Cătălin Moroşanu | |
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Born |
Cotnari, Romania |
June 30, 1984
Other names | The Carpathian Death |
Nationality | Romanian |
Height | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) |
Weight | 100.7 kg (222 lb; 15.86 st) |
Division | Heavyweight |
Style | Kickboxing, Boxing |
Stance | Southpaw |
Fighting out of | Iaşi, Romania |
Team | SC Cotnari-Scorpions |
Trainer | Mihai Constantin |
Years active | 2005–present |
Kickboxing record | |
Total | 53 |
Wins | 43 |
By knockout | 26 |
Losses | 10 |
By knockout | 4 |
Draws | 0 |
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Cătălin Moroşanu (born June 30, 1984 in Cotnari) is a Romanian heavyweight kickboxer, politician and Dancing with the Stars Season 9's champion of Romania. He is also former professional rugby player.
Moroşanu scored fifteen consecutive wins in the SUPERKOMBAT Fighting Championship and also holds the longest win streak in SUPERKOMBAT history (15). He has notable wins in the Romanian circuit against: Anderson Silva, Carter Williams and Stefan Leko. When he competed in the Local Kombat promotion, he beat Mighty Mo, Gary Goodridge, Freddy Kemayo, Sergei Gur, etc.
Moroşanu is known for his wild, brawling fighting style. He has stated that he is a fan of Bob Sapp, and even went so far as to compare his fighting style to him.
On March 8, 2015 Moroşanu won the first series of Sunt celebru, scoate-mă de aici!, the Romanian version of I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!.
After a short career as a professional rugby player, Moroşanu began kickboxing professionally in 2005 and spent the majority of his early career competing in the Local Kombat promotion in his home country.
He made his K-1 debut on April 5, 2007 at K-1 Fighting Network Romania 2007 against Stefan Leko., and was handed the first defeat of his career by the German veteran as he lost via unanimous decision. Following this, he returned to Local Kombat to take three more wins, over Dimitry Podgaisky, Sergei Gur and Nicolas Vermont, by the end of the year.