Gabriel Varga

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Gabriel Varga
Gabriel Varga belt collection.jpg
Varga in 2016
Born (1985-05-16) May 16, 1985 (age 39)
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Height1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight64.9 kg (143 lb; 10.22 st)
Division Lightweight
Welterweight
Featherweight
Reach73.8 in (187 cm)
Style Kickboxing
Stance Orthodox
Fighting out of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
TeamVarga Bros. Martial Arts
TrainerAaron Varga
Rank4th degree black belt in karate
Years active2006–present
Kickboxing record
Total24
Wins18
By knockout4
Losses6
By knockout1
Mixed martial arts record
Total2
Wins1
By knockout1
Losses1
By decision1
Amateur record
Total15
Wins15
By knockout7
Other information
Mixed martial arts record from Sherdog
Last updated on: February 3, 2018
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Channel
Years active2009–present
Genre vlog
Subscribers208 thousand [1]
Total views27.38 million [1]
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Last updated: 1 October 2023

Gabriel Varga (born May 16, 1985) is a Canadian kickboxer who competes in the Lightweight division of Karate Combat. He is a former Bellator KB Featherweight champion, former two time Glory Featherweight champion, and former WKN lightweight champion.

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A martial artist since his childhood, Varga started out in Shotokan karate and made the switch to kickboxing at seventeen. After becoming a Canadian, North American and two-time world champion during his amateur career, he turned professional in 2009 and won two more world championships in the pro ranks inside the space of seven months during 2011. Varga has since competed in the K-1, Glory, and Bellator Kickboxing promotions. In 2018, Gabriel started to upload videos to his YouTube channel. [2]

Early life

Gabriel Varga was born in Toronto, Ontario and spent part of his childhood in Australia and New Zealand before settling in Victoria, British Columbia, in 1999. [3] He was introduced to martial arts at an early age by his father, Keith, a boxer and karateka. Also a classically trained pianist, Varga formally began training in Shotokan at the age of eight and eventually earned the rank of fourth degree black belt. He made the switch to kickboxing and Muay Thai, along with his brothers Aaron and Jacob, at seventeen years old. [4] [5]

Kickboxing career

Amateur career

Varga began competing as an amateur in 2006 at the age of twenty and, after amassing an 8–0 record by 2008, spent three months training in Thailand at Eminent Air, Fairtex, Por Pramuk and Sinbi Muay Thai. [6]

Upon his return to Canada, he was given the chance to fight for his first title and he outpointed Carlos Garcia to take the ISKA Amateur North American Light Welterweight (-64.5 kg/142.2 lb) Oriental Championship. [6] He then stopped Chuck Mady with body shots in the first round for the ISKA Amateur Canadian Super Lightweight (-62.3 kg/137.2 lb) Oriental title on August 15, 2008. [7]

Now a national and continental belt holder, Varga faced Joe Concha in an ISKA super lightweight amateur world title match in his hometown of Victoria on January 24, 2009. He scored a knockdown in the fifth and final round and won by decision. [8] He made the first defence of this title against Emil Salva on April 4, 2009, in Langford, British Columbia. After being dropped with a right overhand late in round one, Varga was able to rally back to win by a third round technical knockout that sent the Romanian through the ropes at the end of round three. [9] On June 12, 2009, he made his final title defence with a wide points victory over Matt Embree in Victoria, British Columbia. [10]

Following this, Varga moved back up in weight to challenge for the ISKA amateur light welterweight world title against Devon Henry in Victoria on July 20, 2009. He won by split decision after a back-and-forth fight. [11] In his final bout as an amateur, he took a unanimous decision over Nathan Smandych on October 3, 2009, in Victoria to defend his ISKA light welterweight strap and bring his record to 15–0. [12]

Professional career

WKN and WKF titles

Having fought mostly under Oriental rules [ broken anchor ] during his amateur career, Varga ventured into the Muay Thai ruleset after turning professional and spent the early part of his career fighting abroad. In his pro debut on December 12, 2009, he travelled to Flushing, New York, United States and defeated local fighter Omar Ahmed by unanimous decision. [13] He followed this up with another unanimous decision win over Justin Greskiewicz on February 19, 2010 [14] before being invited to compete in an eight-man tournament held in New York on July 17, 2010. Despite entering as the tournament favourite, he was eliminated at the quarter-final stage when he lost to Terrence Hill via a controversial unanimous decision. [15] The Varga camp attempted to have the result overturned and filed a complaint with the WKA a week later. Their bid was rejected, however, as it had been submitted too late. [6] A rematch with Greskiewicz was set for December 3, 2010, at The Warriors Cup XIII in Lincroft, New Jersey, US but fell through when Justin was injured in a motorcycle accident. [16] [17] He was nominated for the 2010 "North American Fighter of the Year" award by Muay Thai Authority but lost out to Kevin Ross. [18] [19]

He returned to the ring on January 8, 2011, at a Canada vs. China event in Jinan, China where he won by unanimous decision under sanshou rules. [6] With this, he earned himself a shot at the World Kickboxing Network (WKN) World Lightweight (-64.4 kg/142 lb) Oriental Championship. Fighting in Victoria for the first time as a professional on March 12, 2011, he heavily utilized knees and sweeps over five rounds to take the unanimous decision and come away with the belt. [20] [21] His rematch with Justin Greskiwicz was rescheduled for Battle at Bally's 2 in Atlantic City, New Jersey, US on August 11, 2011, but fell through again. [22] Instead he took a second consecutive title match in which Varga knocked out Roy Tan in the third round to take the World Kickboxing Federation (WKF) World Light Welterweight (-64.5 kg/142 lb) K-1 belt in Vienna, Austria, on September 24, 2011. [23] [24]

Glory Kickboxing

After a year out of the ring, he signed with K-1 and made his promotional debut at the K-1 World Grand Prix 2012 in Los Angeles in California on September 8, 2012, against Lerdsila Chumpairtour. [25] Varga dropped the three-time Rajadamnern Stadium champion with a spinning backfist in the opening round but it was ruled a slip by the referee. Nonetheless, he kept a high tempo and fought aggressively en route to winning by unanimous decision. [26]

He was recruited into Glory's 65 kg/143 lb class in 2013 and was amongst the division's eight elite fighters at the Glory 8: Tokyo - 2013 65kg Slam tournament in Tokyo, Japan on May 3, 2013. He dominated Abdellah Ezbiri en route to a unanimous decision win in the quarter-finals, but lost to the eventual champion Yuta Kubo by the same margin in the semis. [27] [28]

Varga was set to face Shane Oblonsky at Glory 11: Chicago - Heavyweight World Championship Tournament in Hoffman Estates, Illinois, US on October 12, 2013. [29] However, Oblonsky withdrew due to injury and was replaced by Jose Palacios. [30] Varga defeated Palacios via unanimous decision. [31]

He was then set to make a defence of his WKN title for the first time against Jessy Petit-Jean in Belgium on November 9, 2013, but the bout was cancelled for undisclosed reasons. [32]

Varga won the 2014 Glory Featherweight Contendership Tournament at Glory 17: Los Angeles in Inglewood, California, US on June 21, 2014, defeating Yodkhunpon Sitmonchai in the semi-finals and Shane Oblonsky in the final, both via unanimous decision. [33] [34]

On April 3, 2015, Varga defeated #1 ranked Mosab Amrani to become the inaugural GLORY Featherweight World Champion. The title fight took place on Glory 20 in Dubai. The decision win was unanimous with the 3 judges scoring 50–46, 48–47, and 49–46. [35] [36] He was scheduled to make his first title defense against Serhiy Adamchuk at Glory 25: Milan. Adamchuk won the fight by unanimous decision, handing Varga his first loss in over two years. [37]

Two months later, Varga fought Liu Wei at the Hero Legends event in Hainan, China, for the Hero Legends Featherweight title. Varga won the fight by unanimous decision. [38] He then challenged for the Glory featherweight title, in a rematch with Serhiy Adamchuk. [39] Varga won the fight by majority decision. [40] He was scheduled to defend his title three months later, at Glory 34: Denver, against Robin van Roosmalen. van Roosmalen won the fight by fourth-round TKO. [41]

Bellator Kickboxing

Varga subsequently left Glory, and signed with Bellator Kickboxing. He made his promotional debut at Bellator Kickboxing 6: Budapest against Gabor Gorbics, [42] losing the fight by split decision. [43] Varga would rebound from this loss with a decision win against Lu Yichen at Hero Legends [44] and a second-round TKO of Roberto Gheorghita at Bellator Kickboxing 8: Florence. [45] Two months later, Varga fought Tie Yinghua, losing by unanimous decision. [46]

On July 14, 2018, in Rome, Italy Varga won his 6th professional world title. He defeated Kevin Ross by 1st-round TKO to win the Bellator Kickboxing Featherweight World Title. [47] He defended his title against Shan Cangelosi at Bellator Kickboxing 11. He defeated Cangelosi by knockout in the first round. [48] Varga defended his title for the second time against Cristian Faustino at Bellator Kickboxing 12, winning by unanimous decision. [49] [50]

On March 19, 2021, Varga was released by Bellator as he had fulfilled his contract and Bellator would no longer be featuring Kickboxing events. Varga still held the Bellator World Kickboxing title. [51]

Karate Combat

On December 22, 2021, it was announced that Varga had signed an exclusive contract with Karate Combat and will debut in the Lightweight division in the 2022 season. [52]

Mixed martial arts career

In 2019, Varga made the transition to mixed martial arts competition for Bellator. [53] He made his debut against Jamese Taylor at Bellator 224 on July 12, 2019. He won the fight via TKO in the second round. [54]

In his second fight, Varga faced Teejay Britton on February 21, 2020, at Bellator 239. He lost the bout via split decision. [55]

Championships and awards

Kickboxing

Karate Combat record

Professional record breakdown
5 matches3 wins1 loss
By knockout20
By decision11
No contests1
Res.RecordOpponentMethodEventDateRoundTimeLocationNotes
WIN3–1 (1)Andres MaderaTKO (retirement)Karate Combat 51December 19, 202431:31 Miami, Florida, United States
NC2–1 (1)Andres MaderaNC (accidental eye poke)Karate Combat 46May 30, 202433:00 Austin, Texas, United States
Loss2–1Edgars SkriversDecision (split)Karate Combat 40June 24, 202333:00 Miami, Florida, United States
Win2–0Tommy AzouzTKO (punches)Karate Combat 37December 17, 202232:02 Orlando, Florida, United States
Win1–0Bruno AssisDecision (unanimous)Karate Combat Season 4: Episode 4June 25, 202233:00 Orlando, Florida, United States

Kickboxing record

Kickboxing Record
18 Wins (4 (T) KO's, 14 decisions), 6 Losses
DateResultOpponentEventLocationMethodRoundTimeRecord
2019-10-12Win Flag of Italy.svg Cristian Faustino Bellator Kickboxing 12 Milan, Italy Decision (Unanimous)53:0018-6
Defends the Bellator Kickboxing Featherweight Championship.
2018-12-01Win Flag of Italy.svg Shan Cangelosi Bellator Kickboxing 11 Genoa, Italy KO (Punch)12:4217-6
Defends the Bellator Kickboxing Featherweight Championship.
2018-07-14Win Flag of the United States.svg Kevin Ross Bellator Kickboxing 10 : Rome Rome, Italy TKO (Ref. Stoppage/Punches)12:0816-6
Wins the Bellator Kickboxing Featherweight Championship.
2018-02-03Loss Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Tie Yinghua Glory of Heroes: Chengdu Chengdu, China Decision (Unanimous)33:0015-6
2017-12-09Win Flag of Romania.svg Roberto Gheorghiță Bellator Kickboxing 8: Florence Florence, Italy TKO (Ref. Stoppage)22:4915-5
2017-06-25Win Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Lu YichenHero Legends Shenzhen, China Decision (unanimous)33:0014-5
2017-04-14Loss Flag of Hungary.svg Gábor Görbics Bellator Kickboxing 6: Budapest Budapest, Hungary Decision (Split)33:0013-5
2016-10-21Loss Flag of the Netherlands.svg Robin van Roosmalen Glory 34: Denver Broomfield, Colorado TKO (corner stoppage)43:0013-4
Loses the Glory Featherweight Championship.
2016-07-22Win Flag of Ukraine.svg Serhiy Adamchuk Glory 32: Virginia Norfolk, Virginia Decision (majority)53:0013-3
Wins the Glory Featherweight Championship.
2016-01-16Win Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Liu WeiHero Legends Hainan, China Decision(unanimous)33:0012-3
Wins the Hero Legends Featherweight Championship.
2015-11-06Loss Flag of Ukraine.svg Serhiy Adamchuk Glory 25: Milan Monza, Italy Decision (Unanimous)53:0011-3
Losses the Glory Featherweight Championship.
2015-04-03Win Flag of Morocco.svg Mosab Amrani Glory 20: Dubai Dubai, UAE Decision (unanimous)53:0011-2
Wins the Glory Featherweight Championship.
2014-06-21Win Flag of the United States.svg Shane Oblonsky Glory 17: Los Angeles - Featherweight Contender Tournament, Final Inglewood, California, USDecision (unanimous)33:0010-2
Wins the Glory Featherweight Contender Tournament.
2014-06-21Win Flag of Thailand.svg Yodkhunpon Sitmonchai Glory 17: Los Angeles - Featherweight Contender Tournament, Semi Finals Inglewood, California, USDecision (unanimous)33:009-2
2013-10-12Win Flag of Nicaragua.svg Jose Palacios Glory 11: Chicago Hoffman Estates, Illinois, USDecision (unanimous)33:008-2
2013-05-03Loss Flag of Japan.svg Yuta Kubo Glory 8: Tokyo - 65 kg Slam Tournament, Semi Finals Tokyo, Japan Decision (unanimous)33:007-2
2013-05-03Win Flag of France.svg Abdellah Ezbiri Glory 8: Tokyo - 65 kg Slam Tournament, Quarter Finals Tokyo, Japan Decision (unanimous)33:007-1
2012-09-08Win Flag of Thailand.svg Lerdsila Chumpairtour K-1 World Grand Prix 2012 in Los Angeles Los Angeles, California, USDecision (unanimous)33:006-1
2011-09-24Win Flag of the Netherlands.svg Roy TanFight for a Dream Vienna, Austria KO35-1
Wins the WKF World Light Welterweight (-64.5 kg/142 lb) K-1 Championship.
2011-03-12Win Flag of France.svg Yohan Ha VanQuest for the Title Victoria, British Columbia, CanadaDecision (unanimous)53:004-1
Wins the WKN World Lightweight (-64.4 kg/142 lb) Oriental Championship.
2011-01-08Win Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Xiao JieCanada vs. China Jinan, China Decision (unanimous)53:003-1
2010-07-17Loss Flag of the United States.svg Terrence HillTake-On Productions, Quarter Finals New York City, New York, USDecision (unanimous)33:002-1
2010-02-19Win Flag of the United States.svg Justin GreskiewiczFriday Night Fights New York City, New York, USDecision (unanimous)53:002-0
2009-12-12Win Flag of the United States.svg Omar AhmedThe New York Showdown II New York City, New York, USDecision (unanimous)53:001-0
Legend:   Win   Loss   Draw/No contest   Notes

Amateur kickboxing record

Amateur kickboxing record
15 Wins (7 (T) KO's, 8 decisions), 0 Losses
DateResultOpponentEventLocationMethodRoundTime
2009-10-03Win Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Nathan SmandychQuest for the Title IV Victoria, British Columbia, CanadaDecision (unanimous)52:00
Retains the ISKA Amateur World Light Welterweight (-64.5 kg/142.2 lb) Oriental Championship.
2009-07-20Win Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg Devon HenryQuest for the Title III Victoria, British Columbia, CanadaDecision (split)52:00
Wins the ISKA Amateur World Light Welterweight (-64.5 kg/142.2 lb) Oriental Championship.
2009-06-12Win Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Matt EmbreeSummer Slugfest III Vancouver, British Columbia, CanadaDecision52:00
Retains the ISKA Amateur World Super Lightweight (-62.3 kg/137.2 lb) Oriental Championship.
2009-04-04Win Flag of Romania.svg Emil SalvaQuest for the Title II Langford, British Columbia, CanadaTKO (punches)32:00
Retains the ISKA Amateur World Super Lightweight (-62.3 kg/137.2 lb) Oriental Championship.
2009-01-24Win Flag of Australia (converted).svg Joe ConchaQuest for the Title I Victoria, British Columbia, CanadaDecision52:00
Wins the ISKA Amateur World Super Lightweight (-62.3 kg/137.2 lb) Oriental Championship.
2008-08-15Win Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Chuck MadySummer Slugfest Victoria, British Columbia, CanadaKO (body punches)1
Wins the ISKA Amateur Canadian Super Lightweight (-62.3 kg/137.2 lb) Oriental Championship.
2008-00-00Win Flag of the United States.svg Carlos GarciaDecision42:00
Wins the ISKA Amateur North American Light Welterweight (-64.5 kg/142.2 lb) Oriental Championship.
2006-04-15Win Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Ronnie AlampourBattle at the Bear Victoria, British Columbia, CanadaKO (punches)1
Legend:   Win   Loss   Draw/No contest   Notes

Mixed martial arts record

Professional record breakdown
2 matches1 win1 loss
By knockout10
By decision01
Res.RecordOpponentMethodEventDateRoundTimeLocationNotes
Loss1–1Teejay BrittonDecision (split) Bellator 239 February 21, 202035:00 Thackerville, Oklahoma, United States
Win1–0Jamese TaylorTKO (punches) Bellator 224 July 12, 201923:23 Thackerville, Oklahoma, United States

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