Georgian kickboxer wins GLORY debut with knockout (VIDEO)

Georgia’s renowned kickboxer Giga Chikadze has delivered an astonishing victory at the world’s top kickboxing event in San Diego, California.

Chikadze’s debut at the GLORY World Series superfight in the lightweight category resulted in his impressive victory over Canadian Ken Tran, by technical knockout.

"In his first appearance for GLORY, Chikadze established himself as one of the best kickers in the entire organisation,” stated GLORY on its website.

The Georgian fighter outfought his opponent and performed several powerful kicks, including axe-kicks and rolling somersault kicks. At the end of his bout, his aggressive attacks ended in a technical knockout, after Tran was knocked down and unable to get back up.

GLORY said in terms of making an impact in the division, "it doesn’t get much better than Chikadze’s performance”.

After the fight Chikadze said he was happy and motivated to earn more GLORY victories.

"I am really happy. I have waited a long time for this opportunity. I got notice of this fight six days ago; Master Rafael called me about 6am to tell me. It was the best wakeup call I could have had. Now I am here I am going to show some really good fights, you will see,” he said.

GLORY World Series is the world's premier kickboxing league and sees challengers compete in six different weight classes. Fights take place as single matches between two fighters (known as 'superfights') and as part of tournaments.

Georgia’s Chikadze is extremely successful in his sport. He is a two-time world champion, European champion and winner of numerous A class tournaments in kickboxing.

He is also actively involved in the United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon campaign ‘UNiTE to End Violence against Women’.

In addition, Chikadze established the Knockout Cancer fund, which helps fund medical treatment for people with cancer.

You can watch the full video of the fight below: