Cristian Ristea


Cristian Ristea is a Romanian professional kickboxer, currently competing in the heavyweight division of GLORY. He also competed for Dynamite Fighting Show, Golden Fighter Championship, Superkombat Fighting Championship, KO Masters and Enfusion. He is the current GFC Intercontinental Heavyweight Champion.
Ristea is ranked the #2 light heavyweight in the world by Enfusion Live. As of May 2020, Ristea was ranked the #5 heavyweight in the world by Enfusion Live.
As of 31 December 2025, Ristea is ranked the #11 heavyweight kickboxer in the world by Boxemag.

Kickboxing career

Ristea fought Florent Kaouachi for the vacant ISKA World Heavyweight K1 title. Kaouachi won the fight by a fourth round TKO.
He fought Vladimir Toktasynov during the OSS Fighter 4 event. Ristea won the fight by a unanimous decision.
Ristea fought Jürgen Dolch during Mix Kombat 5. He won the fight by TKO, after knocking Dolch down three times in the first round.
Ristea took part in the 2020 OSS Fighters Heavyweight tournament. In the quarter finals he knocked Thomas Froschauer out with a right hook. In the semifinals he defeated Marco Pisu by a unanimous decision. Ristea lost the final bout to Fabio Kwasi by a third round TKO.
Ristea was scheduled to fight Pavel Zhuravlev at FEA: Reset on March 13, 2021, for the FEA Heavyweight title. However, Zhuravlev pulled out of the fight citing a bicep injury. He was replaced by Kirill Kornilov. Kornilov won the fight by a second-round knockout.

GLORY

On June 19, 2023, it was announced that Ristea had signed a deal with Glory.
Ristea took part in the Glory 99 “Heavyweight Last Man Standing Tournament” where 32 heavyweight fighters competed on April 5, 2025 in Rotterdam, Netherlands. He faced Jamal Ben Saddik, losing via unanimous decision.
Ristea fought Mory Kromah at Glory 103, in a non-tournament bout. He lost via TKO due to a nose injury in the second round.

Championships and accomplishments

Professional kickboxing record

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