Atem Wahitov vs Luis Tavares
Tiffany Van Soust vs Aizo Kobayashi
Arcadius Vozosek vs Bad Harri
Jamal bin Sadik vs Livay Rigetts
The Glory Glory Fight 80 tournament, which will be held in Hasselt, Belgium, on March 19, has officially announced the list of several matches, including two high-profile championship gold belt title battles, the current Glory lightweight champion Atem Vahitov against the number one challenger Luis Tavares, and the current Glory women's superweight champion Tiffany Van Suste against the challenger Japanese actress Aizo Kobayashi.
Atem Wahitov (22-6, 8 KO) is 30 years old and has a height of 186cm and an arm span of 189cm. Coming from Muay Thai, he has an amateur record (88-4) and has won IFMA and WMC titles. In 2013, he participated in the first round of the Glory competition, KO Luis Tavares, won the Glory Light Heavyweight Championship Gold Belt in 2016, and has since defended the title for five consecutive times. Lost to Alex Pereira in January and just won the glory's light heavyweight championship belt in September with a two-point win against Pereira.
Luis Tavares (64-8, 22 KO) is 30 years old and 193cm tall. He won the IKA Heavyweight Championship in 2014, the WFL-95kg Championship in 2015, and the Enfusion Live Heavyweight and Super Heavyweight Titles in 2017, after which he defended the title once in each of the two classes. Since the divergent decision to lose to Felipe Micheletti in June 2019, he has recently won four consecutive wins, including a successful revenge against Felipe Micheletti in September last year. Tavares is currently no. 1 in the official Glory ranking of light heavyweights.
Tiffany Van Suste (22-6-2, 8 KO) is 32 years old and has a height of 163cm and an arm span of 160cm. Originally from Muay Thai, she has won titles such as IAMTF, IKKC, WBC Muay Thai, Lion Fight and more. In 2016, she won the Glory Women's Super Chickweight Championship Gold Belt and then defended the title once. In 2017, the point loss was lost to Anissa Meksen, and in March 2019, the second battle with Mexon was again decided to lose, but in November, he won three points with Mexon to win revenge to regain glory's golden belt, and just successfully defended the title in January last year.
Aizo Kobayashi (16-3-4, 3 KO) is 25 years old and 158cm tall. Coming from a Muay Thai background, she won the 2016 Japan Open Muay Thai Championship and the WPMF title in November 2019. Winner of the RISE women's -52kg title in 2020, he defended the RISE title in April last year with a point-out victory over Suzuka Tabuchi, but just lost to Hinata Terayama in September.
Other line-ups for the tournament include former K-1 heavyweight champion "Golden Boy" Bud Hari (106-16, 92 KO, 1 N) and Polish Sanda and Muay Thai champion Akadiuz Vozosek (14-5, 9 KO). Glory heavyweight eight-a-man champion Jamal bin Sadik (36-10, 29 KO) against Dutch rising star Livaj Rigetts (13-1, 6 KO).
Match Match Chart:
Heavyweight Competition:
Arkadiusz Wrzosek (#3) vs. Badr Hari (#8)
Glory Light Heavyweight Championship:
Artem Vakhitov (#c) vs. Luis Tavares (#1)
Glory Women's Super ChickWeight Championship:
Tiffany van Soest (#c) vs. Manazo Kobayashi
Jamal Ben Saddik (#2) vs. Levi Rigters (#4)
Middleweight Competition:
Ertugrul Bayrak (#1) vs. Serkan Ozcaglayan (#4)
Lightweight Competition:
Guerric Billet (#6) vs. Nordin Ben Moh
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