Lorenzo Javier Jorge (born 2 July 1984 in

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, Spain), also known as Jorge Loren, is a retired Spanish professional

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and K-1 veteran. Loren was the Super Cruiserweight Champion of the Superkombat Fighting Championship. He is also the 2014 Superkombat World Grand Prix tournament champion and fought for the It's Showtime 95MAX world title, losing to

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by decision after 5 rounds. He has also fought in

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. As of 1 August 2020, he was ranked the #4 middleweight in the world by Combat Press.

Career

He had his first contact with martial arts as a child. His father was black belt and karate teacher and taught him first steps, also his brother followed him into martial arts. After injuring his left arm in a fight against

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, Loren tried to return to winning ways against

Ondřej Hutník Ondřej Hutník (born February 19, 1983) is a retired Czech Muay Thai kickboxer. He is a former SUPERKOMBAT Super Cruiserweight Championship title challenger. Biography and career On December 30, 2011, Hutník defeated Mohamed Boubkari and Frank ...

for the WKA European title. The fight was scheduled for five three minutes rounds in

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. Loren lost the fight after five rounds by unanimous decision. He was scheduled to fight Luis Morais on 13 April 2013 in the K-1 World Qualification - K-1 World MAX Elimination super fight but was pulled out because of K-1 financial problems. On 3 August 2013 he fought Rustam Guseinov for Katana Fighting World Cruiserweight Title. After three rounds, of Loren's dominance in the ring, judges declared that Guseinov is winner by split decision witch resulted in public outcry. The fight was then declared as no contest, but later an independent review committee was set up to re-judge the decision. The committee, composed of

Ernesto Hoost Ernesto Frits Hoost (born 11 July 1965) is a Dutch retired kickboxer. A four-time K-1 World Champion, Hoost is considered to be one of the greatest kickboxers of all time. Debuting in 1993 at the K-1 World Grand Prix 1993, where he came just one ...

Andre Mannaart Andre Mannaart (born November 2, 1960, in Krommenie) is a Dutch former kickboxer and mixed martial artist. He was four times world champion in kickboxing and Muay Thai, having fought against K-1 legends such as Ernesto Hoost, Branko Cikatić, Ma ...

and other high level of the sport, declared Loren as fight winner and he became Katana Fighting world cruiserweight champion. He lost to

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by unanimous decision the ''SuperKombat World Grand Prix 2013 Final Elimination'' in Ploiesti, Romania on 9 November 2013 in a SuperKombat Cruiserweight title eliminator. Jorge fought Damian Garcia at ''Enfusion Live 20'' on 12 July 2014.

Titles

*2015 World Kickboxing Network Diamond Super Cruiserweight Title *2015 Superkombat Cruiserweight Championship -95 kg/209 lb *2015 WFL -95 kg Tournament Championship Runner Up *2015 K-1 Event Grand Prix 2015 Tournament Champion -96 kg *2014 Superkombat Special Prize *2014 Superkombat Fighter of the Year nomination *2014 Superkombat World Grand Prix 2014 Tournament Champion * 2013 Katana Fighting World Cruiserweight Title * 2013 WCSF European K1 Champion -95 kg * 2013 Troyes Trophy Heavyweight - 8 Men Tournament champion * 2010 W.A.K.O Pro World Champion in Low Kick 94.1 kg * 2010 W.P.M.F European Heavyweight Champion * 2008 W.A.K.O Pro World Champion * I.S.K.A. European Champion -82 kg * 3 times Spanish Professional Champion * Spanish Semi-Professional Champion * Spanish Amateur Champion

Kickboxing record

References

External links

Official Superkombat Profile
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Career

Titles

Kickboxing record

See also

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