Cătălin Moroșanu

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Cătălin Moroșanu
Iaşi, Romania
TeamScorpions Iaşi
TrainerMihai Constantin
Years active2005–2019
Kickboxing record
Total60
Wins48
By knockout28
Losses12
By knockout4
Draws0
Last updated on: June 6, 2019

Cătălin Moroșan (30 June 1984) is a retired Romanian

chanbara practitioner and professional rugby player. He is best known for his time in the Superkombat Fighting Championship (SUPERKOMBAT), where he competed in the heavyweight division. Moroșanu also competed for Local Kombat, K-1, Glory and Dynamite Fighting Show
. He is currently a politician and kickboxing promoter, serving as president of the Dynamite Fighting Show.

He is the winner of season 9 of Romanian

Season 1
.

Moroșanu still holds the record for longest winning streak in SUPERKOMBAT history with 17 consecutive wins. His streak, started in 2011, came to an end in controversial loss to Daniel Sam at SUPERKOMBAT World Grand Prix: Puerto Rico in 2016.[1]

He held notable victories in his career over Stefan Leko, Gary Goodridge, Mighty Mo, Carter Williams, Paul Slowinski, Freddy Kemayo and Anderson Silva.

Moroșanu was considered to be

slugger (brawler). He was a fighter who had the power to knock out their opponents with one punch. He compared himself to Bob Sapp.[2]

As of 1 November 2018, he is #10 contender in the world in official GLORY heavyweight rankings.[3] And as of 6 June 2019, he is ranked the #12 heavyweight in the world by All The Best Fights.[4]

In 2017,

Disney Pixar chose the kickboxer to provide the Romanian voice of a local from the animated movie Coco.[5]

Career

2005–2007

After a short career as a professional rugby player, Moroșanu began kickboxing professionally in 2005 and spent the majority of his early career competing in the Local Kombat promotion in his home country.

He made his K-1 debut on April 5, 2007, at K-1 Fighting Network Romania 2007 against Stefan Leko.,[6] and was handed the first defeat of his career by the German veteran as he lost via unanimous decision. Following this, he returned to Local Kombat to take three more wins, over Dimitry Podgaisky, Sergei Gur and Nicolas Vermont, by the end of the year.

2008

In 2008, Moroșanu was invited to take part in the

K-1 World Grand Prix 2008 in Amsterdam on April 26, Moroșanu was knocked out with a knee strike by Frenchman Freddy Kemayo
just seconds into the opening round.

Following a first-round knock out of

K-1 World Grand Prix 2008 in Taipei on July 13, Moroșanu rematched Kemayo on November 6 at Local Kombat 31 in Buzău
, Romania. He was able to avenge his defeat by winning the match by unanimous decision.

He ended the year by defeating Trinidadian brawler Gary Goodridge in a match for the WKN Intercontinental Heavyweight Championship at Local Kombat 32 on December 12. After being dominated for most of the fight, Goodridge quit on his stool at the end of the second round.[7][8][9]

2009

Moroșanu began 2009 with a fifty-eight-second knockout of Musab Gulsari at the

K-1 ColliZion 2009 Sarajevo
.

His KO wins then earned him a chance to compete in a superfight at the K-1 World Grand Prix 2009 in Seoul Final 16 on September 26, where he faced Japanese karate fighter Taiei Kin in a highly-controversial bout. Towards the end of the first round, the "clapper" (the device used to signal the remaining 10 seconds of the round) sounded. Moroșanu seemed to think the sound indicative of the ending of the round, and began walking towards his corner, only to be met by a punch from Kin (who was rightfully continuing in the context of the official rules regarding the fight). The end bell, signifying the officially sanctioned end of the round, sounded moments later. Moroșanu deliberately continued to fight, hitting Taiei (who was defenseless after dropping his hands at the end of the round) with a two punch flurry, knocking him unconscious. Moroșanu was disqualified from the fight, thus giving the victory to Taiei by means of disqualification.

The audience present at the show booed the decision awarding Taiei the victory. The crowd believed the punches to have been thrown before or exactly when the bell had sounded. However, video evidence refutes this.[10]

He rebounded by beating Samoan-American slugger

K-1 ColliZion 2009 Final Elimination
on October 24. The bout was ruled a draw after three rounds, so an extra round was permitted to decide a winner, after which Moroșanu was ruled the victor by split decision.

2010

On February 6, Moroșanu defeated Deutsch Pu'u via

K-1 ColliZion MAX 2010 Europe GP in Budapest, Hungary. In his next bout, he faced Errol Zimmerman at the K-1 World Grand Prix 2010 in Bucharest on 21 May and lost via TKO in round one. Just twenty seconds into the round, Zimmerman rocked Moroșanu with a flying knee and right hook which forced the referee to stop the fight.[11]

Following this, he picked up a unanimous decision win over

K-1 Scandinavia Rumble of the Kings 2010 in Stockholm, Sweden and was able to better "Big Daddy" once again as he won via TKO (referee stoppage) in the second round.[12]

2011

In 2011, Moroșanu began competing regularly for the newly founded SuperKombat promotion. On March 18 at SuperKombat: The Pilot Show in Râmnicu Vâlcea, Romania, he took a unanimous decision victory over Yüksel Ayadin.[13]

On June 16 at the SuperKombat World Grand Prix II 2011 in Constanța, Romania, he took revenge over Stefan Leko, the man who handed him his first career loss, winning by unanimous decision.[14]

In October, he took another two decision victories in the space of two weeks by defeating Michael Andrade and Ibrahim Aarab at the SuperKombat World Grand Prix III 2011 and SuperKombat World Grand Prix IV 2011, respectively.[15][16]

He was then expected to face Melvin Manhoef at the SuperKombat World Grand Prix Final 2011 on November 19, 2011, in Darmstadt, Germany. However, he fought Patrick Liedert instead. Moroșanu's reckless start to the fight allowed Liedert to knock him down twice early in the first round, but he was still able to make a comeback and KO'd the German on the bell at the end of round 1.[17]

2012

On February 25, 2012, Moroșanu won the SuperKombat World Grand Prix I 2012, showing an improved kicking game and technical boxing skills. In the semi-finals, he knocked out Utley Meriana with a high kick in the second round, and in the final, he took a clear-cut unanimous decision win over Anderson "Braddock" Silva. The tournament win qualified him for the SuperKombat World Grand Prix Final 2012.[18]

He faced Paul Slowinski at the K-1 World Grand Prix 2012 in Tokyo final 16 on October 14, 2012.[19][20] He won via unanimous decision after sending the Pole to the canvas twice in round three.[21]

He beat Carter Williams by unanimous decision on November 10, 2012, in Craiova, Romania in a non-tournament at the SuperKombat World Grand Prix 2012 Final Elimination.[22][23]

2013

At the K-1 World Grand Prix 2012 Final on March 15, 2013, in Zagreb, Croatia, he faced Pavel Zhuravlev in the quarter-finals[24] and lost by unanimous decision, bringing an end to his twelve-fight winning streak.[25][26]

He TKO'd Eduardo Mendes in round one at SuperKombat World Grand Prix 10 in Craiova, Romania on May 18, 2013.[27][28][29]

He challenged Ben Edwards for the vacant Kings of Kombat Heavyweight Championship at Kings of Kombat 10 in Melbourne, Australia on September 7, 2013, losing by majority decision in a fight where Moroșanu relied on his typical brawling style while Edwards utilized low kicks heavily throughout.[30][31][32]

He scored a brutal first-round KO over Daniel Lentie the SuperKombat World Grand Prix 2013 Final Elimination in Ploiești, Romania on November 9, 2013.[33][34]

2014

He defeated Mohamed Karim via unanimous decision at the SUPERKOMBAT World Grand Prix I 2014 in Reșița, Romania on April 12, 2014.[35][36]

2015

In 2015 Cătălin Moroșanu won "Sunt Celebru Scoate-ma De Aici"

2019

Moroșanu vs. Ghiță

Cătălin Moroșanu and Daniel Ghiță will fight at Arena Națională in Bucharest, in a suggested Dynamite Fighting Show / Colosseum Tournament mixed event or in a neutral (Romanian) promotion event.[37][38][39]

Outside the ring

Personal life

Moroșanu is married and has one daughter. He holds a bachelor's degree in Law and also owns a kickboxing gym in his home country of Romania. A notably interesting fact about Moroșanu is that the K-1 promotion arbitrarily created the image of him as a crop farmer. In one of their promotional video-clips, Moroșanu appears driving an old tractor.[40] In yet another clip from the company, Moroșanu appears to be drinking and promoting a brand of wine, which supposedly gives him super-hero like fighting powers. The wine is supposed to be, albeit fallaciously, his own signature line.[41]

Television

From March 19 through May 7, 2010, Moroșanu participated in Dansez pentru tine (the local version of Dancing with the Stars). He stated that his motivation and financial winnings would go to support a young widow, who wanted to make her daughter's life easier, and filled with the happiness that she deserved but had lost with the death of her father. He made it to the final elimination round, and won the 1st place at the end of the show, earning 60,000 Euros for Magdalena Ciorobea (his dancing partner in the show), collecting over 13,000 votes.

On March 8, 2015, Moroșanu won the

first series of Sunt celebru, scoate-mă de aici!, the Romanian version of I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!
.

Politics

Moroșanu is currently serving a term as a Iași County councilor. He has been elected in June 2012.[42]

Championships and accomplishments

Kickboxing

  • Dynamite Fighting Show
  • SUPERKOMBAT Fighting Championship
    • SUPERKOMBAT World Grand Prix I 2012 Heavyweight Tournament Championship
    • Longest win streak in SUPERKOMBAT history (17)
    • Most wins in SUPERKOMBAT heavyweight division history (18)
    • 2014 Most Popular Fighter[43]
    • 2011 Most Popular Fighter[44]
  • Local Kombat
    • 2010 Most Popular Fighter[45]
  • K-1
  • World Kickboxing Network
    • 2008 WKN Intercontinental Heavyweight Championship (One time)

Chanbara

  • Romanian Chanbara Federation
    • 2021 Romania Beach Chanbara Senior National Championship Choken Free Gold Medalist Gold

Kickboxing record

Kickboxing record
48 wins (28 KOs), 12 losses
Date Result Opponent Event Location Method Round Time Notes
June 6, 2019 Win United Kingdom Daniel Sam Dynamite Fighting Show 4
Cluj-Napoca, Romania
 Decision (unanimous) 3 3:00
December 14, 2018 Win Croatia Ivo Ćuk Dynamite Fighting Show 3
Craiova, Romania
 KO (punches) 1 0:31
October 19, 2018 Win Turkey Mehmet Özer Dynamite Fighting Show 2 Piatra Neamț, Romania TKO 1 2:50
July 5, 2018 Win France Freddy Kemayo Dynamite Fighting Show 1
Bucharest, Romania
 Decision (unanimous) 3 3:00
August 25, 2017 Loss Poland Michał Turyński
Glory 44: Chicago
Hoffman Estates, Illinois, USA
 Decision (split) 3 3:00
May 6, 2017 Win Poland Lukasz Krupadziorow SUPERKOMBAT World Grand Prix II 2017
Madrid, Spain
 Decision (unanimous) 3 3:00
February 24, 2017 Win United States Maurice Greene
Glory 38: Chicago
Hoffman Estates, Illinois, USA
 TKO (referee stoppage/left hook) 2 0:23
October 8, 2016 Loss Czech Republic Ondřej Hutník W5 Grand Prix "Legends in Prague"
The Czech Republic
 Unanimous (decision) 3 3:00
August 23, 2016 Loss Azerbaijan Zabit Samedov Akhmat Fight Show Grozny, Russia KO (right knee) 1 1:13 For the WBC Muaythai World Heavywheight Championship −104.50 kg.
March 26, 2016 Loss United Kingdom Daniel Sam SUPERKOMBAT World Grand Prix I 2016 San Juan, Puerto Rico Decision (split) 3 3:00
December 12, 2015 Win United States Maurice Jackson SUPERKOMBAT Special Edition Italy
Turin, Italy
 DQ 1 —
October 2, 2015 Win Poland Tomasz Czerwiński SUPERKOMBAT World Grand Prix 2015 Final Elimination
Milan, Italy
 KO (left hook) 1 2:55
June 19, 2015 Win Netherlands Colin George SUPERKOMBAT World Grand Prix III 2015
Constanța, Romania
 Decision (unanimous) 3 3:00
September 27, 2014 Win Netherlands Brian Douwes SUPERKOMBAT World Grand Prix IV 2014
Almere, Netherlands
 Decision (unanimous) 3 3:00
August 2, 2014 Win Greece Giannis Stoforidis SUPERKOMBAT New Heroes 8
Constanța, Romania
 KO (left hook) 2 2:26
June 12, 2014 Loss Czech Republic Tomáš Hron Gibu Fight Night
Prague, Czech Republic
 Decision (unanimous) 3 3:00
April 12, 2014 Win Egypt Mohamed Karim SUPERKOMBAT World Grand Prix I 2014
Reșița, Romania
 Decision (unnaimous) 3 3:00
November 9, 2013 Win France Daniel Lentie SuperKombat World Grand Prix 2013 Final Elimination
Ploiești, Romania
 KO (right hook) 1 2:20
September 7, 2013 Loss Australia Ben Edwards Kings of Kombat 10 Melbourne Decision (majority) 3 3:00 For Kings of Kombat Heavyweight title.
May 18, 2013 Win Portugal Eduardo Mendes SuperKombat World Grand Prix II 2013 Craiova, Romania TKO (referee stoppage) 1 2:54
March 15, 2013 Loss Ukraine Pavel Zhuravlev K-1 World Grand Prix 2012 Final Zagreb, Croatia Decision (unanimous) 3 3:00 K-1 World Grand Prix 2012 Final quarter-finals.
November 10, 2012 Win United States Carter Williams SuperKombat World Grand Prix Final Elimination 2012 Craiova, Romania Decision (unanimous) 3 3:00
October 14, 2012 Win Australia Paul Slowinski K-1 World Grand Prix 2012 in Tokyo final 16
Tokyo, Japan
 Decision (unanimous) 3 3:00 Qualifies for the K-1 World Grand Prix 2012 Final.
July 7, 2012 Win United States Rick Cheek SuperKombat World Grand Prix III 2012 Varna, Bulgaria TKO 2 1:53
February 25, 2012 Win Brazil Anderson Silva SuperKombat World Grand Prix I 2012
Podgorica, Montenegro
 Decision (unanimous) 3 3:00 SuperKombat World Grand Prix I 2012 final.
February 25, 2012 Win Netherlands Utley Meriana SuperKombat World Grand Prix I 2012
Podgorica, Montenegro
 KO (left high kick) 2 0:56 SuperKombat World Grand Prix I 2012 semi-finals.
November 19, 2011 Win Germany Patrick Liedert SuperKombat World Grand Prix Final 2011 Darmstadt, Germany KO (punches) 1 2:59
October 14, 2011 Win Netherlands Ibrahim Aarab SuperKombat World Grand Prix IV 2011 Piatra Neamț, Romania Decision (unanimous) 3 3:00
October 1, 2011 Win Netherlands Michael Andrade SuperKombat World Grand Prix III 2011
Brăila, Romania
 Decision (unanimous) 3 3:00
July 16, 2011 Win Germany Stefan Leko SuperKombat World Grand Prix II 2011
Constanța, Romania
 Decision (unanimous) 3 3:00
March 18, 2011 Win France Yüksel Ayaydın SuperKombat: The Pilot Show
Râmnicu Vâlcea, Romania
 Decision (unanimous) 3 3:00
November 27, 2010 Win Canada Gary Goodridge
K-1 Scandinavia Rumble of the Kings 2010
Stockholm, Sweden
 TKO (referee stoppage) 2 2:24
October 29, 2010 Win Croatia Igor Mihaljević Sarajevo Fight Night II
Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
 Decision (unanimous) 3 3:00
May 21, 2010 Loss Netherlands Errol Zimmerman K-1 World Grand Prix 2010 in Bucharest
Bucharest, Romania
 TKO (referee stoppage) 1 0:24
February 6, 2010 Win United States Deutsch Pu'u
K-1 ColliZion MAX 2010 Europe GP
Budapest, Hungary
 TKO (referee stoppage) 1 -
October 24, 2009 Win United States Mighty Mo
K-1 ColliZion 2009 Final Elimination
 Arad, Romania Extra round decision (split) 4 3:00
September 26, 2009 Loss Japan Taiei Kin K-1 World Grand Prix 2009 in Seoul Final 16
Seoul, South Korea
 DQ (Kin KO'd after the bell) 1 3:00
July 3, 2009 Win Poland Wiesław Kwaśniewski
K-1 ColliZion 2009 Sarajevo
Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
 KO (liver punch) 1 1:20
May 16, 2009 Loss Slovakia Tomas Kohut
K-1 ColliZion 2009 Mlada Boleslav
Mlada Boleslav, Czech Republic
 KO (knee) 3 -
February 28, 2009 Win Turkey Musap Gulsari
K-1 Rules Tournament 2009 in Budapest
Budapest, Hungary
 KO (left hook) 1 0:58
December 12, 2008 Win Canada Gary Goodridge Local Kombat 32
Ploiești, Romania
 TKO (corner stoppage) 2 3:00 Wins WKN Intercontinental Heavyweight Championship.
November 6, 2008 Win France Freddy Kemayo Local Kombat 31
Buzău, Romania
 Decision (unanimous) 3 3:00
July 13, 2008 Win Japan Junichi Sawayashiki
K-1 World Grand Prix 2008 in Taipei
Taipei, Taiwan
 KO (left hook) 1 2:04
April 26, 2008 Loss France Freddy Kemayo
K-1 World Grand Prix 2008 in Amsterdam
Amsterdam, Netherlands
 KO (knee) 1 0:35 2008 European Grand Prix quarter-final.
February 9, 2008 Win Turkey Erhan Deniz
K-1 World Grand Prix 2008 in Budapest Europe GP Final Elimination
Budapest, Hungary
 Extra round decision (unanimous) 4 3:00 2008 European Grand Prix opening round.
December 14, 2007 Win France Nicolas Vermont Local Kombat 28
Brașov, Romania
 TKO 3 -
November 3, 2007 Win Belarus Sergei Gur Local Kombat 27
Drobeta-Turnu Severin, Romania
 Decision 3 3:00
June 15, 2007 Win Belarus Dimitry Podgaisky Local Kombat 26
Iași, Romania
 TKO 2 -
April 5, 2007 Loss Germany Stefan Leko K-1 Fighting Network Romania 2007
Bucharest, Romania
 Decision (unanimous) 3 3:00
February 3, 2007 Win Netherlands Omar Bellamar Local Kombat 25
Sibiu, Romania
 TKO 2 -
December 16, 2006 Win Greece Panayiotis Diakos Local Kombat 24
Bucharest, Romania
 KO 2 -
November 5, 2006 Win Romania Mihăiţă Golescu Local Kombat 23
Râmnicu Vâlcea, Romania
 Extra round decision 4 3:00
Legend:   Win   Loss   Draw/No contest

See also

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