Cristiana Stancu

Cristiana Mongol
Cristiana Mongol
	Cristiana Mongol, World Kickboxing Champion, MMA Fighter, Painter.
Born	Cristiana Stancu; 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
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
Women's boxing
Representing the Romania
European Amateur Boxing Championships
Women's wushu
Representing the Romania
World Wushu Championships
	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 jujitsu 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, and then start her Kickboxing and MMA career, being the first woman in Romania to ever enter a cage and win and international World Title under Igor Vovchanchyn. 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

Kickboxing

Boxing

European Amateur Boxing Championships
- 2014 Women's European Amateur Boxing Championships in Bucharest, Romania win to Guerrier Erika France and Apetz Nadine Germany, lost to Elena Vystropova -69 kg Bronze Medalist [4]
World Amateur Boxing Championships
- 2014 AIBA Women's World Boxing Championships in Jeju, South Korea -69 kg

Wushu

World Wushu Championships
- 2015 World Wushu Championships in Jakarta, Indonesia -70 kg Bronze Medalist

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

MMA record

3 Wins, 1 Draw

Professional record

Date	Result	Opponent	Event	Location	Method	Round	Time
2015-11-28	draw	Maja Britvic	SUPERKOMBAT World Grand Prix 2015	Turin, Italy	Decision (unanimous)	3	5:00
2012-05-26	Win	Valentina Borgognoni	WMMAF World Championship	Tallinn, Estony	TKO	2	5:00
2012-07-27	Win	Jaqueline Ivanova	The battle for Russe	Russe, Bulgaria	TKO	1	3:00
2011-06-25	Win	Baba Gabriela	Kempo MMA	Romania	Decision (2:1)	3	3:00

Legend: Win Loss Draw/No contest Notes

Kickboxing record

9 Wins, 2 Loss

Professional record

SUPERKOMBAT debut.
Date	Result	Opponent	Event	Location	Method	Round	Time
2018-09-17	Win	Ibtissam Kassrioui	COLOSSEUM TOURNAMENT VIII	Bucharest, Romania	Split Decision	3	3:00
2018-05-24	Win	Marleen Okx	COLOSSEUM TOURNAMENT TITANS BALKANS TITLE WMF & EUROPEAN TITLE EMC PRO	Bucharest, Romania	KO	2	2:04
2018-02-23	Win	Katerina Abdalla	COLOSSEUM TOURNAMENT "THE BATTLE DANUBIUS"	Galati, Romania	TKO	1	1:30
2015-10-02	Loss	Angela Whitley	SUPERKOMBAT WORLD GRAND PRIX 2016	Puerto Rico, USA	TKO	3	3:00
2015-10-02	Win	Irene Martens	SUPERKOMBAT- WTKA World Title and WKA Intercontinental Title 2015	Milan, Italy	Decision (unanimous)	3	3:00
2015-08-01	Win	Jessica Puglisi	SUPERKOMBAT World Grand Prix IV 2015	Constanța, Romania	Decision (unanimous)	3	3:00
2015-05-23	Win	Songül Yılmaz	SUPERKOMBAT World Grand Prix II 2015	Bucharest, Romania	Decision (unanimous)	3	3:00
2015-03-07	Loss	Annalisa Bucci	SUPERKOMBAT World Grand Prix I 2015	Ploiești, Romania	Decision	3	3:00
2013-04-06	Win	Alina Georgescu	KING AUTO CUP 2013	Bucharest, Romania	Decision (unanimous)	3	3:00
2012-07-28	Win	Radovicescu Georgiana	FIGHTING SPORT REVOLUTION	Ilfov, Romania	Decision (2:1)	3	3:00
2012-03-17	Win	Alice Ardelean	KICKBOXING CHALLENGE	Sfantu Gheorghe, Romania	Decision (unanimous)	3	3:00

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

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References

"ROMANIA". ewcbucharest2014.com. Archived from the original on 2015-02-28.
"Pictoriţa din ring. Cristiana Stancu, o luptătoare de succes pentru care arta şi sportul fac casă bună împreună" (in Romanian). Adevărul. 29 March 2014.
"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.
"9.European Women Championships - Bucharest, Romania - May 31 - June 7 2014". strefa.pl.
"Cristiana Mihaela Stancu". interviurisportive.ro. Archived from the original on 2015-04-02. Retrieved 2015-02-28.
"Video Gallery World MMA Championship, Estonia". kempoikf.com.
"The 9th IKF World Kempo Championships 2012". kempoikf.com.
"1-st IKF European Kempo MMA Championships 2011". kempoikf.com.
"Cristiana Stancu Superkombat Ploiesti". YouTube. 27 February 2015.
"Profil de Luptător: Cristiana "Mongol" Stancu" (in Romanian). Sport Revolution. 3 November 2014.

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[1] "ROMANIA". ewcbucharest2014.com. Archived from the original on 2015-02-28.

[Adevărul-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.

[medals-5] "Cristiana Mihaela Stancu". interviurisportive.ro. Archived from the original on 2015-04-02. Retrieved 2015-02-28.

[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.