2013 in SUPERKOMBAT

The year 2013 was the 3rd year in the history of the SUPERKOMBAT Fighting Championship (SUPERKOMBAT), a kickboxing promotion based in Romania. 2013 started with SUPERKOMBAT New Heroes 1 and ended with SUPERKOMBAT World Grand Prix 2013 Final. All the events have been broadcasts through television agreements with Eurosport and Fight Now TV in the United States (from September 26).

List of events

SUPERKOMBAT New Heroes 1

SUPERKOMBAT New Heroes 1 was a kickboxing event held by the SUPERKOMBAT Fighting Championship on February 23, 2013 at the Hotel Kvarner in Opatija, Croatia.

Background

The event took place in Opatija, Croatia and featured fighters from the region, with the rest being from around Europe. These fighters from the likes of Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Slovenia were joined by some of the selected fighters from SUPERKOMBAT tryouts.

Results

SUPERKOMBAT New Heroes 2

SUPERKOMBAT New Heroes 2 was a kickboxing event held by the SUPERKOMBAT Fighting Championship on March 23, 2013 at the Ginásio Milton Feijão in São Paulo, Brazil.

Background

The event featured a four man heavyweight tournament, with the winner qualifying for the SUPERKOMBAT World Grand Prix. The tournament saw Robson Rocha fighting Edson Lima in one semi final, with Felipe Micheletti fighting Argentina's Rogélio Ortiz in the other semi final. There was also a 75 kg fight to qualify for the WGP as well. Bellator veteran Thiago Michel was in the bout against Romanian SUPERKOMBAT veteran Miodrag Olar. Brazil's best 85 kg kickboxer Alex Pereira was back in action after his fight at It's Showtime 60.

Results

Heavyweight tournament bracket

SUPERKOMBAT World Grand Prix I 2013

SUPERKOMBAT World Grand Prix I 2013 was a kickboxing event held by the SUPERKOMBAT Fighting Championship on April 6, 2013 at the Arena Antonio Alexe in Oradea, Romania.

Background

The first installment of the SUPERKOMBAT 2013 World Grand Prix kicked off on April 6 in Oradea, Romania, featuring the return of Bogdan Stoica, Benjamin Adegbuyi and Alexandru Lungu, and the first round of the SUPERKOMBAT tournament. The heavyweight tournament on the card saw Muamer Tufekčić against Corrie Robbins in one semi final and Jairzinho Rozenstruick vs. Nikolaj Falin in the other semi final. The reserve fight pitted Vladimir Toktasynov against Chris Cooper.

Results

Heavyweight tournament bracket

SUPERKOMBAT New Heroes 3

SUPERKOMBAT New Heroes 3 was a kickboxing event held by the SUPERKOMBAT Fighting Championship on May 10, 2013 at the Gasometer in Vienna, Austria.

Background

The concept of the event was Azerbaijan vs. Europe and the fight card saw 12 fights. The main event saw Zabit Samedov in action two weeks before his rematch against Badr Hari, as he took on Wiesław Kwaśniewski in a heavyweight contest. As well, SUPERKOMBAT tryouts selectee Janosch Nietlispach was on the card, along with SUPERKOMBAT New Heroes and SUPERKOMBAT tournament winner Muamer Tufekčić. Other names on the card included rising young prospect Alim Nabiyev, and Romanian Cristian Milea.

Results

SUPERKOMBAT World Grand Prix II 2013

SUPERKOMBAT World Grand Prix II 2013 was a kickboxing event held by the SUPERKOMBAT Fighting Championship on May 18, 2013 at the Sala Polivalentă in Craiova, Romania.

Background

A four-man heavyweight tournament took place, featuring Nikolaj Falin vs. Frank Muñoz, and Sebastian Ciobanu vs. Vladimir Toktasynov. The winner moved on to the Final Elimination event, joining Muamer Tufekčić. Also featured were the highly popular Cătălin Moroșanu and Benjamin Adegbuyi among others.

Results

Heavyweight tournament bracket

SUPERKOMBAT New Heroes 4

SUPERKOMBAT New Heroes 4 was a kickboxing event held by the SUPERKOMBAT Fighting Championship on May 31, 2013 at the Al Boom Tourist Village in Dubai, UAE.

Background

The event was headlined by a bout between Romanian superstar Bogdan Stoica and Iran's Eisa Ramezani (gold medalist at World Martial Arts Festival). In addition to this fight, WMF champion Joe Boobyer fought K-1 veteran Tofan Piran and the winner earned a spot on the SUPERKOMBAT roster.

Results

SUPERKOMBAT New Heroes 5

SUPERKOMBAT New Heroes 5 was a kickboxing event held by the SUPERKOMBAT Fighting Championship on August 30, 2013 at the Sala Polivalentă in Târgoviște, Romania.

Background

Among the participants were Bogdan and Andrei Stoica, Ionuţ Atodiresei and Cristian Milea.

Results

SUPERKOMBAT VIP Edition

SUPERKOMBAT VIP Edition was a kickboxing event held by the SUPERKOMBAT Fighting Championship on August 31, 2013 at the Sala Epika in Bucharest, Romania.

Background

The event was headlined by Mike Zambidis fighting Harun Kina for the vacant SUPERKOMBAT middleweight title. Cedric Manhoef also fought on the card against Alexandru Popescu. Miodrag Olar took on Alexandros "The Professor" Chatzichronoglou.

Results

SUPERKOMBAT World Grand Prix III 2013

SUPERKOMBAT World Grand Prix III 2013 was a kickboxing event held by the SUPERKOMBAT Fighting Championship on September 28, 2013 at the Sala Polivalentă Elisabeta Lipă in Botoșani, Romania.

Background

The event saw a lot of SUPERKOMBAT staples by the way of Benjamin Adegbuyi, Ionuţ Atodiresei and Andrei Stoica, while also running another elimination tournament, with the winner moving on to the next round. The tournament bouts were Gaétan Sautron vs. D'Angelo Marshall and Leroy Johnson vs. Giannis Stoforidis.

Results

Heavyweight tournament bracket

SUPERKOMBAT World Grand Prix IV 2013

SUPERKOMBAT World Grand Prix IV 2013 was a kickboxing event held by the SUPERKOMBAT Fighting Championship on October 12, 2013 at the Sala Chauncey Hardy in Giurgiu, Romania.

Background

The promotion continued with the World Grand Prix series with the fourth event that qualified one man for the SUPERKOMBAT WGP Final Elimination at the end of this year. Outside of the tournament there were some big superfights, including Damián García vs. James Wilson as well as Sebastian Ciobanu in action and a really great fight between Amir Zeyada and Bogdan Stoica.

Results

Heavyweight tournament bracket

SUPERKOMBAT New Heroes 6

SUPERKOMBAT New Heroes 6 was a kickboxing event held by the SUPERKOMBAT Fighting Championship on November 3, 2013 at the CarraraFiere Exhibition Centre in Carrara, Italy.

Background

The main event was the middleweight title bout between Cristian Milea of Romania and Cedric Manhoef of Suriname. Also on the card was Cristian Ristea. Other bouts scheduled for the event included Alex Rossi vs. Enver Šljivar, Daniel Alexandru vs. Clyde Brunswijk, and Kong Fah Sitmonchai vs. Alexandros Filippidis.

Results

SUPERKOMBAT World Grand Prix 2013 Final Elimination

SUPERKOMBAT World Grand Prix 2013 Final Elimination was a kickboxing event held by the SUPERKOMBAT Fighting Championship on November 9, 2013 at the Sala Sporturilor Olimpia in Ploiești, Romania.

Background

The event saw four spots for SUPERKOMBAT World Grand Prix tournament solidified as winners of tournaments past squared off for a spot in the SUPERKOMBAT World Grand Prix 2013 Final.

Frank Muñoz replaced injured Sebastian Ciobanu in the tournament. Undefeated since 2008, Ondřej Hutník, one of the top fighters of super cruiserweight division faced French Massinissa Hamaili in an eliminatory title fight. In the second eliminatory fight of the night, Igor Bugaenko and Jorge Loren tried to become the official challenger of SUPERKOMBAT Cruiserweight Champion Bogdan Stoica. After an 11 months break, Raul Cătinaș made his comeback fighting in the co-main-event against Ricardo van den Bos. In the last fight of the night, promotion's star Cătălin Moroșanu, one of the greatest brawlers in the world, faced Daniel Lentie.

Results

SUPERKOMBAT World Grand Prix 2013 Final

SUPERKOMBAT World Grand Prix 2013 Final was a kickboxing event held by the SUPERKOMBAT Fighting Championship on December 21, 2013 at the Patinoarul Artificial in Galați, Romania.

Background

The final tournament featured four heavyweights, there were two Champions crowned for both Cruiserweight and Super Cruiserweight with a Stoica brother in each fight. Also on the card were some SUPERKOMBAT mainstays, such as the super heavyweight bout featuring Alexandru Lungu as well as two very interesting heavyweight bouts: Benjamin Adegbuyi vs. Pavel Zhuravlev and Raul Cătinaș vs. Paul Slowinski.

Results

Heavyweight tournament bracket