Glory 26 set for December in The Netherlands with Verhoeven and Holzken title fights

 

Glory has a huge show planned for December. Glory 26 is set to take place on December 4th in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. The event will feature two title fights and a featherweight contender tournament.

Heavyweight Champion Rico Verhoeven will defend his Glory Heavyweight Title against the winner of the Glory 24 Heavyweight Tournament. Verhoeven will be looking to make his third successful title defense since capturing the title back in June of 2014. The four fighters vying for the shot at Verhoeven's belt in the Glory 24 tournament are Ben Edwards, Jahfarr Wilnis, Benjamin Adegbuyi, and Mladen Brestovac.

Welterweight Champion Nieky Holzken will defend his Glory Welterweight Title against the winner of the Glory 25 Welterweight Contender Tournament. Holzken won his title with a (T)KO win over Raymond Daniels at Glory 23. He has won his last eight fights with seven of those fights coming in the Glory ring. Since joining Glory in 2012 he has amassed a perfect 7-0 record for the promotion. The competitors in the Glory 25 Contender Tournament have not been announced so Holzken's potential challengers are not known yet.

The Glory Featherweight Contender Tournament will feature four of the best fighters with the winner earning a title shot against current champion Gabriel Varga. The only fighter confirmed for the tournament as of now is Mosab Amrani.

Fight Card:

Rico Verhoeven vs. TBA

Nieky Holzken vs. TBA

Featherweight Contender Tournament

Mosab Amrani vs. TBA

TBA vs. TBA

WFL: Unfinished Business set for October 18 in The Netherlands

The World Fight League (WFL) has scheduled their second event "Unfinished Business"  for October 18th in The Netherlands. The event will feature some four man tournaments as well as super fights.

Sahak Parparyan is currently scheduled to fight Ibrahim El Bouni. Parparyan is on a bit of a slide as of late. After having won nine fights in a row from mid 2011 to late 2012, he has gone 2-5-1 in his last eight bouts. A win for Parparyan is needed here so he can start to get back to fighter many thought could make a serious run in the cruiser weight division.

Also in action will be Mohammed Khamal as he takes on Chahid Oulad. Khamal was one of the Kickboxing and Muay Thai's brightest young talents before stepping away from fighting at the age of 22 in 2012 after a win over Saiyok. He returned to action two years later in a fight against Sittichai Sitsongpeenong. He lost a decision in his return bout and has since fought only one defeating Kongfah Sitmonchai by decision. 

Fight Card:

Sahak Parparyan vs. Ibrahim El Bouni

Mohammed Khamal vs. Chahid Oulad El Hadj

William Diender vs. Kevin Hessling

95 kg Tournament Competitors

Fred Sikking

Redouan Cairo

Michael Duut

Loren Javier Jorge

70 kg Tournament Comptetitors

Edson Fortes

Cedric Mahoef

Mohammed el Messaoudi

Tayfun Ozcan

Women's 61 kg Tournament Competitors

Ilona Wijmans

Orinta van der Zee

Salysa van den Bos

Sarah Debaieb

A1 WORLD COMBAT CUP 20 set for November 28, Ismael Londt scheduled to fight

The A1 World Combat Cup 20 is set for November 28 at the Indoor Sportcentrum Eindhoven in Eindhoven, Netherlands. The fight card is far from complete but fighters expected to fight at the event are Ismael Londt, Robbie Hageman, and Redouane Boukerch. None of their opponents have been confirmed, but news should be coming soon.

Londt currently has a big fight against Badr Hari coming up at Akhmat Fight Show on August 22. If Londt can pull of a victory over Hari he would enter his fight at A1 World Combat Cup 20 on a five fight win streak. On Londt's current four fight win streak three of those victories have come by (T)KO. This includes a first round (T)KO over Albania's Rustemi Kreshnik at A1 World Combat Cup 19.

Fight Card:

Ismael Londt vs. TBA

Robbie Hateman vs. TBA

Redouane Boukerch vs. TBA