Sam Greco
| Sam Greco | |
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| Born | Salvatore Greco 3 May 1967 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia |
| Other names | Slam 'em |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) |
| Weight | 112 kg (247 lb; 17.6 st) |
| Division | Super Heavyweight |
| Style | Kickboxing, Kyokushin Karate, Seidokaikan Karate |
| Team | Team Greco |
| Rank | black belt in Kyokushin |
| Years active | 17 (1988–2005) |
| Kickboxing record | |
| Total | 32 |
| Wins | 19 |
| By knockout | 11 |
| Losses | 9 |
| By knockout | 7 |
| Draws | 2 |
| No contests | 2 |
| Mixed martial arts record | |
| Total | 5 |
| Wins | 3 |
| By knockout | 2 |
| By submission | 1 |
| Losses | 1 |
| By decision | 1 |
| Draws | 1 |
| Other information | |
| Occupation | Restaurant owner, actor |
| Website | http://fcvandams.com/ |
| Mixed martial arts record from Sherdog | |
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Sam "Slam 'em" Greco (born 3 May 1967) is a retired Australian former full contact karateka, super heavyweight K-1 kickboxer and mixed martial artist of Italian descent. He was the 1994 Karate World Cup champion and holds notable kickboxing victories over Branko Cikatic, Ernesto Hoost, Mike Bernardo, Stefan Leko, and Ray Sefo, as well as MMA victories over Heath Herring and Shungo Oyama.
Greco was born in Melbourne, Australia and grew up in the suburb of Brunswick. His Italian-born father, Vittorio, encouraged him to get involved with soccer from an early age and Sam became the youngest player at 16 years old ever to sign up with the Australian premier league team Brunswick Juventus. After 10 years playing for Juventus he stopped soccer to focus solely on karate.
Sam started training in Kyokushin karate at the age of around 7 and established himself as one of Australia's best Kyokushin fighters in the late 1980s and early 1990s winning the heavyweight division of the Australian championships five times in 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991 and 1992. In 1988 he fought in the heavyweight division of the 1st Commonwealth Karate Championships held in Sydney placing 3rd with English champion Michael Thompson winning. In 1991 he competed in the 5th World Open Tournament in Japan losing to Michael Thompson in the first round on decision due to accidentally punching him in the face. In 1992 he competed in the heavyweight division of the Oyama Cup Singapore International Open in Singapore with Papua New Guinean Walter Schnaubelt winning.
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