2021 in Glory

The year 2021 is the tenth year in the history of Glory, an international kickboxing promotion. For 2021, besides its own channels Glory announced official distribution partnerships with FITE TV, Spike Netherlands, Sport Extra and La Sueur, to broadcast the promotion's Pay-per-view events.[1][2][3][4]

2021 in Glory
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Events
Fights
Chronology
2020 in Glory 2021 in Glory 2022 in Glory

List of events
# Event Title Date Arena Location
1 Glory 77: Rotterdam January 30, 2021 Rotterdam Ahoy Rotterdam, Netherlands

Glory 77: Rotterdam
Glory 77: Rotterdam
The poster for Glory 77: Rotterdam.
Information
PromotionGlory
DateJanuary 30, 2021
VenueRotterdam Ahoy
City Rotterdam, Netherlands
Event chronology
Glory 76: Rotterdam Glory 77: Rotterdam

Glory 77: Rotterdam was a kickboxing event held by Glory on January 30, 2021 at the Rotterdam Ahoy in Rotterdam, Netherlands.[5]

Background

The main event was initially set to feature the Glory Heavyweight champion Rico Verhoeven who was supposed to defend his Glory Heavyweight Championship against his longtime foe Jamal Ben Saddik in a trilogy bout, [6][7][8] but Ben Saddik was forced off the card on January 19 due to a back injury.[9] Instead, the event will be headlined by a 4-man heavyweight tournament. Rico Verhoeven will face Hesdy Gerges in the first semi-final of the tournament and Glory newcomer Tarik Khbabez will square off with Levi Rigters in the second semi-final of the tournament.[10] Rigters step in on short notice to face Khbabez who was set to make his GLORY debut against Antonio Plazibat.[11] However, Plazibat pulled out two week before the event due to an injury sustained during his camp.[12]

The co-main event of the evening will feature the Glory light heavyweight champion Artem Vakhitov against the Glory middleweight champion and the interim Glory light heavyweight champion Alex Pereira for the undisputed Glory Light Heavyweight Championship.[13]

Cédric Doumbé will fight Murthel Groenhart in a trilogy bout to unify the Glory Welterweight Championship.[14] Groenhart was previously scheduled to face Cedric Doumbe to unify the title at glory 76, but Groenhart was forced off the card with an injury.[15]

The Glory Super Bantamweight champion Tiffany van Soest will make her first title defense, of her second title reign, against the #2 ranked Glory super bantamweight Aline Pereira.[16]

In the second light heavyweight bout of the card, the #2 ranked Luis Tavares is scheduled to fight the #4 ranked Donegi Abena.[17]

Former K-1 fighter Raul Cătinaș was expected to make his GLORY debut against Martin Pacas in a heavyweight bout.[18] However, Cătinaș pulled out on January 13 due to testing positive for COVID-19.[19] Promotional newcomer Muhammed Balli steps in to fight Pacas on just two weeks notice.[20]

A lightweight bout between Itay Gershon and Guerric Billet was scheduled for the preliminary card.[21] However, Gershon was unable to compete due to COVID-19 travel restrictions in Israel,[22] the bout was cancelled .

Results
Main card
Weight Class Method Round Time Notes
Heavyweight 120 kg Rico Verhoeven def. Tarik Khbabez TKO (Retirement) 1 3:00 Heavyweight Tournament Final
Light Heavyweight 95 kg Alex Pereira (ic) def. Artem Vakhitov (c) Decision (Split) 5 3:00 For the undisputed Glory Light Heavyweight Championship
Welterweight 77 kg Cédric Doumbé (c) def. Murthel Groenhart (ic) KO (Punch) 2 2:52 For the undisputed Glory Welterweight Championship
Heavyweight 120 kg Tarik Khbabez def. Levi Rigters Decision (Majority) 3 3:00 Heavyweight Tournament Semi-Finals B
Heavyweight 120 kg Rico Verhoeven def. Hesdy Gerges Decision (Unanimous) 3 3:00 Heavyweight Tournament Semi-Finals A
Super Bantamweight 55 kg Tiffany van Soest (c) def. Aline Pereira Decision (Unanimous) 5 3:00 For the Glory Super Bantamweight Championship
Light Heavyweight 95 kg Luis Tavares def. Donegi Abena Decision (Unanimous) 3 3:00
Preliminary card
Heavyweight 120 kg Martin Pacas def. Muhammed Balli KO (Head Kick and Punches) 3 2:23 Heavyweight Tournament Reserve Fight

[23]

2021 Glory Heavyweight Tournament bracket
Semi-finals Final
      
Rico Verhoeven UD
Hesdy Gerges 3r.
Rico Verhoeven TKO
Tarik Khbabez 1r.
Tarik Khbabez MD
Levi Rigters 3r.

See also

References
  1. "GLORY 77 FIGHT CARD: 6 CHAMPIONS, 4 TITLE FIGHTS, 1 NIGHT". glorykickboxing.com. Retrieved 19 January 2021.
  2. "GLORY and Spike Netherlands enter into media partnership". glorykickboxing.com. Retrieved 19 January 2021.
  3. Maciuca, Cristi. "Benny Adegbuyi vs. Badr Hari se vede pe Sport Extra! Totul despre cel mai nou post de sport din România". fanatik.ro. Retrieved 19 January 2021.
  4. "GLORY and La Sueur unveil new pay-per-view partnership in France". glorykickboxing.com. Retrieved 19 January 2021.
  5. Iskenderov, Parviz (24 November 2020). "Rico Verhoeven vs Jamal Ben Saddik 3 date set for January 30 in GLORY 77 main event live on PPV". FIGHTMAG.
  6. Iskenderov, Parviz. "Rico Verhoeven vs Jamal Ben Saddik 3 date planned for 2021 – GLORY Kickboxing". fightmag.com.au.
  7. "Rico Verhoeven Ben Saddik confirmed as next challenger for Rico". kickboxingz.com.
  8. "Rico Verhoeven vs Jamal Ben Saddik official par le GLORY". boxemag.com.
  9. "BREAKING: Rico Verhoeven vs Jamal Ben Saddik gaat niet door". mmadna.nl.
  10. "Levi Rigters en Tarik Khbabez completeren deelnemersveld". telegraaf.nl.
  11. van Dooijeweert, Bart. "Naast Verhoeven ook Groenhart in titelgevecht op komend GLORY-evenement". nu.nl. Retrieved 19 January 2021.
  12. "arjtrainingen". instagram.com.
  13. van Dinter, Sean. "BREAKING: GLORY titelgevecht tussen kampioenen Alex Pereira en Artem Vakhitov op 30 januari". vechtsportinfo.nl.
  14. van Dinter, Sean. "Groenhart als derde Nederlander bij GLORY 77". vechtsportinfo.nl.
  15. van Dinter, Sean. "Glory pakt stevig uit met rico vs jamal 3 evenement". vechtsportinfo.nl.
  16. Barone, Marcelo. "Irmãos em ação: Aline Pereira vai disputar título do Glory na mesma edição que Alex Poatan". globoesporte.globo.com. Retrieved 5 January 2021.
  17. "Murthel Groenhart derde Nederlander bij GLORY-evenement". telegraaf.nl. Retrieved 6 January 2021.
  18. Ceafalău, Florian. "Revenirea așteptată de toți românii! Raul "Iron" Cătinaș are meci pe 30 ianuarie, în GLORY". as.ro. Retrieved 14 January 2021.
  19. van Dinter, Sean. "Raoul Catinas zegt af voor GLORY Rico vs Jamal 3 evenement". vechtsportinfo.nl. Retrieved 14 January 2021.
  20. "Paco Pacas gets new opponent for Glory 77". kickboxingz.com.
  21. "Guerric Billet de retour au Glory 77 face à Itay Gershon". boxemag.com.
  22. "Israel 'closes skies' to air travel as COVID variants found". aljazeera.com.
  23. "GLORY 77". glorykickboxing.com. Retrieved 17 January 2021.
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