Saturday, March 12 from the Accorhotels Arena in Paris
Joining previously announced No.1 ranked muay thai sensation Sittichai (106-29-5, 29 KO) in the one-night, four-man Lightweight Contender Tournament at GLORY 28 Paris are Sittichai's first round match-up, former champion and No. 2 contender Davit Kiria (24-12, 9 KO), as well as aggressive finisher Marat Grigorian (44-8-2, 26 KO) and his opening round opponent, Djimé (50-12-4, 18 KO) of France, ranked No. 5 and No. 6. in the division respectively.
Headlining GLORY 28 Paris is GLORY Heavyweight World Champion Rico "The Prince of Kickboxing" Verhoeven (47-10, 12 KO) defending his belt for the fourth time against veteran No. 3 contender Mladen "The Scorpion Sting" Brestovac (49-10-1, 32 KO) of Croatia. Feared Dutch-Surinamese striker Murthel "The Predator" Groenhart (58-19-3, 33 KO) takes on fellow welterweight Cédric Doumbé (55-4-1, 35 KO) of France in the co-headline bout.
The full five-fight card for GLORY 28 Paris can be found below:
GLORY 28 Paris
Heavyweight Title Headline Bout: Rico Verhoeven (c) vs. Mladen Brestovac
Lightweight Tournament Final Bout: Winner of Bout A vs. Winner of Bout B
Welterweight Co-Headline Bout: Murthel Groenhart vs. Cédric Doumbé
Lightweight Tournament Semi-Final Bout B: Marat Grigorian vs. Djimé
Lightweight Tournament Semi-Final Bout A: Sittichai vs. Davit Kiria
For the first time ever, GLORY SuperFight Series Paris will feature two world titles up for grabs when red-hot Brazilian champion Saulo "Cassius Clay" Cavalari (32-2, 19 KO) puts his GLORY Light Heavyweight World Title on the line against 24-year-old Russian Artem Vakhitov (15-5, 6 KO), and newly crowned champion Serhiy Adamchuk (31-5, 14 KO) of Ukraine battles No.1 contender, Moroccan-Dutch Mosab "Jaguar" Amrani (55-10-4, 18 KO) for the GLORY Featherweight World Championship.
Rounding out the stacked GLORY SuperFight Series Paris card are four superfights.
In the heavyweight division, French talent Freddy "Crazy Horse" Kemayo (65-22-1, 45 KO) challenges 6'8" American prospect Xavier Vigney (9-1, 8 KO). No. 3 ranked Jason "Psycho" Wilnis (26-6-1, 7 KO) meets No. 8 Filip "The Belgian Bull" Verlinden (44-14-1, 16 KO) in a middleweight match-up with potential title implications. Serving as the reserve bout for the one-night, four-man tournament (at GLORY 28 Paris) is the lightweight scrap between Canadian superstar Josh Jauncey (23-6, 12 KO) and undefeated Russian Anatoly Moiseev (16-0, 4 KO). GLORY newcomer Eddy Naït-Slimani (59-1, 17 KO) of France kicks off the action at featherweight with Brazilian Maykol Yurk (8-4, 6 KO).The full six-fight card for GLORY Super Fight Series Paris can be found below:
GLORY SuperFight Series Paris
Light Heavyweight Title Headline Bout: Saulo Cavalari (c) vs. Artem Vakhitov
Heavyweight Co-Headline Bout: Freddy Kemayo vs. Xavier Vigney
Featherweight Title Bout: Serhiy Adamchuk (c) vs. Mosab Amrani
Middleweight Bout: Jason Wilnis vs. Filip Verlinden
Lightweight Bout: Josh Jauncey vs. Anatoly Moiseev
Featherweight Bout: Maykol Yurk vs. Eddy Naït-Slimani
Tickets for GLORY 28 Paris and GLORY SuperFight Series Paris are priced at € 175, € 120, € 90, € 70, € 45, and € 25. Tickets are available for purchase at accorhotelsarena.com.
