Luciro Dioshardor

Luciro Dioshardor (born 4 April 1989) is a retired Caphirian professional gladiator, pugură boxer, kickboxer, and martial artist. Often regarded as one of the most prolific combat athletes in the world, he is a former four-time GCL Heavyweight Champion, two-time GCL Ultraweight Champion, 8-time SKL Heavyweight Champion, 11-time World Heavyweight Kickboxing Champion, and 5-time GK MASTERs Grand Prix Champion. Dioshardor holds many combat sports records in the heavyweight division, including the most title defenses, most wins, longest win streak, and he holds many records outside of his division including most wins, most wins by knockout, longest win streak, and more.

Dioshardor made his professional combat sports debut in 2005 and retired from active competition in 2028. Over his 22-year career, Dioshardor has only lost by knockout twice, having avenged both of those losses in subsequent rematches. With a professional record of 187-18 including 106 wins by knockout, Dioshardor is ranked as the greatest heavyweight combat athlete of all time, and some have him as one of the greatest in modern history. Dioshardor was noted for his physique, normally weighing in at around 260 lbs, but he also had an exciting fighting style and displayed a level of athleticism and precision unheard of for a man of his size. After his retirement, he launched the Dioshardor brand, which sells supplements, fitness programs, athleisure clothing, and more.

Dioshardor is one of the most widely-recognized and popular combat athletes in modern Caphirian history. He was a box office sensation, having competed in some of the bestselling pay-per-view events in combat sports history. He was inducted into the Guild of Gladiators hall of fame in 2026, the Pugură Boxing Hall of Fame in 2028, and will headline the 2034 Combat Sports Hall of Fame. Dioshardor is a watch aficionado (with a collection valued at over $40 million), vintage car collector (with over 22 one-one-one vehicles), and owns property in Caphiria, Cartadania, Burgundie, Yonderre, and Oyashima.

Early life
Dioshardor was born on 4 April 1989 in Atucandica, a rural city in the mountainous region of the Province of Pescorto in the south-east of Caphiria. He was raised in a working-class family with his sister, who is three years younger. His father, Giano Osvasido (b. 1949), was a veteran of the Imperial Legion, and his mother, Xócharu Adesa (b. 1970), was a champion joaner at the Mendarecara Riding School.

Dioshardor grew up training in track and field, namely the shorter distance events (100m, 200m, and 400m dashes) however when he was 11 years old, his parents divorced and he moved with his mother and younger sister to Prisamarina, a city in the Ulunkheria region of Tierrador. As a child, Dioshardor started training martial arts with his younger sister Imaría in order to defend himself from bullying. Dioshardor's father became ill and when Dioshardor was 16 he went back to Atucandica to visit him. His father is to have replied "I don't think you will be a special soldier such as myself. I failed to pass on the instinct of a true warrior...but I believe you will be a good fighter one day. So you don't have to spend your youth in the Legion, I release you. I want from you: you to train twice a day, longer and harder than any other. And I want you to make your country and your homeland proud one day." Dioshardor has described this as one of the best days of his life. After this, he embarked on a career in professional kickboxing. initially he did not like the sport, as he was routinely beaten by more experienced students, but he changed his mind when he met Barco Sangherati - a popular Caphirian kickboxer, after which he fully dedicated himself to training.

Kickboxing career
Dioshardor had his first amateur kickboxing fight at the age of 17 while working also as a bouncer and model. He fought 12 times, winning the first 7 matches by knockout, 5 in the first round, and losing his final two fights.His first professional kickboxing fight was at the age of 20, against Armete Sancerosiano who he defeated by KO in the first round. Dioshardor fought 18 more times, all first-round stoppages, until he was signed to his first pro kickboxing contract with Etors Fight Club. While fighting with Etors, Dioshardor's record was 48–5 (31 KO's).

In 2011, Dioshardor was selected by fan voting to appear in the 2012 Global Kickboxing MASTER Grand Prix and shocked the kickboxing world by achieving a huge upset by knocking out legendary three-time MASTERs champion, Honzio Orubelli, in the first round. Dioshardor would go on to compete in the 2012 GK MASTER finals but lose to Chelogi Veri, suffering his first KO loss. Dioshardor then fought 18 times in 3 years, increasing his already impressive record to 67-6.

Dioshardor competed and won the 2015 GK MASTER Grand Prix after defeating Vinder Lazarescu in overtime. Dioshardor also competed and won the 2016, 2017, 2018, and 2019 GK MASTER Grand Prix.

In late 2017, Dioshardor signed an exclusive 15-fight deal with CRUDEX, a well-known combat sports promotion based in Venceia. His first scheduled fight was on 22 January 2018 against Ivan Rabadán, who he stopped in round 2 via liver shot. His next fight was on 18 April 2018 against rising star Pierandreo Alban. During his fight with Alban, Dioshardor suffered a torn pec injury in the 3rd round and lost via doctor's stoppage. Dioshardor underwent successful surgery in May 2018 and was inactive from combat sports for 14 months.

Pro wrestling
While recovering from his injury in mid-2018, Dioshardor had several meetings with Arsenne de Manne, an executive of the Federation Rasslin Yonderre (FRY), one of the largest professional wrestling organizations in the world. Photos began circulating of Dioshardor training with FRY Hall of Famer DiMarco and FRY World Heavyweight Champion Rodrio Bigni, which led to Dioshardor making several crowd appearances on Friday Night Heat. This culminated with Dioshardor making his first on-stage appearance at 2019 Total Anarchy where he saved Fulcaire from The Hitman Crew. Dioshardor's surprise appearance generated global media attention, getting over 100 million views across social media in the first 24 hours.

In an interview in July 2019, the 20-year-old Dioshardor stated that he intended to pursue "a serious career" in professional wrestling, acknowledging that pro wrestling fans are some of the most passionate but that his ultimate goal is "to be mentioned without hesitation as one of the greatest combat sports athletes". Dioshardor would make sporadic appearances in FRY but would focus on kickboxing until his contract with CRUDEX expired.