Glory 78: Badr vs. Wrzosek will be a kickboxing event held by Glory on September 4, 2021 at the Rotterdam Ahoy in Rotterdam, Netherlands.
Fight Card
Glory 78
Heavyweight 120 kg Morocco Badr Hari vs. Poland Arkadiusz Wrzosek
Light Heavyweight 95 kg Brazil Alex Pereira (c) vs. Russia Artem Vakhitov Light Heavyweight Championship
Heavyweight 120 kg Morocco Tarik Khbabez vs. Croatia Antonio Plazibat
Heavyweight 120 kg Netherlands Levi Rigters vs. Slovakia Tomas Mozny
Light Heavyweight 95 kg Netherlands Luis Tavares vs. Brazil Felipe Micheletti
Heavyweight 120 kg France Nordine Mahieddine vs. Romania Raul Cătinaș
Welterweight 77 kg Morocco Mohamed Mezouari vs. Turkey Vedat Hoduk
Superfight Series
Middleweight 84 kg Suriname Donovan Wisse vs. Tunisia Yousri Belgaroui Vacant Middleweight Championship
Lightweight 70 kg Morocco Tyjani Beztati vs. United States Elvis Gashi Vacant Lightweight Championship
Lightweight 70 kg Israel Itay Gershon vs. France Guerric Billet
Lightweight 70 kg Morocco Mohammed Hendouf vs. Brazil Robson Minoto
Background
The main event is expected to see former It's Showtime and K-1 Heavyweight champion Badr Hari in a three-round heavyweight bout against Arkadiusz Wrzosek.
Alex Pereira will make his first title defense in a rematch with Artem Vakhitov, following their close fight at Glory 77.
The #1 ranked middleweight Donovan Wisse and the #2 ranked middleweight Yousri Belgaroui were scheduled to fight for the vacant Glory Middleweight Championship.
It was announced that a lightweight bout between the #2 ranked Tyjani Beztati and the #3 ranked Elvis Gashi would serve to crown the new Glory Lightweight champion.
Two ranked heavyweights, Antonio Plazibat and Tarik Khbabez, were scheduled to fight at the event. The pair was originally scheduled to fight at GLORY 77, before Plazibat withdrew due to injuries sustained in training.
Former Enfusion heavyweight champion Levi Rigters is expected to face the #10 ranked Glory heavyweight Tomas Mozny.
Former K-1 fighter Raul Cătinaș is expected to make his GLORY debut against the #6 ranked Glory heavyweight Nordine Mahieddine in a heavyweight bout. Cătinaș returns to kickboxing after a 5-year hiatus.
The #2 ranked light heavyweight Luis Tavares was scheduled to fight Sergej Maslobojev. A month before the bout, Maslobojev withdrew due to injury and was replaced by Felipe Micheletti.
It was announced that the #2 ranked welterweight Dmitry Menshikov would fight the #1 ranked Mohamed Mezouari. Menshikov later withdrew from the bout and was replaced by Vedat Hoduk.
Itay Gershon was scheduled to fight Guerric Billet. It was the first lightweight bout in Glory since Glory 75.