Published on 04 October 2013
From the country that basically invented Mixed Martial Arts by introducing Ancient Pancration into the Greek Olympic Games in 648 BC.
Find below the list of its young sons assigned to fight for their motherland’s glory in modern times.
-66 kg: Vasileios Karavasilis
Age: 18 y.o.
Background, Kickboxing, MMA
Length of training: 4 years
Coach: Ioannis Papaioannou
Accolades: 2012 Greek kickboxing championship junior (-18) – gold, 2013 Greek MMA Championship – bronze medal
-70 kg: Panagiotis Pageorgiou
Age: 22 y.o.
Background: MMA
Length of training: 4 years
Coach: Spiros Solomonidis
-84 kg: Panagiotis Stamoulis
Age: 21 y.o.
Background: kickboxing, grappling, MMA
Length of training: 2 years
Coach: Dimitris Dimitrou
Accolades: brown belt in kickboxing
-93 kg: Dionysios-Spyridon-Ioannis Ntozis
Age: 19 y.o.
Height: 195 cm
Background: BJJ, muay thai
Coach: Charalampos Liveris
Team: Leons MMA Academy “ZAKYNTHOS”
Accolades: 2013 Greek MMA Championship – gold
+93 kg: Georgios Katsinopoulos
Age: 33 y.o.
Height: 190 cm
Background: Karate, BJJ
Coach: Gannis Kakorakis, Pontelis Panagides
Accolades: 3-rd dan black belt in Shotokan Karate, National Team member; Purple Bell in BJJ, Muay thai red armband, Fila Grappling National Team member, World FILA Grappling Championship bronze medal, 7-time Greek grappling national championship (2004-2011), 2004 BJJ European champion, Karate Hellenic Armed Forces champion.
