Glory 44: Chicago is a kickboxing event held on August 25, 2017 at the Sears Centre in Hoffman Estates, Illinois, USA.
Fight card
Glory 44
Welterweight 77 kg France Cedric Doumbe (c) vs. Suriname Murthel Groenhart For the Glory Welterweight Championship
Welterweight 77 kg United States Richard Abraham vs. Mexico Daniel Morales
Welterweight 77 kg Armenia Harut Grigorian vs. France Karim Benmansour Welterweight Contender Tournament Semi-Finals
Welterweight 77 kg France Antoine Pinto vs. United States Casey Greene Welterweight Contender Tournament Semi-Finals
Superfight Series
Women's Super Bantamweight 55 kg United States Tiffany van Soest (c) vs. Turkey Funda Alkayis For the Glory Women's Super Bantamweight Championship
Heavyweight 120 kg Romania Cătălin Moroșanu vs. Poland Michał Turyński Co-Main Event
Middleweight 85 kg United States Dustin Jacoby vs. United States Sean Choice
Middleweight 85 kg United States Warren Thompson vs. Canada Robert Thomas
Lightweight 70 kg Poland Rafał Dudek vs. United States Nate Richardson
Featherweight 66 kg France Victor Pinto vs. Romania Adrian Maxim
Background
This event features the rematch between Cedric Doumbe and Murthel Groenhart for the Glory Welterweight Championship as Glory 44: Chicago headliner, and a Women's Super Bantamweight pairing between Tiffany van Soest and Funda Alkayis for the Glory Women's Super Bantamweight Championship as Superfight Series headliner as well as Cătălin Moroșanu looking to have yet another crazy brawl. Also on the fight card is Chicago-native Richard Abraham against Daniel Morales.
This event also features a 4-Man Welterweight Contender Tournament to earn a shot at the Glory Welterweight Championship.
Bonus awards:
The following fighters will be awarded $5,000 bonuses:
Fighter of the Night
Knockout of the Night