Mehdi Mirdavoudi

Mehdi Mirdavoudi is an Iranian heavyweight kick-boxer and professional strongman, born on 11 September 1977. He competed for Iran in the K-1 World Grand Prix held in Seoul in 2006, one of the best-known international kickboxing tournaments of its day. Alongside his fighting career he took part in several domestic and international strongman competitions, and he entered Iran's Strongest Man contest twice, in 1998 and in 2004, reaching the final on both occasions. His career therefore combines two heavy-weight disciplines, the striking sport of kickboxing and the lifting and carrying events of strongman, and he competed in both under the Iranian flag. The sources read for this entry name no medals or titles for him.