The year 2023 is the twelfth year in the history of
Glory, an international
kickboxing
Kickboxing is a combat sports, combat sport focused on kicking and punch (strike), punching. The combat takes place in a boxing ring, normally with boxing gloves, mouthguards, shorts, and bare feet to favour the use of kicks. Kickboxing is pract ...
promotion. The events are also streamed on the Glory Fights
Pay-per-view platform.
List of events
Glory Rivals 5
''Glory Rivals 5'' will be a kickboxing event held by Glory in partnership with War of Nation on January 28, 2023, in
Tulum
Tulum (, yua, Tulu'um) is the site of a pre-Columbian Mayan walled city which served as a major port for Coba, in the Mexican state of Quintana Roo. The ruins are situated on cliffs along the east coast of the Yucatán Peninsula on the Caribb ...
, Mexico.
Background
The event is headlined by a featherweight bout between Abraham Vidales and promotional newcomer Tomás Aguirre.
Fight Card
Glory 83
''Glory 83'' will be a kickboxing event held by Glory on February 11, 2023, in
Essen
Essen (; Latin: ''Assindia'') is the central and, after Dortmund, second-largest city of the Ruhr, the largest urban area in Germany. Its population of makes it the fourth-largest city of North Rhine-Westphalia after Cologne, Düsseldorf and D ...
, Germany.
Background
Two championships bouts were booked for the event:
Sergej Maslobojev
Sergej Maslobojev; born 22 May 1987), nicknamed 'Kuvalda' ('Sledgehammer'), is a Lithuanians, Lithuanian mixed martial artist, Boxer (boxing), boxer and kickboxer, currently signed with Glory (kickboxing), GLORY, where he is the former Glory (ki ...
will make his maiden
Glory Light Heavyweight Championship defense against
Donegi Abena
Donegi Abena (born February 23, 1998) is a Surinamese-Dutch kickboxer, currently competing in the Light Heavyweight division of Glory. A professional competitor since 2015, Abena is a one-time Glory Light Heavyweight title challenger.
He is r ...
, while
Donovan Wisse will make his second
Glory Middleweight Championship defense against
César Almeida
César Augusto Oliveira de Almeida (born 6 January 1989) is a Brazilian handball goalkeeper for BM Granollers and the Brazilian national team.
He won a gold medal at the 2015 Pan American Games and competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics
)
, ...
.
A welterweight bout between Joilton Lutterbach and
Dynamite Fighting Show
The Dynamite Fighting Show (DFS) is a Romanian kickboxing, Muay Thai, mixed martial arts (MMA), boxing, kyokushin and taekwondo promotion company based in Bucharest, Romania, which is owned by veteran heavyweight star Cătălin Moroșanu. It i ...
's Diaguely Camara, ranked No.1 light heavyweight in France, is expected to take place at the event.
A lightweight bout between undefeated promotional newcomer and former
Colosseum Tournament
The Colosseum Tournament (COLOSSEUM) is a kickboxing, mixed martial arts (MMA) and boxing promotion company based in Romania, which is owned by Gabriel Georgescu. It is one of the largest kickboxing promotions in the country, and takes its name ...
super lightweight and lightweight
double-world champion Sorin Căliniuc and former
SUPERKOMBAT World Middleweight Championship challenger (also former
ISKA
The ISKA (originally International Sport Karate Association, later also called the International Sport Kickboxing Association) is one of the major international bodies regulating sport karate and kickboxing matches, and is based in the United ...
World Light Middleweight Champion) Arman Hambaryan is expected to take place at the event.
Fight Card
Glory 84
''Glory 84'' will be a kickboxing event held by Glory on March 11, 2023, in
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 ...
, Netherlands.
Background
A
Glory Lightweight Championship bout between current champion
Tyjani Beztati
Tyjani Beztati (born October 21, 1997) is a Moroccan-Dutch kickboxer currently competing in the Lightweight division of Glory. He is the current Glory Lightweight Champion and is a former two-time Glory Lightweight title challenger.
As of Augu ...
and current
Glory Featherweight Champion Petpanomrung Kiatmuu9
Petchpanomrung Kiatmookao (born May 26, 1995), also known as Petpanomrung Kiatmuu9 (เพชรพนมรุ้ง เกียรติหมู่9), is a Thai Muay Thai kickboxer. Originally from Buriram, in the northeast of Thailand, Pet ...
is expected to headline the event.
Fight card
See also
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List of current GLORY fighters
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2023 in K-1
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2023 in ONE Championship
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2023 in Romanian kickboxing
The 2023 season is the 21st season of competitive kickboxing in Romania.
List of events
Road to DFS 1
''Road to DFS 1: Lambagiu vs. Guiderdone'' was a kickboxing and Muay Thai event produced by the Dynamite Fighting Show in association w ...
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2023 in Wu Lin Feng
References
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External links
Official website
Glory (kickboxing) events
2023 in kickboxing
2023 sport-related lists
2023 in Dutch sport