Featherweight kickboxing champion Petchpanomrung Kiatmookao defends his belt against challenger Alexei Ulianov in the headliner of GLORY 72. The event takes place at Wintrust Arena in Chicago, IL on November 23. It follows GLORY 71: Meksen vs. Van Soest 3 held a day earlier at the same venue.

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The pair meets for the second time. Their first bout was a semi-final of four-man tournament held in March 2017 in Brussels, where Petchpanomrung scored a three-round unanimous decision. Two years later Ulianov has a chance to take the revenge, furthermore claim the belt.

In his previous bout in July in Orlando Petchpanomrung (163-36-2, 27) made his second successful title defense, scoring a unanimous decision against Anvar Boynazarov. Before that he retained the belt against Serhii Adamchuk, also by unanimous decision.

Initially, the Thai fighter took the division interim strap by split decision against Kevin VanNostrand in July 2018. In his following bout two months later Petchpanomrung claimed the undisputed title against former champion Robin van Roosmalen.

Alexei Ulianov (29-6-1, 7 KO) is riding three-fight win streak. In his previous outing in June in Paris the Russian competitor scored a unanimous decision against Masaya Kubo. Prior to that he similarly defeated Massaro Glunder and Zakaria Zouggary.

The Petchpanomrung vs. Ulianov championship bout is scheduled for five rounds.

Among other bouts featured on GLORY 72 fight card, Kevin VanNostrand takes on Anvar Boynazarov, and Serhii Adamchuk squares off against Abraham Vidales. Bout encounters are scheduled for three rounds at featherweight.

Other matchups are expected to be announced shortly. The current lineup can be found below.

GLORY 72: Petchpanomrung vs. Ulianov 2

Main card

Featherweight Petchpanomrung vs. Alexei Ulianov

Light Heavyweight Fraser Weightman vs. TBD

Featherweight Kevin VanNostrand vs. Anvar Boynazarov

Featherweight Serhii Adamchuk vs. Abraham Vidales

Super Fight Series

Heavyweight Junior Tafa vs. Demoreo Dennis

Middleweight Matt Baker vs. Joe Taylor

Welterweight Taylor Krahl vs. Charles Rodriguez

Super Bantamweight Jady Menezes vs. Chommanee Sor Taehiran

Featherweight Bailey Sugden vs. John Morehouse