Glory 40: Copenhagen Card Finalized
Glory, the world’s premiere kickboxing promotion, will travel
across the pond to Denmark for its 40th event on April 29. On
Wednesday afternoon, Glory officials revealed that Jamie Bates
(24-6), fresh off his Road to Glory UK win last week, will take on
Richard Abraham (11-4, 4 KOs) in the Glory 40 SuperFight Series
undercard main event.
Mohammed El-Mir (113-22, 33 KOs) will take on Simon Santana (37-12-1, 12 KOs) in a lightweight battle while Chris Mauceri (7-3, 2 KOs) will square off against Yuhang Xie on the undercard as well. Rounding out the Glory 40 SuperFight Series is a lightweight between Josh Jauncey and Antonio Gomez has been revealed, as was a light heavyweight battle between Freddy Kemayo and Imad Hadar.
Headlining Glory 40: Copenhagen will be Jason “Psycho” Wilnis
defending his middleweight title against Simon Marcus, a man he
knows well.
Wilnis (30-6-1, 8 KOs) had already locked horns with Marcus twice; he lost to the Canadian via split decision back at Glory 20 and then avenged that loss with a shocking third-round TKO at Glory 33 last September to wrest the belt from “The One.” Marcus (45-3-2, 24 KOs) has since rebounded with two wins; he stopped Dustin Jacoby at Glory 34 and then scored a TKO of Wang Shaohua at Wu Fight last December. Wilnis, meanwhile, defended his title via unanimous decision over Israel Adesanya last month at Glory 37.
Glory 40: Copenhagen will also sport a four-man one night middleweight contender tournament. The first pairing will be Alex Pereira (20-5, 11 KOs) against Burim Rama (30-12-1, 14 KOs) while Yousri Belgaroui (20-3, 10 KOs) versus Agron Preteni (20-4-1, 5 KOs) will complete the bracket. The winner of the tourney will face either Wilnis or Marcus at a later date.
Niclas Larsen (45-8-2, 24 KOs) will take on Thailand’s Yodkhunpon (83-22-1, 51 KOs) to cap off the main card.
Glory 40 Copenhagen will be streamed live on ESPN2 beginning at 3:30 p.m. ET/12:30 p.m. PT. UFC Fight Pass will carry the SuperFight Series undercard, starting live with the action at 1 p.m. ET/1 10 a.m. PT.
Mohammed El-Mir (113-22, 33 KOs) will take on Simon Santana (37-12-1, 12 KOs) in a lightweight battle while Chris Mauceri (7-3, 2 KOs) will square off against Yuhang Xie on the undercard as well. Rounding out the Glory 40 SuperFight Series is a lightweight between Josh Jauncey and Antonio Gomez has been revealed, as was a light heavyweight battle between Freddy Kemayo and Imad Hadar.
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Wilnis (30-6-1, 8 KOs) had already locked horns with Marcus twice; he lost to the Canadian via split decision back at Glory 20 and then avenged that loss with a shocking third-round TKO at Glory 33 last September to wrest the belt from “The One.” Marcus (45-3-2, 24 KOs) has since rebounded with two wins; he stopped Dustin Jacoby at Glory 34 and then scored a TKO of Wang Shaohua at Wu Fight last December. Wilnis, meanwhile, defended his title via unanimous decision over Israel Adesanya last month at Glory 37.
Glory 40: Copenhagen will also sport a four-man one night middleweight contender tournament. The first pairing will be Alex Pereira (20-5, 11 KOs) against Burim Rama (30-12-1, 14 KOs) while Yousri Belgaroui (20-3, 10 KOs) versus Agron Preteni (20-4-1, 5 KOs) will complete the bracket. The winner of the tourney will face either Wilnis or Marcus at a later date.
Niclas Larsen (45-8-2, 24 KOs) will take on Thailand’s Yodkhunpon (83-22-1, 51 KOs) to cap off the main card.
Glory 40 Copenhagen will be streamed live on ESPN2 beginning at 3:30 p.m. ET/12:30 p.m. PT. UFC Fight Pass will carry the SuperFight Series undercard, starting live with the action at 1 p.m. ET/1 10 a.m. PT.
