Stavros Exakoustidis (born 3 July 1987) is a Greek kickboxer fighting in the super featherweight division of K-1.
Kickboxing career
Early career
Superkombat Fighting Championship
Exakoustidis was scheduled to challenge Qasim Nisar for the ICO Professional World Super Lightweight title at Full Contact on November 23, 2014. He lost the fight by unanimous decision.[1]
Exakoustidis was scheduled to face Nikos Hysen at Best fighter 2015 on February 21, 2015.[2] He lost the fight by unanimous decision.
Exakoustidis returned to winning ways by defeating Pietro Doorje by decision at Gladiator Nights 9 on April 7, 2015.[3] He was next scheduled to face Cristian Spetcu at SUPERKOMBAT World Grand Prix II on May 7, 2016.[4] Exakoustidis won the fight by unanimous decision. Exakoustidis was scheduled to face Deng Zeqi at Glory of Heroes 4 on August 6, 2016.[5] He won the fight by a second-round technical knockout. The two of them fought at immediate rematch at Glory of Heroes 6 on January 14, 2017. Zeqi won the rematch by a second-round technical knockout.[6]
K-1
Exakoustidis was scheduled to make his K-1 debut against Taiga Kawabe at K-1 World GP 2017 Welterweight Championship Tournament on September 18, 2017. He won the fight by a first-round technical knockout.[7]
Exakoustidis then returned to his native Greece to challenge Jonathan Invernino for the ICO Professional World Super Lightweight title at Open Championship on March 16, 2019. He won the fight by a first-round technical knockout.[11]
Exakoustidis was scheduled to face Toshi at GRACHAN 40 × BFC vol.3 on June 2, 2019.[12] He won the fight by a second-round technical knockout.[13]
Exakoustidis faced Tomoya Yokoyama in the 2022 K-1 Super Featherweight World Grand Prix at K-1 World GP 2022 Yokohamatsuri on September 11, 2022. He stepped in as a replacement for Bailey Sugden, who withdrew with an injury.[15] He lost the fight by a third-round knockout.[16]
Titles and accomplishments
2019 ICO Professional World Super Lightweight Champion[17]