Glory Kickboxing Heavyweight Grand Prix 2024 airs live from GelreDome in Arnhem, Netherlands on Saturday, March 9. The eventual winner of the 8-man knockout tournament needs to collect three victories during one evening, going through quarter-final, semi-final and final.
In the opening round, Dutch Levi Rigters (15-1, 7 KO) faces Uku Jurjendal (20-8, 16 KO) of Estonia. As well, Nigerian-Dutch former interim-heavyweight champion Tariq Osaro (25-3-1, 13 KO) takes on Bahram Rajabzadeh (65-1, 58 KO) of Azerbaijan.
Plus, Nabil Khachab (27-4-1, 4 KO) of Morocco meets three-time Glory tournament champion Benjamin Adegbuyi (35-7, 20 KO) of Romania. Rounding out the quarter-finals, Rico Verhoeven (61-10, 20 KO) of the Netherlands fights French Sofian Laidouni (35-2-1, 17 KO).
Also on the card, reigning light heavyweight champion Donegi Abena (27-9, 7 KO) of Suriname meets interim titleholder Tarik Khbabez (49-10-1, 28 KO) of Morocco. In addition, Moroccan-Dutch Tyjani Beztati (25-4, 9 KO) defends his lightweight title against Enriko Kehl (53-15-2, 31 KO) of Germany.
Glory Heavyweight Grand Prix 2024 results
Get Glory Grand Prix 2024 full fight card results below.
- Rico Verhoeven def. Levi Rigters by TKO (four knockdowns, R2 at 2:59), heavyweight GP final
- Tarik Khbabez def. Donegi Abena by split decision – wins Glory light heavyweight title
- Ivan Galaz def. Iliass Hammouche by unanimous decision, middleweight
- Rico Verhoeven def. Nabil Khachab by unanimous decision, heavyweight GP semi-final
- Levi Rigters def. Bahram Rajabzadeh by unanimous decision, heavyweight GP semi-final
- Tyjani Beztati def. Enriko Kehl by unanimous decision – retains Glory lightweight title
- Rico Verhoeven def. Sofian Laidouni by unanimous decision, heavyweight GP quarter-final
- Nabil Khachab def. Benjamin Adegbuyi by unanimous decision, heavyweight GP quarter-final
- Bahram Rajabzadeh def. Tariq Osaro by unanimous decision, heavyweight GP quarter-final
- Levi Rigters def. Uku Jurjendal KO (punch, R2 at 1:52), heavyweight GP quarter-final
- Michal Blawdziewicz def. Cihad Kepenek by TKO (two knockdowns, R2 at 2:55) – heavyweight GP reserve bout
Rico won again, this is bad for the sport of kickboxing.