| 2020 in Glory | |
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| Information | |
| First date | February 29, 2020 |
| Last date | December 19, 2020 |
| Events | |
| Total events | 2 |
| Fights | |
| Total fights | 17 |
| Title fights | 3 |
The year 2020 was the ninth year in the history of Glory, an international kickboxing promotion. The year started with Glory 75: Utrecht. Glory 75: Utrecht was broadcast through television agreements with Veronica TV, UFC Fight Pass and other regional channels around the world. Glory 76 was available on pay-per-view.
| # | Event Title | Date | Arena | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Glory 75: Utrecht | February 29, 2020 | Central Studios |  Utrecht, Netherlands |
| 2 | Glory 76: Rotterdam | December 19, 2020 | Rotterdam Ahoy | Rotterdam, Netherlands |
| Glory 75: Utrecht | ||||
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| Information | ||||
| Promotion | Glory | |||
| Date | February 29, 2020 | |||
| Venue | Central Studios | |||
| City | Utrecht, Netherlands | |||
| Event chronology | ||||
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Glory 75: Utrecht was a kickboxing event held by Glory on February 29, 2020, at the Central Studios in Utrecht, Netherlands.
This event featured the third fight between the champion Petchpanomrung Kiatmookao and top contender Serhiy Adamchuk for the Glory Featherweight Championship as the Glory 75: Utrecht headliner. [1]
Mohamed Mezouari has been forced to withdraw from his scheduled GLORY 75 co-main event bout with Dmitry Menshikov due to an injury. The bout will be rescheduled to a future Glory card.
| Glory 75 | |||||||
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| Weight Class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
| Featherweight 65 kg |  Petchpanomrung Kiatmookao (c) | def. |  Serhiy Adamchuk | Decision (Unanimous) | 5 | 3:00 | For the Glory Featherweight Championship |
| Middleweight 85 kg |  Yousri Belgaroui | def. |  Jakob Styben | TKO (Doctor Stoppage) | 2 | 1:02 | |
| Lightweight 70 kg |  Tyjani Beztati | def. |  Michaël Palandre | TKO (Arm Injury) | 2 | 3:00 | |
| Welterweight 77 kg |  Jamie Bates | def. |  Harut Grigorian | Decision (Unanimous) | 3 | 3:00 | |
| Superfight Series | |||||||
| Light Heavyweight 95 kg |  Sergej Maslobojev | def. | Roel Mannaart | TKO (Punches) | 1 | 1:48 | |
| Super Bantamweight 55 kg | Anissa Meksen | def. |  Ji-Waen Lee | TKO (Knee Injury) | 2 | 3:00 | |
| Lightweight 70 kg | Guerric Billet | def. |  Artur Saladiak | Decision (Unanimous) | 3 | 3:00 | |
| Lightweight 70 kg |  Bruno Gazani | def. |  Mohamed Hendouf | Decision (Split) | 3 | 3:00 | |
| Featherweight 65 kg | Vincent Foschiani | def. | Si-Jun Jin | Decision (Unanimous) | 3 | 3:00 | |
| Prelims | |||||||
| Featherweight 65 kg |  Antonio Campoy | def. | Bowie Zonneveld | Decision (Unanimous) | 3 | 3:00 | |
| Super Bantamweight 55 kg | Lorena Klijn | def. |  Almira Tinchurina | Decision (Unanimous) | 3 | 3:00 | |
| Glory 76: Rotterdam | ||||
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| Information | ||||
| Promotion | Glory | |||
| Date | December 19, 2020 | |||
| Venue | Rotterdam Ahoy | |||
| City | Rotterdam, Netherlands | |||
| Attendance | None (behind closed doors) | |||
| Event chronology | ||||
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Glory 76: Rotterdam, also known as "Badr vs. Benny", [2] was a kickboxing event held by Glory on December 19, 2020, at the Rotterdam Ahoy in Rotterdam, Netherlands. The event was originally planned to take place on June 20 at Ahoy in Rotterdam, Netherlands, but was postponed multiple times due to the COVID-19 pandemic. [3] [4] On September 13, Glory announced the event would take place in the Netherlands on November 7 [2] only for it be postponed again, when Badr Hari announced that he tested positive for COVID-19 on October 19. [5] The event was rescheduled for December 19. [6]
A Glory Heavyweight title eliminator bout [7] [8] between former two-time Glory Heavyweight Championship challenger and three-time tournament winner Benjamin Adegbuyi and kickboxing legend Badr Hari served as the event headliner.
In the co-main Murthel Groenhart was scheduled to face Cedric Doumbe to unify the Glory Welterweight title, but Groenhart was forced off the card on December 9 with an injury. [9] Doumbe instead faced the former Bellator Kickboxing Welterweight Champion Karim Ghajji, who stepped in on a week notice for this encounter. [10]
The card also featured a four-man heavyweight tournament, with the participants being the #5 ranked Antonio Plazibat, #6 ranked Arkadiusz Wrzosek, #9 ranked Nordine Mahieddine and the new signing Levi Rigters. [11] Wrzosek was later replaced by the #7 ranked Jahfarr Wilnis, as the Pole pulled out due to undisclosed reasons. [12] Wilnis would later pull out as well, and was replaced by the debuting Massinissa Hamaili. [13] Hamaili would himself be replaced by Marciano Bhagwandass, four days before the event. [14]
A Lightweight bout between Damian Johansen and Jos van Belzen was scheduled for the event, but Johansen was forced off the card on December 15 due to illness. Tony Jas served as Johansen replacement, taking the short notice fight against van Belzen. [15]
| Glory 76 | |||||||
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| Weight Class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
| Heavyweight 120 kg |  Benjamin Adegbuyi | def. | Badr Hari | KO (Body kick and Punches) | 3 | 0:50 | Glory Heavyweight Championship Eliminator |
| Heavyweight 120 kg | Levi Rigters | def. | Nordine Mahieddine | KO (Front kick) | 1 | 1:49 | Heavyweight Tournament Final |
| Welterweight 77 kg | Cédric Doumbé (c) | def. | Karim Ghajji | TKO (Punches) | 3 | 1:30 | For the Glory Welterweight Championship |
| Heavyweight 120 kg | Nordine Mahieddine | def. |  Antonio Plazibat | Ext.R Decision (Split) | 4 | 3:00 | Heavyweight Tournament Semi-Finals |
| Heavyweight 120 kg | Levi Rigters | def. |  Marciano Bhagwandass | KO (Body punch) | 2 | 2:42 | Heavyweight Tournament Semi-Finals |
| Prelims | |||||||
| Lightweight 70 kg | Tony Jas | def. | Jos van Belzen | Decision (Unanimous) | 3 | 3:00 | |
| Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
| Marciano Bhagwandass | 2r. | ||||||||
| Levi Rigters | KO | ||||||||
| Levi Rigters | KO | ||||||||
| Nordine Mahieddine | 1r. | ||||||||
| Antonio Plazibat | 4r. | ||||||||
| Nordine Mahieddine | SD | ||||||||
Badr Hari is a Moroccan-Dutch kickboxer. He is a former K-1 Heavyweight World Champion (2007–2008), It's Showtime Heavyweight World Champion (2009–2010) and K-1 World Grand Prix 2008 and 2009 finalist. Known for his aggressive and explosive fighting style, Hari is widely considered one of the greatest kickboxers of all time.
Rico Verhoeven is a Dutch professional kickboxer, former professional boxer and mixed martial artist who currently competes in the heavyweight division of GLORY, where he is the reigning Glory Heavyweight Champion. A professional since 2004, he also competed in the K-1, It's Showtime and SUPERKOMBAT promotions. He is currently ranked the number one heavyweight in the world by Combat Press. Verhoeven has been continually ranked as the number one heavyweight kickboxer in the world by Combat Press since September 2014, when the rankings were first established.
Karim Ghajji, is a French-Moroccan kickboxer and B-boy. He is a former Glory Welterweight Championship challenger.
Murthel Cyrill Dwyth Groenhart is a Dutch-Surinamese kickboxer and mixed martial artist. Groenhart is the 2012 K-1 World MAX World Championship Tournament Champion and former Glory Welterweight Champion.
Glory is an international promotion kickboxing promotion founded in 2012. It is owned by Pierre Andurand, Yao Capital, Scott Rudmann and other investors.
Benjamin Adekunle Miron Adegbuyi is a Romanian kickboxer and professional boxer. He is a two-time Glory Heavyweight Championship challenger and three-time winner of heavyweight tournament. Adegbuyi is also Superkombat World Grand Prix III 2012 tournament winner and 2018 Glory Heavyweight Grand Prix tournament runner-up. A professional since 2011, he also fought in K-1.
Jamal Ben Saddik is a Belgian professional kickboxer. He is a former two-time Glory Heavyweight Championship challenger and 2018 Glory Heavyweight Grand Prix tournament winner.
Jason Wilnis is a Dutch professional mixed martial artist and former kickboxer competing in the Middleweight division. He is the last It's Showtime 85MAX champion and former Glory Middleweight Champion. Notably, he holds wins in kickboxing against mixed martial artists UFC Middleweight champions Israel Adesanya and Alex Pereira.
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Cédric Doumbé is a Cameroonian-born French professional mixed martial artist and former kickboxer, currently fighting in the Welterweight division of the Professional Fighters League (PFL).
Luis Tavares is a Dutch-Cape Verdean kickboxer. He is the former Enfusion Heavyweight and Super Heavyweight champion.
Antonio Plazibat is a Croatian professional kickboxer, who currently competes in the Heavyweight division of Glory. Plazibat was the 2014 FFC Futures Light Heavyweight tournament winner, the 2017 K-1 WGP Heavyweight World Grand Prix winner and a former K-1 Heavyweight Champion.
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The year 2019 was the eighth year in the history of Glory, an international kickboxing promotion. The first event of the year, Glory 63: Houston, would also be the first to be broadcast on UFC Fight Pass as part of a new agreement with the UFC that saw their Fight Pass streaming service become the exclusive carrier of Glory events in the United States. Glory events were also broadcast through television agreements with Veronica TV, and other regional channels around the world.
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The year 2022 was the eleventh year in the history of Glory, an international kickboxing promotion.
The year 2023 is the 12th year in the history of Glory, an international kickboxing promotion.