Igor Jurković

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Igor Jurković
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Born Igor Jurković
(1985-07-15) July 15, 1985 (age 39)
Poreč, Croatia
Other names The Istrian Warrior
Nationality Croatian
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Weight 93.8 kg (207 lb; 14 st 11 lb)
Division Light heavyweight
Heavyweight
Reach 74.0 in (188 cm)
Style Kickboxing, Muay Thai
Stance Southpaw
Fighting out of Poreč, Croatia
Breda, Netherlands
Team King Porec
Golden Glory
Trainer Leo Komšić
Cor Hemmers
Kickboxing record
Total 61
Wins 51
By knockout 31
Losses 10
By knockout 2
Medal record
Men’s Kickboxing
Representing  Croatia
W.A.K.O. World Amateur Championships
Gold medal – first place 2005 Agadir Heavyweight
Silver medal – second place 2006 Belgrade Heavyweight
W.A.K.O. European Amateur Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2006 Skopje Heavyweight
Bronze medal – third place 2004 Budva Cruiserweight
last updated on: May 3, 2014

Igor Jurković (born 15 July 1985) is a Croatian heavyweight kickboxer fighting out of Poreč, Croatia. He was 6 times Croatian national champion 2004, 2005, 2006 in Thai boxing, and kickboxing champion 2005 in full contact, 2005 and 2006 in low kick rules, and also was sparring partner of Mirko Cro Cop. He has fought in K-1 and he is under contract with Glory promotion.

As of 2 November 2015, he is ranked the #8 light heavyweight in the world by GLORY.[1]

Biography and Career

Igor "The Istrian Warrior"[2] Jurković was born in the city of Poreč, Croatia. He started kickboxing after watching Mirko Filipović knocking out Mike Bernardo, and as Bernardo was falling down, a new kickboxer, decisive to continue Croatian kickbox glory was rising. Igor was six time Croatian kickboxing champion, also W.A.K.O. amateur world champion under Muay Thai rules, also winning bronze and silver medals on other W.A.K.O. championships.[3]

"Le Grand Tournoi"
He was K-1 Rules "Le Grand Tournoi" 2006 champion.[4] He had a walkthrough in quarter finals because Frédérique Bellonie, last year's champion, suffered injury before tournament. In semi finals he defeated Frédéric Sinistra and won tournament defeating Magomed Magomedov in the final. Tournament was promoted by the K-1 organisation, it was only a prize tournament, not a K-1 qualifying tournament. After that he had a break in his career because of injury sustained while falling off the motorcycle, but successfully returned to kickboxing and won few international tournaments.[5][6]

Gloden Glory
In 2011 he signed for Golden Glory, and successfully passed his first test on United Glory 14 event. He knocked down Pavel Zhuravlev in the first round, in the second round he dropped Pavel and broke his nose, causing ringside doctor to stop the fight.[7] After the fight Head Kick Legend magazine ranked Jurkovic as 20. heavyweight kickboxer on August 2011.[8][9] He "sneaked" there due to a Win against Zhuravlev.

It was later announced that Jurković is scheduled to participate on K-1 World Grand Prix 2011 in Nanjing Final 16 on October 29. 2011, however the event was canceled as K-1 was suffering from financial problems.[10][11]

2012

On 10 March 2012 he made another big step defeating Freddy Kemayo on "Cro Cop Final Fight", he won in a close fight after extra round.[12][13]

He was expected to fight Ali Cenik[14] on United Glory 15, but it was later changed and he faced Zabit Samedov, losing the fight via unanimous decision after suffering first round knockdown. Later in the fight Jurković was at least equal fighter, but knockdown was enough for Samedov to take deserved victory.[15] In an interview after the fight he said that he was not ready for two tough fights in that short time.[16]

He was scheduled to fight for the championship belt of Cristian Bosch under WBC Muaythai organisation, but he gave up because he was also scheduled to fight in the Glory summer tournament that was planned to happen in Ukraine but cancelled. In an interview Jurković said that he was sorry he could not fight for the belt as he believed that he could take it easily, and that he was never into Muay Thai but he felt the belt would have suited him.[16]

Glory World Series have announced a Glory grand Slam heavyweight 16 man, one-night, single-elimination tournament event in Tokyo, Japan in December, and Igor is expected to be one of 16 participants.[17]

October 6, 2012, Brussels, Belgium, Glory 2, it was last test before Glory Heavyweight Grand Slam, and another great victory. This time against Gregory Tony. Power advantage was on Jurković's side at the very beginning of the fight, his quick distance closing and power hooks were too much for French opponent. In the second round, after a punch Gregory's hand suffered a fracture, an old injury witch reopened. But that does not diminish Jurković's victory, which was achieved with many powerful body shoots. Three knockdowns in round two and referee stops the fight.[18]

Glory Heavyweight Grand Slam
He competed in the sixteen-man 2012 Glory Heavyweight Grand Slam at Glory 4: Tokyo - 2012 Heavyweight Grand Slam in Saitama, Japan on December 31, 2012. At the opening stage, he faced Anderson "Braddock" Silva and gave up ten kilograms in weight.[19] He lost via TKO when the referee stopped the bout in round one after he was floored twice.[20][21]

2013

On 19 April 2013, Jurković vs. Cătinaș lived up to the expectations of many of the kickboxing fans that were in attendance at FFC03: Jurković vs. Cătinaș in Split, Croatia. A ton of damage was dished out over the course of the fight between both fighters and Igor Jurković won on a unanimous third round decision in a fight that could have gone either way. After the fight he said that he didn't want to disappoint public and organisation despite breaking his fist in training.[22][23][24]

After refusing to fight at Glory 9: New York, because wanted to fight in his hometown Poreč he fought Dževad Poturak at FFC06: Jurković vs. Poturak on June 14, 2013. Jurković dominated all three rounds and deservedly took unanimous decision win.[25][26][27][28][29]

He fought Jhonata Diniz at Glory 12: New York - Lightweight World Championship Tournament in New York City on November 23, 2013 and lost the fight by first round TKO. He looked good at the beginning of the fight but got too aggressive when Diniz dropped him with a punch, Igor continued to fight but Diniz finished the job.[30][31][32][33][34][35]

2014

He faced Michael Duut at Glory 14 event in Zagreb, Croatia on March 8, 2014. Jurković dropped weight and fought in Glory light heavyweight division. He dropped Duut with punches two times in round one, and referee stopped the fight at 1:14.[36][37]

He defeated Jovan Kaluđerović early in round one at FFC11: Jurković vs. Kaluđerović in Osijek, Croatia on April 4, 2014 in the main event of the night. Igor was checked with right cross early in the round but recovered and dropped Jovan with punch-knee combination. Finished the fight with few liver kicks at the time of 1:47.[38][39]

He suffered quite a convincing defeat via UD at Glory 16: Denver by Artem Vakhitov in Broomfield, Colorado, United States on May 3, 2014. While focusing on leg kicks he was outclassed by Vakhitov's boxing and suffered first round knockdown. After the fight Igor said “I lost by judges’ decision, but it will not demotivate me. This is now behind me, the mach was OK, but I was not myself. I was slow and I did not have an answer to his combinations”.[40][41][42]

Before break he will once again fight at FFC13 in a main event of the evening against Luis Tavares on June 6, 2014 in Zadar, Croatia.[43]

Titles

Professional

  • 2014 FFC Light Heavyweight Champion (-95 kg) [44]
  • 2010 International Open Muay Thai Cup BiH 2010 Tournament Champion
  • 2006 K-1 Rules "Le Grand Tournoi" Champion -100 kg
  • 2005 King's Birthday WMC-S1 Championship Tournament Runner-up -90 kg

Amateur

  • 2010 Serbia Open 2010 Tournament Champion (Low-kick rules)
  • 2010 Croatian Kickboxing Championships Silver +91 kg (Low-kick rules)
  • 2007 W.A.K.O. World Championships Silver -91 kg (Low-Kick Rules)
  • 2006 W.A.K.O. European Championships Bronze -91 kg (Thai-Boxing Rules)
  • 2006 Croatian Kickboxing Championships Gold (Low-kick rules)
  • 2006 Croatian Thai-Boxing Championships Gold
  • 2005 W.A.K.O. World Championships Gold -91 kg (Thai-Boxing Rules)
  • 2005 Croatian Kickboxing Championships Gold -86 kg (Low-kick rules)
  • 2005 Croatian Kickboxing Championships Gold -86 kg (Full contact rules)
  • 2005 Croatian Muay Thai Championships Gold -86 kg
  • 2004 W.A.K.O. European Championships Bronze -86 kg (Thai-Boxing Rules)
  • 2004 Croatian Thai-Boxing Championships Gold -86 kg

Kickboxing record

Professional Kickboxing Record
28 Wins (14 (T)KO's, 14 Decisions), 7 Losses
Date Result Opponent Event Location Method Round Time Record
2014-11-21 Win Netherlands Dennis Stolzenbach FFC15: Poreč Poreč, Croatia Decision (unanimous) 3 3:00 28-7
Wins Vacant FFC Light Heavyweight Championship (-95kg).
2014-06-06 Win Cape Verde Luis Tavares FFC13: Jurković vs. Tavares Zara, Croatia Decision (unanimous) 3 3:00 27-7
2014-05-03 Loss Russia Artem Vakhitov Glory 16: Denver Broomfield, Colorado, USA Decision (unanimous) 3 3:00 26-7
2014-04-04 Win Serbia Jovan Kaluđerović FFC11: Jurković vs. Kaluđerović Osijek, Croatia KO (Liver Kick) 1 1:47 26-6
2014-03-08 Win Netherlands Michael Duut Glory 14: Zagreb Zagreb, Croatia KO 1 1:14 25-6
Dropped his weight division from heavyweight to light heavyweight (-95kg).
2013-11-23 Loss Brazil Jhonata Diniz Glory 12: New York New York City, New York, USA TKO (right hook) 1 1:59 24-6
2013-06-14 Win Bosnia and Herzegovina Dževad Poturak FFC06: Jurković vs. Poturak Poreč, Croatia Decision (Unanimous) 3 3:00 24-5
2013-04-19 Win Romania Raul Cătinaș FFC03: Jurković vs. Cătinaș Split, Croatia Decision (Unanimous) 3 3:00 23-5
2012-12-31 Loss Brazil Anderson Silva Glory 4: Tokyo - Heavyweight Grand Slam Tournament, First 16 Saitama, Japan TKO (Referee Stoppage) 1 1:29 22-5
2012-10-06 Win France Gregory Tony Glory 2: Brussels Brussels, Belgium TKO (Ref Stop/3 Knockdowns) 2 2:40 22-4
2012-03-23 Loss Azerbaijan Zabit Samedov United Glory 15 Moscow, Russia Decision (Unanimous) 3 3:00 21-4
2012-03-10 Win France Freddy Kemayo Cro Cop Final Fight Zagreb, Croatia Ext. R. Decision (Majority) 4 3:00 21-3
2011-11-05 Win Slovenia Tomaž Simonič Nova Gorica Fight Night 2 Nova Gorica, Slovenia TKO (Body shot) 2 20-3
2011-05-28 Win Ukraine Pavel Zhuravlev United Glory 14: 2010-2011 World Series Finals Moscow, Russia TKO (Doctor stoppage) 2 0:20 19-3
2011-04-17 Win Montenegro Goran Radonjić WFC 13: Heavy Hitters Belgrade, Serbia Decision (Unanimous) 3 3:00 18-3
2011-02-25 Win Italy Mattia Fonte Basso Trieste Fight Night Trieste, Italy TKO (Ref Stoppage) 3 17-3
2010-12-09 Win Russia Vladimir Mineev WFC 12: Proteini.si Showtime Ljubljana, Slovenia Ext. R. Decision 4 3:00 16-3
2010-10-29 Win Bosnia and Herzegovina Nermin Halilovic Sarajevo Fight Night 2 Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina TKO (High kick) 1 15-3
2010-09-26 Win Croatia Ante Verunica Memorijal Ludviga Lutka Pavlovića, final Ljubuski, Bosnia and Herzegovina Decision (Split) 3 3:00 14-3
Wins International Open Muay Thai Cup BiH 2010.
2010-09-26 Win Hungary Tihamer Brunner Memorijal Ludviga Lutka Pavlovića, semi finals Ljubuski, Bosnia and Herzegovina TKO (Broken elbow) 2 13-3
2010-07-31 Win Bosnia and Herzegovina Muamer Tufekčić WFC 11: Bash at the Beach Portoroz, Slovenia Decision 3 3:00 12-3
2010-07-09 Loss Croatia Marin Došen Mega Fight Umag, Croatia Decision 3 3:00 11-3
2010-04-18 Win Croatia Igor Mihaljević 5. Kickboxing memorijal "David Šain" Poreč, Croatia TKO (Leg injury) 2 11-2
2010-03-20 Win Bosnia and Herzegovina Adis Dadović Noć Šampiona Zenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina KO (High kick) 2 10-2
2009-12-23 Win Bosnia and Herzegovina Sanid Imamović Noć Boksa [45] Zara, Croatia KO 1 9-2
2007-03-16 Win Serbia Mario Milosavljević Obračun na 4 rijeke - Noć gladijatora Karlovac, Croatia KO (High kick) 1 8-2
2006-10-15 Win Serbia Dragan Jovanović Hrvatska - Srbija Osijek, Croatia Decision (Unanimous) 3 3:00 7-2
2006-05-26 Win Russia Magomed Magomedov K-1 Rules "Le Grand Tournoi" 2006, Final Paris, France Decision 3 3:00 6-2
Wins K-1 Rules "Le Grand Tournoi" 2006 Tournament.[46]
2006-05-26 Win Belgium Frédéric Sinistra K-1 Rules Le Grand Tournoi 2006, Semi Finals Paris, France KO (High Kick) 3 5-2
Had walktrough in quarter finals as Frédérique Bellonie was injured.
2006-04-15 Win Croatia Josip Ivanisic 1. Kickboxing memorijal "David Šain" Poreč, Croatia Decision 3 3:00 4-2
2005-12-05 Loss Russia Magomed Magomedov King's Birthday S-1 Championship, Final Bangkok, Thailand Decision 3 3:00 3-2
For King's Birthday S-1 Championship -90 kg.[47]
2005-12-05 Win Iran Iszmir King's Birthday S-1 Championship, Semi Finals Bangkok, Thailand KO 3-1
2005-07-22 Win Croatia Ivan Stanić Gold Liga Mali Losinj, Croatia 2-1
2005-06-24 Loss Czech Republic Tomáš Hron Fighters' Night Krupka, Czech Republic Decision 5 2:00 1-1
2005-01-14 Win Bosnia and Herzegovina Bojan Glavaš Sokol Kup - Gold Liga Pula, Croatia Decision 3 3:00 1-0

Legend:       Win       Loss       Draw/No contest       Notes
Amateur Kickboxing Record
23 Wins (16 (T)KO's, 7 Decisions), 3 Losses
Date Result Opponent Event Location Method Round Time
2010-05-01 Loss Croatia Ante Verunica Croatian Kickboxing Championship, Low-Kick +91 kg Final Šibenik, Croatia
Wins Croatian Kickboxing Low-Kick Championship Silver Medal +91 kg.[48]
2010-05-01 Win Croatia N/A Croatian Kickboxing Championship, Low-Kick +91 kg Semi Finals Šibenik, Croatia
2010-01-31 Win Serbia Mladen Božić Serbia Open 2010, Final Beograd, Serbia Decision (Unanimous) 3 2:00
Wins Serbia Open tournament. He was given the trophy "Zoran Šijan" as the best fighter of the tournament.
2010-01-30 Win Serbia Srdjan Seleš Serbia Open 2010, Semi Finals Beograd, Serbia Decision (Unanimous) 3 2:00
2010-01-30 Win Republic of Macedonia Filip Boranijev Serbia Open 2010, Quarter Finals Beograd, Serbia KO 3
2007-09-30 Loss Belarus Yauhen Anhalevich W.A.K.O World Championships 2007, Low-Kick Final -91 kg Belgrade, Serbia Decision (Split) 3 2:00
Wins W.A.K.O. World Championship '07 Low-Kick Silver Medal -91 kg.
2007-09-?? Win Russia Dmitriy Antonenko W.A.K.O World Championships 2007, Low-Kick Semi Final -91 kg Belgrade, Serbia Decision (Split) 3 2:00
2007-09-?? Win Italy Umberto Lucci W.A.K.O World Championships 2007, Low-Kick Quarter Finals -91 kg Belgrade, Serbia Decision (Unanimous) 3 2:00
2007-09-?? Win South Africa Pete Motaung W.A.K.O World Championships 2007, Low-Kick 1st Round -91 kg Belgrade, Serbia KO 1
2006-11-?? Win Bosnia and Herzegovina Dalibor Krsic W.A.K.O European Championships 2006, Thai-Boxing Quarter Finals -91 kg Skopje, Macedonia KO 2
Wins W.A.K.O. World Championship '06 Thai-Boxing Bronze Medal -91 kg; Jurković withdrew because of injury.
2006-02-26 Win Croatia Vladimir Čelar Croatian Kickboxing Championship, Thai-Boxing -91 kg Final Zadar, Croatia Decision 3 2:00
Wins Croatian Kickboxing Thai-Boxing Championship Gold Medal -91 kg.[49]
2005-09-?? Win Russia Alexei Shevtsova W.A.K.O World Championships 2005, Thai-Boxing Final -91 kg Agadir, Morocco Decision 3 2:00
Wins W.A.K.O. World Championship '05 Thai-Boxing Gold Medal -91 kg.
2005-09-22 Win Belarus Andrei Malchanau W.A.K.O World Championships 2005, Thai-Boxing Semi Finals -91 kg Agadir, Morocco
2005-04-05 Win Croatia Marin Roso Croatian Kickboxing Championship, Low-Kick -86 kg Final Rijeka, Croatia KO 1
Wins Croatian Kickboxing Low-Kick Championship Gold Medal -86 kg.[50][51]
2005-04-05 Win Croatia Tomislav Jurić Croatian Kickboxing Championship, Low-Kick -86 kg Semi Finals Rijeka, Croatia KO
2005-04-05 Win Croatia N/A Croatian Kickboxing Championship, Low-Kick -86 kg Quarter Finals Rijeka, Croatia KO
2005-03-05 Win Croatia Dragan Kuzmić Croatian Kickboxing Championship, Full-Contact -86 kg Final Zagreb, Croatia RTD 2
Wins Croatian Kickboxing Full-Contact Championship Gold Medal -86 kg.[52]
2005-03-05 Win Croatia N/A Croatian Kickboxing Championship, Full-Contact -86 kg Semi Finals Zagreb, Croatia
2004-10-?? Loss Belarus Yauhen Anhalevich W.A.K.O European Championships 2004, Thai-Boxing Semi Finals -86 kg Budva, Montenegro Decision (Split) 3 2:00
Wins W.A.K.O. World Championship '04 Thai-Boxing Bronze Medal -86 kg.
2004-10-?? Win Poland Pawel Jasinski W.A.K.O European Championships 2004, Thai-Boxing Quarter Finals -86 kg Budva, Montenegro Decision (Unanimous) 3 2:00
2004-05-16 Win Croatia Dean Deanović Croatian Kickboxing Championship, Thai-Boxing -86 kg Final Osijek, Croatia
Wins Croatian Kickboxing Thai-Boxing Championship Gold Medal -86 kg.[53]
2004-05-16 Win Croatia N/A Croatian Kickboxing Championship, Thai-Boxing -86 kg Semi Finals Osijek, Croatia

Legend:       Win       Loss       Draw/No contest       Notes

See also

References

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  24. ↑ Jurković: I broke my fist in training, but I think I didn’t disappoint anyone!
  25. ↑ Jurković: I ditched New York to fight Poturak
  26. ↑ Final Fight 06: Gerges vs. Zhuravlev on June 14th
  27. ↑ Gerges u fantastičnom meču pobijedio Zhuravleva, Jurković nastavlja put prema vrhu FFC-a(Croatian)
  28. ↑ Final Fight 06 Results
  29. ↑ FFC 6 Results: Hesdy Gerges Defeats Pavel Zhuravlev, Jurkovic Victorious Against Dzeved Poturak
  30. ↑ Main Event for GLORY 12 Unveiled: Joe Schilling vs. Wayne Barrett
  31. ↑ 2 more fights confirmed for Glory 12 including Joe Schilling vs. Wayne Barrett headliner
  32. ↑ Glory 12: Igor Jurković doživio TKO poraz, Ristie šokirao i s dva nokauta osvojio turnir (GIF)(Croatian)
  33. ↑ Glory 12 Live Results and Updates
  34. ↑ Remy Bonjasky Walks Away With Controversial Decision Over ‘Cro Cop’ at Glory 14
  35. ↑ Glory 14 Results and Recap
  36. ↑ Otkriveno: Igor Jurković protiv Michaela Duuta na Gloryju 14 u Zagrebu!(Croatian)
  37. ↑ Mirko Filipović poražen kontroverznom odlukom sudaca, ostali sunarodnjaci brutalni(Croatian)
  38. ↑ Igor Jurković uskočio u glavnu ulogu FFC-a 11 u Osijeku!(Croatian)
  39. ↑ Jurković slavio nokautom, Veseli svladao Živkovića u borbi večeri(Croatian)
  40. ↑ UFC Veteran Pat Barry Suffers First-Round Knockout Loss to Zack Mwekassa at Glory 16
  41. ↑ Glory 16 Results
  42. ↑ Jurković: I wasn’t myself
  43. ↑ Jurković najavio još jednu borbu pa odmor(Croatian)
  44. ↑ FFC 15 kickboks: Jurković osvojio pojas prvaka, Kujundžićev poraz šokirao Žatiku(Croatian)
  45. ↑ “Noć boksa”: pet borbi, pet nokauta(Croatian)
  46. ↑ POREČAN IGOR JURKOVIĆ U PARIZU OSVOJIO NAJPRESTIŽNIJI PROFESIONALNI POZIVNI SVJETSKI KICKBOXING K-1 TURNIR(Croatian)
  47. ↑ PRESTIŽNI TURNIR U TAJLANDSKOM BOKSU(Croatian)
  48. ↑ Prvomajski kickboxing u Šibeniku(Croatian)
  49. ↑ PRVENSTVO HRVATSKE U THAI-KICKBOXINGU(Croatian)
  50. ↑ ODR®ANO HRVATSKO PRVENSTVO U LOW KICKU(Croatian)
  51. ↑ Izvrsni rezultati porečkih Kick boxing boraca(Croatian)
  52. ↑ Prvenstva u Zagrebu(Croatian)
  53. ↑ Održano hrvatsko prvenstvo u tri discipline kickboxinga(Croatian)

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