Almost immediately after the announcement of information that Glory had terminated contracts with kickboxers from Russia, it became known that the organization would fight for the already vacant light heavyweight champion belt. Luis Tavares and Lithuanian representative Sergey Masloboev will fight for the vacant title. This confrontation will take place on August 20 as part of the 81st Glory tournament.
One of the top promotions in the world of professional kickboxing, Glory, has decided to terminate the contractual obligations with three Russian kickboxers at once: Artem Vakhitov, Alexei Ulyanov and Dmitry Menshikov.
Glory Rivals 1 tournament was held in Alkmaar yesterday. In the main fight of the evening, Luis Tavares won by knockout in the third round against Florent Cauchy. The rest of the event results are as follows:
Master of sports of international class of Ukraine in Thai boxing, European champion and vice-world champion in Muay Thai Mikhail Vasilioglo told if any of the Russian athletes supported him after the start of the war between Russia and Ukraine.
Glory promotion will hold the first joint event with kickboxing organization Enfusion today. The tournament will be called Glory Rivals 1. The tournament will start at 22:30 Kyiv time. There are only four fights on the card. Luis Tavares vs. Florent Caochi will head the evening of fighting.
Glory promotion has partially announced the card, as well as the date and venue for its 81st tournament. It will take place on August 20 in Düsseldorf. The event will be headlined, as previously reported, by a rematch between Jamal Ben Saddiq and Benny Adegbui.
With the beginning of Russian military aggression on the territory of Ukraine, the Sports Solidarity Foundation (Belarus) created a special Anti-War Declaration. The purpose of this declaration is the immediate cessation of Russian aggression.
Glory promotion announces a rematch between its top heavyweights: Benny Adegbui - Jamal Ben Saddiq. It is expected that this confrontation will take place this summer as part of the 81st tournament of the organization. It is worth noting that the date of the event and its venue are still unknown.
