GLORY 39 Heads to Brussels, Features Doumbé-Kongolo III, Sittichai-Salvador III
GLORY Kickboxing is returning to Belgium.
The promotion has announced that GLORY 39 will take place from the Forest National in Brussels on Saturday, March 25. The same venue hosted GLORY 2 in October of 2012.
Headlining the event will be the third meeting between welterweight champion Cédric Doumbé and Switzerland’s Yoann Kongolo. The pair have met twice previously in 2014 and at GLORY 22 in 2015 with Kongolo winning by decision each time. The Cameroon-native Doumbé captured the title by topping Nieky Holzken at GLORY 36 in December. Kongolo, meanwhile, earned his second shot at GLORY gold by capturing the GLORY 37 contender tournament in Los Angeles.
GLORY 44: Chicago took place last weekend at the Sears Centre in Hoffman Estates, Ill. Following the exciting event, we break down what’s ahead for the winners and losers of everything from the first fight of the night to the main event for the GLORY welterweight title.
Winners
Murthel Groenhart: The controversy surrounding their second meeting warrants a third chance for Harut Grigorian to best Groenhart. Grigorian has won 14 of his past 16, including victories over Tayfun Ozcan, Antoine Pinto, Karim Benmansour, Nordin Ben Moh, Marco Piqué and Danijel Solaja. The newly crowned welterweight king Groenhart has won seven of his past eight, including victories over Grigorian, Yoann Kongolo, Thongchai and Cédric Doumbé.