Adrian Maxim

Adrian Maxim
Born	(1988-09-07) September 7, 1988 (age 36) Oradea, Romania
Nationality	Romania
Height	1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Weight	63 kg (139 lb; 9.9 st)
Style	Kickboxing
Stance	Orthodox
Fighting out of	Oradea, Romania
Team	Gym Mar Strong Respect Gym Oradea
Trainer	Horia Radulescu Sorin Vesa
Years active	2010 - present
Kickboxing record
Total	74
Wins	49
By knockout	19
Losses	24
By knockout	3
No contests	1

Adrian Maxim (born September 7, 1988) is a Romanian kickboxer. He is the current DFS Lightweight Champion and the 2017 Wu Lin Feng -63 kg World Tournament Winner.

Biography and career

Adrian Maxim was born on September 7, 1988, in Oradea, Romania. He started combat sports with wrestling which he trained in for three years. At the age of 14 he started kickboxing with his trainer Oleg Mereuţă.[1]

Maxim faced Petru Morari for the WKU European Light Welterweight title at GFC 6 on November 29, 2019.[2] He won the fight by unanimous decision. Maxim next faced Wang Pengfei at Wu Lin Feng 2020: WLF World Cup 2019-2020 Final on January 11, 2020. He won the fight by decision.[3]

Maxim faced Said Malek at OSS Fighters 05 on February 7, 2020. He lost the fight by split decision.[4] Maxim faced Marian Lăpușneanu at Colosseum Tournament 19 on September 25, 2020.[5] He lost the fight by unanimous decision, after an extra fourth round was fought.[6]

On December 15, 2021, Maxim engaged in a 4-man tournament for the inaugural Dynamite Fighting Show featherweight title. In the semi-final he defeated Serghei Zhanosiev by second-round TKO. In the final he rematched Ionut Popa and the two went to draw once again, after an extra round the judges gave Maxim winner by majority decision.[7]

Maxim faced Amir Bislimi El-Dakkak at Colosseum Tournament 30 on April 8, 2022. He won the fight by unanimous decision.[8]

Maxim faced Ghenadie Gîtlan at Colosseum Tournament 32 on June 3, 2022.[9] He won the fight by unanimous decision.

Maxim faced Vladimir Filipov at Prometheus 3 on September 1, 2022. He needed just 61 seconds to stop Filipov with a left hook to the body.[10]

Maxim faced Francesco Picca at FEA Championship: Full - Drive on December 17, 2022, in the semifinals of the FEA featherweight tournament.[11] He was able to beat Picca by a first-round knockout, but suffered a unanimous decision loss to Dmitrii Sirbu in the finals of the one-day tournament.[12]

Championships and awards

• Wu Lin Feng
  • 2017 Wu Lin Feng -63 kg World Tournament Winner[13]
• World Kickboxing and Karate Union
  • 2019 WKU European -65 kg Champion[14]
• Dynamite Fighting Show
  • 2021 DFS Lightweight Champion[15]
• International Fight Sport Association
  • 2023 IFSA World -65 kg Champion

Fight record

Professional Kickboxing record

50 Wins (20 (T)KO's), 24 Losses, 0 Draws, 1 No Contest
Date	Result	Opponent	Event	Location	Method	Round	Time
2024-12-06	Loss	Vinicius Bereta	Dynamite Fighting Show 25	Oradea, Romania	Decision (Split)	3	3:00
2024-06-13	NC	Serhii Adamchuk	K-1 Fighting Network Romania 2024	Galați, Romania	Doctor stoppage (head clah)	1	2:47
2024-03-29	Loss	Andrei Varga	Dynamite Fighting Show 22, Lightweight Grand Prix Quarterfinal	Baia Mare, Romania	Decision (Unanimous)	3	3:00
2023-06-24	Loss	Zhu Shuai	Wu Lin Feng 539	Tangshan, China	TKO (Low kicks)	3	1:12
2023-04-29	Win	Johann Dederer	Muskel Kater Fight Night XIV	Mainz, Germany	TKO (low kick)	3	0:42
Wins the vacant IFSA K-1 World -65kg title.
2023-04-08	Loss	Dmitrii Sîrbu	FEA Take Off	Chișinău, Moldova	Decision (Unanimous)	5	3:00
For the FEA Featherweight title.
2023-02-04	Loss	Wei Rui	Wu Lin Feng 2023: Chinese New Year	Tangshan, China	Decision (Unanimous)	3	3:00
2022-12-17	Loss	Dmitrii Sîrbu	FEA Championship: Full - Drive, Tournament Final	Chișinău, Moldova	Ext. R. Decision	4	3:00
For the FEA interim Featherweight title.[16]
2022-12-17	Win	Francesco Picca	FEA Championship: Full - Drive, Tournament Semi-final	Ciorescu, Moldova	TKO (Punches)	1	0:53
2022-09-01	Win	Vladimir Filipov	Prometheus 3	Dej, Romania	KO (left hook to the body)	1	1:01
2022-06-03	Win	Ghenadie Gîtlan	Colosseum Tournament 32	Craiova, Romania	Decision (unanimous)	3	3:00
2022-04-08	Win	Amir Bislimi El-Dakkak	Colosseum Tournament 30	Malmö, Sweden	Decision (unanimous)	3	3:00
2021-12-15	Win	Ionuț Popa	Dynamite Fighting Show 13, Final	Bucharest, Romania	Ext.R Decision (majority)	4	3:00
Wins the inaugural Dynamite Fighting Show lightweight title.
2021-12-15	Win	Serghei Zanosiev	Dynamite Fighting Show 13, Semi-final	Bucharest, Romania	TKO (knee)	2	1:49
2021-09-20	Win	Lucian Gherman	Colosseum Tournament 27	Oradea, Romania	TKO (retirement)	2	3:00
2021-07-22	Win	Ionuț Popa	Prometheus 1	Cluj-Napoca, Romania	Ext.R Decision	4	3:00
2021-04-01	Loss	Cristian Spetcu	Colosseum Tournament 24	Bucharest, Romania	Decision	3	3:00
2020-12-18	Win	Silviu Ionescu	Colosseum Tournament 22	Bucharest, Romania	Decision (Unanimous)	3	3:00
2020-09-25	Loss	Marian Lăpușneanu	Colosseum Tournament 19	Hungary	Ext.R Decision (Unanimous)	4	3:00
2020-02-07	Loss	Said Malek	OSS Fighters 05	Bucharest, Romania	Decision (Split)	3	3:00
2020-01-11	Win	Wang Pengfei	Wu Lin Feng 2020: WLF World Cup 2019-2020 Final	Zhuhai, China	Decision	3	3:00
2019-11-29	Win	Petru Morari	GFC 6	Timișoara, Romania	Decision (Unanimous)	5	3:00
Wins the WKU European Light Welterweight title.
2019-10-28	Loss	Maxim Railean	Colosseum Tournament 16, -65 kg Tournament Final	Sibiu, Romania	TKO (retirement)	3	3:00
For the inaugural Colosseum Tournament -65kg World title. Maxim left the ring at the announce of the extra round.[17]
2019-10-28	Win	Fabrizio Conti	Colosseum Tournament 16, -65 kg Tournament Semi-final	Sibiu, Romania	Decision (Unanimous)	3	3:00
2019-09-22	Win	Artom Grigoryan	Colosseum Tournament 15	Oradea, Romania	Decision (Unanimous)	3	3:00
2019-07-27	Loss	Pan Jiayun	Wu Lin Feng 2019: WLF -67kg World Cup 2019-2020 2nd Group Stage	Zhengzhou, China	Decision (Unanimous)	3	3:00
2019-06-03	Win	Mohammad Firouzabadi	KO Masters 3	Bucharest, Romania	KO (Left Hook)	2	2:05
2019-03-31	Win	Sergio Vinto	Supreme Night Fight	Dej, Romania	Decision (Unanimous)	3	3:00
2018-10-28	Win	Dmitrii Sirbu	Colosseum Tournament IX	Romania	Decision (Unanimous)	3	3:00
2018-08-24	Win	Jin Ying	Wu Lin Feng 2018: WLF x OSS Fighters - China vs Romania	Mamaia, Romania	Decision (Unanimous)	3	3:00
2018-06-02	Loss	Zhang Chenglong	Glory 54: Birmingham	Birmingham, England	Decision (Unanimous)	3	3:00
2018-04-28	Win	Ali Uzeir	GFC 4	Varna, Bulgaria	Decision	3	3:00
2018-04-07	Win	Wang Pengfei	Wu Lin Feng 2018: World Championship Shijiazhuang	Shijiazhuang, China	Ext.R Decision	4	3:00
2018-01-27	Win	Samuele De Mais	Fighters League 2	Reșița, Romania	Decision	3	3:00
2017-11-04	Win	Jin Ying	Wu Lin Feng 2017: Yi Long VS Sitthichai	Kunming, China	Ext.R Decision	4	3:00
2017-08-25	Loss	Victor Pinto	Glory 44: Chicago Featherweight Contender Tournament, Semi-final	Chicago, United States	Decision (Split)	3	3:00
2017-06-16	Win	Liu Qilliang	Wu Lin Feng 2017: Romania VS China	Timișoara, Romania	Decision (Unanimous)	3	3:00
2017-04-01	Win	Liu Yong	Wu Lin Feng 2017: China VS Europe	Zhengzhou, China	Decision (Unanimous)	3	3:00
2017-03-10	Loss	Bailey Sugden	Road to Glory UK: 65 kg Tournament, Semi-final	Grantham, England	Decision (Majority)	3	3:00
2017-03-10	Win	Matteo de Rosa	Road to Glory UK: 65 kg Tournament, Quarter-final	Grantham, England	Decision (Unanimous)	3	3:00
2017-02-04	Loss	Chris Shaw	DUEL GRAND PRIX, Semi-final	England	Decision (Unanimous)	3	3:00
2017-01-14	Win	Zhao Fuxiang	Wu Lin Feng World Championship 2017 63 kg Tournament Final	Zhengzhou, China	TKO	1
Wins the Wu Lin Feng World -63kg Tournament title.
2017-01-14	Win	Jin Ying	Wu Lin Feng World Championship 2017 63 kg Tournament Semi-finals	Zhengzhou, China	Decision (Unanimous)	3	3:00
2017-01-14	Win	Wang Zhiwei	Wu Lin Feng World Championship 2017 63 kg Tournament Quarter-finals	Zhengzhou, China	Decision (Unanimous)	3	3:00
2016-12-17	Loss	Qiu Jianliang	Glory of Heroes - Rise 5	Nanning, China	Decision (Unanimous)	3	3:00
2016-11-19	Loss	Kevin Burmester	Get in the Ring 2016	Hamburg, Germany	Decision	3	3:00
2016-09-09	Win	Cezar Andrieş	Respect World Series Pitesti	Pitești, Romania	Decision	3	3:00
2016-06-04	Win	Liang Shoutao	Wu Lin Feng: Japan vs China	Zhengzhou, China	Decision (Unanimous)	3	3:00
2016-04-05	Win	Avelino Molina	WFT Sevilla	Sevilla, Spain	TKO (Low Kicks)	2
2015-10-30	Loss	Emad Kadyear	WFT Madrid	Madrid, Spain	Decision	3	3:00
2015-10-02	Win	Roberto Gheorghita	WFT Madrid	Milan, Italy	Decision (Uannimous)	3	3:00
2015-08-01	Win	Alexandru Șerban	SUPERKOMBAT World Grand Prix IV 2015	Mamaia, Romania	Decision	3	3:00
2015-04-25	Loss	Cristian Spetcu	Confruntarea Titanilor	Bucharest, Romania	Ext.R Decision	4	3:00
2014-12-06	Win	Marius Groß	Muskel Kater Fight Nights	Saulheim, Germany	KO (High kick)	2
2014-09-06	Loss	David Mejia	Fight Dreams	Albacete Spain	Decision	3	3:00
2014-03-29	Win	Aleksandar Topic	SuperKombat New Heroes	Ploieşti, Romania	Decision (Unanimous)	3	3:00
2013-11-15	Loss	Sebastian Dragan	UFT - Ultimate Fighting Tournament	Cluj-Napoca, Romania	TKO (leg injury)	1
2013-10-05	Win	Ciprian Botezat	Noaptea Catanelor Negre	Nasaud, Romania	TKO (Corner stoppage)	2
2013-05-05	Loss	Athanasios Karousos	Scorpion 4	Greece	Decision	3	3:00
2013-04-06	Win	Marius Ciucala	Superkombat	Oradea, Romania	Decision (Unanimous)	3	3:00
2011-11-04	Loss	Anis Kaabouri	Romanian Fighting Series 2	Slobozia, Romania	Decision	3	3:00
2011-09-03	Win	Nicolae Hristea	Rieni Challenge Fight	Rieni, Romania	TKO (retirement)	2	3:00
2010-12-23	Loss	Alexandru Niţă	Bloody Mary Fight Night	Râmnicu Vâlcea, Romania	Decision	3	3:00
Legend:   Win   Loss   Draw/No contest   Notes

External links

• Official Glory profile
• Dynamite Fighting Show profile
• Tapology profile

References

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