2019 in Glory
2019 in Glory was the eighth year in the history of the international kickboxing promotion. The first event of the year, , would also be the first to be broadcast on UFC Fight Pass as part of a new agreement with the UFC that saw their Fight Pass streaming service become the exclusive carrier of Glory events in the United States. Glory events are also broadcast through television agreements with Fight Network, and other regional channels around the world. Glory 2019 Awards. The following fighters won the GLORY Kickboxing year-end awards for 2019: Glory 63: Houston. Glory  63: Houston was a kickboxing event held by Glory on February 1, 2019, at the Arena Theater in Houston, USA. Background. This event featured a rematch between the champion Petchpanomrung Kiatmookao and top contender Serhiy Adamchuk for the Glory Featherweight Championship as the Glory 63: Houston headliner. Glory heavyweight D’Angelo Marshall was unable to compete due to a visa issue that forced him from the fight card. Demoreo Dennis instead faced newcomer James Chapman. Glory 64: Strasbourg. Glory 64: Strasbourg was a kickboxing event held by Glory on March 9, 2019, at the Rhénus Sport in Strasbourg, France. Background. A  Glory Welterweight Championship bout between current champion Harut Grigorian and former champion Cedric Doumbe served as the Glory 64: Strasbourg main event. The pairing were supposed to have met previously in October 2018 at Glory 60: Lyon, but Grigorian was unable to compete due to acute gastroenteritis. In the co-featured slot, a Glory Women's Super Bantamweight Championship bout between current champion Anissa Meksen and former champion Tiffany van Soest took place. The pairing met previously at Glory 48: New York in December 2017 with Meksen capturing the title via unanimous decision. Mohamed Abdallah was forced to withdraw from  his main card bout with Daniel Škvor due to injuries sustained during training. D’Angelo Marshall stepped in on short notice to face Skvor. Yassine Ahaggan had to withdraw from his match with Matej Penaz due to injuries sustained during training. Donovan Wisse takes his place against Penaz. Esma Hasshass was scheduled to face Jiwaen Lee, but Hasshass was forced off the card for undisclosed reasons. Sarah Moussaddak served as the replacement. William Goldie-Galloway was set to fight with Itay Gershon but had to withdraw the day of the fight for medical reasons. As a result, the fight was canceled . Glory 65: Utrecht. Glory 65: Utrecht was a kickboxing event held by Glory on May 17, 2019, at the Central Studios in Utrecht, Netherlands. Glory 66: Paris. Glory 66: Paris was a kickboxing event held by Glory on June 22, 2019, at the Zénith Paris in Paris, France. Background. The bout between Luis Tavares and Stéphane Susperregui was expected for the GLORY 66 main card. On June 12, however, Susperregui pulled out of the bout due to the measles virus. Felipe Micheletti was pulled from a planned Superfight Series bout with Artur Gorlov and faced Tavares in the main card  bout. Gorlov instead faced Yegish Yegoian. Nordine Mahieddine was due to fight Tomas Mozny in the GLORY 66 Superfight Series, but the Slovak fighter withdrew due to an injury. Mahieddine instead faced the former K-1 Heavyweight Champion Antonio Plazibat, who stepped in on short notice for this encounter. Glory 67: Orlando. Glory 67: Orlando was a kickboxing event held by Glory on July 5, 2019, at the Silver Spurs Arena in Orlando, USA. Background. Former super bantamweight champion Tiffany van Soest has been forced to withdraw from her scheduled GLORY 67 co-main event bout with Jady Menezes due to  laser surgery after a slight detachment of the retina in one of her eyes. The bout will be rescheduled to a future Glory card. Glory 68: Miami. Glory 68: Miami was a kickboxing event held by Glory on September 28, 2019, at the James L. Knight Center in Miami, USA. Background. Itay Gershon was scheduled to face Josh Jauncey at Glory 68, but the Israeli fighter suffered a broken rib in training and withdrew from the fight. Stepping in on a 3 weeks notice to replace Gerson was Lorawnt Nelson. A Super Bantamweight bout between Bekah Irwin and Crystal Lawson  was previously scheduled for the Glory 68 preliminary card. However, Irwin pulled out of the fight due injury she sustained in a car accident and the bout was scrapped. Glory 69: Düsseldorf. Glory 69: Düsseldorf was a kickboxing event held by Glory on October 12, 2019, at the ISS Dome in Düsseldorf, Germany. Glory 70: Lyon. Glory 70: Lyon was a kickboxing event held by Glory on October 26, 2019, at the Palais des Sports de Gerland in Lyon, France. Background. Cedric Doumbe was out of his GLORY 70 title defence against Murthel Groenhart due to an elbow injury. Troy  Jones stepped in on a week notice to face Groenhart for interim Glory Welterweight Title in the GLORY 70 main event. Glory 71: Chicago. Glory 71: Chicago was a kickboxing event held by Glory on November 22, 2019, at the Wintrust Arena in Chicago, USA. Glory 72: Chicago. Glory 72: Chicago was a kickboxing event held by Glory on November 23, 2019, at the Wintrust Arena in Chicago, USA. Background. The Glory Featherweight Championship bout between Petchpanomrung Kiatmookao and Aleksei Ulianov was expected for Glory 72: Chicago main event. However, on November 13, Ulianov pulled out of the bout due  to visa issues. Kevin VanNostrand was pulled from the co-main event bout with Anvar Boynazarov and faced Kiatmookao in the main event for the Glory Featherweight Championship. His bout with Boynazarov was scrapped, as a result, the Jady Menezes vs. Chommanee Sor Taehiran bout was promoted to the main card. Glory 73: Shenzhen. Glory 73: Shenzhen was a kickboxing event held by Glory on December 7, 2019, at the Shenzhen Bay Sports Center in Shenzhen, China. Glory Collision 2. Glory Collision 2 (also known as Glory 74: Arnhem) was a kickboxing event held by Glory on December 21, 2019 , at the GelreDome in Arnhem, Netherlands. Background. It featured the highly anticipated rematch between GLORY Heavyweight champion, Rico Verhoeven, and Badr Hari. The event broke attendance record in the Netherlands, but failed to break European kickboxing attendance record set by the SUPERKOMBAT. The record in Europe, set by SUPERKOMBAT World Grand Prix IV 2016 on Eurosport, held on August 6 in 2016 in Romania, when 34,000 witnesses saw a main event of hometown hero Ionuț Iftimoaie versus title holder Jorge Loren.