Gabriel Varga Official

bio

Gabriel Varga has been training in Martial Arts since he was 8 years old and in 2014 was awarded his 4th degree black belt in Karate. Gabriel is a full time competitive kickboxer and a part time instructor specializing in seminars abroad, for adults, and martial arts classes, for children, in Victoria, B.C.        

He began his kickboxing career at age 20 and shortly after travelled to Thailand where he spent 3 months training. He has competed in Canada, America, United Arab Emirates, Italy, China, Japan, and Austria. During that time he has fought for the world’s two premier kickboxing organizations, GLORY and K-1. Gabriel first signed with GLORY Kickboxing in 2013 and has completed 3 year long contracts with them. In 2014 he won the four man contender tournament in Los Angeles earning him a title shot. The following year he won the inaugural GLORY Featherweight Title in Dubai and in 2016 he captured it for a second time in Virginia on Glory 32.  In 2017 Gabriel signed with Bellator and close to a year later won the kickboxing Featherweight Title in Rome in a long anticipated bout against Kevin Ross.  He has since defended the title twice and has also had 2 MMA fights with Bellator.    

Gabriel lives and trains in Victoria, Canada and is planning on opening his own gym within the next couple years where he can continue to train for fights and instruct martial arts classes for adults and children.                

Facts and figures

Born in: Toronto, Ontario
Lives in: Victoria, B.C.
Nationality: Canadian
Age: 33
Height: 5′ 11″
Weight: 145bs
Record: 32-6
Promotion: Bellator
Gym: Vargabros Martial Arts
Pro since 2009
Martial Arts Disciplines:
Kickboxing, Muay Thai, Karate (4th dan black belt), Aikido, Jiu-jitsu.