Less than a few days after an electrifying knockout in Lithuania, Israeli kickboxer Ahavat Hashem Gordon returned home to a hero’s welcome that stretched across Ben Gurion Airport. 

Crowds cheered, waved Israeli flags, and captured the moment on phones as Gordon, 19, emerged from the plane, his unbeaten record now standing at 11 victories without a single loss.

“This is the moment I’ve been waiting for my whole life,” Gordon said at a press conference shortly after landing. “It’s all from God.