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 ranked as the fourth best light heavyweight in the world by Combat Press as of September 2022, and fifth best by Beyond Kick as of October 2022. He's been ranked in the Combat Press top ten since November 2018, peaking at #4 between May and October 2019.

Kickboxing career

Early career

Abena made his professional debut against Elmir Mehić at WFL: Bosnia on September 25, 2015. He won the bout by split decision. Abena was scheduled to face Jan Soukup at Večer Bojovníků Thajského Boxu VII on December 19, 2015. Soukup won the fight by unanimous decision. He was afterwards scheduled to face Petr Romankevich in the quarterfinals of the 2016 Tatneft Cup. He lost the fight by an extra round decision, thus entering the first losing streak of his career. Abena snapped the losing streak with a first-round knockout of Maurice Jackson at FFC 25: Mitchell vs Lopez on June 10, 2016. Over the next six months, Abena would furthermore notch a knockout victory over Andrey Ohotnik on July 22, as well as decision victories against Dzhobir Tashmatov on August 23, and Andress van Engelen on November 5. This five-fight winning streak earned the a place in the 2016 WLF Super Heavyweight Tournament, held on December 3, 2016. He won the rematch with Petr Romankevich in the quarterfinals by decision, but lost to

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by a first-round knockout in the finals. Abena was scheduled to fight Fabien Fouquet at FFC 29 on April 22, 2017. Abena won the fight by a first-round technical knockout.

A1 World Combat Cup

On May 13, 2017, Abena took part in the A1 WCC Heavyweight Qualification Tournament. He won the semifinal match against Wendell Roche and the final match against

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in the same manner, by decision. Abena was scheduled to fight Clyde Brunswijk at Blood, Sweat and Tears on December 22, 2017. He won the fight by decision. On May 5, 2018, Abena participated in the 2018 A1WCC Champions League Tournament, with a €110 000. Abena beat

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by an extra round decision in the quarterfinal, Adnan Rezovic by decision in the semifinals and faced Mohamed Abdellah in the finals. Abdellah won the final bout by decision. Abena was scheduled to face

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at ACB KB 16 on July 13, 2018.He won the fight by decision.

GLORY

Abena was scheduled to make his Glory debut against

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at Glory 62: Rotterdam on December 8, 2018. Abena won the fight by unanimous decision, with one of the judges scoring the bout 30-27 in his favor, while three of the judges scored it as 29-28 for Abena. Abena was scheduled to face the #4 ranked Glory light heavyweight

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at Glory 64: Strasbourg on March 9, 2019. Abena won the fight by split decision, with three judges scoring the bout in his favor (30-27, 29-28, 29-28) and two judges scoring the bout in Duut's favor (30-27, 29-28). His two victories with the promotion left Abena as the top-ranked contender, earning him the right to challenge the reigning Glory Light Heavyweight champion

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at Glory 66: Paris on June 22, 2019. Vakhitov won the fight by a split decision, with four of the judges scoring the fight for him (49-46, 49-46, 48-47, 48-47), while the last judge scored the bout 48-47 for Abena. Abena was scheduled to face the reigning GLORY Middleweight champion

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for the interim Glory Light Heavyweight Championship at Glory 68: Miami on September 28, 2019. Pereira won the fight by a third-round knockout, landing a left hook in the last minute of the round. Abena returned from a 14-month layoff to face

at Glory 77: Rotterdam on January 30, 2021. Tavares won the fight by unanimous decision. Abena was scheduled to face

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at Glory: Collision 3 on October 23, 2021, in his second fight of the year. He lost the closely contested fight by split decision. Abena faced the #2 ranked Glory light heavyweight contender Felipe Micheletti at Glory: Collision 4 on October 8, 2022. He won the fight by unanimous decision. Abena challenged

for the Glory Light Heavyweight Championship at Glory 83 on February 11, 2023.

Mixed martial arts career

Abena was expected to make his mixed martial arts debut against Paolo Anastasi at Ares FC 7: Abdouraguimov vs. Amoussou on June 25, 2022. The bout was later cancelled for undisclosed reasons.

Kickboxing record

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References

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External links

Profile at Glory