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2025 in Glory
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First dateFebruary 22, 2025

The year 2025 is the 14th year in the history of Glory, an international kickboxing promotion.

The numbered Glory events are broadcast on various services such as DAZN, Viaplay, Go3 and Pro Arena. Glory Underground events are streamed for free on youtube.

List of events

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# Event Title Date Arena Location
1 Glory 98 February 22, 2025 RTM Stage Rotterdam, Netherlands
2 Glory 99 April 5, 2025 Rotterdam Ahoy Rotterdam, Netherlands
3 Glory Underground May 1, 2025 Betr HQ Miami, USA
4 Glory 100 June 14, 2025 Rotterdam Ahoy Rotterdam, Netherlands
5 Glory Rise Last Featherweight Standing Opening Round June 21, 2025 Yokohama Buntai Yokohama, Japan
6 Glory LHWS Phase Two - Opening Round August 2025 TBD TBD
7 Glory LHWS Phase Two - Qualification Round October 2025 TBD TBD
8 Glory LHWS - Finals December 2025 TBD TBD

Glory 98

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Glory 98
PromotionGlory
DateFebruary 22, 2025
VenueRTM Stage
CityNetherlands Rotterdam, Netherlands

Glory 98 is a kickboxing event held by Glory on February 22, 2025, in Rotterdam, Netherlands. Glory 98 was the last event to be broadast on Videoland in the Netherlands.

Fight Card

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Glory 98
Weight Class Method Round Time Notes
Heavyweight +95 kg Morocco Jamal Ben Saddik def. Estonia Uku Jürjendal TKO (High kick) 3 2:59
Welterweight 77 kg Netherlands Chico Kwasi (c) def. Bulgaria Teodor Hristov Decision (Unanimous) 5 3:00 For the Glory Welterweight Championship
Light Heavyweight 95 kg Turkey Cem Cáceres def. Guinea Mory Kromah Decision (Split) 3 3:00
Light Heavyweight 95 kg Ghana Michael Boapeah def. Morocco Ibrahim El Bouni TKO (4 Knockdowns) 3 2:04
Middleweight 85 kg Bosnia and Herzegovina Mesud Selimović def. Morocco Iliass Hammouche TKO (Spinning backfist) 2 1:23
Welterweight 77 kg Morocco Hamicha def. Spain Calmente Mendes TKO (low kicks) 3 0:37
Featherweight 65 kg Portugal Andre Santos def. Germany Chris Wunn Decision (Unanimous) 3 3:00
Prelims
Welterweight 77 kg Morocco Mehdi Ait El Hadj def. Netherlands Robin Ciric Decision (Split) 3 3:00
Welterweight 77 kg Suriname Don Sno def. Morocco Ismail Ayaadi KO (Punches) 2 2:01
Featherweight 65 kg Germany Denis Wosik def. France Matthan Choinard Decision (Unanimous) 3 3:00
Welterweight 77 kg Croatia Antonio Krajinović def. Morocco Soufian El Hammouchi Decision (Unanimous) 3 3:00

Glory 99

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Glory 99
PromotionGlory
DateApril 5, 2025
VenueRotterdam Ahoy
CityNetherlands Rotterdam, Netherlands

Glory 99 is a kickboxing event held by Glory on April 5, 2025, in Rotterdam, Netherlands.

Background

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The event will serve as the opening round of the 2025 Heavyweight Last Man Standing Tournament where 32 heavyweight fighters face each other.[1]

Fight Card

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Glory 99 (DAZN)
Weight Class Method Round Time Notes
Heavyweight +95 kg Morocco Jamal Ben Saddik def. Romania Cristian Ristea Decision (unanimous) 3 3:00
Heavyweight +95 kg Azerbaijan Bahram Rajabzadeh def. Netherlands Brian Douwes TKO (3 knockdowns) 1 2:41
Heavyweight +95 kg Nigeria Tariq Osaro def. Romania Benjamin Adegbuyi TKO (punches) 1 1:59
Heavyweight +95 kg Cape Verde Nico Pereira Horta def. Serbia Rade Opačić KO (right cross) 2 2:52
Heavyweight +95 kg Serbia Miloš Cvjetićanin def. Morocco Nabil Khachab Decision (split) 3 3:00
Heavyweight +95 kg France Sofian Laidouni def. Ukraine Oleg Pryimachov TKO (3 Knockdowns) 1 1:47
Heavyweight +95 kg Russia Asadulla Nasipov def. Turkey Murat Aygün Decision (unanimous) 3 3:00
Heavyweight +95 kg Guinea Mory Kromah def. France Nicolas Wamba TKO (injury) 2 1:37
Heavyweight +95 kg Slovakia Tomáš Možný def. Iran Sina Karimian Decision (unanimous) 3 3:00
Heavyweight +95 kg Romania Alin Nechita def. Bosnia and Herzegovina Ahmed Krnjić Decision (unanimous) 3 3:00
Heavyweight +95 kg Romania Ionuț Iancu def. Turkey Cihad Kepenek TKO (retirement) 1 3:00
Prelims
Heavyweight +95 kg Iran Iraj Azizpour def. Italy Yuri Farcaș KO (spinning backfist) 2 1:17
Heavyweight +95 kg Albania Asdren Gashi def. Morocco Nidal Bchiri Decision (split) 3 3:00
Heavyweight +95 kg Suriname Colin George def. Montenegro Miroslav Vujović TKO (retirement) 1 1:35
Heavyweight +95 kg Morocco Anis Bouzid def. United Kingdom Nathan Cook TKO (punches) 1 0:28
Heavyweight +95 kg Albania Luigj Gashi def. Belarus Petr Romankevich Decision (unanimous) 3 3:00

Glory Underground

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Glory Underground
PromotionGlory
DateMay 1, 2025
VenueBetr Headquarters
CityUnited States Miami, USA

Glory Underground is a kickboxing event held by Glory on May 1, 2025, in Miami, USA.

Background

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Glory Underground will be a private, invite only, special event limited to 100 spectators and streamed live on Youtube. The event will feature Welterweight champion Chico Kwasi in a rematch against Lightweight champion Tyjani Beztati for the Welterweight title.

The event will take place at Jake Paul's betting company, Betr.[2]

Fight Card

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Glory Underground (YouTube)
Weight Class Method Round Time Notes
Welterweight 77 kg Netherlands Chico Kwasi (c) vs. Morocco Tyjani Beztati Draw (Split) 5 3:00 For the Glory Welterweight Championship.
Light Heavyweight 95 kg Ghana Michael Boapeah def. Romania Ștefan Lătescu TKO (Low kicks) 2 1:54
Welterweight 77 kg Suriname Don Sno def. Morocco Younes Smaili Decision (Split) 3 3:00
Welterweight 77 kg Serbia Andrija Stankovic def. United States Gary Mack Decision (Unanimous) 3 3:00
Heavyweight +95 kg United States Delvin Nichols def. United States Demitri Lyman Decision (Unanimous) 3 3:00

Glory 100

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Glory 100
PromotionGlory
DateJune 14, 2025
VenueRotterdam Ahoy
CityNetherlands Rotterdam, Netherlands

Glory 100 is a kickboxing event held by Glory on June 14, 2025 in Rotterdam, Netherlands.[3]

Background

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The card was initially planned as a two day event but was later changed to a single event.[4] Glory 100 will feature bouts in the Qualification Round for the 2025 Glory Last Heavyweight Standing tournament. Tarik Khbabez defends his Light Heavyweight title against former Light Heavyweight champion Sergej Maslobojev, Petpanomrung Kiatmuu9 defends his Featherweight title against Miguel Trindade, Donovan Wisse defends his title in a rematch against Michael Boapeah. Rico Verhoeven defends his Heavyweight title against former Light Heavyweight champion Artem Vakhitov in the main event.[5]

Fight Card

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Glory 100 (DAZN)
Weight Class Method Round Time Notes
Heavyweight +95 kg Netherlands Rico Verhoeven (c) vs. Russia Artem Vakhitov For the Glory Heavyweight Championship.
Light Heavyweight 95 kg Morocco Tarik Khbabez (c) vs. Lithuania Sergej Maslobojev For the Glory Light Heavyweight Championship.
Heavyweight +95 kg TBD vs. TBD Last Heavyweight Standing Qualification Round, Group 4 Final
Heavyweight +95 kg TBD vs. TBD Last Heavyweight Standing Qualification Round, Group 3 Final
Middleweight 85 kg Suriname Donovan Wisse (c) vs. Ghana Michael Boapeah For the Glory Middleweight Championship.
Featherweight 65 kg Thailand Petpanomrung Kiatmuu9 (c) vs. Portugal Miguel Trindade For the Glory Featherweight Championship.
Heavyweight +95 kg TBD vs. TBD Last Heavyweight Standing Qualification Round, Group 2 Final
Heavyweight +95 kg TBD vs. TBD Last Heavyweight Standing Qualification Round, Group 1 Final
Middleweight 85 kg Morocco Iliass Hammouche vs. Bosnia and Herzegovina Mesud Selimović
Heavyweight +95 kg Morocco Jamal Ben Saddik vs. France Sofian Laidouni Last Heavyweight Standing Qualification Round, Group 4 Semifinals
Heavyweight +95 kg Nigeria Tariq Osaro vs. Albania Luigj Gashi Last Heavyweight Standing Qualification Round, Group 4 Semifinals
Heavyweight +95 kg Azerbaijan Bahram Rajabzadeh vs. Albania Asdren Gashi Last Heavyweight Standing Qualification Round, Group 3 Semifinals
Heavyweight +95 kg Guinea Mory Kromah vs. Romania Alin Nechita Last Heavyweight Standing Qualification Round, Group 3 Semifinals
Superfights
Catchweight Turkey Serkan Ozcaglayan vs. Morocco Mohamed Touchassie
Featherweight 65 kg Albania Berjan Peposhi vs. Turkey Deniz Demirkapu
Heavyweight +95 kg Serbia Miloš Cvjetićanin vs. Turkey Cem Cáceres Last Heavyweight Standing Qualification Round, Group 2 Semifinals
Heavyweight +95 kg Suriname Colin George vs. Cape Verde Nico Pereira Horta Last Heavyweight Standing Qualification Round, Group 2 Semifinals
Heavyweight +95 kg Russia Asadulla Nasipov vs. Belgium Anis Bouzid Last Heavyweight Standing Qualification Round, Group 1 Semifinals
Heavyweight +95 kg Iran Iraj Azizpour vs. Romania Ionuț Iancu Last Heavyweight Standing Qualification Round, Group 1 Semifinals
Heavyweight +95 kg Portugal Iuri Fernandes vs. Italy Samuele Pugliese Last Heavyweight Standing Qualification Round, Reserve fight

Glory Rise Last Featherweight Standing Opening Round

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Glory Rise Last Featherweight Standing Opening Round
PromotionRISE
Glory
DateJune 21, 2025
VenueYokohama Buntai
CityJapan Yokohama, Japan

Glory Rise Last Featherweight Standing Opening Round or RISE World Series Yokohama 2025 is a kickboxing event held by RISE and Glory on June 21, 2025 in Yokohama, Japan.[6]

Background

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The event will feature the Opening Round of the 2025 Glory and RISE co-promoted Last Featherweight Standing tournament. The tournament will feature two brackets, one of 12 Glory fighters and one of 12 RISE fighters.[7]

Fight Card

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Glory Rise Last Featherweight Standing Opening Round (DAZN)
Weight Class Method Round Time Notes
51.5 kg Japan Ryujin Nasukawa vs. Spain Hamada Azmani For the inaugural ISKA K-1 World Strawweight title
61.5 kg Japan Kan Nakamura vs. Japan Yuki Kasahara 2025 RISE 61.5kg World Series Semifinals
61.5 kg Japan Hyuma Hitachi vs. China Yuan Pengjie 2025 RISE 61.5kg World Series Semifinals
Featherweight 65 kg France Bobo Sacko vs. Netherlands Jan Kaffa Last Featherweight Standing Opening Round
Featherweight 65 kg Morocco Ayoub Bourass vs. Spain Aitor Ibáñez Last Featherweight Standing Opening Round
Featherweight 65 kg Japan Sumiya Ito vs. Moldova Petru Morari Last Featherweight Standing Opening Round
54 kg Japan Ryu Hanaoka vs. Malaysia Muhammad Mikail Ghazali
57 kg Japan Masahiko Suzuki vs. Japan Daiki Toita
55 kg Japan Musashi Matsushita vs. Japan Ryoya Ito
55 kg Japan Yugo Kato vs. Japan Reiji
61.5 kg Japan GUMP vs. Japan Ryo Takahashi
63 kg Japan Yuki vs. Japan Tomohiro Kitai

Glory LHWS Phase Two - Opening Round

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Glory LHWS Phase 2 - Opening Round
PromotionGlory
DateAugust, 2025
VenueTBA
CityTBA

Glory Last Heavyweight Standing Phase Two - Opening Round is a kickboxing event held by Glory in August, 2025

Background

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The event will feature the Opening Round of Phase Two of Glory Last Heavyweight Standing tournament. The Second Phase will feature a total of 24 Heavyweight fighters, consisting of the dropouts of Phase One and new fighters.[8]

Fight Card

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Glory Last Heavyweight Standing - Phase Two Opening Round (DAZN)
Weight Class Method Round Time Notes
Heavyweight +95 kg TBD vs. TBD Last Heavyweight Standing Opening Round
Heavyweight +95 kg TBD vs. TBD Last Heavyweight Standing Opening Round
Heavyweight +95 kg TBD vs. TBD Last Heavyweight Standing Opening Round
Heavyweight +95 kg TBD vs. TBD Last Heavyweight Standing Opening Round
Heavyweight +95 kg TBD vs. TBD Last Heavyweight Standing Opening Round
Heavyweight +95 kg TBD vs. TBD Last Heavyweight Standing Opening Round
Heavyweight +95 kg TBD vs. TBD Last Heavyweight Standing Opening Round
Heavyweight +95 kg TBD vs. TBD Last Heavyweight Standing Opening Round
Heavyweight +95 kg TBD vs. TBD Last Heavyweight Standing Opening Round
Heavyweight +95 kg TBD vs. TBD Last Heavyweight Standing Opening Round
Heavyweight +95 kg TBD vs. TBD Last Heavyweight Standing Opening Round
Heavyweight +95 kg TBD vs. TBD Last Heavyweight Standing Opening Round

Glory LHWS Phase Two - Qualification Round

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Glory LHWS Phase Two - Qualification Round
PromotionGlory
DateOctober, 2025
VenueTBD
CityTBD

Glory Last Heavyweight Standing Phase Two - Qualification Round is a kickboxing event held by Glory on October, 2025.

Background

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Glory Last Heavyweight Standing will feature the Qualification Round of Phase Two for the 2025 Glory Last Heavyweight Standing tournament. 12 fighters fight for a spot in the Final Round through 4-man tournaments.

Fight Card

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Glory 100 - Day One (DAZN)
Weight Class Method Round Time Notes
Heavyweight +95 kg TBD vs. TBD Last Heavyweight Standing Qualification Round, E Group Final
Heavyweight +95 kg TBD vs. TBD Last Heavyweight Standing Qualification Round, F Group Final
Heavyweight +95 kg TBD vs. TBD Last Heavyweight Standing Qualification Round, G Group Final
Heavyweight +95 kg TBD vs. TBD Last Heavyweight Standing Qualification Round, E Group Semifinals
Heavyweight +95 kg TBD vs. TBD Last Heavyweight Standing Qualification Round, E Group Semifinals
Heavyweight +95 kg TBD vs. TBD Last Heavyweight Standing Qualification Round, F Group Semifinals
Heavyweight +95 kg TBD vs. TBD Last Heavyweight Standing Qualification Round, F Group Semifinals
Heavyweight +95 kg TBD vs. TBD Last Heavyweight Standing Qualification Round, G Group Semifinals
Heavyweight +95 kg TBD vs. TBD Last Heavyweight Standing Qualification Round, G Group Semifinals
Heavyweight +95 kg TBD vs. TBD Last Heavyweight Standing Qualification Round, Reserve fight

Glory LHWS - Finals

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Glory LHWS - Finals
PromotionGlory
DateDecember, 2025
VenueTBD
CityTBD

Glory Last Heavyweight Standing - Finals is a kickboxing event held by Glory in December, 2025.

Background

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Participants of the Glory Last Heavyweight Standing - Finals have qualified for the event by winning a 4-men tournament during the qualification round. 1 of the participants will enter through a Wildcard.


Glory Last Heavyweight Standing - Finals

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Contestants: TBD

Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
         
TBD
TBD
TBD
TBD
TBD
TBD
TBD
TBD
TBD
TBD
TBD
TBD
TBD
TBD

Fight Card

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Glory Last Heavyweight Standing Finals (DAZN)
Weight Class Method Round Time Notes
Heavyweight +95 kg TBD def. TBD 2025 Glory LHWS Finals Final.
Heavyweight +95 kg TBD vs. TBD 2025 Glory LHWS Finals Semifinal.
Heavyweight +95 kg TBD vs. TBD 2025 Glory LHWS Finals Semifinal.
Heavyweight +95 kg TBD vs. TBD 2025 Glory LHWS Finals Quarterfinal.
Heavyweight +95 kg TBD vs. TBD 2025 Glory LHWS Finals Quarterfinal.
Heavyweight +95 kg TBD vs. TBD 2025 Glory LHWS Finals Quarterfinal.
Heavyweight +95 kg TBD vs. TBD 2025 Glory LHWS Finals Quarterfinal.
Heavyweight +95 kg TBD vs. TBD 2025 Glory LHWS Finals Reserve bout.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Collet, Bjarne. "Everything You Need to Know About GLORY's Last Heavyweight Standing Tournament". beyondkick.com. Retrieved 28 January 2025.
  2. ^ Glory en Jake Paul organiseren exclusief kickboksevenement in Miami
  3. ^ [1]
  4. ^ Barry, Anthony. "GLORY 100 Scales Back to One-Day Event Amid Poor Ticket Sales, Several Fights Cancelled According to Tayfun Özcan". beyondkick.com. Retrieved 21 May 2025.
  5. ^ Hartman, Tim. "Glory presenteert opvolger Videoland én nieuw titelgevecht Rico Verhoeven: 'Nee, niet tegen Ben Saddik'". ad.nl. Retrieved 19 March 2025.
  6. ^ Kế Sơn, Phan. "32-Man Featherweight Tournament Announced by GLORY and RISE Starting June 21". beyondkick.com. Retrieved 29 March 2025.
  7. ^ "24-Man Featherweight Tournament Announced by GLORY and RISE Starting June 21". beyondkick.com. Retrieved 29 March 2025.
  8. ^ Collet, Bjarne. "Everything You Need to Know About GLORY's Last Heavyweight Standing Tournament". beyondkick.com. Retrieved 8 May 2025.
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