2019 in Glory was the eighth year in the history of the international

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promotion. The first event of the year, Glory 63: Houston, would also be the first to be broadcast on

UFC Fight Pass UFC Fight Pass is an American subscription-based video streaming service owned by the UFC's parent company, Zuffa, that launched in December 2013. History Fight Pass showcases live and on-demand mixed martial arts, submission grappling, kickbox ...

as part of a new agreement with the UFC that saw their Fight Pass streaming service become the exclusive carrier of Glory events in the United States. Glory events are also broadcast through television agreements with Fight Network, and other regional channels around the world.

Glory 2019 Awards

The following fighters won the GLORY Kickboxing year-end awards for 2019: *Glory Fighter of the Year 2019:

Alex Pereira Alexsandro Pereira (born 7 July 1987) is a Brazilian professional mixed martial artist and former kickboxer. He currently competes in the Middleweight division in the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), where he is the current UFC Middlewe ...

*Glory Fight of the Year 2019: Antonio Plazibat vs. Tomas Mozny *Glory Knockout of the Year 2019: Ross Levine against

Thomas Diagne Ousmane Thomas Diagne is a French professional mixed martial artist currently competing in the Lightweight division. A professional competitor since 2009, he has formerly competed for Bellator, Strikeforce, and Tachi Palace Fights. Background ...

*Glory Newcomer of the Year 2019: Antonio Plazibat *Glory Highlight of the Year 2019: Rico Verhoeven vs.

Badr Hari Badr Hari (born 8 December 1984) is a Moroccan-Dutch kickboxer. He is a former K-1 Heavyweight World Champion (2007–2008), It's Showtime Heavyweight World Champion (2009–2010) and ''K-1 World Grand Prix 2008 and 2009'' finalist. Born an ...

List of events

Glory 63: Houston

''Glory 63: Houston'' was a

event held by Glory on February 1, 2019, at the

Arena Theater Arena Place is a complex including two office towers and a theater located in Sharpstown, Southwest Management District, Houston, Texas.

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, USA.

Background

This event featured a rematch between the champion Petchpanomrung Kiatmookao and top contender Serhiy Adamchuk for the Glory Featherweight Championship as the Glory 63: Houston headliner. Glory heavyweight D’Angelo Marshall was unable to compete due to a visa issue that forced him from the fight card. Demoreo Dennis instead faced newcomer James Chapman.

Results

Glory 64: Strasbourg

''Glory 64: Strasbourg'' was a

event held by Glory on March 9, 2019, at the Rhénus Sport in Strasbourg,

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Background

A Glory Welterweight Championship bout between current champion Harut Grigorian and former champion Cedric Doumbe served as the Glory 64: Strasbourg main event. The pairing were supposed to have met previously in October 2018 at Glory 60: Lyon, but Grigorian was unable to compete due to acute gastroenteritis. In the co-featured slot, a Glory Women's Super Bantamweight Championship bout between current champion Anissa Meksen and former champion Tiffany van Soest took place. The pairing met previously at Glory 48: New York in December 2017 with Meksen capturing the title via unanimous decision. Mohamed Abdallah was forced to withdraw from his main card bout with

Daniel Škvor Daniel Škvor is a Czech mixed martial artist, former kickboxer and boxer, currently competing in the light heavyweight division of Oktagon. He is a former kickboxing world champion, having held the WAKO Pro Super Heavyweight K-1 World Championsh ...

due to injuries sustained during training. D’Angelo Marshall stepped in on short notice to face Skvor. Yassine Ahaggan had to withdraw from his match with Matej Penaz due to injuries sustained during training. Donovan Wisse takes his place against Penaz. Esma Hasshass was scheduled to face Jiwaen Lee, but Hasshass was forced off the card for undisclosed reasons.

Sarah Moussaddak Sarah Moussaddak (born April 14, 2000) is a French-Moroccan kickboxer. As of June 2022, she was the #10 ranked women's pound for pound kickboxer in the world by Combat Press. Kickboxing career Moussadak made her WFL promotional debut against Sa ...

served as the replacement. William Goldie-Galloway was set to fight with Itay Gershon but had to withdraw the day of the fight for medical reasons. As a result, the fight was canceled.

Results

Glory 65: Utrecht

''Glory 65: Utrecht'' was a

event held by Glory on May 17, 2019, at the Central Studios in

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Results

Glory 66: Paris

''Glory 66: Paris'' was a

event held by Glory on June 22, 2019, at the

Zénith Paris Zénith Paris (originally known as Zénith de Paris, ; and commonly referred to as Le Zénith, ) is a multi-purpose indoor arena in Paris, France. It is located in the Parc de la Villette in the 19th arrondissement on the edge of the Canal de ...

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Background

The bout between Luis Tavares and Stéphane Susperregui was expected for the GLORY 66 main card. On June 12, however, Susperregui pulled out of the bout due to the measles virus. Felipe Micheletti was pulled from a planned Superfight Series bout with Artur Gorlov and faced Tavares in the main card bout. Gorlov instead faced Yegish Yegoian. Nordine Mahieddine was due to fight Tomas Mozny in the GLORY 66 Superfight Series, but the Slovak fighter withdrew due to an injury. Mahieddine instead faced the former K-1 Heavyweight Champion Antonio Plazibat, who stepped in on short notice for this encounter.

Results

Glory 67: Orlando

''Glory 67: Orlando'' was a

event held by Glory on July 5, 2019, at the

Silver Spurs Arena The current Silver Spurs Arena is an 8,000-seat (11,500 seat max capacity), 33,946 square foot multi-purpose arena, in Kissimmee, Florida. It was built in 2003. It replaced the original Silver Spurs grand stand. Both are home to the Silver Spu ...

Orlando Orlando () is a city in the U.S. state of Florida and is the county seat of Orange County. In Central Florida, it is the center of the Orlando metropolitan area, which had a population of 2,509,831, according to U.S. Census Bureau figures r ...

, USA.

Background

Former super bantamweight champion Tiffany van Soest has been forced to withdraw from her scheduled GLORY 67 co-main event bout with Jady Menezes due to laser surgery after a slight detachment of the retina in one of her eyes. The bout will be rescheduled to a future Glory card.

Results

Glory 68: Miami

''Glory 68: Miami'' was a

event held by Glory on September 28, 2019, at the James L. Knight Center in

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, USA.

Background

Itay Gershon was scheduled to face Josh Jauncey at Glory 68, but the Israeli fighter suffered a broken rib in training and withdrew from the fight. Stepping in on a 3 weeks notice to replace Gerson was Lorawnt Nelson. A Super Bantamweight bout between Bekah Irwin and Crystal Lawson was previously scheduled for the Glory 68 preliminary card. However, Irwin pulled out of the fight due injury she sustained in a car accident and the bout was scrapped.

Results

Glory 69: Düsseldorf

''Glory 69: Düsseldorf'' was a

event held by Glory on October 12, 2019, at the ISS Dome in

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Glory 70: Lyon

''Glory 70: Lyon'' was a

event held by Glory on October 26, 2019, 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 o ...

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Background

Cedric Doumbe was out of his GLORY 70 title defence against Murthel Groenhart due to an elbow injury. Troy Jones stepped in on a week notice to face Groenhart for interim Glory Welterweight Title in the GLORY 70 main event.

Results

Glory 71: Chicago

''Glory 71: Chicago'' was a

event held by Glory on November 22, 2019, at the

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, USA.

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Results

Glory 72: Chicago

''Glory 72: Chicago'' was a

event held by Glory on November 23, 2019, at the

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, USA.

Background

The Glory Featherweight Championship bout between Petchpanomrung Kiatmookao and Aleksei Ulianov was expected for Glory 72: Chicago main event. However, on November 13, Ulianov pulled out of the bout due to visa issues. Kevin VanNostrand was pulled from the co-main event bout with Anvar Boynazarov and faced Kiatmookao in the main event for the Glory Featherweight Championship. His bout with Boynazarov was scrapped, as a result, the Jady Menezes vs. Chommanee Sor Taehiran bout was promoted to the main card.

Results

Glory 73: Shenzhen

''Glory 73: Shenzhen'' was a

event held by Glory on December 7, 2019, at the Shenzhen Bay Sports Center in

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, China.

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Results

Glory Collision 2

''Glory Collision 2'' (also known as ''Glory 74: Arnhem'') was a

event held by Glory on December 21, 2019, at the

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Background

It featured the highly anticipated rematch between GLORY Heavyweight champion, Rico Verhoeven, and Badr Hari. The event broke attendance record in the

, but failed to break European kickboxing attendance record set by the SUPERKOMBAT. The record in

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, set by SUPERKOMBAT World Grand Prix IV 2016 on

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, held on August 6 in 2016 in

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, when 34,000 witnesses saw a main event of hometown hero

Ionuț Iftimoaie Ionuţ Iftimoaie (born August 26, 1978) is a retired Romanian kickboxer. Besides the K-1, Iftimoaie has fought for a number of other promotions including the Local Kombat and SUPERKOMBAT. He defeated names such as Freddy Kemayo, Petar Majstorovi ...

versus title holder

Jorge Loren Lorenzo Javier Jorge (born 2 July 1984 in Tacoronte, Spain), also known as Jorge Loren, is a retired Spanish professional kickboxer and K-1 veteran. Loren was the Super Cruiserweight Champion of the Superkombat Fighting Championship. He is also th ...

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Glory 2019 Awards

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Glory 63: Houston

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Glory 64: Strasbourg

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Glory 65: Utrecht

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Glory 66: Paris

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Glory 67: Orlando

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Glory 68: Miami

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Glory 69: Düsseldorf

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Glory 70: Lyon

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Glory 71: Chicago

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Glory 72: Chicago

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Glory 73: Shenzhen

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Glory Collision 2

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