The year 2014 was the 4th year in the history of the SUPERKOMBAT Fighting Championship (SUPERKOMBAT), a kickboxing promotion based in Romania. 2014 started with SUPERKOMBAT New Heroes 7 and ended with SUPERKOMBAT World Grand Prix 2014 Final. The events have been broadcasts through television agreements with Eurosport, Fight Now TV in the United States and other regional channels.[1][2]
List of events
| # |
Event Title |
Date |
Arena |
Location |
| 1 |
SUPERKOMBAT New Heroes 7 |
March 29, 2014 |
Sala Sporturilor Olimpia |
 Ploiești, Romania |
| 2 |
SUPERKOMBAT World Grand Prix I 2014 |
April 12, 2014 |
Sala Polivalentă |
Reșița, Romania |
| 3 |
SUPERKOMBAT World Grand Prix II 2014 |
May 24, 2014 |
Centrul de distracţie Europa |
Mamaia, Romania |
| 4 |
SUPERKOMBAT World Grand Prix III 2014 |
June 21, 2014 |
Sala Sporturilor |
Constanța, Romania |
| 5 |
SUPERKOMBAT New Heroes 8 |
August 2, 2014 |
Sala Sporturilor |
Constanța, Romania |
| 6 |
SUPERKOMBAT World Grand Prix IV 2014 |
September 27, 2014 |
Topsportcentrum |
 Almere, Netherlands |
| 7 |
SUPERKOMBAT World Grand Prix 2014 Final Elimination |
October 25, 2014 |
SEG Geneva Arena |
 Geneva, Switzerland |
| 8 |
SUPERKOMBAT World Grand Prix 2014 Final |
November 22, 2014 |
PalaIper |
 Monza, Italy |
SUPERKOMBAT New Heroes 7
SUPERKOMBAT New Heroes 7 was a kickboxing event held by the SUPERKOMBAT Fighting Championship on March 29, 2014 at the Sala Sporturilor Olimpia in Ploiești, Romania.[3]
Background
The concept of the event was Romania vs. Rest of the world and the fight card saw 8 fights. The main event was the SUPERKOMBAT New Heroes middleweight title bout between title holder Amansio Paraschiv and Cedric Manhoef. Jorge Loren and Bogdan Stoica met in the co-main event.[3]
Results
| Fight Card |
| Weight Class |
|
|
|
Method |
Round |
Notes |
| Middleweight |
 Cedric Manhoef (c) |
vs. |
Amansio Paraschiv |
Draw (majority) |
3 |
SUPERKOMBAT New Heroes Middleweight Championship; Headline Event |
| Cruiserweight |
 Jorge Loren |
def. |
Bogdan Stoica |
Decision (unanimous) |
3 |
Co Headline Event |
| Lightweight |
Ionuţ Atodiresei |
def. |
 Stauros Exakoustidis |
Decision (unanimous) |
3 |
|
| Cruiserweight |
Cristian Ristea |
def. |
 Romano Romasco |
KO (right hook) |
2 |
|
| Lightweight |
Cristian Spetcu |
def. |
 Mansour Yaqubi |
Decision (unanimous) |
3 |
|
| Cruiserweight |
Dănuț Hurduc |
def. |
 Ibo Efe |
TKO (referee stoppage) |
2 |
|
| Light heavyweight |
 Miljan Vidović |
def. |
Mirel Iacob |
Decision (unanimous) |
3 |
|
| Middleweight |
Adrian Maxim |
def. |
Aleksandar Topić |
Decision (unanimous) |
3 |
Topić was docked 2 points for clinching. |
SUPERKOMBAT World Grand Prix I 2014
SUPERKOMBAT World Grand Prix I 2014 was a kickboxing event held by the SUPERKOMBAT Fighting Championship on April 12, 2014 at the Sala Polivalentă in Reșița, Romania.[4]
Background
This event featured SUPERKOMBAT Light heavyweight Tournament and heavyweight fights of Raul Cătinaș (vs. Brice Guidon) and Cătălin Moroșanu (vs. Mohamed Abdel Karim) as headliners.[4]
Results
| Fight Card |
| Weight Class |
|
|
|
Method |
Round |
Notes |
| Light heavyweight |
 Dawid Kasperski |
def. |
Errol Koning |
Decision (split) |
3 |
Light heavyweight Tournament Final |
| Heavyweight |
Raul Cătinaș |
def. |
 Brice Guidon |
TKO (referee stoppage) |
2 |
Headline Event |
| Heavyweight |
Cătălin Moroșanu |
def. |
 Mohamed Abdel Karim |
Decision (unanimous) |
3 |
Co Headline Event |
| Heavyweight |
Sebastian Ciobanu |
def. |
 Enver Šljivar |
Decision (unanimous) |
3 |
|
| Light heavyweight |
Errol Koning |
def. |
 Noureddine Echiguer |
KO (knee to the liver) |
1 |
Light heavyweight Tournament Semi Final |
| Light heavyweight |
Dawid Kasperski |
def. |
Ciprian Șchiopu |
Decision (unanimous) |
3 |
Light heavyweight Tournament Semi Final |
| Light heavyweight |
Ibrahim El Bouni |
def. |
Uroš Bogojević |
Decision (unanimous) |
3 |
Light heavyweight Tournament Reserve Bout |
| Cruiserweight |
Daniel Mocanu |
def. |
Florin Ilie |
Decision (right hook) |
2 |
Entertainment Bout |
SUPERKOMBAT World Grand Prix II 2014
SUPERKOMBAT World Grand Prix II 2014 was a kickboxing event held by the SUPERKOMBAT Fighting Championship on May 24, 2014 at the Centrul de distracţie Europa in Mamaia, Romania.[5]
Background
This event featured SUPERKOMBAT Light heavyweight Tournament, and current WKN World Champion Corentin Jallon against Sebastian Ciobanu.[5]
Results
| Fight Card |
| Weight Class |
|
|
|
Method |
Round |
Notes |
| Light heavyweight |
 Jamie Bates |
def. |
Miles Simson |
Decision (split) |
3 |
Light heavyweight Tournament Final |
| Cruiserweight |
Corentin Jallon |
vs. |
Sebastian Ciobanu |
Draw |
3 |
Headline Event |
| Middleweight |
Amansio Paraschiv |
def. |
 Rangel Ivanov |
Decision (unanimous) |
3 |
|
| Cruiserweight |
Cristian Ristea |
def. |
 Christian Brorhilker |
TKO (referee stoppage) |
3 |
|
| Cruiserweight |
Michael Terill |
def. |
Dănuț Hurduc |
Decision (unanimous) |
3 |
|
| Light heavyweight |
 Aristote Quitusisa |
def. |
Daniel Alexandru |
Decision (unanimous) |
3 |
|
| Light heavyweight |
Jamie Bates |
def. |
Flavius Boiciuc |
Decision (majority) |
3 |
Light heavyweight Tournament Semi Final |
| Light heavyweight |
Miles Simson |
def. |
Miljan Vidović |
Decision (unanimous) |
3 |
Light heavyweight Tournament Semi Final |
SUPERKOMBAT World Grand Prix III 2014
SUPERKOMBAT World Grand Prix III 2014 was a kickboxing event held by the SUPERKOMBAT Fighting Championship on June 21, 2014, at the Sala Sporturilor in Constanța, Romania.[6]
Background
Andrei Stoica was defending his SUPERKOMBAT Super cruiserweight Championship against Ali Cenik, though originally Horace Martin was supposed to challenge Stoica for the title.[6]
Results
| Fight Card |
| Weight Class |
|
|
|
Method |
Round |
Notes |
| Super cruiserweight |
Andrei Stoica (c) |
def. |
Ali Cenik |
Decision (unanimous) |
3 |
SUPERKOMBAT Super cruiserweight Championship |
| Cruiserweight |
Moisés Baute |
def. |
Michael Terrill |
KO (punch to the body) |
3 |
Cruiserweight Tournament Final |
| Lightweight |
Paul Jansen |
def. |
Cristian Spetcu |
Decision (unanimous) |
3 |
|
| Heavyweight |
 D'Angelo Marshall |
def. |
 Thomas Vanneste |
Decision (unanimous) |
3 |
|
| Heavyweight |
 Shota Dolidze |
def. |
Dorin Robert |
Decision (unanimous) |
3 |
|
| Cruiserweight |
Michael Terrill |
def. |
Patrick van Rees |
Decision (unanimous) |
3 |
Cruiserweight Tournament Semi Final |
| Cruiserweight |
Moisés Baute |
def. |
Cristian Ristea |
KO (punch to the body) |
3 |
Cruiserweight Tournament Semi Final |
| Light heavyweight |
Ciprian Șchiopu |
def. |
Daniel Lazăr |
KO (jumping knee) |
3 |
|
SUPERKOMBAT New Heroes 8
SUPERKOMBAT New Heroes 7 was a kickboxing event held by the SUPERKOMBAT Fighting Championship on August 2, 2014 at the Sala Sporturilor in Constanța, Romania.[7]
Background
Headlining the show was SK mainstay Cătălin Moroșanu who fought Greek fighter Giannis Stoforidis. Also on the card was "Son of Dracula" Sebastian Ciobanu as he faced Nikolaj Falin in an interesting fight.[7]
Results
SUPERKOMBAT World Grand Prix IV 2014
SUPERKOMBAT World Grand Prix IV 2014 was a kickboxing event held by the SUPERKOMBAT Fighting Championship on September 27, 2014 at the Topsportcentrum in Almere, Netherlands.[9]
Background
This was the first major international kickboxing event in the Netherlands since It's Showtime closed the doors. SUPERKOMBAT brought the sport back to one of its homes.[9]
Headlining the card was promotion star Cătălin Moroșanu who faced an experienced Dutch opponent, Brian Douwes (that took Ismael Londt's place who pulled out of the event due to undisclosed reasons).[9]
Suriname's Redouan Cairo, the finalist of the 2013 World Grand Prix season, faced the former SUPERKOMBAT contender for the super cruiserweight title, Ali Cenik of Belgium. Both fighters were based in the Netherlands and wanted the top spot in the season.[9]
Reigning SUPERKOMBAT New Heroes Light Heavyweight Champion champion, Clyde Brunswijk left the division and tried his hand as a cruiserweight.[9]
Other highlights of the card included of course the one night, 4-man heavyweight tournament.[9]
Results
| Main Card (Eurosport) |
| Weight Class |
|
|
|
Method |
Round |
Notes |
| Heavyweight |
Tarik Khbabez |
def. |
Dexter Suisse |
Decision (unanimous) |
3 |
Heavyweight Tournament Final |
| Heavyweight |
Cătălin Moroșanu |
def. |
Brian Douwes |
Decision (unanimous) |
3 |
Headline Event |
|
| Super cruiserweight |
Redouan Cairo |
def. |
Ali Cenik |
KO (flying knee) |
3 |
Co Headline Event |
| Heavyweight |
 Jegish Yegoian |
def. |
Marcello Adriaansz |
Decision (majority) |
3 |
|
| Cruiserweight |
Clyde Brunswijk |
def. |
Iwan Pang |
Decision (unanimous) |
3 |
|
| Lightweight |
Cristian Spetcu |
vs. |
Hamza Soesie Essalih |
Draw |
4 |
|
| Heavyweight |
Dexter Suisse |
def. |
Patrick Veenstra |
KO (right high kick) |
1 |
Heavyweight Tournament Semi Final |
| Heavyweight |
Tarik Khbabez |
def. |
Gürhan Değirmenci |
TKO (doctor stoppage) |
1 |
Heavyweight Tournament Semi Final |
| Preliminary Card (Sport.ro Channel) |
| Light heavyweight |
Errol Koning |
def. |
Mohammed El Boulahiati |
Decision |
3 |
| Light heavyweight |
Kenneth Susanna |
def. |
Yakup Kaya |
Decision |
3 |
| Super cruiserweight |
Peter Bos |
def. |
Jamil Meeuwsen |
TKO (doctor stoppage) |
1 |
| Lightweight |
Abdelillah Bakour |
def. |
Spyridon Mitselos |
Decision |
3 |
| Lightweight |
Tyani Beztati |
def. |
Baris Karabaş |
Decision |
3 |
| Middleweight |
Giano Zwaagman |
def |
Egemen Kayadibi |
Decision |
3 |
| Middleweight |
Romano Duin |
def. |
Mohammed Kabri |
Decision |
3 |
| Light heavyweight |
Jay Overmeer |
def. |
Rushad Moradi |
Decision |
3 |
| Middleweight |
Rudsel Zinhagel |
def. |
Georgios Karaklidis |
Decision |
3 |
- Viktor Bugotzki was replaced with Dexter Suisse.
- Hovik Tikranjan was replaced with Iwan Pang.
[10]
SUPERKOMBAT World Grand Prix 2014 Final Elimination
SUPERKOMBAT World Grand Prix 2014 Final Elimination was a kickboxing event held by the SUPERKOMBAT Fighting Championship on October 25, 2014 at the SEG Geneva Arena in Geneva, Switzerland.[12]
Background
It included the quarter-finals of the light heavyweight tournament as well as the super cruiserweight title fight between Moisés Baute and Andrei Stoica. The winners of the quarter-final match-ups earned their place in the finals on November 22 in Monza, Italy for a one-night, four-man tournament to decide the champion.[12]
Results
[13]
SUPERKOMBAT World Grand Prix 2014 Final
SUPERKOMBAT World Grand Prix 2014 Final was a kickboxing event held by the SUPERKOMBAT Fighting Championship on November 22, 2014 at the PalaIper in Monza, Italy.[15]
Background
The promotion presented the finals of the SUPERKOMBAT Light Heavyweight World Grand Prix, and the winner walked away as the champion of the season and bragged rights. Jorge Loren, Dawid Kasperski, Michael Terril and Aristote Quitusisa competed for the honours.[15]
There were also some superfights on the show, including names familiar to SK fans like Andrei Stoica, Bogdan Stoica and Amansio Paraschiv. There was also a Middleweight title fight between the WKA champion Julian Imeri and Nader Farhou.[15]
Results
| Main Card (Eurosport) |
| Weight Class |
|
|
|
Method |
Round |
Notes |
| Light heavyweight |
Jorge Loren |
def. |
Aristote Quitusisa |
Decision (unanimous) |
3 |
Light heavyweight Tournament Final |
| Middleweight |
 Julian Imeri |
def. |
 Nader Farhou |
Decision (unanimous) |
3 |
WKA Middleweight Championship |
| Super cruiserweight |
Andrei Stoica |
def. |
 Emilio Vallecillo |
TKO (referee stoppage) |
1 |
|
| Middleweight |
Amansio Paraschiv |
def. |
Riccardo Lecca |
KO (left hook) |
1 |
|
| Light heavyweight |
Giuseppe De Domenico |
def. |
Errol Koning |
Decision (unanimous) |
3 |
|
| Light heavyweight |
Bogdan Stoica |
def. |
Alexandru Negrea |
KO (right uppercut) |
3 |
Light heavyweight Tournament Reserve Bout |
| Light heavyweight |
Jorge Loren |
def. |
Michael Terrill |
KO (right body kick) |
2 |
Light heavyweight Tournament Semi Final |
| Light heavyweight |
Aristote Quitusisa |
def. |
Dawid Kasperski |
Decision (split) |
3 |
Light heavyweight Tournament Semi Final |
| Preliminary Card (Sport.ro Channel) |
| Middleweight |
Cristian Milea |
def. |
Ovidio Mihali |
Decision (Unanimous) |
3 |
|
| Middleweight |
Bruno Franchi |
def. |
Laurent Clément |
Decision (unanimous) |
3 |
|
| Lightweight |
Davide Garau |
def. |
Christian Faustino |
Decision |
3 |
| Light heavyweight |
Răzvan Avasilcăi |
vs. |
 Alexander Savin |
Draw |
3 |
- Cedric Manhoef was replaced with Nader Farhou.
[16]
Light heavyweight tournament bracket
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