Decision (unanimous)	3
Heavyweight	Dževad Poturak	def.	Ionuţ Iftimoaie	Decision (unanimous)	3
Heavyweight	Freddy Kemayo	def.	Sebastian Ciobanu	Decision (unanimous)	4
Heavyweight	Benjamin Adegbuyi	def.	Dženan Poturak	TKO (referee stoppage)	1
Super cruiserweight	Andrei Stoica	def.	Alex Rossi	Decision (unanimous)	3
81,4 kilograms	Bogdan Stoica	def.	Lelio Ramunni	Decision (unanimous)	3
75,0 kilograms	Roberto Cocco	def.	Marius Tiţă	Decision (unanimous)	3
66,8 kilograms	Ionuţ Atodiresei	def.	Fabio Nubile	Decision (unanimous)	3
60,0 kilograms	Florin Lupu	def.	Tiziano Mascoli	Decision (unanimous)	3

^[2][3]

SUPERKOMBAT World Grand Prix I 2011

SUPERKOMBAT World Grand Prix I 2011
Information
Promotion	SUPERKOMBAT Fighting Championship
Date	May 21, 2011
Venue	Patinoarul Mihai Flamaropol
City	Bucharest, Romania
Attendance	N/A
Event chronology
SUPERKOMBAT The Pilot Show SUPERKOMBAT World Grand Prix I 2011 SUPERKOMBAT World Grand Prix II 2011

SUPERKOMBAT World Grand Prix I 2011 was a kickboxing event held by the SUPERKOMBAT Fighting Championship on May 21, 2011 at the Patinoarul Mihai Flamaropol in Bucharest, Romania.^[4]

Background

A four-man heavyweight tournament took place, featuring Sergei Lascenko, Dževad Poturak, Roman Kleibl and Jairzinho Rozenstruik. Rico Verhoeven fought American Justice Smith in the reserve bout. Romanian K-1 veteran Sebastian Ciobanu took on Rastislav Talarovič in a heavyweight super fight. K-1 star Albert Kraus fought Romanian Marius Tiţă in a middleweight super fight. Right before the heavyweight tournament final, rising Romanian star Bogdan Stoica fought in a WAKO-Pro Intercontinental Cruiserweight Title Match against Frenchman Pacôme Assi.^[4]

Results

Fight Card
Weight Class				Method	Round	Notes
Heavyweight	Sergei Lascenko	def.	Roman Kleibl	KO (punch)	2	Heavyweight Tournament Final
Cruiserweight	Bogdan Stoica	def.	Pacôme Assi	TKO (corner stoppage/towel)	3	WAKO-Pro Intercontinental Cruiserweight Championship
Middleweight	Albert Kraus	def.	Marius Tiţă	KO (high kick)	1
Heavyweight	Sebastian Ciobanu	def.	Rastislav Talarovič	Decision (unanimous)	3
Heavyweight	Benjamin Adegbuyi	def.	Libor Polách	KO (heavy punch blows)	1
Middleweight	Arnaldo Silva	def.	Miodrag Olar	Decision (unanimous)	3
Heavyweight	Sergei Lascenko	def.	Dževad Poturak	TKO (knee to the body)	2	Heavyweight Tournament Semi Final
Heavyweight	Roman Kleibl	def.	Jairzinho Rozenstruik	Decision (unanimous)	3	Heavyweight Tournament Semi Final
Heavyweight	Rico Verhoeven	def.	Justice Smith	KO (punch flurry)	1	Heavyweight Tournament Reserve Bout

^[4]

Heavyweight tournament bracket

	Semi Finals					Final
	Dževad Poturak		2r.
	Sergei Lascenko		TKO			Sergei Lascenko		KO
	Roman Kleibl		DEC			Roman Kleibl		2r.
	Jairzinho Rozenstruik		3r.

SUPERKOMBAT World Grand Prix II 2011

SUPERKOMBAT World Grand Prix II 2011
Information
Promotion	SUPERKOMBAT Fighting Championship
Date	July 16, 2011
Venue	Sala Sporturilor
City	Constanța, Romania
Attendance	3,000[5]
Event chronology
SUPERKOMBAT World Grand Prix I 2011 SUPERKOMBAT World Grand Prix II 2011 SUPERKOMBAT World Grand Prix III 2011

SUPERKOMBAT World Grand Prix II 2011 was a kickboxing event held by the SUPERKOMBAT Fighting Championship on July 16, 2011 at the Sala Sporturilor in Constanța, Romania.^[6]

Background

A four-man heavyweight tournament took place, featuring Mighty Mo, Mladen Brestovac, Sebastian Ciobanu and Ismael Londt. Carter Williams fought Romanian Marian Iordan in the reserve bout. Romanian K-1 veteran Cătălin Moroșanu took on Stefan Leko in a heavyweight super fight. Rising Romanian star Bogdan Stoica fought in a WAKO-Pro Intercontinental Cruiserweight Non-Title Match against Dutch-based Turkish Hakan Aksoy. His elder brother, Andrei Stoica, fought Henriques Zowa in a super cruiserweight super fight.^[6]

Results

Fight Card
Weight Class				Method	Round	Notes
Heavyweight	Ismael Londt	def.	Mladen Brestovac	TKO (referee stoppage)	1	Heavyweight Tournament Final
Heavyweight	Cătălin Moroșanu	def.	Stefan Leko	Decision (unanimous)	3
Heavyweight	Benjamin Adegbuyi	def.	Joachim Thomas	Decision (unanimous)	3
Super cruiserweight	Andrei Stoica	def.	Henriques Zowa	Decision (unanimous)	3
Cruiserweight	Hakan Aksoy	def.	Bogdan Stoica	TKO (leg injury)	2
Middleweight	Mihai Barbu	def.	Alex Tropimov	Decision (unanimous)	3
Heavyweight	Mladen Brestovac	def.	Mighty Mo	KO (liver kick)	1	Heavyweight Tournament Semi Final
Heavyweight	Ismael Londt	def.	Sebastian Ciobanu	KO (punches)	3	Heavyweight Tournament Semi Final
Heavyweight	Carter Williams	def.	Marian Iordan	TKO (low kick)	3	Heavyweight Tournament Reserve Bout

^[6]

Heavyweight tournament bracket

	Semi Finals					Final
	Ismael Londt		KO
	Sebastian Ciobanu		3r.			Ismael Londt		TKO
	Mladen Brestovac		KO			Mladen Brestovac		1r.
	Mighty Mo		1r.

SUPERKOMBAT World Grand Prix III 2011

SUPERKOMBAT World Grand Prix III 2011
Information
Promotion	SUPERKOMBAT Fighting Championship
Date	October 1, 2011
Venue	Sala Polivalentă Danubius
City	Brăila, Romania
Attendance	N/A
Event chronology
SUPERKOMBAT World Grand Prix I 2011 SUPERKOMBAT World Grand Prix III 2011 SUPERKOMBAT World Grand Prix IV 2011

SUPERKOMBAT World Grand Prix III 2011 was a kickboxing event held by the SUPERKOMBAT Fighting Championship on October 1, 2011 at the Sala Polivalentă Danubius in Brăila, Romania.^[7]

Background

The tournament pitted Ricardo van den Bos against Pavel Zhuravlev and Stefan Leko against Sebastian van Thielen in the semi finals. The winner advanced to the year end World Grand Prix in Darmstadt. Five other fights in the heavyweight division also featured on the card. Redouan Cairo fought Frank Muñoz. Another fighter, heavyweight Benjamin Adegbuyi of Romania fought Martin Hauser of Slovakia.^[7]

Results

Fight Card
Weight Class				Method	Round	Notes
Heavyweight	Pavel Zhuravlev	def.	Sebastian van Thielen	Decision (unanimous)	3	Heavyweight Tournament Final
Heavyweight	Benjamin Adegbuyi	def.	Martin Hauser	KO (right hook)	1
Heavyweight	Cătălin Moroșanu	def.	Michael Andrade	Decision (unanimous)	3
Heavyweight	Frank Muñoz	def.	Redouan Cairo	Decision (split)	3
Heavyweight	Lucian Danilencu	def.	Tomas Pakutinskas	TKO (low kick)	1
Heavyweight	Sebastien van Thielen	def.	Stefan Leko	Decision (unanimous)	4	Heavyweight Tournament Semi Final
Heavyweight	Pavel Zhuravlev	def.	Ricardo van den Bos	Decision (unanimous)	3	Heavyweight Tournament Semi Final
Heavyweight	Corneliu Rus	def.	Mindaugus Sakalaukas	Decision (unanimous)	3	Heavyweight Tournament Reserve Bout

^[7]

Heavyweight tournament bracket

	Semi Finals					Final
	Pavel Zhuravlev		DEC
	Ricardo van den Bos		3r.			Pavel Zhuravlev		DEC
	Sebastian van Thielen		DEC			Sebastian van Thielen		3r.
	Stefan Leko		4r.

SUPERKOMBAT World Grand Prix IV 2011

SUPERKOMBAT World Grand Prix IV 2011
Information
Promotion	SUPERKOMBAT Fighting Championship
Date	October 15, 2011
Venue	Sala Polivalentă
City	Piatra Neamț, Romania
Attendance	4,000[8]
Event chronology
SUPERKOMBAT World Grand Prix III 2011 SUPERKOMBAT World Grand Prix IV 2011 SUPERKOMBAT World Grand Prix IV 2011

SUPERKOMBAT World Grand Prix IV 2011 was a kickboxing event held by the SUPERKOMBAT Fighting Championship on October 15, 2011 at the Sala Polivalentă in Piatra Neamț, Romania.^[9]

Background

For the tournament, Erhan Deniz faced Angelis Konstantinos of Greece in one semi-final and Wendell Roche faced Marian Baryła of Poland in the other. In other action on the card, Bogdan Stoica returned from a leg injury to fight Leon Miedema. The fight was at cruiserweight. Also on the card was Romanian fighter Sebastian Ciobanu, who fought Dutch-based Ali Cenik of Turkey along with K-1 veteran Cătălin Moroșanu who was slated to be on the card against Dutch-based Moroccan Ibrahim Aarab. Bob Sapp fought Alexandru Lungu in the main event.^[9]

Results

Fight Card
Weight Class				Method	Round	Notes
Heavyweight	Erhan Deniz	def.	Wendell Roche	Decision (unanimous)	3	Heavyweight Tournament Final
Heavyweight	Alexandru Lungu	def.	Bob Sapp	KO (left hook)	1
Heavyweight	Cătălin Moroșanu	def.	Ibrahim Aarab	Decision (unanimous)	3
Heavyweight	Ionuţ Iftimoaie	def.	Luca Pantò	Decision (unanimous)	3
Heavyweight	Sebastian Ciobanu	def.	Ali Cenik	Decision (split)	3
67 kilograms	Diogo Neves	def.	Ionuţ Atodiresei	Decision (unanimous)	3	WAKO-Pro World -67 kg Championship
Cruiserweight	Bogdan Stoica	def.	Leon Miedema	Decision (unanimous)	3
Heavyweight	Wendell Roche	def.	Marian Baryła	TKO (low kicks)	3	Heavyweight Tournament Semi Final
Heavyweight	Erhan Deniz	def.	Angelis Konstantinos	KO (punches)	2	Heavyweight Tournament Semi Final
Heavyweight	Jantje Siersma	def.	Lucian Danilencu	Decision (split)	4	Heavyweight Tournament Reserve Bout

^[9]

Heavyweight tournament bracket

	Semi Finals					Final
	Erhan Deniz		KO
	Angelis Konstantinos		2r.			Erhan Deniz		DEC
	Wendell Roche		TKO			Wendell Roche		3r.
	Marian Baryła		3r.

SUPERKOMBAT Fight Club

SUPERKOMBAT Fight Club
Information
Promotion	SUPERKOMBAT Fighting Championship
Date	November 17, 2011
Venue	Oradea Shopping City
City	Oradea, Romania
Attendance	2,000[10]
Event chronology
SUPERKOMBAT World Grand Prix IV 2011 SUPERKOMBAT Fight Club SUPERKOMBAT World Grand Prix 2011 Final

SUPERKOMBAT Fight Club was a kickboxing event held by the SUPERKOMBAT Fighting Championship on November 17, 2011 at the Oradea Shopping City in Oradea, Romania.^[11]

Background

Among the participants in an eight-man heavyweight tournament were K-1 veterans Errol Zimmerman, Ben Edwards and Stefan Leko. The reserve match was Slavo Polugić vs. Corneliu Rus. It's Showtime Heavyweight Champion, Hesdy Gerges, returned to action in a fight against Rico Verhoeven.^[11]

Results

Fight Card
Weight Class				Method	Round	Notes
Heavyweight	Errol Zimmerman	def.	Roman Kleibl	KO (right high kick)	2	Heavyweight Tournament Final
Middleweight	Alex Tropimov	def.	Costel Pașniciuc	Decision (majority)	3
Heavyweight	Rico Verhoeven	def.	Hesdy Gerges	Decision (majority Decision)	3	Fight was not for Gerges's It's Showtime Heavyweight Championship
Heavyweight	Errol Zimmerman	def.	Stefan Leko	TKO (referee stoppage)	1	Heavyweight Tournament Semi Final
Heavyweight	Roman Kleibl	def.	Ben Edwards	KO (left hook)	3	Heavyweight Tournament Semi Final
Heavyweight	Alexandru Lungu	def.	Neil Cooke	KO (punches)	1
Heavyweight	Corneliu Rus	def.	Slavo Polugić	TKO (referee stoppage)	2	Heavyweight Tournament Reserve Bout
Heavyweight	Stefan Leko	def.	Tsotne Rogava	Decision (majority)	4	Heavyweight Tournament Quarter Final
Heavyweight	Errol Zimmerman	def.	Sebastian van Thielen	KO (right hook)	1	Heavyweight Tournament Quarter Final
Heavyweight	Roman Kleibl	def.	Christian Colombo	Decision (unanimous)	3	Heavyweight Tournament Quarter Final
Heavyweight	Ben Edwards	def.	Daniel Sam	TKO (referee stoppage)	2	Heavyweight Tournament Quarter Final

^[11]

Heavyweight tournament bracket

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	Ben Edwards	TKO
	Daniel Sam	R2.
					Roman Kleibl	KO
					Ben Edwards	R3.
	Roman Kleibl	DEC
	Christian Colombo	3-0
									Errol Zimmerman	KO
									Roman Kleibl	R2.
	Errol Zimmerman	KO
	Sebastian v. Thielen	R1.
					Errol Zimmerman	TKO
					Stefan Leko	R1.
	Stefan Leko	DEC
	Tsotne Rogava	R4.

SUPERKOMBAT World Grand Prix 2011 Final

SUPERKOMBAT World Grand Prix 2011 Final
Information
Promotion	SUPERKOMBAT Fighting Championship
Date	November 19, 2011
Venue	Böllenfalltorhalle
City	Darmstadt, Germany
Attendance	2,000
Event chronology
SUPERKOMBAT Fight Club SUPERKOMBAT World Grand Prix 2011 Final SUPERKOMBAT World Grand Prix I 2012

SUPERKOMBAT World Grand Prix 2011 Final was a kickboxing event held by the SUPERKOMBAT Fighting Championship on November 19, 2011 at the Böllenfalltorhalle in Darmstadt, Germany.^[12]

Background

The Final itself featured the four finalists: Sergei Lascenko, Ismael Londt, Pavel Zhuravlev and Erhan Deniz. The rest of the card was filled out by Cătălin Moroșanu, the Stoica brothers, Faldir Chahbari and Albert Kraus.^[12]

Results

Fight Card
Weight Class				Method	Round	Notes
Heavyweight	Sergei Lascenko	def.	Ismael Londt	KO (punches)	1	Heavyweight Tournament Final
Heavyweight	Cătălin Moroșanu	def.	Patrick Liedert	KO (punches)	1
Super cruiserweight	Andrei Stoica	def.	James Phillips	KO (right high kick)	1
Cruiserweight	Bogdan Stoica	def.	Dawid Baziak	TKO (doctor stoppage)	3
Middleweight	Albert Kraus	def.	Alexander Schmitt	KO (punches)	2	SUPERKOMBAT Middleweight Championship
Middleweight	Tevfik Suçu	def.	Aalviar Lima	Decision (unanimous)	3
Middleweight	Faldir Chahbari	def.	Omar Amrani	Decision (unanimous)	3
Heavyweight	Sergei Lascenko	def.	Erhan Deniz	TKO (doctor stoppage)	3	Heavyweight Tournament Semi Final
Heavyweight	Ismael Londt	def.	Pavel Zhuravlev	Decision (split)	4	Heavyweight Tournament Semi Final
Heavyweight	Jairzinho Rozenstruik	def.	Benjamin Adegbuyi	KO (left hook)	2	Heavyweight Tournament Reserve Bout

^[12]

Heavyweight tournament bracket

	Semi Finals					Final
	Ismael Londt		DEC
	Pavel Zhuravlev		4r.			Ismael Londt		1r.
	Sergei Lascenko		TKO			Sergei Lascenko		KO
	Erhan Deniz		3r.

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