Ciprian Sora

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]

Ciprian Sora
Born	(1976-10-23) October 23, 1976 (age 48) Bucharest, Romania
Nationality	Romanian
Division	Heavyweight
Style	Muay Thai, Kickboxing
Rank	3rd dan black belt in Kickboxing[1]
Years active	1996–2007
Kickboxing record
Total	18
Wins	15
Losses	2
By knockout	2
Draws	0
No contests	1
Amateur record
Total	80
Wins	75
By knockout	45
Losses	5
Draws	0
Other information
Occupation	Kickboxing 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

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

• International Federation of Muaythai Amateur
  • 1999 IAMTF World Championships −86 kg/189 lb Gold Medalist
  • 1997 IAMTF World Championships Bronze Medalist
  • 1998 IAMTF European Championships Silver Medalist
  • 2000 IAMTF European Championships Bronze Medalist

Kickboxing

• International Kick Boxing Federation
  • 1997 IKBF World Cup Silver Medalist
  • 1998 IKBF European Championships Gold Medalist

• Local Kombat
  • 2007 Fighter of the Year
  • 2007 Most Technical Fighter of the Year

• World Kickboxing Network
  • 2007 WKN Romania Heavyweight Championship

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
Date	Result	Opponent	Event	Location	Method	Round	Time	Record
2008-03-15	Win	Damián García	Local Kombat 29	Arad, Romania	Decision	3	3:00	15-2
2007-12-14	Win	Vadim Gridiajev	Local Kombat 28	Brașov, Romania	KO	2	1:58	14-2
2007-06-15	Loss	Petr Vondráček	Local Kombat 26	Iași, Romania	KO (high kick)	1	0:15	13-2
2007-03-02	Loss	Petr Vondráček	Local Kombat 25	Sibiu, Romania	KO (punches)	1	2:08	13-1
2006-11-11	NC	Cătălin Zmărăndescu	Local Kombat 23	Râmnicu Vâlcea, Romania	No contest	3	0:47	13-0
2006-04-14	Win	Cătălin Zmărăndescu	Local Kombat 20	Râmnicu Vâlcea, Romania	Decision (unanimous)	5	3:00	13-0
Won the WKN Romania Heavyweight Championship.
2005-11-11	Win	Péter Varga	Local Kombat 17	Braşov, Romania	Decision	3	3:00	12-0
2005-07-22	Win	Karl Glischynski	Local Kombat 15	Galați, Romania	Decision	3	3:00	11-0
2004-09-11	Win	Alexandru Vitenco	Local Kombat 9	Constanța, Romania	KO	1	0:27	10-0
2004-05-14	Win	Liviu Iușan	Local Kombat 6	Galați, Romania	KO (punch)	2	1:45	9-0
2004-02-04	Win	Nicu Stanciu	Local Kombat 4	Braşov, Romania	KO	2	2:12	8-0
Legend:   Win   Loss   Draw/No contest   Notes

See also

• List of male kickboxers