Sergiano Herbert Cairo[1] (born 29 November 1982), better known as Redouan Cairo is a Surinamese-Dutch kickboxer fighting in the Superkombat Fighting Championship where he is the 2013 Superkombat World Grand Prix Tournament Runner-up. Also a Mixed martial artist, he is a former WAKO-Pro world cruiser heavyweight K-1 rules -94.1 kg champion.
He is ranked #10 light heavyweight kickboxer of the world by Liverkick.com.[2]
Career
Cairo was two times WAKO-Pro champion, intercontinental in 2011 and world in 2013.
He became WAKO-Pro K-1 rules Intercontinental Champion against Andrei Stoica after five round of fighting.[3] They had a rematch on Superkombat event in Podgorica, Montenegro on February 25, 2012. Originally, it was announced that Stoica defeated Cairo via decision after 3 rounds. However, SK officials overturned the decision to a no contest as the judges actually scored the bout a majority draw. Stoica had also caused controversy by referring to Cairo as "the nigger" in his post-fight interview. Stoica himself apologized for the mistake, blaming his poor command of English.[4][5]
On July 30, 2011, Cairo took on Dzianis Hancharonak in Las Vegas, NV, United States. The action started immediately and after scoring a knocked down twice in the second round, Cairo lost by TKO in round three.[6]
Also in Monaco, Cairo won his second WAKO-Pro title. This time against Zinedine Hameur-Lain by KO in fourth round.[7] His reign didn't last long as he lost title to Vladimir Mineev in Russia one month later.[8]
He rematched Sebastian Ciobanu at Superkombat World Grand Prix 2013 IV in Giurgiu, Romania on October 12, 2013, and won with a brutal knee KO in round three.[9][10][11]
He beat Jegish Yegoian by unanimous decision at the Superkombat World Grand Prix 2013 Final Elimination in Ploiești, Romania on November 9, 2013.[12][13]
He competed in the Superkombat World Grand Prix 2013 Final in Galați, Romania on December 21, 2013, beating Giannis Stoforidis via TKO due to a broken hand in the semi-finals before dropping a unanimous decision to Frank Muñoz after an extension round in the final.[14]
There was no winner in a rematch against Dzianis Hancharonak at Kickboxing Empire II in Las Vegas, Nevada, United States on March 8, 2014, as the fight ended up in draw.[15][16][17]
Surinamese
