Wilnis-Marcus Rubber Match to Anchor Glory 40 Copenhagen in April

Glory, the world’s premiere kickboxing promotion, will travel across the pond to Denmark in April for its 40th event on April 29. Headlining the card 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 will take on an opponent to be named to round out the main card.

The Glory 40 SuperFight Series undercard is coming into form as well. So far, a lightweight between Josh Jauncey and Antonio Gomez has been revealed, as was a light heavyweight battle between Freddy Kemayo and Imad Hadar. Mohammed El-Mir will also compete on the card but his lightweight counterpart has yet to be determined. The main event of the undercard will be revealed soon.

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.