Historic GLORY 100 to be Mixed right into a One-Day Kickboxing Extravaganza That includes 4 Titles Fights and 4 4-Man One Night time Tournaments.
The June 14 Occasion to function Rico Verhoeven, Artem Vakhitov, Tarik Khbabez, Donovan Wisse, Petch, Jamal Ben Saddik, Bahram Rajabzadeh & far more.
GLORY 100 is about to be the most important occasion in kickboxing historical past and one of many largest occasions on the fight sports activities calendar. Beforehand introduced as a two-day occasion, GLORY 100 will now be mixed to turn out to be one mega occasion on Saturday, June 14, on the Rotterdam Ahoy within the Netherlands.
The cardboard will now function 4 GLORY world title bouts, 4 separate four-man one-night tournaments to find out who qualifies for the Final Heavyweight Standing finals, and a number of other key matchups involving a few of GLORY’s hottest fighters.
“We’ve listened to the followers and determined to convey all the things collectively into one main occasion,” mentioned Marshall Zelaznik, GLORY CEO. “It was clear that our followers had been put within the place of getting to decide on between occasions and, frankly, it was an costly proposition to ask them to have interaction on two nights with GLORY 100. With the brand new format, it permits everybody to expertise the complete scope of GLORY 100 in a single evening – whether or not they’re attending dwell or watching from residence. It’s a option to mark this milestone within the sport’s historical past with making certain all of our followers can get pleasure from all the nice fights and fighters on one nice occasion. In any case, this a celebration of our nice sport, fighters, and followers.”
An iconic duel of the legends will headline GLORY 100 as ‘The King of Kickboxing’ Rico Verhoeven (65-10, 21 KO) places his GLORY heavyweight world championship on the road in opposition to probably the most profitable mild heavyweight champion in GLORY historical past, & the final man to beat Alex Pereira in GLORY, Artem Vakhitov (22-6, 8 KO).
Unfinished enterprise can be settled within the co-main occasion as Tarik Khbabez (52-11-1, 28 KO) defends his GLORY mild heavyweight world championship in opposition to longtime rival & former champ Sergej Maslobojev (41-7, 25 KO).
GLORY middleweight world champion Donovan Wisse (22-1, 10 KO) goals to make historical past & break Alex Pereira’s middleweight title protection document when he takes on the surging Michael Boapeah (21-4-1, 9 KO) in what’s a rematch years within the making.
Behind Verhoeven, Thailand’s Petch (173-40-3, 27 KO) is the second longest reigning champion within the historical past of GLORY. Difficult him for the GLORY featherweight world championship is the division’s most explosive striker, Miguel Trindade (62-7, 27 KO). That is their rematch of their razor skinny GLORY x RISE Grand Prix remaining from December.
As well as, GLORY 100 options the subsequent spherical of the GLORY Final Heavyweight Standing match. Sixteen heavyweights are separated into 4 completely different one-night tournaments, the winner of every will qualify for the large finish of yr grand finale to resolve who would be the Final Heavyweight Standing.
Among the many entrants concerned are; ‘The Goliath’ Jamal Ben Saddik (38-9, 29 KO), primary French heavyweight Sofian Laidouni (38-4-1, 19 KO), former interim-champ Tariq Osaro (27-4-1, 14 KO), ‘The Golden Wolf’ Bahram Rajabzadeh (71-4, 63 KO), ‘The Black Ghost’ Mory Kromah (32-3-1, 19 KO), ‘Large Horny’ Nico Horta (24-10, 4 KO), and rising star Cem Caceres (19-1, 14 KO) will step in to switch Tomas Mozny in opposition to the wild Milos Cvjeticanin (12-3, 8 KO) of their group.
New tickets for GLORY 100 can be obtainable for buy by means of GLORYKickboxing.com on Friday, Could 23 at 9am CET.
Ticket patrons who’re affected can be contacted instantly concerning the standing of their tickets & procedures. For extra info on this, please go to GLORYKickboxing.com.
GLORY 100 can be obtainable to observe dwell on DAZN PPV within the Netherlands, North America, the UK, and varied areas world wide. For full international broadcast listings, please go to GLORYKickboxing.com.
GLORY 100 Combat Card
Saturday, June 14, Rotterdam AhoyLive on DAZN Pay Per View
Primary EventGLORY Heavyweight World ChampionshipChampion Rico Verhoeven (65-10, 21 KO) vs. Artem Vakhitov (22-6, 8 KO)
Co-Primary EventGLORY Gentle Heavyweight World ChampionshipChampion Tarik Khbabez (52-11-1, 28 KO) vs. Sergej Maslobojev (41-7, 25 KO)
Final Heavyweight Standing Event 4 FinalSemi-Ultimate 1 Winner vs. Semi-Ultimate 2 Winner
Final Heavyweight Standing Event 3 FinalSemi-Ultimate 1 Winner vs. Semi-Ultimate 2 Winner
GLORY Middleweight World ChampionshipChampion Donovan Wisse (22-1, 10 KO) vs. Michael Boapeah (21-4-1, 9 KO)
GLORY Featherweight World ChampionshipChampion Petch (173-40-3, 27 KO) vs. Miguel Trindade (62-7, 27 KO)
Final Heavyweight Standing Event 2 FinalSemi-Ultimate 1 Winner vs. Semi-Ultimate 2 Winner
Final Heavyweight Standing Event 1 FinalSemi-Ultimate 1 Winner vs. Semi-Ultimate 2 Winner
MiddleweightMesud Selimovic (33-12, 18 KO) vs. Iliass Hammouche (34-8, 7 KO)
Jamal Ben Saddik (38-9, 29 KO) vs. Sofian Laidouni (38-4-1, 19 KO)
LHS Event 4 | Semi-Ultimate 1Tariq Osaro (27-4-1, 14 KO) vs. Luigi Gashi (16-4, 4 KO)
LHS Event 3 | Semi-Ultimate 2Bahram Rajabzadeh (71-4, 63 KO) vs. Asdren Gashi (19-4-1, 9 KO)
LHS Event 3 | Semi-Ultimate 1Mory Kromah (32-3-1, 19 KO) vs. Alin Nechita (17-1, 7 KO)
GLORY 100 UndercardFree on YouTube
CatchweightSerkan Ozcaglayan (47-10, 36 KO) vs. Mohamed Touchassie (16-3, 12 KO)
FeatherweightBerjan Peposhi (30-5, 16 KO) vs. Deniz Demirkapu (14-4, 10 KO)
LHS Event 2 | Semi-Ultimate 2Milos Cvjeticanin (12-3, 8 KO) vs. Cem Caceres (19-1, 14 KO)
LHS Event 2 | Semi-Ultimate 1Colin George (24-12, 22 KO) vs. Nico ‘Large Horny’ Horta (24-10, 4 KO)
LHS Event 1 | Semi-Ultimate 2Asadulla Nasipov (11-1, 5 KO) vs. Anis Bouzid (46-4, 37 KO)
LHS Event 1 | Semi-Ultimate 1Iraj Azizpour (70-7, 28 KO) vs. Ionut Iancu (31-10, 13 KO)
LHS Event Reserve FightIuri Fernandes (9-1, 3 KO) vs. Samuele Pugliese (14-2, 5 KO)
