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50 Facts About Andrei Stoica

1.

Andrei Catalin Stoica was born on May 1,1987 and is a Romanian kickboxer competing in the Light Heavyweight division.

2.

Andrei Stoica was the first to hold the SUPERKOMBAT Super Cruiserweight Championship and held the SUPERKOMBAT record for most consecutive title defenses.

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Andrei Stoica is a three-time wushu national champion and European wushu champion.

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The son of a former boxer, Andrei Stoica started training judo at age 11 before switching to wushu and kickboxing at age 17.

5.

Andrei Stoica has been training in Bucharest, Romania for his entire career.

6.

Andrei Stoica first went to Respect Gym, which was run by Alin Panaite, where he trained with fellow kickboxers Bogdan Andrei Stoica, Benjamin Adegbuyi, Claudiu Badoi, Ciprian Schiopu and Florin Lupu.

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On February 25, Andrei Stoica faced Redouan Cairo in a rematch at the SUPERKOMBAT World Grand Prix I 2012 in Podgorica, Montenegro.

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Originally, it was announced that Andrei Stoica defeated Cairo via decision after three rounds.

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Andrei Stoica had caused controversy by inadvertently referring to Cairo as "the nigger" in his post-fight interview.

10.

Andrei Stoica himself apologized for the mistake, blaming his poor command of English.

11.

Andrei Stoica next faced Toni Milanovic at the SUPERKOMBAT World Grand Prix IV 2012 on October 20 in Arad, Romania and defeated the Croatian via split decision.

12.

Andrei Stoica was scheduled to face Zabit Samedov for the inaugural SUPERKOMBAT Super Cruiserweight Championship at the SUPERKOMBAT World Grand Prix 2012 Final in Bucharest, Romania on December 22.

13.

Andrei Stoica produced another emotionally-charged performance and knocked Oborotov out in the first round.

14.

Andrei Stoica lost to Agron Preteni via unanimous decision in a non-tournament bout at the K-1 World Grand Prix FINAL in Zagreb, Croatia on March 15,2013.

15.

Andrei Stoica scored a second-round knockout of Zinedine Hameur-Lain at SUPERKOMBAT New Heroes 5 in Targoviste, Romania on August 30,2013.

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Andrei Stoica KOed Dzenan Poturak in round two at SUPERKOMBAT World Grand Prix III 2013 in Botosani, Romania on September 28.

17.

Andrei Stoica defeated Ondrej Hutnik by unanimous decision to win the vacant SUPERKOMBAT Super Cruiserweight Championship at the SUPERKOMBAT World Grand Prix 2013 Final in Galati, Romania on December 21.

18.

Andrei Stoica was knocked out by Danyo Ilunga in the tournament reserve bout at GLORY 15 - Light Heavyweight World Championship Tournament in Istanbul, Turkey on April 12,2014.

19.

Ilunga was consistent with his piercing knees to Andrei Stoica, who countered them well with his right hand.

20.

Andrei Stoica was expected to make the first defence of his SUPERKOMBAT Super Cruiserweight Championship against Boy Boy Martin at SUPERKOMBAT World Grand Prix III 2014 in Constanta, Romania on June 21,2014.

21.

Andrei Stoica defeated Cenik via unanimous decision to retain the title.

22.

Andrei Stoica was scheduled to face Artem Vakhitov in a superfight at the Glory 20: Dubai on 3 April 2015 but pulled out for unknown reasons.

23.

Andrei Stoica had his second title defense against Moises Baute on October 25,2014, at SUPERKOMBAT World Grand Prix 2014 Final Elimination, where he won via KO in the third round.

24.

Andrei Stoica next faced Emilio Vallecillo on November 22,2014, at SUPERKOMBAT World Grand Prix 2014 Final, Andrei Stoica won via TKO in the first round.

25.

Andrei Stoica faced Marcello Adriaansz on March 7,2015, at SUPERKOMBAT World Grand Prix I 2015 and won via unanimous decision.

26.

Andrei Stoica fought Thomas Alizier on May 23,2015, in his hometown, at SUPERKOMBAT World Grand Prix II 2015, winning the bout by knockout the second round.

27.

Andrei Stoica faced Abdarhmane Coulibaly on July 19,2015, at SUPERKOMBAT World Grand Prix III 2015 in another non-title bout.

28.

Andrei Stoica scored with a left that ended the bout in one minute and fifteen seconds.

29.

Andrei Stoica took over in the second round as his boxing was too fast and accurate for Voronin.

30.

Andrei Stoica recovered to make it to the end of the bout, but Stoica took home a clear unanimous decision winning his eight consecutive fight.

31.

Andrei Stoica is expected to defend his title against Jorge Loren at SUPERKOMBAT World Grand Prix 2015 Final.

32.

Andrei Stoica was scheduled to fight Mladen Kujundzic at Respect World Series 1, his first fight outside of SUPERKOMBAT in nearly two years.

33.

Andrei Stoica managed to halt the two fight losing skid with a first round low kick knockout of Antonio Souza.

34.

Andrei Stoica rebounded with a unanimous decision victory against Tomas Steponkevicius.

35.

In September 2018, Andrei Stoica took part in the WFL Heavyweight tournament.

36.

Andrei Stoica won a decision against Levi Kuyken in the quarterfinals, but lost a decision in turn to Nordine Mahieddine in the semifinals.

37.

On March 9,2019, Andrei Stoica made his ONE debut against former SUPERKOMBAT World Grand Prix Champion Tarik Khbabez at ONE Championship: Reign of Valor.

38.

Andrei Stoica made his return on April 12,2019, at ONE Championship: Roots of Honor, facing Ibrahim El Bouni.

39.

On December 6,2019, Andrei Stoica next faced Anderson Silva at ONE Championship: Mark Of Greatness in a match that had world title implications.

40.

Andrei Stoica quickly finished Silva, knocking the Brazilian out at 1:58 of the first round.

41.

Andrei Stoica was scheduled to fight a trilogy match with Pavel Voronin during DFS 9.

42.

Andrei Stoica was scheduled to fight the reigning ONE Kickboxing Light Heavyweight champion Roman Kryklia at ONE Championship: Collision Course.

43.

Kryklia and the designated mandatory challenger Andrei Stoica were supposed to meet in 2021, but in December 2020 the Ukrainian did not face Murat Aygun.

44.

Andrei Stoica was already on holiday and agreed to take a title match on short notice in just 2 weeks since he was announced.

45.

The general opinion was that Andrei Stoica was not prepared and fresh for this fight.

46.

Andrei Stoica returned to ONE at ONE 156, facing Giannis Stoforidis on April 22,2022.

47.

Andrei Stoica went on to win the fight by split decision.

48.

Andrei Stoica faced Francesco Xhaja on February 25,2023, at ONE Fight Night 7.

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Andrei Stoica is married, and has two sons and a daughter.

50.

Andrei Stoica is an Orthodox Christian, often wearing a cross around his neck.