2016 in Glory First date February 26 Last date December 10 Total events 10
The year 2016 was the 5th year in the history of Glory , an international kickboxing event. 2016 saw the promotion introduce its Women's Super Bantamweight division. The events were broadcast through television agreements with ESPN and other regional channels around the world.
# Event Title Date Arena Location 1 Glory 27: Chicago February 26, 2016 Sears Centre Hoffman Estates, Illinois, USA 2 Glory 28: Paris March 12, 2016 AccorHotels Arena Paris, France 3 Glory 29: Copenhagen April 16, 2016 Forum Copenhagen Copenhagen, Denmark 4 Glory 30: Los Angeles May 13, 2016 Citizens Business Bank Arena Ontario, California, USA 5 Glory 31: Amsterdam June 25, 2016 Amsterdam RAI Amsterdam, Netherlands 6 Glory 32: Virginia July 22, 2016 Ted Constant Convocation Center Norfolk, Virginia, USA 7 Glory 33: New Jersey September 9, 2016 Sun National Bank Center Trenton, New Jersey, USA 8 Glory 34: Denver October 21, 2016 1stBank Center Broomfield, Colorado, USA 9 Glory 35: Nice November 5, 2016 Palais Nikaïa Nice, France 10 Glory 36: Oberhausen December 10, 2016 König Pilsener Arena Oberhausen, Germany
Glory 27: Chicago kickboxing event held on February 26, 2016, at the Sears Centre in Hoffman Estates, Illinois, USA .
This event featured world title fight for the Glory Middleweight Championship between Artem Levin and Simon Marcus as headliner. Also this event featured 4-Man Middleweight Contender Tournament to earn a title shot for the Glory Middleweight Championship .[ 1]
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2016 Glory Middleweight Contender Tournament bracket [ edit ] Glory 28: Paris kickboxing event held on March 12, 2016, at the AccorHotels Arena in Paris, France .
This event featured three world title fight for the Glory Heavyweight Championship between Rico Verhoeven and Mladen Brestovac as headliner, Glory Light Heavyweight Championship between Saulo Cavalari and Artem Vakhitov , and the Glory Featherweight Championship between Serhiy Adamchuk and Mosab Amrani . Also this event featured 4-Man Lightweight Contender Tournament to earn a title shot for the Glory Lightweight Championship .[ 4]
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2016 Glory Lightweight Contender Tournament bracket [ edit ] Glory 29: Copenhagen [ edit ] Glory 29: Copenhagen kickboxing event held on April 16, 2016, at the Forum Copenhagen in Copenhagen , Denmark .
This event featured world title fight for the Glory Welterweight Championship between Nieky Holzken and Yoann Kongolo as headliner, and 4-Man Heavyweight Contender Tournament to earn a title shot for the Glory Heavyweight Championship .[ 6]
Glory 29: Copenhagen Weight Class Method Round Time Notes Welterweight 77 kg Nieky Holzken (c) def. Yoann Kongolo Decision (Unanimous) 5 3:00 For the Glory Welterweight Championship Heavyweight 120 kg Ismael Londt def. Jahfarr Wilnis Decision (Split) 3 3:00 Heavyweight Contender Tournament Final Lightweight 70 kg Serhiy Adamchuk def. Decision (Unanimous) 3 3:00 Heavyweight 120 kg Jahfarr Wilnis def. Decision (Unanimous) 3 3:00 Heavyweight Contender Tournament Semi-Finals Heavyweight 120 kg Ismael Londt def. Anderson Braddock Decision (Majority) 3 3:00 Heavyweight Contender Tournament Semi-Finals Superfight Series Light Heavyweight 95 kg Zack Mwekassa def. Zinedine Hameur-Lain Decision (Unanimous) 3 3:00 Welterweight 77 kg def. TKO (Max Knockdowns) 3 0:17 Heavyweight 120 kg Tomáš Možný def. Cihad Kepenek Decision (Extra round) 4 3:00 Welterweight 77 kg Harut Grigorian def. KO (Head Kick) 1 2:55 Lightweight 70 kg def. Decision (Unanimous) 3 3:00
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2016 Glory Heavyweight Contender Tournament bracket [ edit ] Glory 30: Los Angeles [ edit ] Glory 30: Los Angeles kickboxing event held on May 13, 2016, at the Citizens Business Bank Arena in Ontario, California, USA .
This event featured world title fight for the Glory Middleweight Championship between Simon Marcus and Dustin Jacoby as headliner, and 4-Man Welterweight Qualification Tournament with the winner being granted entry into Welterweight Contender Tournament later this year.[ 8] [ 9] Bantamweight Championship .[ 10]
Glory 30: Los Angeles Weight Class Method Round Time Notes Middleweight 85 kg Simon Marcus (c) def. Dustin Jacoby Decision (Unanimous) 5 3:00 For the Glory Middleweight Championship Welterweight 77 kg def. Decision (Split) 3 3:00 Welterweight Qualification Tournament Final Lightweight 70 kg Marat Grigorian def. KO (Head Kick) 1 1:56 Welterweight 77 kg def. Decision (Unanimous) 3 3:00 Welterweight Qualification Tournament Semi-Finals Welterweight 77 kg def. Decision (Unanimous) 3 3:00 Welterweight Qualification Tournament Semi-Finals Superfight Series Middleweight 85 kg Jason Wilnis def. Joe Schilling Decision (Majority) 3 3:00 Heavyweight 120 kg Guto Inocente def. Brian Douwes Decision (Unanimous) 3 3:00 Women's Super Bantamweight 55 kg Tiffany van Soest def. Esma Hasshass Decision (Unanimous) 3 3:00 Women's Super Bantamweight Grand Prix Quarter Final Middleweight 85 kg def. Karl Roberson Decision (Unanimous) 3 3:00 Light Heavyweight 95 kg def. Decision (Unanimous) 3 3:00
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2016 Glory Welterweight Qualification Tournament bracket [ edit ] Semi-finals Final 3-0 DEC DEC 2-1 DEC 3-0
Glory 31: Amsterdam [ edit ] Glory 31: Amsterdam kickboxing event held on June 25, 2016, at the Amsterdam RAI in Amsterdam, Netherlands .
This event was originally scheduled to feature two world title fights for the Glory Lightweight Championship between Robin van Roosmalen and Sitthichai Sitsongpeenong , and the Glory Light Heavyweight Championship between Artem Vakhitov and Mourad Bouzidi , but Vakhitov was out due to injury and Zack Mwekassa replaced him for the interim title. Also this event featured 4-Man Welterweight Contender Tournament to earn a title shot for the Glory Welterweight Championship .[ 12] [ 13] [ 14]
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2016 Glory Welterweight Contender Tournament bracket [ edit ] Glory 32: Virginia kickboxing event held on July 22, 2016, at the Ted Constant Convocation Center in Norfolk, Virginia, USA .
This event featured world title fights for the Glory Featherweight Championship between Serhiy Adamchuk and Gabriel Varga as headliner.[ 16] Light Heavyweight Contender Tournament to earn a title shot for the Glory Light Heavyweight Championship .[ 17]
Glory 32: Virginia Weight Class Method Round Time Notes Featherweight 65 kg Gabriel Varga def. Serhiy Adamchuk (c) Decision (Majority) 5 3:00 For the Glory Featherweight Championship Light Heavyweight 95 kg Zinedine Hameur-Lain def. Ariel Machado KO (Knee to Liver) 2 1:00 Light Heavyweight Contender Tournament Final Light Heavyweight 95 kg def. Decision (Unanimous) 3 3:00 Light Heavyweight 95 kg Zinedine Hameur-Lain def. KO (Punch) 1 0:12 Light Heavyweight Contender Tournament Semi-Finals Light Heavyweight 95 kg Ariel Machado def. Pavel Zhuravlev Decision (Unanimous) 3 3:00 Light Heavyweight Contender Tournament Semi-Finals Superfight Series Heavyweight 120 kg def. Maurice Greene KO (Right Uppercut) 2 2:30 Heavyweight 120 kg Anderson Braddock def. KO (Liver Kick) 1 1:22 Women's Super Bantamweight 595 kg def. Decision (Unanimous) 3 3:00 Women's Super Bantamweight Grand Prix Reserve Match Welterweight 77 kg def. Decision (Unanimous) 3 3:00 Featherweight 65 kg Giga Chikadze def. KO (Liver Kick) 1 2:20 Catchweight 90 kg def. Decision (Unanimous) 3 3:00
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2016 Glory Light Heavyweight Contender Tournament bracket [ edit ] Glory 33: New Jersey [ edit ] Glory 33: New Jersey kickboxing event held on September 9, 2016, at the Sun National Bank Center in Trenton, New Jersey, USA .
This event featured two world title fights for the Glory Heavyweight Championship between Rico Verhoeven and Anderson Braddock , for the Glory Middleweight Championship between Simon Marcus and Jason Wilnis .[ 20] Featherweight Contender Tournament .[ 21]
Glory 33: New Jersey Weight Class Method Round Time Notes Heavyweight 120 kg Rico Verhoeven (c) def. Anderson Braddock TKO (3 Knockdowns) 2 2:57 For the Glory Heavyweight Championship Featherweight 65 kg def. Giga Chikadze TKO (Punch) 2 1:28 Featherweight Contender Tournament Final Heavyweight 120 kg Guto Inocente def. Hesdy Gerges Decision (Split) 3 3:00 Featherweight 65 kg def. Lim Chi-bin TKO (2 Knockdowns) 2 3:00 Featherweight Contender Tournament Semi-Finals Featherweight 65 kg Giga Chikadze def. Serhiy Adamchuk Decision (Split) 3 3:00 Featherweight Contender Tournament Semi-Finals Superfight Series Middleweight 85 kg Jason Wilnis def. Simon Marcus (c) TKO (Referee Stoppage) 3 1:14 For the Glory Middleweight Championship Heavyweight 120 kg def. TKO (referee stoppage) 2 3:00 Women's Super Bantamweight 55 kg def. Decision (Majority) 3 3:00 Women's Super Bantamweight Grand Prix Quarter Final Welterweight 77 kg def. Decision (Unanimous) 3 3:00 Catchweight 63.5 kg Kevin Vannostrand def. TKO (Referee Stoppage) 2 0:35
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2016 Glory Featherweight Contender Tournament bracket [ edit ] Glory 34: Denver kickboxing event held on October 21, 2016, at the 1stBank Center in Broomfield, Colorado, USA .
This event featured world title fights for the Glory Welterweight Championship between Nieky Holzken and Murthel Groenhart & the Glory Featherweight Championship between Gabriel Varga and Robin van Roosmalen . Also this event featured 4-Man Middleweight Contender Tournament .[ 23]
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2016 Glory Middleweight Contender Tournament bracket [ edit ] Glory 35: Nice kickboxing event held on November 5, 2016, at the Palais Nikaïa in Nice, France .
This event featured world title fights For the Unification of the Light Heavyweight Championship between Artem Vakhitov and Zack Mwekassa as headliner. Also this event featured 4-Man Heavyweight Contender Tournament to earn a title shot for the Glory Heavyweight Championship and the last quarter-finals bout of the Women's Super Bantamweight Grand Prix.
2016 Glory Heavyweight Contender Tournament bracket [ edit ] Glory 36: Oberhausen [ edit ] Glory 36: Oberhausen kickboxing event held on December 10, 2016, at the König Pilsener Arena in Oberhausen, Germany .
This event featured the highly anticipated Heavyweight showdown between GLORY Heavyweight champion, Rico Verhoeven and Badr Hari , promoted as "Glory Collision".
The event also featured two world title fights the first was for the Glory Welterweight Championship between Nieky Holzken and Cédric Doumbé and the second was for the Lightweight Championship between Sitthichai Sitsongpeenong and Marat Grigorian . Also this event featured a 4-Man Lightweight Contender Tournament and the Semi-Finals/Final of the Women's Super Bantamweight.
Davit Kiria has withdrawn from the event, for unknown reasons.[citation needed Dylan Salvador has replaced him against Anatoly Moiseev in GLORY 36 lightweight 'Contender' tournament.
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Hoffman Estates, Illinois, USA 
Paris, France 
Copenhagen, Denmark 
Amsterdam, Netherlands 
Oberhausen, Germany 
Simon Marcus 
Artem Levin (c) 
Giga Chikadze 
Anderson Braddock 
Pawel Jedrzejczyk 
Daniel Morales 
Mladen Brestovac 
Sitthichai Sitsongpeenong 
Marat Grigorian 
Serhiy Adamchuk (c) 
Mosab Amrani 
Filip Verlinden 
Yoann Kongolo 
Ismael Londt 
Zack Mwekassa 
Meran Zangana 
Tomáš Možný 
Cihad Kepenek 
Maximo Suarez 
Mourad Bouzidi 
Chi Lewis Parry 
Lim Chi-bin 
Chi Lewis-Parry 
Israel Adesanya 
Mike Mathetha 
Benjamin Adegbuyi 
Stanislav Reniță 
Hysni Beqiri