Antonio Plazibat

Antonio Plazibat is a Croatian heavyweight kickboxer, winner of K-1 World GP 2017 Heavyweight Championship Tournament. He also fought in SUPERKOMBAT and FFC. He is currently signed with Glory, where he is the #5 ranked heavyweight, as of 2 May 2020.[1]

Antonio Plazibat
BornAntonio Plazibat
(1993-12-12) December 12, 1993
Split, Croatia
NationalityCroatian
Height1.94 m (6 ft 4 1⁄2 in)
Weight108 kg (238 lb; 17 st 0 lb)
DivisionHeavyweight
Cruiserweight
StyleKickboxing
StanceOrthodox
TeamAmeno Gym (2013 - 2018)
Mikes Gym (2019 - present)
TrainerMike Passenier
Years active2013 - present
Kickboxing record
Total19
Wins16
By knockout9
Losses3
By knockout1
Other information
Boxing record from BoxRec

Liverkick.com awarded him the Knockout of the Year award in 2017, for his knockout of Makoto Uehara.[2] In 2019 Glory awarded him the Newcomer of the Year award[3] and the Fight of the Year award.[4]

Kickboxing career

Amateur career

Antonio Plazibat began his kickboxing career as an amateur, training with Ameno Gym. His first fight was against Dražen Kuraja in the semifinal bout of the 2013 Croatian Kickboxing Championship 91 kg tournament. Despite being the underdog, Plazibat knocked Kuraja down twice, and would go on to win a unanimous decision. In the finals he faced Andrija Lekić. Despite fighting with a broken hand, he managed to knock him down once, and won a unanimous decision.[5]

He would again fight in the Croatian Kickboxing Championship, when he entered their 2014 91 kg tournament. Despite beginning with two wins, he lost to Andrija Lekić in the semifinals, but would beat Matijas Barić to secure a third place finish.[6] In the 2015 edition of the 91 kg Croatian Kickboxing Championship torunament, he would make it to the finals, to once again face Andrija Lekić. He would seal the trilogy with a win, becoming the 2015 91 kg tournament champion.[7]

Plazibat fought in the 2015 W.A.K.O World Championship. He won his first three fights, but lost to Basir Abakarov in the finals, securing a second place finish. He won the Croatian Kickboxing Championship tournament for the second time in 2016, beating Anto Širić by unanimous decision.[8]

His last feature in an amateur tournament was in 2018 edition of the W.A.K.O European Championships. He would go a perfect 3-0, to win his last amateur title.

Early career

His professional debut came in 2013, with a KO win over Marko Vidović of Serbia. He would accumulate an 11-1 professional record, fighting with various promotions, most notably SUPERKOMBAT and Final Fight Championship. During this time he won the FFC Futures Kickboxing Light Heavyweight Tournament, and achieved a win over the former SUPERKOMBAT Cruiserweight and future Enfusion Light Heavyweight champion Bogdan Stoica who suffered leg injury in the second round.[9]

In 2017, Plazibat signed with K-1, entering their annual Heavyweight Championship Tournament. Aftering beating K-Jee by KO and Makoto Uehara by a flying knee KO, he faced Ibrahim El Bouni in the tournament finals. He won a unanimous decision to become the 2017 K-1 Heavyweight Champion.[10] He would lose the title in his first defense against Roel Mannaart by a unanimous decision.[11] He would further lose to Sergej Maslobojev.[12][13]

GLORY

Plazibat subsequently left Ameno Gym and joined Mike's Gym.[14]

In his first fight Plazibat beat Nordine Mahieddine.[15] In his next fight he achieved a dominant win over Tomas Mozny.[16] In his third fight, Plazibat would get his career best win in the heavyweight division, with a split decision win over Jahfarr Wilnis.[17]

Titles

Professional

Amateur
  • 2018 W.A.K.O. European Championships +91 kg
  • 2016 Croatian Kickboxing Championships -91 kg. (K-1 rules)
  • 2015 W.A.K.O. World Championships -91 kg (Low-Kick Rules)
  • 2015 Croatian Kickboxing Championships -91 kg. (Low-kick rules)
  • 2014 Croatian Kickboxing Championships -91 kg. (Low-kick rules)
  • 2013 Croatia Open Zagreb 2013 -91 kg. (Low-kick rules)

Awards
  • Liverkick.com
  • Glory
    • 2019 Newcomer of the Year
    • 2019 Fight of the Year vs. Tomas Mozny

Kickboxing record
Kickboxing record
18 wins (9 KOs), 3 losses, 0 draw
DateResultOpponentEventLocationMethodRoundTimeRecord
2020-03-28N/A Arkadiusz WrzosekGlory 76: AntwerpLint, BelgiumN/AN/AN/A
2019-12-21Win Jahfarr WilnisGlory Collision 2Arnhem, NetherlandsDecision (Split)33:0018-3
2019-10-12Win Tomas MoznyGlory 69: DüsseldorfDüsseldorf, Germany Decision (Unanimous)33:0017-3
2019-06-22Win Nordine MahieddineGlory 66: ParisParis, FranceDecision (Unanimous)33:0016-3
2018-11-24Win Michal TurynskiMemorijal Ludviga Lutka PavlovicaLjubuški, Bosnia and HerzegovinaKO315-3
Wins WAKO Pro World Low Kick Championship +94.2 kg
2018-05-12Loss Sergej MaslobojevOne FC: Grit and GloryIndonesiaDecision (Unanimous)33:0014-3
2018-03-21Loss Roel MannaartK-1 World GP 2018: K'FESTA.1Saitama, JapanDecision (Unanimous)33:0014-2
Lost the K-1 Heavyweight Championship -100 kg.
2017-11-23Win Ibrahim El BouniK-1 World GP 2017 Heavyweight Championship Tournament, FinalSaitama, JapanDecision (Unanimous)33:0014-1
Wins K-1 World GP 2017 Heavyweight Championship Tournament -100 kg, & K-1 Heavyweight Championship -100 kg.
2017-11-23Win Makoto UeharaK-1 World GP 2017 Heavyweight Championship Tournament, Semi FinalsSaitama, JapanKO (Flying Knee)113-1
2017-11-23Win K-JeeK-1 World GP 2017 Heavyweight Championship Tournament, Quarter FinalsSaitama, JapanKO112-1
2017-08-26Win Liang JieSUPERKOMBAT World Grand Prix III 2017Shenzhen, ChinaDecision (Unanimous)33:0011-1
2016-09-10Win Frank MuñozW5 European League XXXVIZvolen, SlovakiaDecision (Unanimous)33:0010-1
2016-08-06Win Dănuț HurducSUPERKOMBAT World Grand Prix IV 2016Comănești, RomaniaDecision (unanimous)33:009-1
2016-07-02Win Bogdan StoicaRespect World Series 2London, EnglandTKO (Leg Injury)28-1
2016-02-19Loss Sergej MaslobojevFFC22: AthensAthens, GreeceTKO30:007-1
2015-09-18Win Daniel SkvorFFC 19 - LinzLinz, AustriaKO22:427-0
2015-03-13Win Bojan DžepinaFFC 7: Sarajevo[18]Sarajevo, Bosnia and HerzegovinaKO32:146-0
2014-12-20Win Mitar DugalićFFC Super Final, FinalOpatija, CroatiaKO35-0
Wins the FFC Futures Kickboxing Light Heavyweight Tournament -91 kg.[19]
2014-12-20Win Stipe StipetićFFC Super Final, Semi FinalsOpatija, CroatiaTKO21:424-0
2014-11-29Win Franci GrajšInternational Muay Thai League (-91 kg)Novo Mesto, SloveniaDecision33:003-0
2014-08-22Win Simon KrizmanićTrojan Fight Night 2 [20]Pula, CroatiaDecision32:002-0
2013-08-04Win Marko VidovićOluja u Ringu 5 [21]Knin, CroatiaKO (High kick)31-0
Professional debut.
Amateur kickboxing record
DateResultOpponentEventLocationMethodRoundTime
2018-10-20Win Bahram RajabzadehW.A.K.O European Championships 2018, K-1 Final +91 kgBratislava, Slovakia2:132:00
Wins W.A.K.O. European Championship '18 K-1 Gold Medal +91 kg.
2018-10-19Win Petr RomankevichW.A.K.O European Championships 2018, K-1 Semi Finals +91 kgBratislava, Slovakia2:132:00
2018-10-18Win Hamdi SaygiliW.A.K.O European Championships 2018, K-1 Quarter Finals +91 kgBratislava, SlovakiaTKO2
2016-05-28Win Anto ŠirićCroatian Kickboxing Championship 2016, K-1 Semi Finals -91 kgBenkovac, Croatia3:032:00
Wins Croatian Kickboxing Championship 2016 K-1 Gold Medal -91 kg.[22]
2016-05-28Win Leo PavičićCroatian Kickboxing Championship 2016, K-1 Semi Finals -91 kgBenkovac, Croatia3:032:00
2015-10-31Loss Basir AbakarovW.A.K.O World Championships 2015, Low-Kick Final -91 kgBelgrade, Serbia3:032:00
Wins W.A.K.O. World Championship '15 Low-Kick Silver Medal -91 kg.
2015-10-30Win Bojan DžepinaW.A.K.O World Championships 2015, Low-Kick Semi Finals -91 kgBelgrade, Serbia3:032:00
2015-10-29Win Zamig AthakishiyevW.A.K.O World Championships 2015, Low-Kick 1/8 Finals -91 kgBelgrade, Serbia3:032:00
2015-10-27Win Vladislav GribinceaW.A.K.O World Championships 2015, Low-Kick 1/16 Finals -91 kg [23]Belgrade, SerbiaKO
2015-04-11Win Andrija LekićCroatian Kickboxing Championship 2015, Low-kick Final -91 kgPoreč, Croatia3:032:00
Wins Croatian Kickboxing Championship 2015 Low-kick Gold Medal -91 kg.[24]
2015-04-11Win Toni ČatipovićCroatian Kickboxing Championship 2015, Low-kick Semi Finals -91 kgPoreč, Croatia2:132:00
2015-04-11Win Nenad KovačevićCroatian Kickboxing Championship 2015, Low-kick Quarter Finals -91 kgPoreč, Croatia3:032:00
2014-04-12Loss Andrija LekićCroatian Kickboxing Championship 2014, Low-kick Semi Finals -91 kgPoreč, Croatia0:0//
Wins Croatian Kickboxing Championship 2014 Low-kick Bronze Medal -91 kg.[25]
2014-04-12Win Josip PericaCroatian Kickboxing Championship 2014, Low-kick Quarter Finals -91 kgPoreč, Croatia3:032:00
2013-12-15Win Andrija LekićCroatia Open Zagreb 2013, Low-kick Final -91 kgZagreb, Croatia3:032:00
Wins Croatia Open Zagreb 2013 Low-kick Gold Medal -91 kg.[26]
2013-12-15Win Dražen KurajaCroatia Open Zagreb 2013, Low-kick Semi Finals -91 kgZagreb, Croatia3:032:00

Legend:   Win   Loss   Draw/No contest   Notes

See also

References
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  18. FFC 7: Dževad Poturak porazio Franka Munoza, Čikotić i Mehić priredili spektakl(in Croatian)
  19. KBK Ameno se osvrnuo na FFC Futures slavlje Antonia Plazibata(in Croatian)
  20. Trojan Fight Night 2 : REZULTATI(in Croatian)
  21. Oluja u Ringu rezultati : Aleksandar Rakas poražen, Antonio Plazibat najbolji borac eventa(in Croatian)
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  24. HRVATSKO PRVENSTVO LK (J,S), LC (KS)(in Croatian)
  25. PRVENSTVO HRVATSKE - LOW KICK (J, S)(in Croatian)
  26. CROATIA OPEN Zagreb 2013(in Croatian)
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