Nearly full fight card revealed for GLORY 70 Lyon

Kickboxing event GLORY 70 takes place at Palais des Sports de Gerland in Lyon, France on October 27 (AEST). Following the announcement of headline and co-headline bouts mid last month, the promotion presented a nearly completed fight card on its website. Among the bouts, Jason Wilnis and Donovan Wisse do battle at middleweight.

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Ranked No. 5 Jason Wilnis (30-10-1, 9 KO) of Holland is a former middleweight champion. In his previous bout in May he was stopped by the current division’s king Alex Pereira in the first round. Before that he TKO’d Jacob Rodriguez in Round 3.

Ranked No. 2 Donovan Wisse (13-1-0) of Suriname is riding the two-fight win streak. He is coming off a unanimous decision win against Yousri Belgaroui, scored also in May. Prior to that he knocked out Matej Penaz in the second round.

In the main event of GLORY 70 Lyon Cedric Doumbe defends his welterweight title against former champion Murthel Groenhart in their third encounter. In the co-main event Abdellah Ezbiri takes on Zakaria Zougarry at featherweight.

Among other matchups featured on the night, Michael Palandre meets Bruno Gazani at lightweight and Thong Fairtex faces Masaya Kubo at featherweight. The current lineup can be found below. The finalised fight card is expected to be announced in the coming weeks.

GLORY 70 Lyon

Welterweight Cedric Doumbe vs. Murthel Groenhart

Featherweight Abdellah Ezbiri vs. Zakaria Zougarry

Middleweight Donovan Wisse vs. Jason Wilnis

Lightweight Michael Palandre vs. Bruno Gazani

Super Fight Series

Heavyweight Kirill Kornilov vs. Nordine Mahieddine

Middleweight Matej Penaz vs. Yassine Ahaggan

Welterweight Jamie Bates vs. Vedat Hoduk

Lightweight Guerric Billet vs. TBA

Featherweight Thong Fairtex vs. Masaya Kubo

Preliminary card

TBD Cedric Do vs. Mehdi Kada

Women’s Bantamweight Anaelle Angerville vs. Maria Lobo

Featherweight Yoann Mermoux vs. TBA