Leona Pettas | |
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Born | Reona Kato (玲於奈 加藤) April 29, 1992 Iruma, Japan |
Nationality | Japanese |
Height | 175 cm (5 ft 9 in) |
Weight | 60 kg (130 lb; 9.4 st) |
Division | Bantamweight |
Style | Kyokushin Karate, kickboxing |
Stance | Orthodox |
Fighting out of | Tagajō, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan |
Team | BungelingBay Gym (2012-2017) THE SPIRIT GYM TEAM TOP ZEROS (2018-present) |
Trainer | Hidetoshi Hanzawa Nicholas Pettas |
Years active | 2012 - present |
Kickboxing record | |
Total | 41 |
Wins | 32 |
By knockout | 14 |
Losses | 8 |
By knockout | 2 |
Draws | 1 |
Other information | |
Notable relatives | Kona Kato (brother) |
Leona Pettas (Japanese: レオナ・ペタス, Pettas Leona, born April 29, 1992) is a Japanese kickboxer, currently competing in the super featherweight division of K-1, where he is the Super Featherweight champion. He took the family name of his first trainer Karateka Nicholas Pettas. Pettas is the 2022 K-1 Super Featherweight World Grand Prix winner, the former Krush Super Featherweight champion and a one-time K-1 super featherweight title challenger.
He was ranked as a top ten bantamweight by Combat Press between September 2020 and July 2022, peaking at #2.[1][2] Combat Press ranked him the #4 Flyweight in May and June 2019,[3][4] and #3 Flyweight between July 2019[5] and August 2020.[6]