Kevin Louis VanNostrand (born April 16, 1987) is an American

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and former Interim Glory Featherweight Champion. A professional kickboxer since 2015, he started martial arts at the age of 8, and became an amateur

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fighter in 2002. As of July 2021, he is the #6 ranked featherweight, according to Combat Press.

Kickboxing career

Early career

VanNostrand professional career started against Canadian Kickboxer “The Professor” Chris Williams, a spinning elbow to Williams's chin ended the fight. Kevin knocked out Aaron Castellvi in Lockport NY at Legends Rise event, in view of his idol

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Glory Kickboxing

Kevin VanNostrand's first Glory Kickboxing competition was a Glory 19 under-card fight against Carlos Lopez. The referee called the fight in the first round for the three knock down rule. Justin Houghton fought Kevin VanNostrand at Glory 24: Denver, for a judge's split decision going to VanNostrand. Glory 27: New Jersey co-headline event was Kevin VanNostrand and Giga Chikadze with a unanimous decision going to Chikadze. Super-fight series of Glory 33: New Jersey pitted David Moore against Kevin VanNostrand, the referee called a second-round TKO win to VanNostrand. At

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Glory 43 Featherweight Contender Tournament, Giga Chikadze eliminated Aleksei Ulianov in Bout A, while Kevin VanNostrand defeated Mo Abdurahman in Bout B. VanNostrand won a unanimous decision (30-26) over Chikadze in the finals. Matt Embree was originally scheduled to fight VanNostrand, due to injury was replaced by Abdurahman. An injury kept

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from defending the title at Glory 48:New York. An interim title belt was held between Anvar Boynazarov and Kevin VanNostrand. Anvar knocked Kevin down with a left hook just eighteen seconds into the first round, Kevin returned with a knee to the liver fifty seconds into the fight, resulting in a knockout with an official time of 1:06 in the first round. A unification bout between van Roosmalen and VanNostrand for undisputed Glory Featherweight Championship was at Glory 52: Los Angeles on March 31, 2018. Van Roosmalen won the fight via a unanimous decision. He was scheduled to fight against

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, returning to

for Glory 55: New York. On July 20, 2018, Kevin fought

Petchpanomrung Kiatmookao Petpanomrung Kiatmuu9 (เพชรพนมรุ้ง เกียรติหมู่เก้า, pronounced "Kiatmuukao"; born 26 May 1995) is a Muay Thai fighter and kickboxer from Thailand. Hailing from Buriram in the northeast of Thail ...

for the Interim Glory Featherweight Championship, due to

's shoulder injury during training. The fight went to judges scorecards with a split decision to Petch, the fight was plagued with illegal sweeps and clinching. The fight between Kevin and

was rescheduled November 2nd in the

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at Glory 61: New York. Massaro got a knockdown in round two and received a holding call point deduction with 17 seconds remaining in the fight. All three judges scored 28-27 in Kevin's favor.

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fought Kevin VanNostrand on July 5 at Glory 67: Orlando. The fight is rumored to decide the next challenger for the Featherweight belt. VanNostrand won with a Unanimous Decision. A rematch was scheduled for Anvar Boynazarov and Kevin during the back to back events Glory 71: Chicago and Glory 72: Chicago. Aleksei Ulianov had Visa problems and Kevin was moved to the main event against Petch. The first round had very little clinching, though clinching similar to their first fight plagued the following rounds. A point was deducted from Kiatmookao at the end of the fifth round. Two judges scored the fight 47-47 for a majority draw. The belt stayed with the current champion. VanNostrand faced Luis Morales at Lace Up: The Rise of Champions on October 2, 2021, under Glory Kickboxing rules. Morales got knocked down twice in the first round and twice in the second round. Under glory rules, four knockdowns in a fight is a Technical Knockout.

Kickboxing record

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