Sina Karimian

 ( Iranian Male Kickboxers ) 

Sina Karimian (born 23 January 1988) is an Iranian kickboxer. He currently competes in GLORY. He is the former K-1 Cruiserweight Champion.

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Kickboxing career Karimian participated in the 2018 K-1 WORLD GP Cruiserweight (−90 kg) Tournament. He beat OD.KEN in the quarter-finals with a fourth-round TKO. In the semi-finals he defeated K-Jee with a unanimous decision. He won a majority decision against Boubaker El Bakouri with a majority decision to become the inaugural K-1 Cruiserweight champion.

He made his first title defence against Hisaki Kato during . Karimian won a unanimous decision.

He made his second title defence in a rematch against Ryo Aitaka. Karimian won a unanimous decision.

Karimian fought K-Jee on 3 November 2020 during K-1 WGP Japan. He lost the fight by a first-round knockout.

Sina was scheduled to fight Seiya Tanigawa at K'Festa 4, but the event was later postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. He was instead scheduled to fight K-Jee at K'Festa 4 Day 2 for the K-1 WORLD GP Cruiserweight title. Sina won the fight by a second-round knockout, after being knocked down twice in the first round.

Karimian was scheduled to face the former K-1 heavyweight champion Kyotaro Fujimoto at on 20 September 2021. He won the fight by split decision, after an extra round was fought.

Karimian faced Rikiya Yamashita at THE MATCH 2022 on 19 June 2022. He won the fight by unanimous decision.

Karimian faced Kosuke Jitsukata at K-1 World GP 2022 Yokohamatsuri on September 11, 2022. He won the fight by a first-round knockout.

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Titles and accomplishments

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Professional

• K-1
• 2018 K-1 World GP −90 kg Championship Tournament Winner
• 2021 K-1 World GP −90 kg Championship
• Two successful defenses

• World Kickboxing Network
• 2017 WKN Oriental rules Super Cruiserweight (92.5kg) International Champion

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Amateur

• WKU Amateur World Heavyweight Champion
• IKN Amateur World Heavyweight Champion
• WKF Amateur World Heavyweight Champion
• 2017 IFMA Amateur Muaythai World Championship (91 kg) 3rd place.

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Kickboxing record |- bgcolor="#fbb" | 2025-04-05 || Loss ||align=left| Tomáš Možný|| Glory 99 - Last Heavyweight Standing, Opening Round || Rotterdam, Netherlands || Decision (Unanimous) || 3 || 3:00

|- bgcolor="#c5d2ea" | 2024-12-14 || NC ||align=left| Daichi Kimura || K-1 World Grand Prix 2024 Final || Tokyo, Japan || Doctor stop. (Low blow)|| 1 ||

|- style="background:#c5d2ea;" | 2024-10-05 || NC ||align=left| Claudio Istrate ||K-1 World GP 2024 in Osaka || Osaka, Japan || Doctor stop. (hit to back of the head)|| 1 || |- ! style=background:white colspan=9 |

|- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb" | 2024-03-20|| Loss ||align=left| Liu Ce || K-1 World MAX 2024 - World Tournament Opening Round || Tokyo, Japan || KO (Right hook) || 3 ||2:03 |- ! style=background:white colspan=9 |

|- style="background:#fbb" | 2023-09-10|| Loss ||align=left| Claudio Istrate || World Grand Prix Semifinals || Yokohama, Japan || Decision (Unanimous) || 3 || 3:00 |- style="background:#cfc" | 2023-09-10|| Win||align=left| Kerim Jemai|| World Grand Prix Quarterfinals || Yokohama, Japan || TKO (2 Knockdowns/Punches) || 3 ||1:35 |- style="background:#cfc" | 2022-12-03 || Win ||align=left| Carlos Budiao || K-1 World GP 2022 in Osaka || Osaka, Japan || DQ (Hit to the back of the head) ||2 || |- style="background:#cfc;" | 2022-09-11 || Win ||align=left| Kosuke Jitsukata || K-1 World GP 2022 Yokohamatsuri || Yokohama, Japan || KO (Punches) || 1 || 1:21 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 2022-06-19 || Win ||align=left| Rikiya Yamashita || THE MATCH 2022 || Tokyo, Japan || Decision (Unanimous) || 3 || 3:00 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 2021-09-20 || Win ||align=left| Kyotaro Fujimoto || || Yokohama, Japan || Ext. R. Decision (Split) || 4 ||3:00 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 2021-03-28|| Win ||align=left| K-Jee || K'Festa 4 Day 2 || Tokyo, Japan || KO (Spinning back fist) || 2 || 0:26 |- ! style=background:white colspan=9 | |- style="background:#fbb;" | 2020-11-03|| Loss ||align=left| K-Jee || K-1 World GP 2020 in Fukuoka || Fukuoka, Japan || TKO (corner stoppage) || 1 || |- ! style=background:white colspan=9 | |- style="background:#cfc;" | 2020-03-22|| Win ||align=left| Ryo Aitaka || || Saitama, Japan || Decision (Unanimous)|| 3|| 3:00 |- ! style=background:white colspan=9 | |- style="background:#fbb;" | 2019-08-24|| Loss ||align=left| Ryo Aitaka || || Osaka, Japan || KO (Right overhand) || 3 || 2:08 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 2019-03-10|| Win ||align=left| Hisaki Kato |||| Saitama, Japan || Decision (Unanimous) || 3 || 3:00 |- ! style=background:white colspan=9 | |- style="background:#cfc;" | 2018-09-24|| Win ||align=left| Boubaker El Bakouri|| , Final || Tokyo, Japan || Decision (Majority) || 3 || 3:00 |- ! style=background:white colspan=9 | |- style="background:#cfc;" | 2018-09-24|| Win ||align=left| K-Jee || , Semi-finals || Tokyo, Japan || Decision (Unanimous) || 3 || 3:00 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 2018-09-24|| Win ||align=left| OD.KEN || , Quarter-finals || Tokyo, Japan || TKO (ref. stop) || 4 || 3:00

|- style="background:#cfc;" | 2017-03-10 || Win ||align=left| Neil Aquino || WKN Iran: World Cup 2017|| Teheran, Iran || KO|| 2 || |- ! style=background:white colspan=9 | |- | colspan=9 | Legend:

|- style="background:#fbb;" | 2017-05-10|| Loss||align=left| Jakub Klauda || 2017 IFMA World Championships, Semi-final || Minsk, Belarus || RSO || 2 || |- ! style=background:white colspan=9 |

|- | colspan=9 | Legend:

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Mixed martial arts record |- |Win |align=center|1–0 |Hidetaka Arato |Decision (unanimous) |Rizin Landmark 11 | |align=center|3 |align=center|5:00 |Sapporo, Japan |

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Exhibition boxing record

2		0–1	Kouzi		3
1	Loss	0–1	Rukiya Anpo	UD	6	Dec 31, 2024

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See also

• List of male kickboxers

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