The world’s leading kickboxing promotion GLORY returns to Germany with another stacked fight card. GLORY 82 takes place on November 19th at the Maritim Hotel in Bonn, Germany. A heavyweight scrap between Antonio Plazibat and Raul Catinas serves as a feature bout of the evening.
Antonio Plazibat vs. Raul Catinas
Plazibat rides a three-fight winning streak and won seven out of the last eight of his fights. Two out of last three wins were against Thabib Khbabez at GLORY 78 and GLORY 80 Studio. The other one was against Catinas’ fellow countryman Benjamin Adegbuyi. All three were knockouts.
Catinas made his promotional debut at GLORY 78, where he lost to Nordine Mahieddine by a unanimous decision.
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Welterweight Title Bout
The welterweight gold will be up for taking after the former champion Cédric Doumbé announced his retirement from kickboxing. Now the new title holder will be determined as Alim Nabiyev takes on Endy Semeleer.
Nabiyev is a former two-time welterweight title challenger. In his last promotional appearance, he defeated Troy Jones at GLORY Collision 3. Since then he fought one more time and beat Andrei Ostrovanu.
Semeleer is a former welterweight title challenger himself. He defeated Jay Overmeer at Enfusion 104 to win the belt. He also holds belts in both 72.5 kg and 75 kg divisions. He currently enjoys a six-fight winning streak.
Rest of the Card
MMA veteran Joilton Lutterbach will make his GLORY debut against another debutant, Mark Trijsburg.
Itay Gershon returns to GLORY to take on newcomer Cihad Akipa.
In a heavyweight matchup, Jahfarr Wilnis will square off against yet another newcomer, Michał Blawdziewicz.
Serkan Ozcaglayan returns to the GLORY ring after competing just a few weeks ago at GLORY Collision 4 to trade blows with Juri De Sousa.
In another heavyweight affair, Imad Hadar will test himself against Brice Kombou.
In a pair of matchups in the featherweight division, Denis Wosik faces Mohamed El Mesbahi, and Ahmad Chikh Mousa will fight Mohamed el Hammouti.
GLORY 82 Results
Main Card (iPPV – GLORY Fights/Viaplay.com 2:00pm ET / 11:00am PT)
Antonio Plazibat def. Raul Catinas via KO (Right hook), at 1:44 of Round 1
Endy Semeleer def. Alim Nabiyev via Split Decision and won GLORY welterweight title
Joilton Lutterbach def. Mark Trijsburg via KO (Right hook) at 0:38 of Round 2
Cihad Akipa def. Itay Gershon via Split Decision
Jahfarr Wilnis def. Michal Blawdziewicz via Unanimous Decision
Serkan Ozcaglayan def. Juri de Sousa via TKO (4th knockdown during the fight), at 2:19 of Round 3
Preliminary Card (YouTube 1:00pm ET / 10:00am PT)
Denis Wosik def. Mohamed El Mesbahi via Unanimous Decision
Ahmad Chikh Mousa def. Mohamed el Hammouti via Unanimous Decision
