On Saturday, Aug. 6, Superkombat returned to the promotion’s home in Romania for Superkombat Comanesti. The record attendance reached an astounding 34,000 people. The crowd was the biggest in Europe since a K-1 event in Amsterdam in 2007.
In the main event of the evening, Jorge Loren attempted to continue his rise up the light heavyweight rankings when he took on popular Romanian kickboxer Ionut Iftimoaie for the cruiserweight title. Loren picked up a decision victory in his most recent outing against Artur Gorlov at Enfusion Live 40. Iftimoaie returned to the ring for the final bout of his professional career.
In the co-main event, featherweights collided when Romanian kickboxer Cristi Spectu faced the United Kingdom’s Mo Abdurahman.
The Superkombat New Heroes event streamed live at 1 p.m. ET on Fight Box. The main card aired live at 3 p.m. ET on Sport.ro and Eurosport.
Cristi Spetcu def. Mo Abdurahman by unanimous decision
Bogdan Nastase def. Dani Traore by TKO (injury). Round 2
Lucian Danilencu def. Vlad Grigore by unanimous decision
Antonio Plazibat def. Danut Hurduc by unanimous decision
Badri Traore def. Daniel Alexandru by unanimous decision