Glory 39 Brussels, SuperFight Series Undercard Complete with Several Changes
Glory, the world’s leading kickboxing promotion, announced Tuesday
afternoon that both the Glory 39: Brussels main card and SuperFight
Series undercard have been finalized.
Glory 39 will take place at Forest National in Belgium on March 25 and newly-crowned welterweight champion Cedric Doumbe will make the first defense of his title in the main event. Doumbe (65-4-1, 39 KOs) scored a sizable upset at Glory: Collision in December by ending then-champ Nieky Holzken’s four-year unbeaten streak. He’ll have a tall order ahead of him when he takes on old rival Yoann Kongolo (64-8, 46 KOs), a man he has lost to twice. Kongolo, who hails from Switzerland, edged the champ via decision at both Glory 22 in 2015 and Jurafight in 2014.
Former Glory featherweight champ Serhiy Adamchuk (33-7, 16 KOs)
leads a quartet of 145-pounders in a the one-night contender
tournament against Nafi Bilalovski, who replaces Anvar Boynazarov.
The two will collide in the opening round of the tourney while the
other side of the bracket will see Thailand’s Petchpanomrung
Kiatmookao (152-34-2, 25 KOs) taking on Alexei Ulyanov (21-2-1, 7
KOs) of Russia.
The tournament winner will earn a chance to hoist the vacant crown in a matchup with Robin van Roosmalen later in the year.
The Glory 39 SuperFight Series undercard will be anchored by reigning lightweight champ Sittichai (113-30-5, 30 KOs) defending his crown against Dylan Salvador (49-11-1, 21 KOs).
Also slated for the undercard is Marat Grigorian (48-9-2, 29 KOs) taking on fellow lightweight Anton Petrov, who will fill in for Hysni Beqiri, who was injured in a car accident; Hesdy Gerges (49-18-1, 23 KOs) versus Chi Lewis-Parry (8-1, 4 KOs) in a heavyweight tussle; and Pavol Garaj is stepping in for Karim Banmansour, who is still recovering from surgery, to lock horns with Harut Grigorian (43-10, 32 KOs) at welterweight.
Two additional bouts have been tacked onto the undercard as Tyjani Beztati will stand opposite against Sabri Ben Henia at lightweight and Junus Majandinov will fight Meng Qinghao in a 150-pound catchweight battle.
The Glory 39 main card will be streamed live on ESPN3 beginning at 3 p.m. ET/12 p.m. PT which will be preceded by the SuperFight Series undercard on UFC Fight Pass, which kicks off at 12 p.m. ET/9 a.m. PT.
Glory 39 will take place at Forest National in Belgium on March 25 and newly-crowned welterweight champion Cedric Doumbe will make the first defense of his title in the main event. Doumbe (65-4-1, 39 KOs) scored a sizable upset at Glory: Collision in December by ending then-champ Nieky Holzken’s four-year unbeaten streak. He’ll have a tall order ahead of him when he takes on old rival Yoann Kongolo (64-8, 46 KOs), a man he has lost to twice. Kongolo, who hails from Switzerland, edged the champ via decision at both Glory 22 in 2015 and Jurafight in 2014.
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The tournament winner will earn a chance to hoist the vacant crown in a matchup with Robin van Roosmalen later in the year.
Guto Inocente (33-7, 17 KOs) will stand opposite Jamal Ben Saddik
(31-5, 26 KOs) in a heavyweight attraction; Inocente is replacing
Jahfarr Wilnis, who was removed from the card for precautionary
medical reasons.
The Glory 39 SuperFight Series undercard will be anchored by reigning lightweight champ Sittichai (113-30-5, 30 KOs) defending his crown against Dylan Salvador (49-11-1, 21 KOs).
Also slated for the undercard is Marat Grigorian (48-9-2, 29 KOs) taking on fellow lightweight Anton Petrov, who will fill in for Hysni Beqiri, who was injured in a car accident; Hesdy Gerges (49-18-1, 23 KOs) versus Chi Lewis-Parry (8-1, 4 KOs) in a heavyweight tussle; and Pavol Garaj is stepping in for Karim Banmansour, who is still recovering from surgery, to lock horns with Harut Grigorian (43-10, 32 KOs) at welterweight.
Two additional bouts have been tacked onto the undercard as Tyjani Beztati will stand opposite against Sabri Ben Henia at lightweight and Junus Majandinov will fight Meng Qinghao in a 150-pound catchweight battle.
The Glory 39 main card will be streamed live on ESPN3 beginning at 3 p.m. ET/12 p.m. PT which will be preceded by the SuperFight Series undercard on UFC Fight Pass, which kicks off at 12 p.m. ET/9 a.m. PT.
