Cristiana Stancu

Cristiana Mongol
Cristiana Mongol, World Kickboxing Champion, MMA Fighter, Painter.
Born Cristiana Stancu
(1991-07-19) July 19, 1991
Romania
Other names Mongol
Residence Bucharest, Romania
Height 173 cm (5 ft 8 in)
Weight 64.0 kg (141 lb; 10 st 1 lb)
Division Lightweight
Style Kyokushin karate, kempo, boxing, kickboxing
Fighting out of Bucharest, Romania
Team Mongol Team
Trainer Octavian Budica
Rank
  •      1st dan black belt in kempo awarded by Yoshiji Soeno
  •      1st dan black belt in Taekwondo awarded by Chang Ung
  •      3rd dan black belt in kempo awarded by Amatto Zaharia
  •      1st kyu brown belt in Kyokushin awarded by Loek Hollander
  •      1st kyu brown belt in Sei Budokai awarded by Leonardo Voinescu
Kickboxing record
Total 10
Wins 8
By knockout 3
Losses 2
By knockout 1
Mixed martial arts record
Total 4
Wins 3
By knockout 1
By submission 1
Draws 1
Other information
Occupation fighter & artist
University Sacred Art at Faculty of Orthodox Theology
Spouse Octavian Budica
Medal record
Women's boxing
Representing the  Romania
European Amateur Boxing Championships
2014 Bucharest -69kg
Women's wushu
Representing the  Romania
World Wushu Championships
2015 Jakarta -70kg
last updated on: 28 February 2015

Cristiana 'MONGOL' Stancu (born July 19, 1991)[1] is a Romanian mixed martial artist, karateka, boxer and kickboxer.

Early life

Cristiana was raised in Bucharest, Romania, born from a professional bowling player (mother) and a ju-jutsu martial artist (father). She had an early start in both martial arts and painting, her second profession, when her parents observed her talents since she was only three years old. She began her career in combat sports at age 9 while painting in the same complex in the capital, the father of one of her colleagues painting being a martial arts coach. She retired from her kyokushin karate career after 9 glamorous years, to begin developing in the art of Kempo, under shihan Amatto Zaharia and then start her Kickboxing and MMA career. Later, Cristiana would also pursue her boxing career.[2]

Fighting career

Kyokushin & Sei Budokai career

    • 2004 Kyokushin National Championship in Bucharest, Romania -45 kg Silver Medalist
    • 2005 Sei Budokai National Championship in Bucharest, Romania -45 kg Gold Medalist
    • 2006 Sei Budokai International Cup in Constanta, Romania -55 kg Gold Medalist
    • 2006,2007,2008 Sei Budokai National Championship in Bucharest Romania -55 kg Gold Medalist
    • 2007 Kyokushin National Championship Kumite & Kata in Bucharest, Romania -55 kg Gold Medalist
    • 2007 Kyokushin World Women's Championships in Chiba, Japan -55 kg 8th place
    • 2008 Kyokushin National Championship Kumite in Bucharest, Romania -60 kg Gold Medalist
    • 2008 Kyokushin National Championship Kata in Constanta, Romania Silver Medalist
    • 2008 European Kyokushin Championships in Varna, Bulgaria Bronze Medalist
    • 2009 Kyokushin National Championship Kumite in Bucharest Romania -65 kg Gold Medalist
    • 2009 World Women's Championships Kyokushin Karate in Chiba, Japan

Kickboxing career

SUPERKOMBAT Fighting Championship career

On February 26, 2015 it was announced that will compete in the first ever women's fight in SUPERKOMBAT history, bout scheduled March 7 against Annalisa Bucci at SUPERKOMBAT World Grand Prix I 2015 in Ploiești, Romania.[3]

Championships and accomplishments

Boxing

Wushu

Mixed martial arts

  • International Kempo Federation
    • 2015 Kempo Individual World Championship in Antalya, Turkey -65 kg Gold Medalist
    • 2015 Kempo World Championships Forms, Kata in Antalya, Turkey Silver Medalist
    • 2015 Kempo & WAC PRO ALLStyles BELT Women's World Championship in Vagos, Portugal -64 kg Gold Medalist
    • 2014 IKF & FILA European Pankration Championships in Bucharest, Romania Silver Medalist [5]
    • 2013 Shidokan & Kempo World Championships in Tokyo, Japan Bronze Medalist
    • 2012 IKF World MMA Championship in Tallinn, Estonia Semi-Professional Gold Medalist [6]
    • 2012 9th IKF World Kempo Championships in Antalya, Turkey -60 kg Gold Medalist [7]
    • 2012 IKF World Kempo Teams Championships in Torres Novas, Portugal Gold Medalist [5]
    • 2011 IKF World Kempo Teams Championships in Antalya, Turkey Gold Medalist [5]
    • 2011 1st IKF European Kempo MMA Championships in Yalta, Ukraine -65 kg Gold Medalist [8]
    • 2010 IKF World Kempo Championships in Antalya, Turkey Full-Contact Gold Medalist [5]
    • 2010 IKF World Kempo MMA Championships Gold Medalist [5]

MMA record

3 Wins, 1 Draw

Legend:   Win   Loss   Draw/No contest   Notes

Kickboxing record

9 Wins, 2 Loss

Legend:   Win   Loss   Draw/No contest   Notes

Life

WIN YOURSELF

She's specialist in iconography.[2] Some of her icons were sold over a thousand euros.[9]

Cristiana took part in several kyokushin and kempo events in Japan, where she met Ray Sefo, Jayson Vemoa or the coaches of Francisco Filho and Glaube Feitosa becoming friends with all and learning from them. Her models are Benny Urquidez, Chuck Norris, Fedor Emelianenko. Portuguese champion José (Zé) Fortes also educated her on Muay Thai.[10]

Other

  • Journalism

Along with her spouse, Cristiana has created the Societies Magazine, a cultural magazine in Romania, with a general view over the Romanian society and the foreign societies Romania is interacting. Also, she is the general editor for Sport Revolution Magazine, the best sports magazine in Romania.

Asian Games, Turkmenistan 2017. Cristiana was a special reporter for the Indoor and Martial Arts Games, held in Ashgabad, Turkmenistan.

  • Motivational Speeches

She has been invited to speak in different events about her success story both life and sport. Because of her great speaking talent she influences in a positive way many people. Recently, she made her debut in professional speaking on TEDx stage.

  • Prizes

-2015 Sports Person in Romania, awarded by Alexandrion Group

-2015 The Person of the Year in Sports, awarded by Cotidianul

See also

References

  1. ↑ "ROMANIA". ewcbucharest2014.com. Archived from the original on 2015-02-28.
  2. 1 2 "Pictoriţa din ring. Cristiana Stancu, o luptătoare de succes pentru care arta şi sportul fac casă bună împreună" (in Romanian). Adevărul. 29 March 2014.
  3. ↑ "SUPERKOMBAT RETURNS ON MARCH 7 WITH A 5TH YEAR ANNIVERSARY CARD". SUPERKOMBAT Fighting Championship. February 26, 2015. Archived from the original on 2015-02-26.
  4. ↑ "9.European Women Championships - Bucharest, Romania - May 31 - June 7 2014". strefa.pl.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 "Cristiana Mihaela Stancu". interviurisportive.ro.
  6. ↑ "Video Gallery World MMA Championship, Estonia". kempoikf.com.
  7. ↑ "The 9th IKF World Kempo Championships 2012". kempoikf.com.
  8. ↑ "1-st IKF European Kempo MMA Championships 2011". kempoikf.com.
  9. ↑ "Cristiana Stancu Superkombat Ploiesti". YouTube. 27 February 2015.
  10. ↑ "Profil de Luptător: Cristiana "Mongol" Stancu" (in Romanian). Sport Revolution. 3 November 2014.
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