Stan Longinidis
| Stan Longinidis | |
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| Born | Stan Longinidis 25 June 1965 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia |
| Other names | The Man |
| Nationality |
 Australian
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| Height | 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in) |
| Weight | 100 kg (220 lb; 16 st) |
| Division | Heavyweight |
| Style | Kickboxing |
| Team | mentor = Benny The Jet Urquidez |
| Trainer | Master Dana Goodson |
| Years active | 20 (1983–2003) |
| Kickboxing record | |
| Total | 101 |
| Wins | 88 |
| By knockout | 65 |
| Losses | 8 |
| Draws | 5 |
| Other information | |
| Website | http://www.stantheman.com.au/ |
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Stan "The Man" Longinidis (born 25 June 1965) is a retired Australian Heavyweight kickboxer and 8 time Kickboxing World Champion. Born in Melbourne Australia of Greek ethnicity, Longinidis is one of the few fighters to have won World titles in three different styles, International Rules Kickboxing, Full Contact and Muay Thai, others being Fred Royers and Ernesto Hoost.
Stan began his career in 1983, winning two amateur titles before challenging for the World Light Heavyweight Title in 1987, a contest ending in a draw. After being approached by the Jet Centre in Van Nuys, California, With a tremendous passion to become Australia's first ever World Champion Stan quit his day job as a Computer Programmer and traveled to live and train in the United States. He racked up 18 straight wins and won the North American and USA Heavyweight Titles as well as the Australian Heavyweight title. In April 1990 he became the first Australian to win a World Kickboxing Title when he took the K.I.C.K Full Contact Super Heavyweight Title and added two WKA World Titles to his resume in 1991, one being a record 15 second knockout of American Melvin Cole in Queensland, Australia. In 1992 he defended his titles against Branko Cikatic and Grant Barker, a top 10 heavyweight at the time.
After wins over Mitch O'Hello and Adam Watt he took on Dennis Alexio in the most eagerly anticipated superfight at the time and a huge media event in Australia. The fight lasted 6 seconds, with Longinidis dealing the famed American only his second loss in over 55 fights with a low kick in the opening seconds that broke Alexio's leg.
Stan continued to fight and defend his titles as well as adding two additional titles in 1993 and 1994. In 1993, Longinidis fought against Masaaki Satake for UKF World Super heavyweight title held by Satake and WKA Kickboxing World Super heavyweight title held by Longinidis on K-1, and Longinidis lost by decision. Although he lost the bout, he didn't lose his WKA title because he asserted that the bout was not under WKA rules after the bout.
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