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Chikadze on former champion Adamchuk: He’s tricky, but I’m going to stop him
- Updated: September 7, 2016
Adamchuk’s tenure as champion began at GLORY 25 when he took the belt from Canada’s Gabriel Varga by way of a close and controversial decision. He then defended the belt against Mosab Amrani at GLORY 28 by way of an incredible shut-out performance over five rounds, before losing it back to Varga – also by way of a close decision – at GLORY 32 in July.
Originally from Ukraine but now based in Amsterdam, Netherlands where he trains and fights out of Mike’s Gym (Badr Hari, Melvin Manhoef, Murthel Groenhart), Adamchuk has a well-deserved reputation as one of the trickiest fighters in kickboxing today. He made his bones in GLORY by taking a fight against lightweight contender Marat Grigorian on a day’s notice (“I’ll eat a steak tonight to get myself up to lightweight”) and outboxing him to a decision win.
Until his rematch with Varga he was 5-0 in the organization and a fighter that nobody was in a rush to call out. His unusual style puzzles opponents and also has a habit of making them look bad. Scoring cleanly on Adamchuk has been difficult. Varga is the only opponent to have knocked him down in GLORY and that shot was one of the few clean power-shots that Adamchuk has taken in any of his six fights in the organization.
“Yeah he’s tricky, that’s true. But I’m going to beat him. Not only beat him, I’m going to stop him,” states Chikadze in his usual …
