Kickboxing historically has been defined by tournaments, now GLORY will redefine tournaments with the introduction of ‘Last Heavyweight Standing’, the biggest heavyweight tournament in the history of combat sports.
This year-long five-event tournament will kick-off April 5 at ‘GLORY 99: Last Heavyweight Standing’ at the Rotterdam Ahoy in the Netherlands with a mega sixteen-fight all heavyweight card. The match-ups all being decided by a random draw.
Over the course of 2025, fighters will enter qualifying tournaments and career defining matchups until the final eight remain for an epic one-night end of year tournament to decide who will be the ‘Last Heavyweight Standing.’
This week, the field of heavyweights was finalised as the last remaining entrants were confirmed.
Among the participants, former two-time heavyweight challenger Jamal Ben Saddik (36-9, 29 KO), former interim-champion Tariq ‘Cookie’ Osaro (26-4-1, 13 KO), new signing & top five in the world Rade Opacic (21-6, 16 KO), the wild & unpredictable Bahram Rajabzadeh (70-4, 61 KO), and fan favourite Nabil ‘The Tank’ Khachab (29-5-1, 4 KO).
Tickets are available for purchase right now for GLORY 99: Last Heavyweight Standing through GLORYKickboxing.com.
All thirty-two heavyweights:
‘The Romanian Tank’ Ionut Iancu (30-10, 12 KO), Romania.
Ahmed ‘Bosnian Steel’ Krnjić (14-3-1, 4 KO), Bosnia & Herzegovina.
Uku Jürjendal (20-9, 16 KO), Estonia.
Tariq ‘Cookie’ Osaro (26-4-1, 13 KO), Nigeria/Netherlands.
‘The Golden Wolf’ Bahram Rajabzadeh (70-4, 61 KO), Azerbaijan.
‘The Goliath’ Jamal Ben Saddik (36-9, 29 KO), Morocco/Belgium.
Rade Opačić (21-6, 16 KO), Serbia.
Murat ‘The Butcher’ Aygün (32-4, 8 KO), Turkey.
Sofian Laïdouni (37-4-1, 18 KO), France.
‘Mr. Gentlemen’ Benjamin Adegbuyi (35-8, 20 KO) Romania.
‘Big Sexy’ Nico Horta (23-10, 3 KO), Cape Verde/Netherlands.
Yuri Farcas (13-3-1, 6 KO), Italy/Romania.
Oleh Pryimachov (16-5, 5 KO), Ukraine.
Anis ‘Takamura’ Bouzid (45-4, 36 KO), Morocco/Belgium.
Asdren Gashi (18-4-1, 9 KO), Albania.
Luigi Gashi (15-4, 4 KO), Albania.
Miloš Cvjetićanin (11-3, 8 KO), Serbia.
‘The Gladiator’ Christian Ristea (44-25, 13 KO), Romania.
Colin ‘The Beast’ George (23-12, 21 KO), Suriname/Netherlands.
Cihad Kepenek (23-7, 16 KO), Turkey.
Alin ‘The Beast’ Nechita (16-1, 7 KO), Romania.
Nicolas ‘Junior’ Wamba (75-7, 24 KO), France.
‘The Bulldozer’ Petr Romankevich (29-9, 10 KO), Belarus.
Asadulla Nasipov (10-1, 5 KO), Russia.
Iraj Azizipour (69-7, 27 KO), Iran.
Brian ‘The Hitman’ Douwes (42-26-1, 31 KO), Netherlands.
Tomáš ‘The Giant Slovak’ Možný (21-10, 7 KO), Slovakia.
‘The Soldier’ Nidal Bchiri (19-4-1, 4 KO), Morocco.
Miroslav Vujovic (11-7, 8 KO), Montenegro.
Nathan ‘The Axe’ Cook (7-2, 6 KO), United Kingdom.
Sina ‘Hero’ Karimian (16-4, 8 KO), Iran.
Nabil ‘The Tank’ Khachab (29-5-1, 4 KO), Morocco/Netherlands.
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