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Andrew Tate (kickboxer)

Andrew Tate
Born Emory Andrew Tate III
(1986-12-14) December 14, 1986 (age 30)
Chicago, Illinois, US
Other names King Cobra
Nationality American
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight 85 kg (187 lb; 13 st 5 lb)
Division Cruiserweight
Fighting out of Luton, England, United Kingdom
Team Storm Gym
Trainer Amir Subašić
Kickboxing record
Total 51
Wins 43
By knockout 33
Losses 8
Mixed martial arts record
Total 1
Wins 1
By knockout 1
Amateur MMA record
Total 5
Wins 3
By knockout 0
By submission 1
Losses 2
Other information
Mixed martial arts record from Sherdog

Emory Andrew Tate III (born December 14, 1986), better known as Andrew Tate, is an American-British kickboxer from Chicago, Illinois, who competes in the cruiserweight and heavyweight divisions. He is three times ISKA Kickboxing world champion and Enfusion Live champion. He is the son of the late chess master Emory Tate and also commentator for Real Xtreme Fighting, the largest MMA promotion in Romania.

After scoring major victories over former Super-cruiserweight British Champions Ollie Green and Mo Karbo Tate challenged Paul Randall for the vacant ISKA English Kickboxing Light-cruiserweight title. Tate won his first ISKA Kickboxing title stopping Randall in the fifth round of their bout in Derby on April 25, 2009.

Tate later scored a few more crushing victories and won the IKF- International Kickboxing Federation British Cruiserweight title against Daniel Hughes with a devastating first-round KO, then on March 19, 2011 he fought for the first time for ISKA world title in France. Andrew lost the fight for the vacant ISKA world Full-Contact light heavyweight championship to Jean Luc Benoit on points after 12 rounds however contested that he was the true winner. Due to the fight being so closely matched, three months later they had rematch in Luton, England, but this time Tate became champion defeating Benoit via spectacular KO in round 8 of the scheduled 12 rounds.

He lost a close battle for the It's Showtime 85MAX world title against champion Sahak Parparyan on May 12, 2012 in Kortrijk, Belgium on points. .

On December 2, 2012 Tate participated in Enfusion 3: Trial of the Gladiators reality final tournament, to determine #1 kickboxer of the world in -85 kg category at that time. He qualified for tournament in August 2011 in Ohrid, Macedonia stopping Sammy Masa by second-round KO and Adnan Omeragić by first-round KO. He scored an easy victory in semi finals knocking out Ritchie Hocking with punches in the first round, but surprisingly lost in the final via first round flying knee KO from Franci Grajš, who fought hard battle in semi final against Sahak Parparyan.


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