Glory 87: Beztati vs. Kaito is an upcoming kickboxing & Heavyweight Tournament event held by Glory on August 19, 2023, at the Rotterdam Ahoy arena in Rotterdam, Netherlands.
Fight Card
Main Card
Heavyweight 95+ kg TBD vs. TBD Heavyweight Tournament Final
Lightweight 70 kg Morocco Tyjani Beztati (c) vs. Japan Kaito Lightweight Championship
Welterweight 77 kg Netherlands Murthel Groenhart vs. Germany Cihad Akipa
Middleweight -85 kg Ghana Michael Boapeah vs Germany Sergej Braun
Featherweight 65 kg Netherlands Jan Kaffa vs. Morocco Mohamed El Hammouti
Heavyweight 95+ kg Morocco Mohamed Amine vs. Azerbaijan Bahram Rajabzadeh Heavyweight Tournament Semifinal
Heavyweight 95+ kg Estonia Uku Jürjendal vs. Netherlands Martin Terpstra Heavyweight Tournament Semifinal
Preliminary Fights
Middleweight 85 kg Morocco Imad Hadar vs. Poland Bartosz Muszyński
Heavyweight 95+ kg Serbia Nikola Filipović vs. Romania Cristian Ristea Heavyweight Tournament Reserve Fight
Background
GLORY 87 takes place August 19 live from the Rotterdam Ahoy arena in the Netherlands and promises to be another thrilling night on the GLORY kickboxing calendar.
A four-man one-night heavyweight tournament will take centre stage with the winner punching his ticket into the historic end of year GLORY Heavyweight Grand Prix for a chance to win a life-changing $500,000.
The four participants are Dutch giant Martin Terpstra (21-5, 11 KO), former light heavyweight title contender Mohamed Amine (29-5, 16 KO), the explosive Bahram Rajabzadeh (62-1, 56 KO), and the bruising power puncher Uku Jürjendal (18-7, 14 KO).
A huge international title fight will feature in the co-main event as Tyjani Beztati (24-4, 9 KO) will put his GLORY lightweight championship on the line against Japanese star Kaito Ono (51-6-1, 22 KO).
Beztati has emerged as one of the top fighters in his division thanks to recent title defenses against Petch, Koprivlenski, and Jauncey. Now he goes up against RISE champion Kaito Ono. Both fighters are 25 years old and this contest could very well determine the best in the world at lightweight.
If that wasn’t enough, former welterweight champ Murthel Groenhart (69-26-3) goes up against rising German star Cihad Akipa (49-11, 18 KO) in a battle between youth & experience, Michael Boapeah (15-3-1, 7 KO) rematches Sergej Braun (43-12, 27 KO), and ‘The Diamond’ Jan Kaffa (19-3, 7 KO) meets Mohamed El Hammouti (7-1, 4 KO) in the opening bout of the main card.
In the free GLORY prelims, Imad Hadar (19-2, 7 KO) and Maksymilian Bratkowicz (11-4, 3 KO) clash with both fighters aiming to secure their first victory in GLORY while Serbia’s Nikola Filipovic (10-2, 6 KO) meets Romania’s Cristian Ristea (44-21, 10 KO) in a reserve bout for the heavyweight tournament.
The event will see a four-man heavyweight tournament which will serve as a qualifier for the upcoming 2023 GLORY Grand Prix.
