GLORY has announced the full card for kickboxing’s biggest event of the year, GLORY COLLISION 4, which will take place on October 8 at the Gelredome in Arnhem, The Netherlands.
Headlining the event is the highly anticipated trilogy of fights between kickboxing legends Badr Hari and Alistair Overeem. In a fight spanning more than a decade, Hari and Overeem will end their rivalry on the sport’s biggest stage after splitting by first-round knockout in the late 2000s.
Before the headliner, four division titles will be at stake. Super bantamweight champion Tiffany Van Soest will return to action after a dominant defense of her title last March at GLORY 80. She will take on Sarah Moussaddak, a 22-year-old rising star who impressed during her first three appearances at GLORY. .
A new light heavyweight champion will be crowned when Sergej Maslobojev and Tarik Khbabez battle for the vacant division title. Maslobojev will enter the contest as the third-ranked light heavyweight contender and the winner of three straight bouts inside the GLORY ring. Meanwhile, the fight will mark the light heavyweight debut for Khbabez, who drops down to the weight class after an exciting run at heavyweight.
Lightweight champion Tyjani Beztati will see his second title defense when he takes on the division’s top-ranked contender in Stoyan Koprivlenski. The two have met twice before, with Koprivlenski winning a decision at GLORY 49 and Beztati returning the favor at GLORY 62.
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The event will also mark the return of featherweight champion Petchpanomrung, who will be making his first appearance inside the GLORY ring since February 2020. Petchpanomrung looks to add a fourth featherweight title defense to his resume against Abraham Vidales, who started with GLORY. career with four wins in five fights.
Rounding out the main card, third-ranked heavyweight contender Levi Rigters will take on Tariq Osaro. After debuting in December 2020, Rigters earned three knockout wins and catapulted himself to the top of the division. He will look to keep his momentum going against Osaro, who scored a knockout win in his debut at GLORY last May.
COLLISION 4 will kick off with three preliminary matches. Headlining the preliminaries, top-ranked middleweight contender Serkan Ozcaglayan will take on fourth-ranked Cesar Almeida in a fight with title implications on the line. Additionally, all five light heavyweights Felipe Micheletti and Donegi Abena will square off in hopes of presenting a shot at their division’s title as well. A middleweight bout between Michael Boapeah and Sergej Braun will also feature in the preliminaries.
Roberto Villa is the CEO, Founder, Executive Writer and Senior Editor of FightBook MMA. He is passionate about combat sports and also hosts a podcast for Sitting Ringside. He is also a former MMA Fighter and Kickboxer.
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