User:Andreas Tricomitis/sandbox

Early life
Andreas Tricomitis is a Greek Cypriot born on August 26 1991 in Larnaca Cyprus. He has won championships and accolades in multiple sports, most notably in Judo and MMA. As a child he started training in Judo and Gymnastics at the age of 4 and became a two time Cyprus Gymnastics Champion by the age of 12 (2001 & 2002). Andreas has trained with a number of World Class and Olympic Champions throughout his judo career. Cédric Taymans, a two time World Champion was one of Andrea’s coaches in his early Judo stages. Throughout his life Andreas has traveled all around the world participating in world class Judo training camps and competitions such as the World Championships and the Youth Olympics. He earned his first judo black belt under the Japanese Judo Federation in 2008 at the age of 17 and his second degree black belt under the International Judo Federation. He currently competes in mixed martial artist as a welterweight.

Judo career
Tricomitis is a multiple time Cyprus National Champion for many consecutive years. At the age of 14 he competed at his first International Judo Cup in Belgium and won all 5 of his fights. By the age of 17 Andreas had won three consecutive gold medals at the International Cup in Belgium 2005,2006 & 2007. Later that year he also competed and won the Flanders Judo Cup. In 2007 Andreas Tricomitis was selected by the National Judo Federation to represent Cyprus at the first World Youth Island Championships held in Corsica, where he won the bronze medal. After his success he competed at two A-Tournaments in Croatia and Portugal which are consider the highest level for Cadets organized by the European Judo Union (500 athletes from 40 countries participated in these events). Andreas won 5 out of his 6 fights for the bronze medal in both competitions. In 2007 Andreas was selected as a first choice by the Cyprus Olympic Committee to compete at the Youth Olympics held in Serbia, where he finished in the top 16. At the age of 17 he traveled to Japan for judo training in the Tokai University. He earned his first black belt in Judo by the Japanese Judo Federation. He then competed in Thailand in 2008 and Paris in 2009 he competed at the 14th and 15th Junior World Championships respectively. Andreas was actively competing throughout his career and continued winning medals at major international Judo events such as the Iliadis Cup (A-Tournament ) in Greece and the Flanders Tournament in Belgium. In 2011 he competed at the 14th Games of the Small States of Europe where he won the bronze.

Mixed martial arts career
In 2012 Tricomitis began training mma with head coach Ozzy Haluk at the MMA Studio UK in Manchester, England. His Judo background helped him transition into mma much easier and has proven very effective in many of his fights.

Semi-professional career
2012 in his first semi pro fight he dislocate his uncle during the fight and lost by submission early on the fight.

2012 Night of Warriors in Cyprus where he won by TKO in the third round.

2013 Fight Ikon UK won by unanimous decision against a top UK prospect.Fight of the Night

2014 FCC 9 (Full contact contender) - Title elimination Fight. Win: Unanimous decision Award: (Performance of the Night) Andreas Tricomitis vs James Duckett Silver World MMA Medallist (Fight Star UK Champion) Record at the time: (8-1)

2015 FCC welterweight Title controversial loss where many believe the fight could have been stopped in the first round.

2015 Shinobi MMA Fighting Championship 6 - Title Elimination Fight Win: Submission (Performance of the Night) Tricomitis vs Bentley (Fight Star UK Champion - Record at the time 5-1)

2016 Shinobi MMA Fighting Championship 9 Title Fight Win: Unanimous decision (Fight of the Night) SW9 Tricomitis vs Adeymei (Irish Champion)

Personal life
Andreas was involved in sports from the age of 4 where he was national champion for many consecutive years .He graduated from the American Academy Larnaca high school in 2010. Later that year he served in the Cyprus army. In 2012 he went to study to the United Kingdom in Manchester Metropolitan University while studying he got involved in mixed martial arts. He graduated in 2015 and in 2016 he finished his Master Business Administration at the University of Manchester. Andreas has two sisters which participated at the Olympics in Rhythmic Gymnastics in 2008 in Beijing and in 2012 at the London Olympics.

Fighting Style
Tricomitis is known mostly as grappler and will normally try to be the aggressor in his fights. He mainly fights orthodox but will switch to a conventional stance at times as well. Tricomitis judo is perhaps his best skill and due to the high level it causes many fighters out of their game plan. He moves forward constantly, giving opponents very little room to land clean strikes, all while utilizing powerful and extremely swift punching combinations followed by takedowns.

Television
Andreas was live on television in 2007 before competing at the Judo Youth Olympics in Serbia. He recently spoke on Alpha TV in 2016 after his win of the British Title at the number one semi-professional. He talk about the fight his journey and mma as a sport.

Awards
Judo Mixed Martial Arts Man Magazine
 * Best Male Cadet Judo Fighter of the Year 2007 (CYP National Judo Federation)
 * Athlete of the Year in 2007 (Cyprus Olympic Federation)
 * Fight of the Night (Fight Ikon 2013)
 * Performance of the Night (FCC in 2014)
 * Performance of the Night (Shinobi MMA Fighting Championship 6 2015)
 * Fight of the Night (Shinobi MMA Fighting Championship 9 2016)
 * Nominated for Athlete of the Year in 2017

Magazines

 * Sportive Magazine 2015
 * My City 2015
 * Man Magazine 2016