Cristiana Stancu

Christiana "Mongol" Budica born Stancu (July 19, 1991)[1] is a Romanian mixed martial artist, karateka, boxer and kickboxer.

Christiana Mongol Budica
Christiana Mongol, World Kickboxing Champion, MMA Fighter, Painter.
BornCristiana-Mihaela Stancu
(1991-07-19) July 19, 1991
Romania
Other namesMongol
ResidenceSibiu, Romania
NationalityRomanian
Height174 cm (5 ft 9 in)
Weight64.0 kg (141 lb; 10 st 1 lb)
DivisionLightweight
StyleKyokushin karate, kempo, Sanda, boxing, kickboxing, MMA,
Fighting out ofBucharest, Romania
TeamMongol Team
Rank
  •   1st dan black belt in kempo awarded by Yoshiji Soeno
  •   1st dan black belt in Taekwondo awarded by Chang Ung
  •   1st dan black belt in Karatedo awarded by FRK
  •   3rd dan black belt in kempo awarded by Amatto Zaharia
  •   1st kyu brown belt in Kyokushin awarded by Loek Hollander
  •   1st kyu brown belt in Sei Budokai awarded by Leonardo Voinescu
Kickboxing record
Total13
Wins10
By knockout3
Losses3
By knockout0
Mixed martial arts record
Total4
Wins3
By knockout1
By submission1
Losses0
By knockout0
By submission0
Draws1
No contests0
Other information
Occupationfighter & artist
UniversitySacred Art at Faculty of Orthodox Theology
SpouseOctavian Budica
Medal record
Women's boxing
Representing the  Romania
European Amateur Boxing Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Bucharest -69kg
Women's wushu
Representing the  Romania
World Wushu Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Jakarta -70kg
Last updated on: 28 February 2015

Early life

Christiana was raised in Bucharest, Romania, born from a professional bowling player (mother) and a jujitsu martial artist (father). She had an early start in both martial arts and painting, her second profession, when her parents observed her talents since she was only three years old. She began her career in combat sports at age 9 while painting in the same complex in the capital, the father of one of her colleagues painting being a martial arts coach. She retired from her Kyokushin karate career after 9 glamorous years, to begin developing in the art of Kempo, and then start her Kickboxing and MMA career, being the first woman in Romania to ever enter a cage and win and international World Title under Igor Vovchanchyn. Later, Christiana would also pursue her boxing career.[2]

Fighting career

Kyokushin & Sei Budokai career

    • 2004 Kyokushin National Championship in Bucharest, Romania -45 kg Silver Medalist Silver
    • 2005 Sei Budokai National Championship in Bucharest, Romania -45 kg Gold Medalist Gold
    • 2006 Sei Budokai International Cup in Constanta, Romania -55 kg Gold Medalist Gold
    • 2006, 2007, 2008 Sei Budokai National Championship in Bucharest Romania -55 kg Gold Medalist Gold
    • 2007 Kyokushin National Championship Kumite & Kata in Bucharest, Romania -55 kg Gold Medalist Gold
    • 2007 Kyokushin World Women's Championships in Chiba, Japan -55 kg 8th place
    • 2008 Kyokushin National Championship Kumite in Bucharest, Romania -60 kg Gold Medalist Gold
    • 2008 Kyokushin National Championship Kata in Constanta, Romania Silver Medalist Silver
    • 2008 European Kyokushin Championships in Varna, Bulgaria Bronze Medalist Bronze
    • 2009 Kyokushin National Championship Kumite in Bucharest Romania -65 kg Gold Medalist Gold
    • 2009 World Women's Championships Kyokushin Karate in Chiba, Japan

SUPERKOMBAT Fighting Championship career

On February 26, 2015 it was announced that will compete in the first ever women's fight in SUPERKOMBAT history, bout scheduled March 7 against Annalisa Bucci at SUPERKOMBAT World Grand Prix I 2015 in Ploiești, Romania.[3]

Championships and accomplishments

Boxing

Wushu

Mixed martial arts

  • International Kempo Federation
    • 2015 Kempo Individual World Championship in Antalya, Turkey -65 kg Gold Medalist Gold
    • 2015 Kempo World Championships Forms, Kata in Antalya, Turkey Silver Medalist Silver
    • 2015 Kempo & WAC PRO ALLStyles BELT Women's World Championship in Vagos, Portugal -64 kg Gold Medalist Gold
    • 2014 IKF & FILA European Pankration Championships in Bucharest, Romania Silver Medalist Silver[5]
    • 2013 Shidokan & Kempo World Championships in Tokyo, Japan Bronze Medalist Bronze
    • 2012 IKF World MMA Championship in Tallinn, Estonia Semi-Professional Gold Medalist Gold[6]
    • 2012 9th IKF World Kempo Championships in Antalya, Turkey -60 kg Gold Medalist Gold[7]
    • 2012 IKF World Kempo Teams Championships in Torres Novas, Portugal Gold Medalist Gold[5]
    • 2011 IKF World Kempo Teams Championships in Antalya, Turkey Gold Medalist Gold[5]
    • 2011 1st IKF European Kempo MMA Championships in Yalta, Ukraine -65 kg Gold Medalist Gold[8]
    • 2010 IKF World Kempo Championships in Antalya, Turkey Full-Contact Gold Medalist Gold[5]
    • 2010 IKF World Kempo MMA Championships Gold Medalist Gold[5]

MMA record

3 Wins, 1 Draw
Professional record
Date Result OpponentEventLocation MethodRoundTime
2015-11-28drawCroatia Maja BritvicSUPERKOMBAT World Grand Prix 2015Turin, ItalyDecision (unanimous)35:00
2012-05-26WinItaly Valentina BorgognoniWMMAF World ChampionshipTallinn, EstonyTKO25:00
2012-07-27WinBulgaria Jaqueline IvanovaThe battle for RusseRusse, BulgariaTKO13:00
2011-06-25WinRomania Baba GabrielaKempo MMARomaniaDecision (2:1)33:00
Legend:   Win   Loss   Draw/No contest   Notes

Kickboxing record

10 Wins, 3 Loss
Professional record
Date Result OpponentEventLocation MethodRoundTime
2021-24-09WinRussia Maria ScopinovaFight4KO World Tournament World Muay Thay TitleAntalya, TurkeyUnanimous Decision33:00
2018-12-14LossItaly Cristina CarussoCOLOSSEUM TOURNAMENT WAKO ORG IXTimișoara, RomaniaSplit Decision53:00
2018-09-17WinNetherlands Ibtissam KassriouiCOLOSSEUM TOURNAMENT VIIIBucharest, RomaniaSplit Decision33:00
2018-05-24WinNetherlands Marleen OkxCOLOSSEUM TOURNAMENT TITANS BALKANS TITLE WMF & EUROPEAN TITLE EMC PROBucharest, RomaniaKO22:04
2018-02-23WinGreece Katerina AbdallaCOLOSSEUM TOURNAMENT "THE BATTLE DANUBIUS"Galati, RomaniaTKO11:30
2015-10-02LossUnited States Angela WhitleySUPERKOMBAT WORLD GRAND PRIX 2016Puerto Rico, USATKO33:00
2015-10-02WinItaly Irene MartensSUPERKOMBAT- WTKA World Title and WKA Intercontinental Title 2015Milan, ItalyDecision (unanimous)33:00
2015-08-01WinItaly Jessica PuglisiSUPERKOMBAT World Grand Prix IV 2015Constanța, RomaniaDecision (unanimous)33:00
2015-05-23WinTurkey Songül YılmazSUPERKOMBAT World Grand Prix II 2015Bucharest, RomaniaDecision (unanimous)33:00
2015-03-07LossItaly Annalisa BucciSUPERKOMBAT World Grand Prix I 2015Ploiești, RomaniaDecision33:00
2013-04-06WinRomania Alina GeorgescuKING AUTO CUP 2013Bucharest, RomaniaDecision (unanimous)33:00
2012-07-28WinRomania Radovicescu GeorgianaFIGHTING SPORT REVOLUTIONIlfov, RomaniaDecision (2:1)33:00
2012-03-17WinRomania Alice ArdeleanKICKBOXING CHALLENGESfantu Gheorghe, RomaniaDecision (unanimous)33:00
SUPERKOMBAT debut.
Legend:   Win   Loss   Draw/No contest   Notes

Life

WIN YOURSELF

She's specialist in iconography.[2] Some of her icons were sold over a thousand euros.[9]

Christiana took part in several kyokushin and kempo events in Japan, where she met Ray Sefo, Jayson Vemoa or the coaches of Francisco Filho and Glaube Feitosa becoming friends with all and learning from them. Her models are Benny Urquidez, Chuck Norris, Fedor Emelianenko. Portuguese champion José (Zé) Fortes also educated her on Muay Thai.[10]

Other

  • Journalism

Along with her spouse, Christiana has created the Societies Magazine, a cultural magazine in Romania, with a general view over the Romanian society and the foreign societies Romania is interacting. Also, she is the general editor for Sport Revolution Magazine, the best sports magazine in Romania.

Asian Games, Turkmenistan 2017. Christiana was a special reporter for the Indoor and Martial Arts Games, held in Ashgabad, Turkmenistan.

  • Motivational Speeches

She has been invited to speak in different events about her success story both life and sport. Because of her great speaking talent she influences in a positive way many people. Since 2015, she has been invited to the TEDxTalks stage and becomes a professional speaker, inspiring people from everywhere through this unique combination of professions and intellectual concerns alike.

  • Painting

She became a graduate in theology, Sacred Art, Iconographic Painting, with the work "The three ways of worship of the Holy Apostle and Evangelist Luke", for which she obtained the grade A. She supports her sports activity by painting, her works being sold in her native country and abroad. In 2022 she opened her first personal painting exhibition called "One way" having an amazing critics review and selling all her paintings

  • Prizes

-2015 Sports Person in Romania, awarded by Alexandrion Group

-2015 The Person of the Year in Sports, awarded by Cotidianul

-2016 Woman of the year, awarded by Lady Gala

-2018 Woman of the Year in Sports, awarded by DeBizz

-2018 Best Pro Fighter, awarded by DSTB

-2020 The Jury's Choice Special Prize Woman of the Year by Lumina International and FUNDATIA PRETUIESTE VIATA

-2021 Best Fighter Fihgt4KO IFMA Turkey, awarded Mali Production

-2021 Best Pro Fighter Thaiboxing Fight4KO WMC Thailand

  • Filmography
TERCHONO

She is noticed by the world of cinema, and in 2015 she films her first action role, the first music video in which she is the protagonist and obtains a contract as a stunt double for the main actress in an international film. In 2021, together with her husband, the historian and sports journalist, Octavian Budică, she is filming an independent project, Ter Chono - a Mongolian story, a short historical film that managed to collect international awards all over the world, in which Christiana plays the main role, that of the Mongolian warrior princess, Ter Chono. The film is based on an idea by Octavian Budică, who also produced the movie.

  • Prizes

-2022 World Premiere at Buffalo International Film Festival New York, USA

-2022 Best Short Movie, awarded by Centre Film Festival Pennsylvania, USA

-2022 Best Director, awarded by Ideal Film Festival India

-2022 Best Actress, awarded by Ideal Film Festival India

-2022 Best Short nominee, awarded by Weyauwega International Film Festival Wisconsin, USA

-2023 Best Director nominee by Wyoming International Film Festival Wyoming, USA

-2023 Best Shorts nominee by Maryland international Film Festival Maryland, USA

-2023 Best Actress nominee by Flowers Against Bullets Film Festival Wien, Austria

See also

References

  1. "ROMANIA". ewcbucharest2014.com. Archived from the original on 2015-02-28.
  2. "Pictoriţa din ring. Christiana Stancu, o luptătoare de succes pentru care arta şi sportul fac casă bună împreună" (in Romanian). Adevărul. 29 March 2014.
  3. "SUPERKOMBAT RETURNS ON MARCH 7 WITH A 5TH YEAR ANNIVERSARY CARD". SUPERKOMBAT Fighting Championship. February 26, 2015. Archived from the original on 2015-02-26.
  4. "9.European Women Championships - Bucharest, Romania - May 31 - June 7 2014". strefa.pl.
  5. "Cristiana Mihaela Stancu". interviurisportive.ro. Archived from the original on 2015-04-02. Retrieved 2015-02-28.
  6. "Video Gallery World MMA Championship, Estonia". kempoikf.com.
  7. "The 9th IKF World Kempo Championships 2012". kempoikf.com.
  8. "1-st IKF European Kempo MMA Championships 2011". kempoikf.com.
  9. "Christiana Stancu Superkombat Ploiesti". YouTube. 27 February 2015.
  10. "Profil de Luptător: Christiana "Mongol" Stancu" (in Romanian). Sport Revolution. 3 November 2014.
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