Cătălin Moroșanu

Career

Moroșanu began kickboxing professionally in 2005 after a short rugby career, competing mainly in Local Kombat. He made his K-1 debut on April 5, 2007, against Stefan Leko, losing by unanimous decision. He then won three more Local Kombat fights that year.

In 2008, he entered the K-1 European Grand Prix, defeating Erhan Deniz by unanimous decision in an extra round before being knocked out by Freddy Kemayo in the quarter-finals. Later that year, he knocked out Junichi Sawayashiki in Taipei and avenged his loss to Kemayo by unanimous decision at Local Kombat 31. He ended 2008 by winning the WKN Intercontinental Heavyweight Championship against Gary Goodridge, who quit on his stool after two rounds.

Outside the ring

Moroșanu is married with one daughter and holds a bachelor's degree in Law. He owns a kickboxing gym in Romania. The K-1 promotion created a fictional image of him as a crop farmer, showing him driving an old tractor in a promotional clip.

Another clip depicted him drinking and promoting a brand of wine, presented as his own signature line. He won the first season of the Romanian version of I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! on March 8, 2015. He also won season 9 of the local Dancing with the Stars, earning 60,000 Euros for his dancing partner.

Did You Know?

• Moroșanu still holds the record for longest winning streak in SUPERKOMBAT history with 17 consecutive wins, started in 2011 and ended in a controversial loss to Daniel Sam in 2016.
• He was disqualified at the K-1 World Grand Prix 2009 in Seoul Final 16 after hitting Taiei Kin with a two-punch flurry after the round-ending bell had sounded.
• In 2017, Disney Pixar chose Moroșanu to provide the Romanian voice of a local from the animated movie Coco.