GLORY Kickboxing 59: Amsterdam MAIN CARD – 3:00PM EDT – ESPN3
Glory Heavyweight Title
Guto Inocente +600 Over 2.5 -190 Glory Featherweight Title
Petchpanomrung Kiatmookao +145 Over 4.5 -270 Welterweight
Christian Baya -120 Over 2.5 -300 Michael Duut +130 D –
Glory 59 takes place Saturday, September 29th at Johan Cruyff Arena in Amsterdam, Netherlands. .
The main event sees Glory heavyweight champion Rico Verhoeven (54-10) put his belt on the line against challenger Guto Inocente (35-8). Verhoeven has an incredible 17-1 record in Glory and has won 10 straight fights, winning the title at Glory 17 in June of 2014 and defending the belt successfully seven times, most recently earning a unanimous decision victory against Mladen Brestovac this past June. The veteran Inocente has gone 6-1 in Glory and also has a history as a mixed martial arts fighter, competing in both Strikeforce and the UFC briefly. He most recently won a unanimous decision against Junior Tafa at Glory 50 this past February to win the Glory Heavyweight Contender Tournament semifinals, but couldn’t compete in the finals due to an injury.
The co-main event sees the Glory featherweight champion Robin Van Roosmalin (51-17) battle veteran Thai challenger Petchpanomrung Kiatmookao (157-36-2) for the Glory featherweight title. Van Roosmalin is 16-3 in Glory. He is a former Glory lightweight champion and won the featherweight title at Glory 34 in October of 2016. After being stripped of the belt for missing weight, he won the championship again at Glory 41 last May and has successfully defended the belt twice, most recently earning a unanimous decision over Kevin VanNostrand at Glory 52 in March. Kiatmookao is 7-1 in Glory with his one loss in the promotion being against Van Roosmalin via majority decision last May. He was crowned the interim featherweight champion at Glory 55 this past May with a split decision victory over VanNostrand after Van Roosmalin pulled out of the rematch with a shoulder injury.
Combat sports oddsmaker Nick Kalikas recently released odds for the card, and the opening odds courtesy of Several Bookmakers are posted below:
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September 29, 2018
Johan Cruyff Arena
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Rico Verhoeven -1200
Under 2.5 +150
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Robin van Roosmalen -185
Under 4.5 +190
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Tyjani Beztati -120
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Heavyweight
D’Angelo Marshall -120
Jamal Ben Saddik -120
Over 1.5 -170
Under 1.5 +130
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Our friends over at Unibet are also offering lines on the “Superfight Series” check out the odds below.
Mohammed Jaraya +205
Murthel Groenhart -305
Mourad Bouzidi -182
Roel Mannaart -155
Eyevan Danenberg +135
Alim Nabiev -186
Aleksei Ulianov +170
Zakaria Zouggary -250
