GLORY 50 Chicago Heavyweight Contender Tournament Champion
GLORY 35 Nice Heavyweight Contender Tournament Champion

Adegbuyi was born in Romanian to a Romanian mother and a Nigerian father, taking his surname from the latter. As a youth he spent several years living in Nigeria before returning to Romania.

First they lived in his mother’s home region of Transylvania, where he practiced karate and boxing during his high-school years, then at 16 his mother moved to the nation’s capital, Bucharest, where he took up kickboxing, comparatively late - he was in his early 20s.

It didn’t take long for Adegbuyi to establish himself as one of the top heavyweights in Romania, which has a strong kickboxing scene. In 2013 he started to make his mark on the international rankings via wins over the likes of Sergei Lascenko and Ismael Londt. Taking five wins in five fights that year earned him a call from GLORY.

Interestingly, from the outset of his GLORY run, Rico Verhoeven was always tipping him as a future contender. It soon came to pass - Adegbuyi blasted his way up the rankings to make himself the occupier of the #1 contender spot.

Along the way he's beaten Hesdy Gerges, Mladen Brestovac, Jahfarr Wilnis and Anderson Silva. He's challenged Verhoeven twice for the belt to date and fell short both times - will it be third time lucky?