Giannis Stoforidis

Giannis Stoforidis (Greek: Γιάννης Στοφοριδης; born 8 May 1989) is a Greek kickboxer. He has also fought in the SUPERKOMBAT Fighting Championship, Glory, ONE Championship, Enfusion and OSS Fighters. and ex kickboxing world champion

SuperKombat
In 2013, Stoforidis entered the SUPERKOMBAT World Grand Prix after impressing in the SuperKombat New Heroes. Previously, he has won the SUPERKOMBAT Tryouts (heavyweight division) in Athens, Greece on January 26, 2013. Finally, he qualified for the SUPERKOMBAT World Grand Prix 2013 Final Elimination.

Stoforidis beat Mathieu Kongolo by third round TKO at the SUPERKOMBAT World Grand Prix 2013 Final Elimination in Ploiești, Romania on November 9, 2013.

He competed in the SUPERKOMBAT World Grand Prix 2013 Final in Galați, Romania on December 21, 2013, losing to Redouan Cairo via TKO due to a broken hand in the semi-finals.

Glory
Stoforidis was scheduled to face Anderson Silva at Glory 41: Holland in the semi-finals of the 2017 Glory Heavyweight Contender Tournament on May 20, 2017. He lost by KO in the second round.

ONE Championship
Stoforidis made his ONE Championship debut against Beybulat Isaev at ONE: Heavy Hitters on January 14, 2022. He won by first-round knockout 31 seconds into the first round.

Stoforidis faced Andrei Stoica at ONE 156 on April 22, 2022. After getting knocked down in the second round, Stoforidis lost by majority decision.

Stoforidis was booked to face Rade Opačić at ONE on Prime Video 2 on September 30, 2022, in the ONE heavyweight Grand Prix alternate bout. He lost the fight by a second-round knockout. It was the second fastest knockout in ONE's kickboxing history.

Personal life
Stroforidis was born in May 8, 1989.

During his boxing course, Stoforidis has trained, mentored by, and developed a friendship with former Greek strongman and weightlifter Kyriakos Kapakoulakis.

Boxing

 * 2011 National Champion of Greece

Kickboxing

 * Enfusion
 * Enfusion Live Heavyweight Tournament Champion (2019)
 * SUPERKOMBAT Fighting Championship
 * SUPERKOMBAT World Grand Prix Runner-up (2013)
 * No Limits
 * No Limits Heavyweight Championship (Two times, 2011 & 2012)

Fight record
! style=background:white colspan=9 |Wins the Enfusion Live 84 Heavyweight Tournament.
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 * 2024-07-06 || Loss ||align=left|🇧🇷 Ariel Machado || SENSHI 22 || Varna, Bulgaria || TKO (Punches) || 2 || 1:29
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 * 2024-04-20|| Win ||align=left| Cristian Ristea || SENSHI 21 || Varna, Bulgaria || TKO (Punches)|| 1 ||
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 * 2023-11-25 || Win ||align=left|🇩🇪 Nenad Cosic|| Senshi 19 || Varna, Bulgaria || TKO (Punches) || 2 || 1:30
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 * 2022-10-01 || Loss ||align=left|🇷🇸 Rade Opačić || ONE on Prime Video 2 || Kallang, Singapore || KO (Punches) || 2 || 1:52
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 * 2022-04-22|| Loss ||align=left| Andrei Stoica || ONE 158 || Kallang, Singapore|| Decision (Majority) || 3 || 3:00
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 * 2022-01-14 || Win ||align=left|🇷🇺 Beybulat Isaev || ONE: Heavy Hitters || Singapore ||KO (Left Hook)|| 1||0:31
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 * 2020-02-07 || Win ||align=left| 🇧🇦 Enver Šljivar || OSS Fighters 05, Quarter Finals || Bucharest, Romania || TKO (referee stoppage) || 3 || 1:02
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 * 2019-12-06 || Loss ||align=left| Levi Rigters || Enfusion 92, Semi Final || Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates ||Decision (Unanimous) || 3 || 3:00
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 * 2019-05-04 || Win ||align=left| 🇫🇷 Houari Zeghad || Enfusion Live 84, Final || Darmstadt, Germany || KO (Punch) || 1 || 2:25
 * 2019-05-04 || Win ||align=left| 🇫🇷 Houari Zeghad || Enfusion Live 84, Final || Darmstadt, Germany || KO (Punch) || 1 || 2:25
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 * 2019-05-04 || Win ||align=left| 🇩🇪 Andre Schmeling || Enfusion Live 84, Semi Final || Darmstadt, Germany || Decision (Unanimous) || 3 || 3:00
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 * 2017-10-07 || Win ||align=left| 🇩🇪 Vladimir Tok || Enfusion Live 54 || Ludwigsburg, Germany || Decision (Unanimous) || 3 || 3:00
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 * 2017-05-20 || Loss ||align=left| 🇧🇷 Anderson Silva|| Glory 41: Holland, Semi Final|| Den Bosch, Netherlands || TKO (punches) || 2 || 2:26
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 * 2017-03-22 || Win ||align=left| 🇺🇦 Andrei Ohotnik || Tatneft Cup 2017 - 1st selection 1/8 final|| Kazan, Russia || KO (straight left)|| 1 ||
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 * 2016-11-05 || Loss ||align=left| 🇩🇪 Kerim Jemai || Fight Explosion 2, Final|| Buchs, Switzerland ||KO (Spinning back fist) || 2 ||
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 * 2017-03-22 || Win ||align=left| 🇺🇦 Andrei Ohotnik || Tatneft Cup 2017 - 1st selection 1/8 final|| Kazan, Russia || KO (straight left)|| 1 ||
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 * 2016-11-05 || Loss ||align=left| 🇩🇪 Kerim Jemai || Fight Explosion 2, Final|| Buchs, Switzerland ||KO (Spinning back fist) || 2 ||
 * 2016-11-05 || Loss ||align=left| 🇩🇪 Kerim Jemai || Fight Explosion 2, Final|| Buchs, Switzerland ||KO (Spinning back fist) || 2 ||


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 * 2016-11-05 || Win||align=left| Elmir Mehic || Fight Explosion 2, Semifinal|| Buchs, Switzerland || ||  ||
 * 2016-11-05 || Win||align=left| Elmir Mehic || Fight Explosion 2, Semifinal|| Buchs, Switzerland || ||  ||

! style=background:white colspan=9 |For the WFC World K-1 Heavyweight title. ! style=background:white colspan=9 |Stoforidis was awarded wildcard for the event. ! style=background:white colspan=9 |For the SUPERKOMBAT World Grand Prix III tournament title. ! style=background:white colspan=9 |Won the No Limits Heavyweight Championship.
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 * 2015-11-07 || Loss ||align=left| 🇩🇪 Kerim Jemai || Fight Explosion || Buchs, Switzerland ||Decision || 5 || 3:00
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 * 2015-06-07 || Win ||align=left| 🇸🇰 Radovan Kulla || Colosseum Fight Show|| Thessaloniki, Greece || KO || 1 ||
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 * 2015-02-21 || Win ||align=left|🇬🇷 Giorgos Mavrogiannis || Best Fighter || Greece || KO || 2 ||
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 * 2015-02-07 || Win ||align=left| 🇷🇸 Miroslav Vujović || Scorpion 8 || Thessaloniki, Greece || KO || 2 ||
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 * 2014-03-07 || Loss ||align=left| 🇷🇴 Cătălin Moroșanu || SUPERKOMBAT New Heroes 8 || Constanța, Romania || KO (Left Hook) || 2 || 2:26
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 * 2014-03-07 || Loss ||align=left| 🇹🇷 Bahadir Sari || AKIN Dövüş Arenası KickBoxing Event || Bakırköy, Turkey || Decision  || 3 || 3:00
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 * 2013-12-21 || Loss ||align=left| 🇸🇷 Redouan Cairo || SUPERKOMBAT World Grand Prix 2013 Final, Semi Finals || Galați, Romania || TKO (Hand Injury) || 2 ||
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 * 2013-11-30 || Win ||align=left| 🇬🇷 Antonis Tzoros || Best Fighter || Greece || DQ || 1 ||
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 * 2013-11-09 || Win ||align=left| 🇧🇪 Mathieu Kongolo || SUPERKOMBAT World Grand Prix 2013 Final Elimination, Quarter Finals || Ploiești, Romania || TKO (Referee Stoppage) || 3 || 2:58
 * 2013-11-30 || Win ||align=left| 🇬🇷 Antonis Tzoros || Best Fighter || Greece || DQ || 1 ||
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 * 2013-11-09 || Win ||align=left| 🇧🇪 Mathieu Kongolo || SUPERKOMBAT World Grand Prix 2013 Final Elimination, Quarter Finals || Ploiești, Romania || TKO (Referee Stoppage) || 3 || 2:58
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 * 2013-09-28 || Loss ||align=left| 🇨🇼 D'Angelo Marshall || SUPERKOMBAT World Grand Prix III 2013, Final || Botoșani, Romania || TKO (Referee Stoppage) || 3 || 0:26
 * 2013-09-28 || Loss ||align=left| 🇨🇼 D'Angelo Marshall || SUPERKOMBAT World Grand Prix III 2013, Final || Botoșani, Romania || TKO (Referee Stoppage) || 3 || 0:26
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 * 2013-09-28 || Win ||align=left| 🇺🇸 Leroy Johnson || SUPERKOMBAT World Grand Prix III 2013, Semi Finals || Botoșani, Romania || TKO (Referee Stoppage) || 2 || 2:26
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 * 2013-04-26 || Win ||align=left| 🇷🇴 Dorin Robert || Old School Fighting || Kavala, Greece || Decision (Unanimous) || 3 || 3:00
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 * 2012-12-01 || Win ||align=left| 🇬🇷 Antonis Tzoros || No Limits 20 || Patras, Greece || TKO (Referee Stoppage) || 2 || 2:20
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 * 2012-12-01 || Win ||align=left| 🇬🇷 Antonis Tzoros || No Limits 20 || Patras, Greece || TKO (Referee Stoppage) || 2 || 2:20
 * 2012-12-01 || Win ||align=left| 🇬🇷 Antonis Tzoros || No Limits 20 || Patras, Greece || TKO (Referee Stoppage) || 2 || 2:20
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 * 2013-07-27 || Win ||align=left|🇩🇪 Karl Glischynski || Fight Night || Kiel, Germany || TKO (Towel Thrown) || 2 || 0:32
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 * 2013-06-02 || Win ||align=left| 🇬🇷 Antonis Tzoros || KIMBO 1 || Marousi, Greece || Decision (Unanimous) || 3 || 3:00
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 * 2012 || Win ||align=left| || No Limits 18 || Greece || KO (Left High Kick) || 1 || 1:29
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 * 2012 || Win ||align=left| || No Limits 18 || Greece || KO (Left High Kick) || 1 || 1:29
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 * 2024-06-06 || ||align=left|🇷🇺 Dmitrii Vasenev || IFMA 2024 World Championships, Tournament Semifinals || Patras, Greece || ||  ||
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 * 2024-06-05 || Win ||align=left|🇹🇲 Dovletmyrat Guyjov || IFMA 2024 World Championships, Tournament Quarterfinals|| Patras, Greece || TKO || 1 ||
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