Mike Zambidis

Mike Zambidis Μιχάλης Ζαμπίδης
Full name	Michális Zambídis
Nickname	Iron Mike Zambo
Nationality	Greece
Date of birth	July 15 1980(1980-07-15)
Place of birth	Athens, Greece
Height	{5ft2in
Other information

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Career

Mike Zambidis has competed across the World. He is a household name in the World of kickboxing. Some of his impressive wins are against Australian's best, John Wayne Parr, Krongsak lek, Billy Mamu, Shannon `F16` Forester, Jenk Behic twice and Gurkan Ozkan twice.

Mike's European victories are also a highlight over his career with wins against Wanlop Sosathopan, Bakari Tounkara, Matteo Sciacca, Petr Polak and in 2001 Mike knocked out one of the all time greats Dutch Morrocan Hassan Kassrioui. Mike has also fought Alain Zankifo, Noel Soares, Youness El Mhassani, and Fikri Tijarti. It was then time for Zambidis to have a debut fight in Japan where Tarik Solak arranged for a fight with none other than K-1 World Max 2002 Champion Albert Kraus. Zambidis Knocked out Kraus in the second round of their encounter. 'Iron' Mike Zambidis made his mark on the Japanese audience in dynamite fashion with a devastating knockout victory over MMA prodigy Norifumi "KID" Yamamoto.

Titles

• 2006 Kings of the Ring European Champion
• 2005 WKBF Super-welterweight Champion
• 2005 King of the Ring, Champion, Sydney
• 2004 A1 World Combat Cup Champion
• 2003 Kings of the Ring Champion, Italy
• 2002 K-1 World Max Oceania Champion
• 2002 King of the Ring, Champion "Thaibox tournament" Italy
• 2000 WOKA World Champion
• 1998 World PROFI Europe Champion
• 1997 I.S.K.A. Balkan Champion
• 1996 Greek Boxing Champion

Kickboxing record

53 Wins (39 (T)KO's, 14 Decisions), 10 Losses
Date	Result	Opponent	Event	Method	Round	Time
12/09/2007	Win	Bernardo Marban De La Horra	Urban Fighters, Athens, Greece	KO	3	1:05
10/03/2007	Loss	Artur Kyshenko	K-1 World MAX 2007 World Championship Final, Japan	Decision (Ext.R)	4	3:00
06/28/2007	Win	Gago Drago	K-1 World MAX 2007 World Tournament Open, Japan	Decision (Ext.R)	4	3:00
12/18/2005	Win	Kozo Takeda	K-1 World MAX 2007 World Elite Showcase, Japan	Decision	3	3:00
09/04/2006	Win	Tatsuji	K-1 World Max 2006 Champions' Challenge, Japan	Decision	3	3:00
04/05/2006	Loss	Yoshihiro Sato	K-1 World Max 2006 World Tournament Open, Japan	Decision	3	3:00
03/12/2006	Win	Michal Hansgut	Great Kickboxing Spectacle in Athens, Greece	Decision	3	3:00
02/04/2006	Loss	Buakaw Por. Pramuk	K-1 Japan MAX 2006, Japan	Decision	3	3:00
11/07/2005	Win	Kara Murat	No Respect 3, Melbourne, Australia	Decision	3	3:00
10/12/2005	Win	Satoru Suzuki	K-1 World Max 2005, Japan	KO	2	1:17
07/20/2005	Loss	Masato	K-1 World Max 2005 World Tournament Final, Japan	Decision	3	3:00
06/05/2005	Win	Kara Murat	WKBF Professional Title Gala	Decision	3	3:00
05/04/2005	Win	Norifumi Yamamoto	K-1 World MAX 2005 World Tournament Open, Japan	KO (Right hook)	3	0:39
03/12/2005	Win	Goran Borovic	Greece and Serbia Fight The World, Sydney, Australia	Decision	5	3:00
02/20/2005	Win	Stanley Nandex	Kicker V Boxer Melbourne, Australia	KO	1
10/13/2004	Win	Kojiro	K-1 World MAX 2004, Japan	KO (Punches)	1	2:21
11/28/2004	Win	Prince Hamid	A-1 World Combat Cup Tournament, Melbourne	Decision	3	3:00
11/28/2004	Win	Gurkan Ozkan	A-1 World Combat Cup Tournament, Melbourne	Decision	3	3:00
11/28/2004	Win	Pete Spratt	A-1 World Combat Cup Tournament, Melbourne	KO	2
07/07/2004	Loss	Takayuki Kohiruimaki	K-1 World Max 2004 World Tournament Final, Japan	Decision	3	3:00
04/07/2004	Win	Hayato	K-1 World MAX 2004 World Tournament Open, Japan	Decision	3	3:00
11/30/2003	Win	Gurkan Ozkan	No Respect 2, Melbourne, Australia	KO	12
07/05/2003	Loss	Masato	K-1 World MAX 2003 World Tournament Final, Japan	Decision (Split)	3	3:00
05/17/2003	Win	Wanlop SitPholek	Kickboxing Superstar XII, Milano, Italy	Decision	5	3:00
03/01/2003	Win	Albert Kraus	K-1 Japan MAX 2003, Japan	KO	2	0:16
02/18/2003	Win	Niklas Winberg	K-1 No Respect, Melbourne, Australia	KO	3
12/08/2002	Win	Jenk Behic	World Super Welterweight Title, Melbourne, Australia	KO	6
11/26/2002	Win	John Wayne Parr	K-1 Oceania MAX 2002, Melbourne, Australia	Decision	3	3:00
11/26/2002	Win	Jenk Behic	K-1 Oceania MAX 2002, Melbourne, Australia	KO	3
11/26/2002	Win	Billy Mamu	K-1 Oceania MAX 2002, Melbourne, Australia	KO	2
05/19/2002	Win	Hassan Kassrioui	Kickboxing Mania, Athens, Greece	KO	6
03/02/2002	Loss	Alain Zankifo	Le Grand Tournoi, Paris, France	TKO (Doctor stoppage)	3
11/11/2001	Loss	Mike Cope	K-1 Oceania MAX 2001, Melbourne, Australia	TKO (Referee stoppage)	1
09/08/2001	Win	Shannon Forrester	World Super Welterweight Title, Gold Coast, Australia	KO	3
09/01/2001	Win	Paul Shearing	World Super Welterweight Title, Sydney, Australia	KO	1
04/03/2001	Win	Krongsak Lek	World Super Welterweight Title, Australia	TKO	8
11/19/2000	Win	Baris Nezif	K-1 Oceania Star Wars 2000, Melbourne, Australia	KO	12

See also

• List of K-1 Events
• The History of K-1
• Kickboxing
• List of male kickboxers

References

External links

• Official site.
• Highlight reel.