GLORY 85 Weigh-In Results: Title Fight And Heavyweight Tournament Official
Rotterdam, the Netherlands: All fighters successfully made weight Friday morning ahead of GLORY 85 at the Rotterdam Ahoy arena on Saturday night, April 29.
The GLORY welterweight title fight was made official as champion Endy Semeleer (33-1, 17 KO) and challenger Murthel Groenhart (69-25-3, 40 KO) both made championship weight. Semeleer will look to firmly establish his position atop the welterweight division while Groenhart is aiming to make a triumphant return to kickboxing and reclaim the title.
All four participants in the heavyweight tournament combined tipped the scale at a whopping 472.9 kg/1,042 lb. Turkey’s Murat Aygün (33-2, 8 KO), Bosnia’s Enver Sljivar (40-6, 23 KO), the Netherlands’ Jahfarr Wilnis (33-13-1, 8 KO), and Nigeria’s Tariq ‘Cookie’ Osaro (22-2-1, 10 KO) will all compete for a chance to fight Antonio Plazibat for the interim-GLORY heavyweight title this summer and for a coveted spot in the history GLORY Heavyweight Grand Prix this December.
Elsewhere on the card, explosive veteran Michael Duut (44-13, 21 KO) welcomes Mohamed Amine (28-4, 16 KO) and top prospects Berjan Peposhi (27-2, 16 KO) and Jan Kaffa (18-3, 7 KO) clash.
In the free YouTube prelims, heavyweights Fabio Kwasi (45-7, 22 KO) and Nikola Filipovic (9-2, 6 KO) meet in an alternate bout for the heavyweight tournament while Maksymilian Bratkowicz (11-3, 3 KO) faces familiar foe Brice Kombou (17-3, 2 KO) for a third time to settle their score.
GLORY 85 will be available to watch exclusively on Videoland in the Netherlands. Click here for full viewing information.
Also announced at the press conference, number one ranked middleweight Serkan Ozcaglayan (45-7, 36 KO) was announced as the next challenger for middleweight champion Donovan Wisse (18-1, 10 KO). They will meet at GLORY Collision 5 on June 17 at the Rotterdam Ahoy. Tickets will go on sale this Wednesday, May 3.
GLORY 85 Weigh-In Results
GLORY Welterweight Championship
Endy Semeleer (76.8 kg/169.3 lb) vs. Murthel Groenhart (76.9 kg/169.5 lb)
Light Heavyweight
Michael Duut (94.8 kg/208.9 lb) vs. Mohamed Amine (94.4 kg/208.1 lb)
Featherweight
Berjan Peposhi (64.9 kg/143 lb) vs. Jan Kaffa (65 kg/143.3 lb)
Heavyweight Tournament Semi-Final 2
Murat Aygün (114.3 kg/252 lb) vs. Enver Sljivar (113.7 kg/250.6 lb)
Heavyweight Tournament Semi-Final 1
Jahfarr Wilnis (121.2 kg/267.2 lb) vs. Tariq ‘Cookie’ Osaro (123.7 kg/272.7 lb)
Heavyweight
Fabio Kwasi (109.8 kg/242 lb) vs. Nikola Filipovic (111.7 kg/246.3 lb)
Middleweight
Maksymilian Bratkowicz (83.8 kg/183.6 lb) vs. Brice Kombou (83.9 kg/185 lb)
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