Ciprian Sora

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Ciprian Sora
Born (1976-10-23) October 23, 1976 (age 48)
Bucharest, Romania
NationalityRomanian
Division Heavyweight
Style Muay Thai, Kickboxing
Rank  3rd dan black belt in Kickboxing [1]
Years active1996–2007
Kickboxing record
Total18
Wins15
Losses2
By knockout2
Draws0
No contests1
Amateur record
Total80
Wins75
By knockout45
Losses5
Draws0
Other information
OccupationKickboxing instructor, sports teacher, former policeman
Notable relatives Daniel Ghiță (cousin)
Notable students Daniel Ghiță, Semmy Schilt, Errol Zimmerman, Alexandru Lungu, Cristian Spetcu, Mihai Nistor, Raul Cătinaş, Valentino Petrescu, Corneliu Rus, Costel Paşniciuc, Răzvan Ghiţă, Dumitru Ţopai, Dragoş Imbrea, Valentin Bordianu
Website cipriansora.ro

Ciprian Sora (born 23 October 1976) [1] is a Romanian kickboxing trainer and founder of the Golden Glory Romania gym in Bucharest. As an athlete, he became the first ever Romanian to win a gold medal at the Muay Thai world championships in 1999 and still holds the record for that. Sora had an amateur record of 75–5, being undefeated in Romania throughout his career before turning professional. He signed with Local Kombat, the future SUPERKOMBAT, in 2004. [2]

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Career

Ciprian Sora took up kickboxing and Muay Thai at 14 under the tutelage of Dan Deliu. He began his amateur career in 1996 under the tutelage of shinan Mircea Boldea. Sora came to prominence in 1999 by taking a gold medal at the IAMTF World Championships in Bangkok, Thailand at −86 kg/189 lb, where his cousin Daniel Ghiță also fought and won the bronze medal in another weight category. Having amassed undefeated kickboxing and Muay Thai records in Romania from 1996 to 2003, he turned professional. In 2004 he signed with the largest Romanian kickboxing promotion Local Kombat. [2]

In 2009, he founded the Golden Glory Romania kickboxing gym in Bucharest, Romania. Also present at the ceremony were Semmy Schilt, Dave Jonkers, Bas Boon, Andre Mannaart, Todd Medina and Eduard Irimia. [3] Later were added Muay Thai and Brazilian jiu-jitsu (BJJ) to the gym's repertoire. [4]

Championships and accomplishments

Source: [1] [2]

Muaythai

Kickboxing

Personal life

He has not got along with his cousin Daniel Ghiță since 2012 when he received Semmy Schilt at his academy to train for the Glory 4: Tokyo grand slam. Ghiță accused Sora of training Schilt for him, the two being in the same heavyweight pyramid and later even meeting in the final. [5]

Sora holds a 3rd dan black belt in kickboxing. [1]

Kickboxing record

Kickboxing record
15 wins, 2 losses (2 KOs), 0 draws
DateResultOpponentEventLocationMethodRoundTimeRecord
2008-03-15Win Flag of Spain.svg Damián García Local Kombat 29 Arad, Romania Decision33:0015-2
2007-12-14Win Flag of Lithuania.svg Vadim Gridiajev Local Kombat 28 Brașov, Romania KO21:5814-2
2007-06-15Loss Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Petr Vondráček Local Kombat 26 Iași, Romania KO (high kick)10:1513-2
2007-03-02Loss Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Petr Vondráček Local Kombat 25 Sibiu, Romania KO (punches)12:0813-1
2006-11-11NC Flag of Romania.svg Cătălin Zmărăndescu Local Kombat 23 Râmnicu Vâlcea, Romania No contest30:4713-0
2006-04-14Win Flag of Romania.svg Cătălin Zmărăndescu Local Kombat 20 Râmnicu Vâlcea, Romania Decision (unanimous)53:0013-0
Won the WKN Romania Heavyweight Championship.
2005-11-11Win Flag of Hungary.svg Péter Varga Local Kombat 17 Braşov, Romania Decision33:0012-0
2005-07-22Win Flag of Germany.svg Karl Glischynski Local Kombat 15 Galați, Romania Decision33:0011-0
2004-09-11Win Flag of Romania.svg Alexandru Vitenco Local Kombat 9 Constanța, Romania KO10:2710-0
2004-05-14Win Flag of Romania.svg Liviu Iușan Local Kombat 6 Galați, Romania KO (punch)21:459-0
2004-02-04Win Flag of Romania.svg Nicu Stanciu Local Kombat 4 Braşov, Romania KO22:128-0
Legend:   Win   Loss   Draw/No contest   Notes

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Ciprian Sora". cipriansora.ro (in Romanian). Retrieved 5 October 2020.
  2. 1 2 3 "Fabrica de campioni Ciprian Sora". Antena 1 (in Romanian). Retrieved 29 June 2018.
  3. ↑ "Sora deschide o academie de lupte!". Sport.ro (in Romanian). 20 January 2009.
  4. ↑ "Despre noi". cipriansora.ro (in Romanian). Retrieved 5 October 2020.
  5. ↑ "Înfruntarea "titanilor". Daniel Ghiță îl face din nou KO pe vărul său". Evenimentul Zilei (in Romanian). 26 June 2020.
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