The year 2017 was the sixth year in the history of the Glory, an international

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event. The year started with Glory 37: Los Angeles. The events were broadcasts through television agreements with

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and other regional channels around the world.

Glory 2017 Awards

The following fighters won the GLORY Kickboxing year-end awards for 2017: *Glory Fighter of the Year 2017: Rico Verhoeven *Glory Fight of the Year 2017: Chenglong Zhang vs. Masaya Kubo *Glory Knockout of the Year 2017: Rico Verhoeven against Jamal Ben Saddik *Glory Knockout Kick of the Year 2017: Stoyan Koprivlenski against Maykol Yurk *Glory Upset of the Year 2017: Elvis Gashi against Josh Jauncey *Glory Newcomer of the Year 2017: Anissa Meksen *Glory Comeback of the Year 2017: Kevin Van Nostrand against Anvar Boynazarov

List of events

Glory 37: Los Angeles

''Glory 37: Los Angeles'' was a

event held on January 20, 2017 at

The Novo by Microsoft The Novo (formerly Club Nokia) is an indoor club located at L.A. Live in downtown Los Angeles, California. The club's seating capacity is 2,400. History The venue opened on November 8, 2008, as "Club Nokia" with shows held by the musician Beck ...

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, US.

Background

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

Jason Wilnis Jason Wilnis (born 10 December 1990) is a Dutch professional mixed martial artist and former kickboxer of Surinamese descent competing in the Middleweight division. He is the last It's Showtime 85MAX champion and former Glory Middleweight Ch ...

and

Israel Adesanya Israel Mobolaji Odunayo Oluwafemi Temitayo Owolabi Adesanya (born 22 July 1989) is a New Zealand professional mixed martial artist, kickboxer, and former boxer with multiple championships in all three disciplines. As a mixed martial artist, h ...

as headliner, also the show featured 4-Man Welterweight Contender Tournament.

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 ...

missed weight and was stripped of the Featherweight Championship. Only Embree has fought for the vacant Featherweight Championship.

Results

2017 Glory Welterweight Contender Tournament bracket

Glory 38: Chicago

''Glory 38: Chicago'' was a

event held on February 24, 2017 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 ...

Hoffman Estates, Illinois Hoffman Estates is a village in Illinois, United States. The village is located primarily in Cook County, with a small section in Kane County. It is a suburb of Chicago. Per the 2020 census, the population was 52,530. The village now serves a ...

, US.

Background

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

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 Saulo Cavalari as headliner, and 4-Man Light Heavyweight Contender Tournament to earn a title shot for the Glory Light Heavyweight Championship. The Superfight Series was originally expected to be co-headlined by

Cătălin Moroșanu Cătălin Moroșanu (30 June 1984) is a retired Romanian kickboxer, chanbara practitioner and professional rugby player. He is best known for his time in the Superkombat Fighting Championship (SUPERKOMBAT), where he competed in the heavyweight d ...

and Chi Lewis-Parry. However, Lewis-Parry pulled out of the Fight, so Moroșanu faced Maurice Greene.

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. ...

was pulled from the tournament by the Illinois State Athletic Commission early on Friday morning for undisclosed medical issues and

Zinedine Hameur-Lain Zinedine Hameur-Lain (born May 26, 1986), is an Algerian-French kickboxer, currently signed with Glory. He is the WBC Muaythai World Champion. He has also fought in SUPERKOMBAT. He was ranked as a top five light heavyweight kickboxer in the worl ...

faced Brian Collette.

Result

2017 Glory Light Heavyweight Contender Tournament bracket

Road to Glory UK 65 kg Tournament

''Road to Glory UK 65 kg Tournament'' was a

event held on March 11, 2017 at the Grantham Meres Leisure Centre in

Grantham Grantham () is a market and industrial town in the South Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England, situated on the banks of the River Witham and bounded to the west by the A1 road. It lies some 23 miles (37 km) south of the Lincoln and ...

England England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Wales to its west and Scotland to its north. The Irish Sea lies northwest and the Celtic Sea to the southwest. It is separated from continental Europe b ...

Results

Glory 39: Brussels

''Glory 39: Brussels'' was a

event held on March 25, 2017 at the Vorst National in

Brussels Brussels (french: Bruxelles or ; nl, Brussel ), officially the Brussels-Capital Region (All text and all but one graphic show the English name as Brussels-Capital Region.) (french: link=no, Région de Bruxelles-Capitale; nl, link=no, Bruss ...

Belgium Belgium, ; french: Belgique ; german: Belgien officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a country in Northwestern Europe. The country is bordered by the Netherlands to the north, Germany to the east, Luxembourg to the southeast, France to th ...

Background

This event featured two world title fight for the Glory Welterweight Championship between Cedric Doumbe 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 Glory 39 headliner, for the Glory Lightweight Championship between

Sitthichai Sitsongpeenong Sitthichai Sitsongpeenong ( Thai: สิทธิชัย ศิษย์สองพี่น้อง, ; born September 23, 1991) is a Thai Muay Thai kickboxer who is currently signed to ONE Championship. Sitthichai is a former Lumpinee Stadiu ...

and

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 ...

as Superfight Series headliner Also this event featured 4-Man Featherweight Contender Tournament. Hysni Beqiri had to withdraw from Glory 39, because of an injury in a car accident. Anton Petrov filled in for Beqiri against

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 ...

. French veteran Karim Benmansour no longer competed at Glory 39 as he required additional time off to recover from surgery. Therefore,

Harut Grigorian Harut Grigorian ( hy, Հարութ Գրիգորյան; born 24 March 1989) is an Armenian-born Belgian kickboxer and former Glory Welterweight Champion. He has also competed in the It's Showtime and K-1 promotions. He was ranked in the Combat ...

faced a new opponent, Pavol Garaj. Due to visa issue, Anvar Boynazarov no longer competed in the Glory 39 featherweight contender tournament. His slot was filled by Nafi Bilalovski. Chi Lewis-Parry had to withdraw due to illness, the fight with Hesdy Gerges was off.

Results

2017 Glory Featherweight Contender Tournament bracket

Glory 40: Copenhagen

''Glory 40: Copenhagen'' was a

event held on April 29, 2017 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 a world title fight for the Glory Middleweight Championship between

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

Fight Card

2017 Glory Middleweight Contender Tournament bracket

Glory 41: Holland

''Glory 41: Holland'' was a

event held on May 20, 2017 at the Brabanthallen in

Den Bosch s-Hertogenbosch (), colloquially known as Den Bosch (), is a city and municipality in the Netherlands with a population of 157,486. It is the capital of the province of North Brabant and its fourth largest by population. The city is south of th ...

Netherlands ) , anthem = ( en, "William of Nassau") , image_map = , map_caption = , subdivision_type = Sovereign state , subdivision_name = Kingdom of the Netherlands , established_title = Before independence , established_date = Spanish Netherl ...

Background

Bonus awards: The following fighters were awarded $5,000 bonuses: *Fighter of the Night: Petchpanomrung Kiatmookao *Knockout of the Night: D'Angelo Marshall

Results

2017 Glory Heavyweight Contender Tournament bracket

Glory 42: Paris

''Glory 42: Paris'' was a

event held on June 10, 2017 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 Paris () is the capital and 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), making it the 30th most densely populated city in the world in 2020. S ...

France France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of Overseas France, overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic, Pacific Ocean, Pac ...

Background

Bonus awards: The following fighters were awarded $5,000 bonuses: *Fighter of the Night: Yoann Kongolo *Knockout of the Night: Massaro Glunder

Results

2017 Glory Lightweight Contender Tournament bracket

Glory 43: New York

''Glory 43: New York'' was a

event held on July 14, 2017 at

The Theater at Madison Square Garden The Hulu Theater at Madison Square Garden is a theater located in New York City's Madison Square Garden. It seats between 2,000 and 5,600, and is used for concerts, shows, sports, meetings, and other events. It is located beneath the main Madison ...

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, US.

Background

This event featured a fight between No. 1 heavyweight contender

Benjamin Adegbuyi Benjamin Adekunle Miron Adegbuyi (born January 24, 1985) 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 Wo ...

and

Guto Inocente Carlos Augusto "Guto" Inocente Filho (born May 29, 1986) is a Brazilian professional mixed martial artist and kickboxer currently signed to ONE Championship. A professional MMA competitor since 2005, Inocente formerly competed for the UFC and S ...

as headliner, and a light heavyweight pairing between Pavel Zhuravlev and Saulo Cavalari For the Interim Glory Light Heavyweight Championship as Superfight Series headliner. This event also featured a 4-Man Featherweight Contender Tournament to earn a shot at the Glory Featherweight Championship. Bonus awards: The following fighters were awarded $5,000 bonuses: *Fighter of the Night: Elvis Gashi *Knockout of the Night: Chenchen Li

Results

2017 Glory Featherweight Contender Tournament 2 bracket

Glory 44: Chicago

''Glory 44: Chicago'' was a

event held on August 25, 2017 at the

, US.

Background

This event features the rematch between Cedric Doumbe and

Murthel Groenhart Murthel Cyrill Dwyth Groenhart (born October 10, 1986) is a Dutch-Surinamese mixed martial artist and former kickboxer. Groenhart is the 2012 K-1 World MAX World Championship Tournament Champion and former Glory Welterweight Champion. Career ...

for the Glory Welterweight Championship as Glory 44: Chicago headliner, and a Women's Super Bantamweight pairing between

Tiffany van Soest Tiffany Lynn van Soest (born March 20, 1989) is an American Muay Thai kickboxer who competes in the bantamweight division. She is the current Glory Super Bantamweight Champion. In 2019, Combat Press voted her the Female Fighter of the Year. O ...

and Funda Alkayis for the Glory Women's Super Bantamweight Championship as Superfight Series headliner as well as

looking to have yet another crazy brawl. Also on the fight card is Chicago-native Richard Abraham against Daniel Morales. This event also features a 4-Man Welterweight Contender Tournament to earn a shot at the Glory Welterweight Championship. Bonus awards: The following fighters will be awarded $5,000 bonuses: *Fighter of the Night: Harut Grigorian *Knockout of the Night: Robert Thomas

Fight card

2017 Glory Welterweight Contender Tournament 2 bracket

Glory 45: Amsterdam

''Glory 45: Amsterdam'' was a

event held on September 30, 2017 at the Sporthallen Zuid in

Amsterdam Amsterdam ( , , , lit. ''The Dam on the River Amstel'') is the Capital of the Netherlands, capital and Municipalities of the Netherlands, most populous city of the Netherlands, with The Hague being the seat of government. It has a population ...

Background

This event features a fight between

and

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 ...

for the Glory Featherweight Championship as Glory 45: Amsterdam headliner, and a Welterweight pairing 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

as co-headliner. Heavyweights

Hesdy Gerges Hesdy Gerges (born February 20, 1984) is a Dutch kickboxer and mixed martial artist, fighting out of the Vos Gym in Amsterdam, Netherlands. He held the It's Showtime World Heavyweight title between 2010 and 2012. Gerges has 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 ...

headline the SuperFight Series. This event also features a 4-Man Light Heavyweight Contender Tournament to earn a shot at the Glory Light Heavyweight Championship. An injury suffered during training has forced former welterweight champion

out of the bout against

Alim Nabiev Alim Nabiev (born October 10, 1994) is an Azerbaijani kickboxer, who has been professionally competing since 2010. He is the former WMC World Light Heavyweight champion. He is ranked as the third best welterweight in the world by Combat Press ...

. Bonus awards: The following fighters will be awarded $5,000 bonuses: *Fighter of the Night: Michael Duut *Knockout of the Night: Mladen Brestovac

Fight card

2017 Light Heavyweight Contender Tournament 2 bracket

Road to Glory UK 70 kg Tournament

''Road to Glory UK 70 kg Tournament'' was a

event held on October 7, 2017 at the Grantham Meres Leisure Centre in

Results

Glory 46: China

''Glory 46: China'' was a

event held on October 14, 2017 at the

Guangzhou Gymnasium The Guangzhou Gymnasium () is an indoor arena in Guangzhou. The arena is used as a concert venue and for sporting events such as arena football, basketball, badminton and table tennis. It was constructed between 11 February 1999 and opened on 30 ...

Guangzhou Guangzhou (, ; ; or ; ), also known as Canton () and alternatively romanized as Kwongchow or Kwangchow, is the capital and largest city of Guangdong province in southern China. Located on the Pearl River about north-northwest of Hong Kon ...

China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, with a population exceeding 1.4 billion, slightly ahead of India. China spans the equivalent of five time zones and ...

Background

Bonus awards: The following fighters will be awarded $5,000 bonuses: *Fighter of the Night: Chenglong Zhang *Knockout of the Night: Masaya Kubo

Fight card

2017 Featherweight Qualification Tournament bracket

Glory 47: Lyon

''Glory 47: Lyon'' was a

event held on October 28, 2017 at the

Palais des Sports de Gerland Palais des Sports de Gerland is an indoor sporting arena located in Lyon, France. The seating capacity of the arena is 5,910 people. History It was the venue of the Grand Prix de Tennis de Lyon tournament. The arena was the regular home venue of ...

Lyon Lyon,, ; Occitan: ''Lion'', hist. ''Lionés'' also spelled in English as Lyons, is the third-largest city and second-largest metropolitan area of France. It is located at the confluence of the rivers Rhône and Saône, to the northwest of t ...

Background

Bonus awards: The following fighters were awarded $5,000 bonuses: *Fighter of the Night: Abdellah Ezbiri *Knockout of the Night: Anvar Boynazarov

Results

2017 Featherweight Contender Tournament 3 bracket

Glory 48: New York

''Glory 48: New York'' was a

event held on December 1, 2017 at

, US.

Background

Bonus awards: The following fighters were awarded $5,000 bonuses: *Fighter of the Night: Robert Thomas *Knockout of the Night: Kevin Vannostrand

Results

2017 Middleweight Qualification Tournament bracket

Glory 49: Rotterdam

''Glory 49: Rotterdam'' was a

event held on December 9, 2017 at

Rotterdam Ahoy Rotterdam Ahoy (formerly known as Ahoy Rotterdam or simply as Ahoy) is a convention centre and multi-purpose indoor arena located in Rotterdam, Netherlands. Opened originally in 1950, the current complex consists of three main venues: a fairs an ...

Rotterdam Rotterdam ( , , , lit. ''The Dam on the River Rotte'') is the second largest city and municipality in the Netherlands. It is in the province of South Holland, part of the North Sea mouth of the Rhine–Meuse–Scheldt delta, via the ''"N ...

Background

Bonus awards: The following fighters will be awarded $5,000 bonuses: *Fighter of the Night: *Knockout of the Night:

Results

2017 Glory Lightweight Contender Tournament 2 bracket

References

{{reflist Glory (kickboxing) events 2017 in kickboxing

Glory 2017 Awards

List of events

Glory 37: Los Angeles

Background

Results

2017 Glory Welterweight Contender Tournament bracket

Glory 38: Chicago

Background

Result

2017 Glory Light Heavyweight Contender Tournament bracket

Road to Glory UK 65 kg Tournament

Results

Glory 39: Brussels

Background

Results

2017 Glory Featherweight Contender Tournament bracket

Glory 40: Copenhagen

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Fight Card

2017 Glory Middleweight Contender Tournament bracket

Glory 41: Holland

Background

Results

2017 Glory Heavyweight Contender Tournament bracket

Glory 42: Paris

Background

Results

2017 Glory Lightweight Contender Tournament bracket

Glory 43: New York

Background

Results

2017 Glory Featherweight Contender Tournament 2 bracket

Glory 44: Chicago

Background

Fight card

2017 Glory Welterweight Contender Tournament 2 bracket

Glory 45: Amsterdam

Background

Fight card

2017 Light Heavyweight Contender Tournament 2 bracket

Road to Glory UK 70 kg Tournament

Results

Glory 46: China

Background

Fight card

2017 Featherweight Qualification Tournament bracket

Glory 47: Lyon

Background

Results

2017 Featherweight Contender Tournament 3 bracket

Glory 48: New York

Background

Results

2017 Middleweight Qualification Tournament bracket

Glory 49: Rotterdam

Background

Results

2017 Glory Lightweight Contender Tournament 2 bracket

See also

References