Despite all of the unrest in Bucharest, Romania due to a fire in a nightclub which ended up killing over 30 people and injuring over 100 more, Superkombat still managed to go forward with their planned event on Saturday November 7th. In fact, it was announced that half of the earnings from the show would go to help the victims and the families of those involved.
The New Heroes portion of the event aired live on FightBox HD, starting at 6:30pm CET and was host to several incredible fights including an absolute slugfest between Bogdan Nastase of Romania and Marios Blanas of Greece, which could easily be in contention for fight of the year. They two stood toe to toe for four rounds (including one extra round) delivering heavy blows for the duration of the fight. In another closely contended bout, highly touted Polish fighter Rafał Dudek was narrowly defeated by Romania’s Cristian Milea in a split decision. Full results for the event can be found below.
-71 kg: Nikola Cimesa (Serbia) def. Robert Stoica (Romania) by UD
-92 kg: Sebastian Cozmanca (Romania) def. Cosmin Ionescu (Romania) by KO, 1st rd (high kick)
-86 kg: Dumitru Topai (Romania) def. Alexandru Nedelcu (Romania) by MD
-81 kg: Dimitris Chiotis (Greece) def. Ionut Stanciu (Romania) by UD
-63.5 kg: Cristian Spetcu (Romania) def. Cristian Foustino (Italy) by UD
-71 kg: Crisitan Milea (Romania) def. Rafał Dudek (Poland) by SD
-81 kg: Bogdan Nastase (Romania) def. Marios Blanas (Greece) by UD (extra round)
It’s also worth noting that Superkombat announced a partnership between president Eduard Irimia and Richy Miranda-Cortese to bring Superkombat events to America as early as February 2016. It was stated that these events would be held in Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic, Columbia, Florida and other states.
Other announcements included, as previously announced on The Fightbox Podcast, the special year-end Caged Kombat event to be held on the 12th of December in Turin, Italy which will include several MMA bouts in a cage, as well as modified kickboxing fights with 4 ounce gloves.
The rest of the results for the event can be found below:
Heavyweight World GP Semifinal Bouts +96 kilos
Roman Kriklya (Ukraine) def. Ivan Pavle (Slovakia) by UD
Tarik Khbabez (Morocco) def. Micolas Wamba (France) by UD
-71 kg: Claudiu Badoi (Romania) def. Mika Tahitu (Holland) by UD
-86 kg: Alexandru Negrea (Romania) def. Noureddine Echiguer (Morocco) by KO, 1st rd
Finals of Heavyweight World GP
Tarik Khbabez (Morocco) def. Roman Kriklya (Ukraine) by UD
Main Event
Jorge Loren (Spain) def. Andrei Stoica (Romania) by TKO, 1st rd (three knockdowns) to become the new Superkombat Cruiserweight Champion
