The year 2016 is the 5th year in the history of the Glory, an international

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event. 2016 saw the promotion introduce its Women's Super Bantamweight division. The events were broadcasts through television agreements with

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and other regional channels around the world.

List of events

Glory 27: Chicago

''Glory 27: Chicago'' was a

event held on February 26, 2016, at the

Sears Centre The Now Arena (originally known as the Sears Centre, Sears Centre Arena and stylized as NOW Arena) is a multi-purpose arena in Hoffman Estates, Illinois, a northwest suburb from Chicago, near land which formerly contained the Poplar Creek Musi ...

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Background

This event featured world title fight for the Glory Middleweight Championship between

Artem Levin Artem Valeryevich Levin (russian: Артё́м Вале́рьевич Ле́вин; born December 8, 1986), also known as Artem "The Lion" Levin, is a Russian middleweight Muay Thai kickboxer fighting out of Prokopyevsk. He is the former Glory ...

and

Simon Marcus Simon Marcus (born 5 November 1986), also known as The One, is a Canadian mixed martial artist and former Muay Thai kickboxer, who competes in the Light Heavyweight and Cruiserweight divisions. He is currently signed with Unified MMA. He was ...

as headliner. Also this event featured 4-Man Middleweight Contender Tournament to earn a title shot for the Glory Middleweight Championship.

Results

2016 Glory Middleweight Contender Tournament bracket

Glory 28: Paris

''Glory 28: Paris'' was a

event held on March 12, 2016, at the

AccorHotels Arena Accor Arena (originally known as Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy, and previously as AccorHotels Arena; also known as Bercy in competitions where commercial names are prohibited, such as in the Olympic Games) is an indoor sports arena and concer ...

Paris, France Paris () is the Capital city, capital and List of communes in France with over 20,000 inhabitants, most populous city of France, with an estimated population of 2,165,423 residents in 2019 in an area of more than 105 km² (41 sq mi), ma ...

Background

This event featured three world title fight for the Glory Heavyweight Championship between

Rico Verhoeven Ricardo Verhoeven (born 10 April 1989) is a Dutch professional kickboxer 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, ...

and

Mladen Brestovac Mladen Brestovac (born October, 1983) is a Croatian heavyweight Muay Thai kickboxer, currently signed to Final Fight Championship, where he is the current FFC Heavyweight champion, and GLORY. He previously competed in K-1 and SUPERKOMBAT. He ...

as headliner, Glory Light Heavyweight Championship between Saulo Cavalari and

Artem Vakhitov Artyom Olegovich Vakhitov ( rus, Артё́м Оле́гович Вахитов; born April 4, 1991) is a Russian Muay Thai kickboxer who competes in the cruiserweight and heavyweight divisions. Having begun practicing Muay Th ...

, and the Glory Featherweight Championship between

Serhiy Adamchuk Serhii Adamchuk (born February 7, 1990) is a Ukrainian kickboxer. A professional competitor since 2008, Adamchuk is a former Glory featherweight champion and three time featherweight title challenger. Combat Press ranked him as a top ten feath ...

and

Mosab Amrani Mosab "Jaguar" Amrani (born 25 October 1987 in Amsterdam, Netherlands), is a Moroccan-Dutch middleweight-super welterweight Muay Thai kickboxer fighting out of Amsterdam for Team Amrani. Biography/Career Born in Amsterdam, Mosab began most of ...

. Also this event featured 4-Man Lightweight Contender Tournament to earn a title shot for the Glory Lightweight Championship.

Results

2016 Glory Lightweight Contender Tournament bracket

Glory 29: Copenhagen

''Glory 29: Copenhagen'' was a

event held on April 16, 2016, at the

Forum Copenhagen Forum Copenhagen ( da, Forum København, italic=no) is a large multi-purpose, rentable indoor arena located in Frederiksberg, Denmark. It hosts a large variety of concerts, markets, exhibitions and other events. The venue can hold up to 10,000 p ...

Copenhagen Copenhagen ( or .; da, København ) is the capital and most populous city of Denmark, with a proper population of around 815.000 in the last quarter of 2022; and some 1.370,000 in the urban area; and the wider Copenhagen metropolitan ar ...

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Background

This event featured world title fight for the Glory Welterweight Championship between

Nieky Holzken Nicolaas Hubertus Holzken (born December 16, 1983) is a Dutch super middleweight kickboxer and professional boxer currently signed to ONE Championship, where he competes in the Lightweight division. He is the former Glory Welterweight Champion. ...

and

Yoann Kongolo Yoann Bernard Kongolo is a Swiss boxer and Muay Thai kickboxer of DR Congo descent who competes in the light heavyweight division of the Glory. He has also competed for SUPERKOMBAT. He was ranked in the welterweight top 10 by Combat Press ...

as headliner, and 4-Man Heavyweight Contender Tournament to earn a title shot for the Glory Heavyweight Championship.

Results

2016 Glory Heavyweight Contender Tournament bracket

Glory 30: Los Angeles

''Glory 30: Los Angeles'' was a

event held on May 13, 2016, at the

Citizens Business Bank Arena Toyota Arena is a multi-purpose arena in Ontario, California, United States. The arena hosts local sporting events and concerts and is suitable for indoor events, including basketball, ice hockey, ice shows, boxing, graduation ceremonies and con ...

Ontario, California, USA Ontario is a city in southwestern San Bernardino County in the U.S. state of California, east of downtown Los Angeles and west of downtown San Bernardino, the county seat. Located in the western part of the Inland Empire metropolitan area, ...

Background

This event featured world title fight for the Glory Middleweight Championship between

and Dustin Jacoby as headliner, and 4-Man Welterweight Qualification Tournament with the winner being granted entry into Welterweight Contender Tournament later this year. The event also marked the launch of Glory's first women's division with the beginning of a Grand Prix tournament to crown the promotion's first Bantamweight Championship.

Results

2016 Glory Welterweight Qualification Tournament bracket

Glory 31: Amsterdam

''Glory 31: Amsterdam'' was a

event held on June 25, 2016, at the Amsterdam RAI in

Amsterdam, Netherlands Amsterdam ( , , , lit. ''The Dam on the River Amstel'') is the capital and most populous city of the Netherlands, with The Hague being the seat of government. It has a population of 907,976 within the city proper, 1,558,755 in the urban are ...

Background

This event was originally scheduled to feature two world title fights for the Glory Lightweight Championship between

Robin van Roosmalen Robin van Roosmalen (born 1 October 1989) is a retired Dutch kickboxer and mixed martial artist, currently signed with Bellator MMA, competing in their Featherweight division. He is the former Glory Featherweight Champion and former Glory Lig ...

and Sitthichai Sitsongpeenong, and the Glory Light Heavyweight Championship between

and Mourad Bouzidi, but Vakhitov was out due to injury and

Zack Mwekassa Zack Mwekassa (born 20 January 1984) is a Congolese boxer and kickboxer who fights in GLORY. He is a former Interim Glory Light Heavyweight Champion As of 1 October 2017, he is ranked the #4 light-heavyweight in the world by CombatPress.com. ...

replaced him for the interim title. Also this event featured 4-Man Welterweight Contender Tournament to earn a title shot for the Glory Welterweight Championship.

Results

2016 Glory Welterweight Contender Tournament bracket

Glory 32: Virginia

''Glory 32: Virginia'' was a

event held on July 22, 2016, at the

Ted Constant Convocation Center Chartway Arena at the Ted Constant Convocation Center is a , multi-purpose arena in Norfolk, Virginia, United States, on the campus of Old Dominion University. It is operated by Spectra Venue Management. Chartway Arena is part of the University Vi ...

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Background

This event featured world title fights for the Glory Featherweight Championship between

and

Gabriel Varga Gabriel Varga (born May 16, 1985) is a Canadian kickboxer who competes in the Lightweight division of Karate Combat. He is the former Bellator KB Featherweight champion, the former two time Glory Featherweight champion and the former WKN ligh ...

as headliner. Also this event featured 4-Man Light Heavyweight Contender Tournament to earn a title shot for the Glory Light Heavyweight Championship.

Results

2016 Glory Light Heavyweight Contender Tournament bracket

Glory 33: New Jersey

''Glory 33: New Jersey'' was a

event held on September 9, 2016, at the

Sun National Bank Center The CURE Insurance Arena is a multipurpose arena in Trenton, New Jersey. It hosts events including shows, sporting events and concerts. The arena seats 7,605 for hockey and other ice events, 8,600 for basketball and up to 10,500 for concerts, fam ...

in Trenton, New Jersey, USA.

Background

This event featured two world title fights for the Glory Heavyweight Championship between

and Anderson Braddock, for the Glory Middleweight Championship between

and Jason Wilnis. Also this event featured a 4-Man Featherweight Contender Tournament.

Results

2016 Glory Featherweight Contender Tournament bracket

Glory 34: Denver

''Glory 34: Denver'' was a

event held on October 21, 2016, at the

1stBank Center The 1stBank Center (originally the Broomfield Event Center and formerly the Odeum Colorado) is a multi-purpose arena located 15 miles northwest of Downtown Denver, in the city of Broomfield. It is located near the Rocky Mountain Metropolitan Air ...

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Background

This event featured world title fights for the Glory Welterweight Championship between

and Murthel Groenhart & the Glory Featherweight Championship between

and

. Also this event featured 4-Man Middleweight Contender Tournament.

Results

2016 Glory Middleweight Contender Tournament bracket

Glory 35: Nice

''Glory 35: Nice'' was a

event held on November 5, 2016, at the

Palais Nikaia Palais Nikaïa is an indoor concert hall and multi-purpose facility located in Nice, France. It opened on 4 April 2001, and is located five minutes' drive from Côte d'Azur International Airport. On its own, Palais Nikaïa has seats for between 1 ...

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Background

This event featured world title fights For the Unification of the Light Heavyweight Championship between

and

as headliner. Also this event featured 4-Man Heavyweight Contender Tournament to earn a title shot for the Glory Heavyweight Championship and the last quarter-finals bout of the Women's Super Bantamweight Grand Prix.

Results

2016 Glory Heavyweight Contender Tournament bracket

Glory 36: Oberhausen

''Glory 36: Oberhausen'' is a

event held on December 10, 2016, at the

König Pilsener Arena The Rudolf Weber-Arena (originally the Arena Oberhausen) is a multi-purpose arena, located in Oberhausen, Germany. Opening in 1996, the arena is a part of leisure and shopping center, CentrO. The venue was built in Neue Mitte Oberhausen, a form ...

Oberhausen, Germany Oberhausen (, ) is a city on the river Emscher in the Ruhr Area, Germany, located between Duisburg and Essen ( ). The city hosts the International Short Film Festival Oberhausen and its Gasometer Oberhausen is an anchor point of the European Rout ...

Background

This event featured the highly anticipated Heavyweight showdown between GLORY Heavyweight champion,

and Badr Hari, promoted as "Glory Collision". The event also featured two world title fights the first was for the Glory Welterweight Championship between

and

Cédric Doumbé Cédric Doumbé (born August 30, 1992) is a Cameroonian-born French professional mixed martial artist and former kickboxer, currently fighting in the Welterweight division. In kickboxing, he is a former two-time Glory Welterweight Champion. Do ...

and the second was for the Lightweight Championship between Sitthichai Sitsongpeenong and

Marat Grigorian Marat Grigorian ( hy, Մարատ Գրիգորյան; born 29 May 1991) is an Armenian-Belgian kickboxer currently signed to ONE Championship, where he competes in the featherweight division. Grigorian has previously competed for Glory and is a ...

. Also this event featured a 4-Man Lightweight Contender Tournament and the Semi-Finals/Final of the Women's Super Bantamweight. Davit Kiria has withdrawn from the event, for unknown reasons.

Dylan Salvador Dylan Salvador (born 20 May 1993) is a French mixed martial artist and former Muay Thai kickboxer. A professional competitor since 2011, Salvador is a former two-weight WAKO World champion, having held the low-kick titles at light welterweigh ...

has replaced him against

Anatoly Moiseev Anatoly Moiseev ( rus, Анатолий Моисеев) is a Russian people, Russian Lightweight kickboxer. He was the 71 kg-World Association of Kickboxing Organizations, WAKO Russian and world champion, winning both titles in 2011, and the ...

List of events

Glory 27: Chicago

Background

Results

2016 Glory Middleweight Contender Tournament bracket

Glory 28: Paris

Background

Results

2016 Glory Lightweight Contender Tournament bracket

Glory 29: Copenhagen

Background

Results

2016 Glory Heavyweight Contender Tournament bracket

Glory 30: Los Angeles

Background

Results

2016 Glory Welterweight Qualification Tournament bracket

Glory 31: Amsterdam

Background

Results

2016 Glory Welterweight Contender Tournament bracket

Glory 32: Virginia

Background

Results

2016 Glory Light Heavyweight Contender Tournament bracket

Glory 33: New Jersey

Background

Results

2016 Glory Featherweight Contender Tournament bracket

Glory 34: Denver

Background

Results

2016 Glory Middleweight Contender Tournament bracket

Glory 35: Nice

Background

Results

2016 Glory Heavyweight Contender Tournament bracket

Glory 36: Oberhausen

Background

Results

2016 Glory Lightweight Contender Tournament bracket

See also

References