Bogdan Stoica

Bogdan Stoica
Born Bogdan Cristian Stoica
(1990-01-28) January 28, 1990
Bucharest, Romania
Other names Bucharest Bad Boy
The Flying Knee
Nationality Romanian
Height 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
Weight 85 kg (187 lb; 13.4 st)
Division Light Heavyweight
Cruiserweight
Reach 75.0 in (191 cm)
Style Wushu, Kickboxing
Fighting out of Bucharest, Romania
Team Respect Gym
Trainer Alin Panaite
Kickboxing record
Total 54
Wins 46
By knockout 34
Losses 8
Draws 0
Other information
Notable relatives Andrei Stoica, brother
last updated on: October 18, 2015
Bogdan Stoica
Medal record
Wushu
Romania Romanian National Championship
2010 București[1] Qingda -85 kg
Romania Romanian National Championship
2009 București[2] Qingda -80 kg

Bogdan Cristian Stoica (born January 28, 1990) is a Romanian kickboxer. He is fighting in the SUPERKOMBAT Fighting Championship where he is a one-time SUPERKOMBAT Cruiserweight Champion. He is also a two-time wushu national champion. Stoica has also competed in GLORY. As of February 2016, he is ranked the #8 middleweight in the world by Combat Press.[3]

Stoica is known to wear shorts with extra slits on his shorts for better movement. He is also known for his flying kicks, knee attacks and axe-kick, a kick that is characterized by a straightened leg descending onto an opponent like the blade of an axe.

Career

Early career

Bogdan Stoica made his SUPERKOMBAT debut against the brother of Dževad Poturak, Dženan, with a knockout in an event which took place in Sibiu, Romania. In February 2011, he scored smashing first-round knockout over experienced Muay Thai fighter trained by Remy Bonjasky, Fred Sikking, which was the biggest win of his kickboxing career. This loss earned Sikking the second KO of his career in over 50 fights. The event took place in Sofia, Bulgaria.[4]

Intercontinental champion

On May 21, Stoica won the WAKO-PRO Intercontinental -88.6 kg Championship (K-1 rules). He landed a right knee to the head of Pacôme Assi in the third. The Frenchman took a standing eight count and the bout was summarily called off by the referee.[5][6]

Fastest knockout in the Local Kombat

At "Bodyguardul - Forţele Speciale", he won the fight via quick knockout, the referee pulling Stoica away from Đurđević at around the 8 second mark.[7]

World champion

He won the vacant SUPERKOMBAT Cruiserweight Championship by defeating WBC Muay Thai champion Ivan Stanić. Stoica looked outstanding, dropping Stanić 3 times en route to winning the belt and landing some beautiful flying knees. The Romanian even flew over the top rope and out of the ring with a flying knee attempt. Stanić showed heart by coming forward the whole time but Stoica closed his eye and took over, winning a unanimous decision in completely overwhelming fashion.[8]

Motorcycle injury

On July 18, 2012, Stoica was struck by a car coming out from the side. He tried to avoid contact by veering sharply away from the car and ended up slamming into the asphalt. The accident caused him a severe back injury. After a week or so, Stoica was out of the hospital. His full recovery could take up to six months.[9] He resumed training in November 2012.[10]

Return

He was set to make K-1 debut on his return to the ring in 2013.[11] He instead made a successful comeback by knocking out Romano Romasco in round two at SUPERKOMBAT World Grand Prix I 2013 in Oradea, Romania on April 6.[12][13]

Stoica will beat Iranian veteran and gold medalist at World Martial Arts Festival, Eisa Ramezani, by unanimous decision at SUPERKOMBAT New Heroes 4 in Dubai, UAE on May 31, 2013.[14][15][16]

He defeated Marsan Yohan via TKO due to a cut in just 25 seconds at SUPERKOMBAT New Heroes 5 in Târgoviște, Romania on August 30, 2013.[17][18]

He KOed Amir Zeyada in round one at SUPERKOMBAT World Grand Prix IV 2013 in Giurgiu, Romania on October 12.[19][20][21]

He lost the SUPERKOMBAT Cruiserweight Championship against Igor Bugaenko when he lost by unanimous decision at the SUPERKOMBAT World Grand Prix 2013 Final in Galați, Romania on December 21.[22]

Stoica lost to Lorenzo Javier Jorge at SUPERKOMBAT New Heroes 7 Ploiești, Romania on March 29, 2014.[23]

It was announced during the Glory 15: Istanbul broadcast that Stoica would be one of eight fighters competing in the Glory 17: Los Angeles - Last Man Standing middleweight tournament in Inglewood, California, United States on June 21, 2014.[24][25] Stoica was knocked out by Wayne Barrett in round three of their quarterfinal match when the American countered one of his patented flying knees with a vicious left hook.[26][27][28]

On October 25, 2014, he made his return to the SUPERKOMBAT. For this match, Stoica faced Aristote Quitusisa at SUPERKOMBAT World Grand Prix 2014 Final Elimination in the season five quarter-finals match up. He lost the fight via unanimous decision.[29]

Back on Track

Respect Gym's Bogdan Stoica met Alexandru Negrea in a reserve match for the Light Heavyweight Tournament on November 22, 2014 at SUPERKOMBAT World Grand Prix 2014 Final. Stoica won the fight via KO in the third round.[30]

Stoica next faced Zinedine Hameur-Lain on March 7, 2015 at SUPERKOMBAT World Grand Prix I 2015. He won the match against Hameur-Lain in the first-round via KO.[31]

He faced İbrahim Giydirir on 23 May 2015 at SUPERKOMBAT World Grand Prix II 2015. Stoica dominated his opponent, winning via unanimous decision.[32]

Stoica stopped Horace Martin in second round on June 13, 2015 at SUPERKOMBAT Special Edition.[33]

On August 1, 2015, at SUPERKOMBAT World Grand Prix IV 2015 Stoica and Fabio Kwasi were involved in a battle that was very close and ended in a split decision in favor of Bogdan Stoica by split decision.[34]

In a fight of SUPERKOMBAT World Grand Prix 2015 Final Elimination at Gran Teatro Linear4Ciak, he won his sixth straight fight with a unanimous decision over Patrick Veenstra.[35]

Another injury

On October 18, 2015, Bogdan Stoica lost to Ibrahim El Bouni after being forced to withdraw due to knee injury at WFL "Unfinished Business" in Hoofddorp, Netherlands. The knee injury is expected to keep him out of action for about six weeks.[36]

Championships and accomplishments

Kickboxing

Wushu

Kickboxing record

Kickboxing Record

Legend:       Win       Loss       Draw/No contest       Notes

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Rezultate Qingda" (PDF) (in Romanian). wushu.ro. 2010. Retrieved 29 June 2014.
  2. ↑ "Rezultate Qingda" (PDF) (in Romanian). wushu.ro. 2009. Retrieved 29 June 2014.
  3. ↑ "Combat Press Kickboxing Rankings: February 2016". combatpress.com.
  4. ↑ "Bonjasky: "It's a small chance I will return"". liverkick.com. 28 February 2011. Retrieved 28 February 2011.
  5. ↑ "B.STOICA (Romania) NEW K1 INTERCONTINENTAL CHAMP. kg -88,600". wakopro.org. 26 May 2011. Retrieved 16 July 2011.
  6. ↑ "SuperKombat Results: Albert Kraus Scores Impressive KO, Sergei Lascenko Wins". headkicklegend.com. 22 May 2011. Retrieved 22 May 2011.
  7. ↑ "Bogdan Stoica gets quick 8 second high kick KO yesterday". liverkick.com. 31 March 2012. Retrieved 31 March 2012.
  8. ↑ "SuperKombat 2012 World Grand Prix II Results". liverkick.com. 12 May 2012. Retrieved 12 May 2012.
  9. ↑ "Bogdan Stoica out of hospital, hopes to return by year's end". liverkick.com. 25 July 2012. Retrieved 27 July 2012.
  10. ↑ Dave Walsh. "LiverKick - LiverKick". liverkick.com.
  11. ↑ "Bogdan Stoica will make his comeback at first K-1 show of 2013". youtube.com. 25 December 2012.
  12. ↑ Dave Walsh. "SuperKombat WGP Fight Card, April 6". liverkick.com.
  13. ↑ Dave Walsh. "SUPERKOMBAT 2013 WGP Live Updates". liverkick.com.
  14. ↑ SUPERKOMBAT® New Heroes in Dubai (UAE) on May 31, 2013
  15. ↑ Dave Walsh. "LiverKick - LiverKick". liverkick.com.
  16. ↑ SUPERKOMBAT New Heroes Dubai Results: Stoica Continues to Dominate
  17. ↑ Dave Walsh. "Full Card for August 30th's SUPERKOMBAT New Heroes". liverkick.com.
  18. ↑ Dave Walsh. "The Stoica Brothers Earn a Pair of Finishes at SUPERKOMBAT Targoviste". liverkick.com.
  19. ↑ Dave Walsh. "SUPERKOMBAT WGP IV in Giurgiu Card Announced". liverkick.com.
  20. ↑ "Super Kombat Giurgiu set for October 12 - Muay Thai Authority". muaythaiauthority.com.
  21. ↑ Dave Walsh. "Weekend Results: SuperKombat WGP Giurgiu". liverkick.com.
  22. ↑ Dave Walsh. "SuperKombat World Grand Prix Final Results". liverkick.com.
  23. ↑ Dave Walsh. "Weekend Results: SuperKombat New Heroes 3.29.2014". liverkick.com.
  24. ↑ Dave Walsh. "GLORY 17 Los Angeles Featuring PPV Tournament". liverkick.com.
  25. ↑ Michael Stets. "GLORY 17: 'Last Man Standing' 8-man middleweight PPV announced for June 21". MMAmania.com.
  26. ↑ Jay Jauncey. "LiverKick - Glory 17 and Last Man Standing Live Results". liverkick.com.
  27. ↑ "Glory Last Man Standing Results - Muay Thai Authority". muaythaiauthority.com.
  28. ↑ Fraser Coffeen. "Glory results: Artem Levin, Rico Verhoeven and Joseph Valtellini take home Glory gold". Bloody Elbow.
  29. ↑ "SUPERKOMBAT World Grand Prix Final Elimination Geneva: Results". kickboxingplanet.com. October 27, 2014.
  30. ↑ Jack Sear (2014-11-23). "Superkombat World Grand Prix Monza: Results". liverkick.com.
  31. ↑ Jay Jauncey. "SuperKombat Romania Live Results and Stream". Liver Kick.
  32. ↑ "SUPERKOMBAT World Grand Prix Bucharest: Results". www.kickboxingplanet.com. 2015-05-23.
  33. ↑ "Bogdan Stoica vs. Fabio Kwasi set for SUPERKOMBAT World Grand Prix IV 2015". muaythaiauthority.com. July 21, 2015.
  34. ↑ "SUPERKOMBAT WGP IV Romania Results: Stoica retains title with first round KO". muaythaiauthority.com. August 4, 2015.
  35. ↑ "SUPERKOMBAT World Grand Prix 2015 Final Elimination Results: Morosanu wins by KO, Stoica brothers victorious". muaythaiauthority.com. October 5, 2015.
  36. ↑ "WFL Unfinished Business Results: Mohammed Khamal wins, 3 tournament champions crowned". muaythaiauthority.com.
  37. ↑ "Castigatorii premiilor SUPERKOMBAT WGP 2011" (in Romanian). Gladiatorium. 4 December 2011.

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