Michalis "Iron Mike" Zambidis ( Greek: Μιχάλης Ζαμπίδης; born 15 July 1980) is a professional

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and

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. He is an 18-time World Champion, including former

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, SUPERKOMBAT and in a series of

K-1 K-1 is a professional kickboxing promotion established in 1993 by karateka Kazuyoshi Ishii. Originally under the ownership of the Fighting and Entertainment Group (FEG), K-1 was considered to be the largest Kickboxing organization in the worl ...

Tournaments and

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Champion. He mostly competed in the K-1 MAX where he scored mostly knockouts.

Biography and career

Mike Zambidis started training in martial arts before he was nine years old with his brother Spiros Zambidis and his best friend Lazaros Filipas. He has trained in

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, Sanda and

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. He started competing professionally in 2000, scoring a string of victories over notable opponents. He was given the nickname Turkofagos (Turkeater) after his 11th win over Turkish fighters due to the fact that he never lost to a Turk. He has been technically knocked out twice himself early in his career due to cuts, but after 2002, his next technical knock-out defeat came in 2008 against

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in an extra round. From 2000 till 2002, Zambidis defeated notable kickboxer Jenk Behic twice, Gürkan Özkan twice who outweighed Mike by over 50 lbs in two rare open-weight fights, Kara Murat twice, Baris Nezif, Wanlop Sosathopan, Bakari Tounkara, Matteo Sciacca and Petr Polak. In 2002, he knocked out the strong and experienced

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- Moroccan Hassan Kassrioui. On 26 November 2002 he won the K-1 Oceania MAX 2002 title after defeating

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in the final. In 2003, promoter

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arranged Zambidis' debut fight in

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against 2002 World K-1 Max Champion

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, whom he knocked out in the 2nd round. In April 2005, Zambidis knocked out the popular Norifumi "Kid" Yamamoto with a right hook, in front of thousands of the

ese kickboxer's fans. Zambidis' weakness seems to be receiving low kicks, as was seen in his 2006 defeat by Japanese

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, who, despite getting hurt by Zambidis' punches, managed to land many kicks and knees which racked up enough points to "secure a unanimous decision." Zambidis is a 4 time national champion in kickboxing as well as holding a large number of international titles. In addition to his many outstanding fights, the K-1 World MAX 2010 Final 16 match on October the 3rd, 2010 against

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was notable as being one of the most exciting of his career. In addition, as stated by ring side commentators "Sugar"

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and

Michael Schiavello Michael Schiavello (born 10 April 1975) is an Australian sports commentator and journalist. He has commentated for AXS TV, K-1, Dream, Maximum Fighting Championship, King of the Cage, ONE Championship and ''The Contender Asia''. He has also wri ...

, this contest was one by which a standard was set for other K-1 fights. However, Zambidis did not make it to the final as he lost to

Giorgio Petrosyan Gevorg "Giorgio" Petrosyan (; born December 10, 1985) is an Armenian-Italian kickboxer who competes in the middleweight division. Nicknamed "The Doctor", he is noted for supreme technical skills, ringsmanship, and defensive prowess which has se ...

by unanimous decision. Zambidis knocked down Petrosyan in the fight, but it was controversially ruled a slip by the referee. Zambidis fought a rubber match (both having won 1 match apiece) with Australian Muay Thai champion

in May 2011. He lost by TKO (three knockdowns) in round 1. He defeated Reece McAllister by unanimous decision in the quarter-finals of the '' K-1 World MAX 2012 World Championship Tournament Final'' in Athens, Greece on 15 December 2012. He then lost by the eventual champion

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in the semis. The much larger Groenhart won the fight with knees and punches, forcing his corner to stop the fight at the end of round two. He was expected to compete in a four-man tournament in Russia on 25 May 2013, facing

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in the semi-finals. However, he was replaced by

Enriko Gogokhia Enriko Gogokhia ( ka, ენრიკო გოგოხია) (born March 26, 1991) is a professional Georgian-born Ukrainian kickboxer and boxer. As of 26 May 2016, he was ranked the #3 lightweight kickboxer in the world by LiverKick.com. I ...

. Zambidis beat Harun Kina by unanimous decision for the vacant SUPERKOMBAT Middleweight Championship at SUPERKOMBAT VIP Edition in Bucharest, Romania on 31 August 2013. He was scheduled to fight Elam Ngor at the ''K-1 World MAX 2013 World Championship Tournament Final 16'' in Majorca, Spain on 14 September 2013. However, he withdrew from the tournament and was replaced by Ismat Aghazade. He lost to Xu Yan by unanimous decision, suffering controversial knockdowns in rounds one and two as he received below blows in both occasions, at ''Hero Legends'' in Jinan, China on 3 January 2014. Zambidis and

Batu Khasikov Batu Sergeyevich Khasikov (born 28 June 1980) is a Russian politician, activist and former kickboxer who has served as Head of the Republic of Kalmykia since 2019. He previously served as a Russian Federation Senator from 2012 to 2014 and M ...

had a rematch fight and challenge the WKN Heavyweight Kickboxing World Championship at Fight Night: Battle of Moscow XV event in

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on 28 March 2014. The Russian Batu Khasikov won the battle again for the second time. He won his first defence of his SUPERKOMBAT middleweight title against Harun Kina on 17 January at Iron Challenge 2015 from

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. In May 2015 he announced he would retire after his final fight in June against

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, in his home country of Greece. This happened on 5 June 2015. In October 2017, he participated in the reality game

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. In March 2019, returned to active action after 3.5 years off abstention for a professional boxing match vs Venezuelan Antonio Gomez. Although Zambidis sustained an injury during the 1st round that forced him to fight with only one hand, he was victorious after a gruelling fight.

Titles

* 2019 BREAKOUT. Champion * 2015 World W.K.U. Champion * 2015 W.I.P.U. "King of the Ring" Oriental Rules Super Welterweight World Champion −71 kg (6th title defence) * 2015 SUPERKOMBAT Middleweight Championship -71 kg/156.5lb (2nd title defence) * 2013 SUPERKOMBAT Middleweight Championship -71 kg/156.5lb (One time) * 2012 K-1 World MAX 3rd Place * 2012 W.I.P.U. "King of the Ring" Oriental Rules Super Welterweight World Champion -71 kg (5th title defence) * 2011 W5 World Grand Prix KO World Champion -71 kg * 2011 W.I.P.U. "King of the Ring" Oriental Rules Super Welterweight World Champion -70 kg (4th title defence) * 2010 K-1 World MAX 3rd Place * 2009 World PROFI World Champion (1st title defence) * 2008 W.I.P.U. "King of the Ring" Oriental Rules Super Welterweight World Champion -70 kg (3rd title defence) * 2008 A-1 Combat Cup Super Welterweight World Champion * 2006 W.I.P.U. "King of the Ring" Oriental Rules Super Welterweight World Champion -70 kg (2nd title defence) * 2005 World PROFI World Champion * 2005 W.K.B.F. Super Welterweight World Champion * 2005 W.I.P.U. "King of the Ring" Oriental Rules Super Welterweight World Champion -70 kg (1st title defence) * 2004 A-1 World Combat Cup Champion -76 kg * 2003 W.I.P.U. "King of the Ring" Oriental Rules Super Welterweight World Champion -70 kg * 2002 W.O.K.A Super Welterweight World Champion (4th title defence) * 2002 K-1 World Max Oceania Champion * 2002 W.I.P.U. "King of the Ring" Thai Boxing Tournament Champion * 2001 W.O.K.A Super Welterweight World Champion (3 title defences that year) * 2000 W.O.K.A Super Welterweight World Champion * 1998 World PROFI Europe Champion * 1997 I.S.K.A. Balkan Champion * 1996/1998/1999/2000 Greek Boxing Champion

Kickboxing record

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