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Steve McKinnon
Steve McKinnon
Born	23 November 1976 (age 48); Glasgow, Scotland
Other names	The Smashing Machine, God of War
Nationality	Australian
Height	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Weight	95.5 kg (211 lb; 15.04 st)
Division	Heavyweight; Cruiserweight
Style	Muay Thai, shotokan karate
Stance	Orthodox
Fighting out of	Sydney
Team	Bulldog Gym
Trainer	Stuart Mckinnon
Rank	Black belt in Shotokan
Kickboxing record
Total	60
Wins	52
By knockout	30
Losses	8

Steve "The Smashing Machine" Mckinnon (born 23 November 1976 in Scotland^{[citation needed]}) is a WBC Hall of Fame, 8 time world champion Australian, Heavyweight kickboxer, fighting out of the Bulldog Gym in Sydney. He competed in Glory and is the former WBC Muaythai Super Cruiserweight World Champion.^[1]

Career

McKinnon began his training in his father's Karate school, Torakan, at the age of 4 in Shotokan Karate, attaining his black belt, fighting and winning Karate tournaments before he began his kickboxing career at 16. He faced many notable opponents such as Ashwin Balrak, Paul Slowinski, Nathan Corbett and Ramazan Ramazanov.

He won 8 world titles throughout his career, including winning the WBC world title in 2008 and defending it 3 times. He retired vacating that title.

His last fight was a WKBF world heavy weight title win in 2017.

In 2020 he was inducted into the WBC Hall of Fame.

McKinnon was set to face Nenad Pagonis at Glory 7: Milan in Milan, Italy,^[2] but his opponent changed to Michael Duut, whom he lost to via a unanimous decision.^[3]^[4]^[5] He then competed in the eight-man tournament at Glory 9: New York - 2013 95kg Slam in New York City on 22 June 2013^[6]^[7] and lost against Filip Verlinden by decision in the quarter-finals.^[8]^[9]^[10]

Titles

WKBF World Title x 2 (2001 & 2017)

World Boxing Council Muaythai | WBC Muaythai World Super Cruiserweight Champion. X 4 (2008, 2010, 2010, 2012)

ISKA Australian Cruiserweight title

IKKC Intercontinental Heavyweight Muay Thai Title

New South Wales Muaythai Title

Kickboxing record

Kickboxing record
Date	Result	Opponent	Event	Location	Method	Round	Time
48 Wins (30 (T)KO's), 8 Losses
2017-10-14	Win	Joe Boobyer	Powerplay 35	Melbourne	Decision	3	3:00
2017-06-24	Win	Su Zhihao	Wu Lin Feng 2017: Australia VS China	Sydney	Decision	3	3:00
2017-02-24	Win	Theodosiadis Panagiotis	Prize Fighter 2	Melbourne	Decision (Unanimous)	3	3:00
2015-04-17	Loss	Zabit Samedov	GFC Fight Series 3, Semi-finals	Dubai, UAE	Decision (Unanimous)	3	3:00
2014-11-15	Win	Nato Lauuii	Capital Punishment – The Return of Bangin' Ben Edwards	Canberra, Australia	KO (Right High Kick)	1
2013-11-23	Win	Nikolaj Falin	Kings of Kombat 11	Australia	Decision (Unanimous)	3	3:00
2013-08-17	Win	David Radeff	Star Wars: War of the Year	Sydney	Decision	3	3:00
2013-06-22	Loss	Filip Verlinden	Glory 9: New York – 95 kg Slam Tournament, Quarter Finals	New York City City	Decision (split)	3	3:00
2013-04-20	Loss	Michael Duut	Glory 7: Milan	Milan, Italy	Decision (Unanimous)	3	3:00
2012-09-01	Loss	Nathan Corbett	Total Carnage II	Gold Coast, Australia	Decision (Unanimous)	5	3:00
2012-06-09	Win	Frank Muñoz	Singha Battle for the Belts	Bangkok, Thailand	KO	1
Retains WBC Muaythai Super Cruiserweight World title.
2012-03-17	Win	Nato Lauuii	Capital Punishment 5	Canberra, Australia	TKO (Elbows)	3
2011-02-?	Win	David Radeff	Enfusion Kickboxing Tournament '11, 2nd Round, super fight	Koh Samui, Thailand	Decision (Unanimous)	3	3:00
2010-12-19	Win	Stephane Susperregui	WCK Muay Thai	Hainan Island, China	Decision (Majority)	5	3:00
Retains WBC Muaythai Super Cruiserweight World title.
2010-11-06	Win	Eduardo Maiorino	Immortality 3	Sydney	TKO	2
Retains WBC Muaythai Super Cruiserweight World title.
2010-06-09	Win	Paul Slowinski	Last Man Standing 2 Tournament, Semi-final	Melbourne	Decision (Majority)	3	3:00
2010-06-09	Win	Andonis Tzoros	Last Man Standing 2 Tournament, Quarter Finals	Melbourne
2009-11-13	Win	Hrvoje Kišiček	Immortallity Australia vs Croatia	Sydney	TKO (Cut)	2	3:00
2009-07-17	Loss	Yu Jin	2009 World Wushu Tournament −80 kg Semi-finals	Guangzhou, China	Decision (unanimous)	5	3:00
2009-07-17	Win	Muslim Salikhov	2009 World Wushu Tournament −80 kg Quarter Finals	Guangzhou, China	Decision	5	3:00
2009-05-14	Win	Thor Hoopman	Immortality II: Battle of Gods	Sydney	Decision	5	3:00
2008-06-20	Win	Ashwin Balrak	International Muay Thai Fight Night	Montego Bay, Jamaica	Decision (unanimous)	5	3:00
Wins WBC Muaythai Super Cruiserweight World title.
2008-03-29	Win	Thor Hoopman	Xplosion 18 Super Fights	Sydney	Decision (Unanimous)	5	3:00
2007-12-08	Loss	Ramazan Ramazanov	Xplosion 17, WMC Intercontinental title 95 kg	Sydney	KO (Right hook)	4	2:51
Fight was for WMC Intercontinental Muay Thai Heavyweight title.
2006-08-18	Loss	Nathan Corbett	Xplosion 13	Sydney	TKO (Doctor stoppage)	4
2006-06-24	Win	Jay Hepi	K-1 Kings of Oceania 2006 Round 1	Auckland, New Zealand	TKO (Injury)	2
2005-6-14	Win	Simon Dreus	Castle Hill muay thai	Las Vegas, USA	KO	1	2:45
Wins IKKC Intercontinental Heavyweight Muay Thai Title.
2004-04-16	Win	Gareth Lewis		Sydney	KO (High kick)	4
2004-02-29	Win	Wissam Fattal	Tarik Solak Presents – Kickboxing Gala NSW	Sydney	KO (Left high kick)	2
2002-12-13	Win	Alofa Solitua	No Mercy	Sydney	TKO	3
2001-09-01	Loss	Paul Slowinski	JNI Promotions, Star City	Australia	KO (Left Highkick)	3	1:52
2000-10-27	Win	Shane Meads	JNI Promotion	Sydney	KO	1	1:30
Wins ISKA Australian Cruiserweight title.
Legend: Win Loss Draw/No contest Notes