Davit Kiria ( born Davit Kiria , Georgian დავით ქირია , born February 9, 1988 , Zugdidi , Georgia ) - Glory kickboxing champion in 2014, European Kyokushin karate champion 2009, silver medalist of the world championship, winner of the Kunlun Fight tournament World Max Tournament . He performed in middleweight [1] [2] .
 Kiria, Crush | |
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| დავით ქირია | |
| general information | |
| Citizenship |  Georgia |
| Date of Birth | |
| Place of Birth | Georgia |
| Weight category | A light weight |
| Rack | Righty |
| Height | 170 cm |
| Style | Kyokushin Kickboxing |
| Trainer | Schilt, Sammy , Dave Enckers, Bachuki Partzvaniya |
| Professional career | |
| Number of battles | 52 |
| Number of wins | 35 |
| KOs | 16 |
| Defeat | 17 |
| davitkiria.com | |
Content
- 1 Biography
- 1.1 Sports career
- 1.2 Personal life
- 1.3 References
- 1.4 Interviews
- 2 notes
Biography
Sports career
Davit began practicing ashihara karate at the age of nine. Several times became the champion of Georgia. He later moved to the Netherlands . After winning the European Karate Championship, Kiria went on to kickboxing and began training in the Golden Glory Hall, founded by Kor Hammers , under the direction of Dave Enkers. The Dutch specialist, along with Sammy Schilt, invited Kyria to fight in 2007, specially organized for him in Amsterdam , and after him he stayed there. Despite his performance in professional kickboxing, he continues to practice kekushinkai in the classic karateka dogs twice a week.
Kiria's debut in the professional ring took place on July 6, 2008 against Faldir Chahbari at the Ultimate Glory 8 tournament in the Netherlands, in which the Georgian fighter lost after a stoppage of the fight as a judge [3] . In the first five fights, he suffered four defeats. During his sports career, Kiria met with such athletes as: Nicki Holtsken , Robin van Rusmalen , Murtel Groenhart , Gevorg Petrosyan , Sitthichai Sitsongpeenong . He considers his fight with Andy Risti for the GLORY title [4] [5] to be his best and most important fight. At the fourteenth tournament of promotion in Zagreb, Kiria knocked out an opponent in the fifth round [1] .
After ending his career in this promotion on November 24, 2017, Kiria became the world champion in savat , defeating Louis Nasibo in the final of the KFWC savate pro 2017 tournament. Then he continued his performance in Kulun Fight 80, where he also won the champion belt on February 24, 2019, having won by unanimous decision (5 rounds) over Feng Xingli [6] .
Personal life
Kiria is a religious person. He is an Orthodox Christian. Every Saturday and Sunday he attends church. Crushes married since 2013. Spouse - citizen of the Netherlands Merisa Van Dam.
Links
- The official Instagram of Davit Kiriya
- The official facebook page of Davita Chiria
- Fight with Martel Groenhart
- Fight with Yuri Immortal
- Fight with Giorgio Petrosyan
- Fight with Shemsy Bekiri
- Fight with Kim Sitsonpenong
Interview
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 Davit Kiria . Glory kickboxing. Date of treatment June 29, 2019.
- ↑ David Kiriya: “I will never give up karate” . Karate Kyokushinkai in the world of martial arts. Date of treatment June 29, 2019.
- ↑ Faldir Chahbari - Kickboxing Record www.liquisearch.com. Date of treatment July 1, 2019.
- ↑ Kiria intends to retain the title . Sports.ru. Date of treatment June 29, 2019.
- ↑ Pre-match interview of Davit Kiriya before Glory 14 Zagreb - K-1GLOBAL.COM (Russian) (neopr.) ? . Date of treatment June 29, 2019.
- ↑ All results of Kunlun Fight 80 . MMAOnline (February 26, 2019). Date of treatment July 3, 2019.