Glory 79: Collision 3 (also known as Verhoeven vs. Ben Saddik) will be a kickboxing event held by Glory on October 23, 2021 at the GelreDome in Arnhem, Netherlands.
Fight Card
Glory: Collision 3
Heavyweight 120 kg Netherlands Rico Verhoeven (c) vs. Morocco Jamal Ben Saddik Heavyweight Championship
Heavyweight 120 kg Turkey Gökhan Saki vs. England James McSweeney
Welterweight 77 kg Morocco Mohamed Mezouari vs. Spain Máximo Suárez
Light Heavyweight 95 kg Suriname Donegi Abena vs. Lithuania Sergej Maslobojev
Heavyweight 120 kg Romania Benjamin Adegbuyi vs. Croatia Antonio Plazibat
Light Heavyweight 95 kg Netherlands Michael Duut vs. United States John King
Glory 79
Welterweight 77 kg Azerbaijan Alim Nabiev vs. United States Troy Jones
Featherweight 65 kg Russia Aleksei Ulianov vs. Ukraine Serhiy Adamchuk
Middleweight 85 kg United States Matt Baker vs. Turkey Serkan Özçağlayan
Lightweight 70 kg Bulgaria Stoyan Koprivlenski vs. Brazil Bruno Gazani
Background
A Glory Heavyweight Championship bout between the current champion Rico Verhoeven and promotional newcomer Alistair Overeem (2010 K-1 World Grand Prix Champion) was scheduled as the event headliner. However, Overeem later withdrew due to injuries.
Instead the promotion booked the trilogy fight between Verhoeven and Jamal Ben Saddik. The latter was set to make his comeback against the mandatory challenger for the Glory Heavyweight Championship Benjamin Adegbuyi, who got a new opponent Antonio Plazibat. Plazibat was booked against James McSweeney, who also received a new opponent - Gokhan Saki, who makes his return to kickboxing.
Two fights were added on September 9: a welterweight bout between Alim Nabiev and Troy Jones, as well as a light heavyweight bout between Sergej Maslobojev and Donegi Abena.
Three more fights were added to the card on September 11: a lightweight bout between Stoyan Koprivlenski and Bruno Gazani, a middleweight bout between Ertugrul Bayrak and Matěj Peňáz, as well as a light heavyweight bout between Michael Duut and John King.
Mohamed Mezouari was scheduled to face Eyevan Danenberg in a welterweight bout. Danenberg returned to kickboxing, following a two-year absence from the sport.