Kickboxing historically has been defined by tournaments, now GLORY will redefine tournaments with the introduction of ‘Last Heavyweight Standing’, the biggest heavyweight tournament in the history of combat sports.
This year-long five-event tournament will kick-off April 5 at ‘GLORY 99: Last Heavyweight Standing’ at the Rotterdam Ahoy in the Netherlands with featuring thirty-two heavyweights from around the world competing in sixteen bouts in a mega all-heavyweight card.
A complete random draw was held over the weekend in Amsterdam to decide the opening round of matchups.
Among the most notable fights of the opening round; top five in the world ranked Rade Opačić (21-6, 16 KO) faces a tough challenge in Nico ‘Big Sexy’ Horta (23-10, 3 KO), Nabil Khachab (29-5-1, 4 KO) meets Miloš Cvjetićanin (11-3, 8 KO) in a battle between size versus agility, Dutch veteran Brian Douwes (42-26-1, 31 KO) takes on the unpredictable Bahram Rajabzadeh (70-4, 61 KO), former interim champ Tariq Osaro (26-4-1, 13 KO) goes up against ‘Mr. Tounrnament’ himself Benjamin Adegbuyi (35-8, 20 KO), and ‘The Goliath’ Jamal Ben Saddik (36-9, 29 KO) collides with ‘The Gladiator’ Christian Ristea (44-25, 13 KO).
GLORY 99 Last Heavyweight Standing Matchups
Order of fights drawn, bout order to be decided
Miroslav Vujovic (11-7, 8 KO) vs. Colin George (23-12, 21 KO)
Rade Opačić (21-6, 16 KO) vs. Nico Horta (23-10, 3 KO)
Nabil Khachab (29-5-1, 4 KO) vs. Miloš Cvjetićanin (11-3, 8 KO)
Brian Douwes (42-26-1, 31 KO) vs. Bahram Rajabzadeh (70-4, 61 KO)
Petr Romankevich (29-9, 10 KO) vs. Luigi Gashi (15-4, 4 KO)
Sofian Laïdouni (37-4-1, 18 KO) vs. Oleh Pryimachov (16-5, 5 KO)
Nicolas Wamba (75-7, 24 KO) vs. TBC*
Ionut Iancu (30-10, 12 KO) vs. Cihad Kepenek (23-7, 16 KO)
Alin Nechita (16-1, 7 KO) vs. Ahmed Krnjić (14-3-1, 4 KO)
Nathan Cook (7-2, 6 KO) vs. Anis Bouzid (45-4, 36 KO)
Asdren Gashi (18-4-1, 9 KO) vs. Nidal Bchiri (19-4-1, 4 KO)
Asadulla Nasipov (10-1, 5 KO) vs. Murat Aygün (32-4, 8 KO)
Tariq Osaro (26-4-1, 13 KO) vs. Benjamin Adegbuyi (35-8, 20 KO)
Yuri Farcas (13-3-1, 6 KO) vs. Iraj Azizipour (69-7, 27 KO)
Jamal Ben Saddik (36-9, 29 KO) vs. Christian Ristea (44-25, 13 KO)
Sina Karimian (16-4, 8 KO) vs. Tomáš Možný (21-10, 7 KO)
*Uku Jurjendal had to withdraw due to a broken arm sustained at GLORY 98