GLORY kickboxing makes its triumphant return to France tomorrow night, Saturday, September 9, with GLORY 88 taking place from the sold-out Dome De Paris. All the fighters successfully weighed-in earlier today thus confirming the co-main event title fight and massive heavyweight Grand Prix qualifier.
Kickboxing legend Badr Hari (106-16, 92 KO) takes on combat sports veteran James McSweeney (47-6, 28 KO) in the main event. The winner will punch his ticket into the historic end of year GLORY Grand Prix where eight men compete in a one-night tournament for a chance to win $500,000.
In the co-main event, America’s Tiffany van Soest (24-6-2, 9 KO) will defend her GLORY super bantamweight title against rival Sarah Moussaddak (8-3, 1 KO) in a rematch of their fight from last year. Known as the P4P best female kickboxer on the planet, this will be van Soest’s retirement fight as the 34-year-old will hang up the gloves on her storied career.
French heavyweights Nordine Mahieddine (27-15, 12 KO) and Abderahmane Coulibaly (65-26-1, 25 KO) clash in what should be a barnburner fight between two heavy hitters and top ten featherweights Denis Wosik (37-8-1, 9 KO) and Berjan Peposhi (28-3, 16 KO) square-off.
Elsewhere at GLORY 88, top light heavyweights Pascal Touré (18-5, 6 KO) and Stefan Latescu (11-2, 5 KO) make their GLORY debuts, veteran Karim Ghajji (103-17-1, 53 KO) returns to the promotion and will face Serbia’s Nikola Todorovic (26-3, 14 KO), the popular Iliass Hammouche (32-6, 7 KO) faces Germany’s Florian Kroger (19-9, 6 KO), and Ilyass Chakir (16-3-1, 6 KO) makes his GLORY debut and takes on France’s Diaguely Camara (23-4-1, 10 KO) in the first fight of the night.
GLORY 88 is available to watch live exclusively on Videoland in the Netherlands, on La Sueur in France, around the world on GLORYFights.com and various broadcast partners around the globe. Click here for full viewing information.
GLORY 88 Weigh-In Results
Main Event
GLORY Heavyweight Grand Prix Qualifier
#6 Badr Hari (118.6 kg/261.5 lb) vs. James McSweeney (118 kg/260 lb)
Co-Main Event
Super Bantamweight Title
Champion Tiffany van Soest (54.7 kg/120.5 lb) vs. #1 Sarah Moussaddak (54.8 kg/121 lb)
Heavyweight
#4 Nordine Mahieddine (106.9 kg/236 lb) vs. Abderahmane Coulibaly (100.4 kg/221 lb)
Featherweight
#6 Denis Wosik (64.9 kg/143 lb) vs. #8 Berjan Peposhi (64.9 kg/221 lb)
Light Heavyweight
Pascal Touré (95 kg/209 lb) vs. Stefan Latescu (93.8 kg/207 lb)
Welterweight
Karim Ghajji (76.9 kg/169.5 lb) vs. Nikola Todorovic (76.7 kg/169 lb)
Lightweight
Jonathan Mayezo (69.9 kg/154 lb) vs. James Condé (69 kg/152 lb)
Middleweight
Iliass Hammouche (84.8 kg/187 lb) vs. Florian Kröger (85 kg/187.3 lb)
Welterweight
#10 Diaguely Camara (76.7 kg/169 lb) vs. Ilyass Chakir (77 kg/170 lb)
