Cristian Spetcu (born November 6, 1989) is a

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kickboxer Kickboxing is a combat sport focused on kicking and punching. The combat takes place in a boxing ring, normally with boxing gloves, mouthguards, shorts, and bare feet to favour the use of kicks. Kickboxing is practiced for self-defense, general ...

. He currently competes in the featherweight division for the

Colosseum Tournament The Colosseum Tournament (COLOSSEUM) is a kickboxing, mixed martial arts (MMA) and boxing promotion company based in Romania, which is owned by Gabriel Georgescu. It is one of the largest kickboxing promotions in the country, and takes its name ...

, where he is the reigning Colosseum Tournament World Featherweight Champion. Spetcu has also fought in Superkombat Fighting Championship,

OSS Fighters The OSS Fighters is a Romanian kickboxing gym and promotion (entertainment), promotion. The company was founded in 2018, being one of the largest kickboxing promotions in Romania, alongside the Dynamite Fighting Show and the Colosseum Tournament. ...

Kunlun Fight Kunlun Fight (KLF) (Chinese: 昆仑决; pinyin: Kūnlún Jué), is a kickboxing promotion headquartered in Beijing, China. It debuted in 2014 and is regarded as one of the top kickboxing promotions in the world. Events are broadcast on Jiangsu T ...

, Glory of Heroes,

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and K-1. As of June 2020, he is ranked the #4 lightweight in the world by Enfusion Live. As of 18 July 2020, he is the #5 ranked bantamweight in the world, according to the International Professional Combat Council (IPCC). As of November 2020, Spetcu is also ranked the #3 bantamweight in the world by Enfusion Live.

Career

On 29 October 2016, in

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at Rise of Heroes 3 Final, Cristian Spetcu defeated Wang Wanli by TKO to win the Rise of Heroes 3: 63 kg 4-man Tournament. On 12 Nocvember 2016, in

Bucharest, Romania Bucharest ( , ; ro, București ) is the capital and largest city of Romania, as well as its cultural, industrial, and financial centre. It is located in the southeast of the country, on the banks of the Dâmbovița River, less than north of ...

at SUPERKOMBAT World Grand Prix 2016 Final, Cristian Spetcu defeated Simon Santana via unanimous decision to win the SUPERKOMBAT Lightweight Championship belt.

Championships and awards

Kickboxing *

**2021 Colosseum Tournament World Championship *SUPERKOMBAT Fighting Championship **2016 SUPERKOMBAT Lightweight Championship * Glory of Heroes **2016 Rise of Heroes 3: 63 kg 4-man Tournament Winner *World Traditional Kickboxing Association **2015 WTKA 63.5 kg Championship Amateur *W.A.K.O World Championship **2013 W.A.K.O World Championship -63.5 kg

Kickboxing record

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Mamaia, Romania Mamaia () is a resort on the Romanian Black Sea shore and a district of Constanța. Considered to be Romania's most popular resort,Robert Reid, Leif Pettersen, ''Romania & Moldova'', Lonely Planet, 2007, p. 294 Mamaia is situated immediately nor ...

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Wang Wenfeng Wang Wenfeng (; born June 20, 1993) is a Chinese Muay Thai kickboxer. He is the 2018 KLF 61.5 kg tournament winner. He was ranked as a top ten bantamweight (-65 kg) kickboxer in the world by Combat Press between June 2018 and January 2021. K ...

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Karim Bennoui Karim Bennoui (born 26 January 1988), also known as ''"Le Chirurgien"'', is a French Muay Thai kickboxer. He is a three-time WKN super featherweight (oriental rules) champion. He is also a former It's Showtime -61 kg champion and ISKA -62.3 kg c ...

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Deng Zeqi Deng Zeqi (, born October 15, 1991) is a Chinese Muay Thai kickboxer who fights out of Da Dong Xiang fight club. He holds notable victories over Lerdsila Chumpairtour, Rungravee Sasiprapa, Sergio Wielzen, and Chan Hyung Lee. Deng has fought und ...

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Koya Urabe is a Japanese kickboxer, fighting out of Tokyo, Japan. He is the inaugural and former two time K-1 World GP 2016 -60kg World Tournament Champion. As of December 2020, he is the #10 ranked Super Bantamweight according to Combat Press, first e ...

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Liu Xiangming Liu Xiangming () is a Chinese Muay Thai kickboxer. As of 1 August 2020, he is ranked the #9 featherweight in the world by Combat Press. Titles and achievements Amateur * 2009 China National Muay Thai Championship 63.5 kg Runner-up * 2009 ...

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Wei Rui Wei Rui () is a Chinese Sanda kickboxer who currently fights out of Da Dong Xiang fight club. On February 25, 2017, he won the K-1 World GP Lightweight Champions belt making him China's first K-1 World Champion. As of September 2022, he is ra ...

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Stavros Exakoustidis Stavros Exakoustidis (born 3 July 1987) is a Greek kickboxer fighting in the super featherweight division of K-1. Kickboxing career Early career Superkombat Fighting Championship Exakoustidis was scheduled to challenge Qasim Nisar for the ICO ...

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Hamza Essalih Hamza Essalih (, born May 29, 1992, in Amsterdam, Amesterdam, Netherlands), is a Dutch-Moroccan kickboxer. As of May 2019 he was the #10 ranked Bantamweight in the world by Combat Press. Biography and career Hamza Essalih grew up in his hometow ...

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, , Decision (Unanimous) , , 3 , , 3:00 , - style="background:#cfc;" , 2010-10-30, , Win , , align=left, Ștefan Sarvin , , Gala TAI SHIN DO - Cupa KING AUTO , ,

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Amateur Kickboxing record

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Brazil Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At and with over 217 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area ...

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External links

Official K-1 profile

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Spetcu, Cristian 1989 births Living people Romanian male kickboxers SUPERKOMBAT kickboxers Sportspeople from Bucharest