Glory 20 “Dubai” will feature two title bouts, one of their signature one-night four-man tournaments and a light heavyweight match involving former champion Dustin Jacoby taking on Mourad Bouzidi, and all goes down on April 4, 2015.
The lightweight championship title will be on the line when Robin van Roosmalen faces Andy Ristie. Van Roosmalen has lost only two of his last 10 fights, one of which happens to be against his opponent this Friday, Andy Ristie. Ristie has won his last three fights, all by stoppage. In this long awaited rematch, both men want the title and are willing to go in there and do whatever is necessary to take it.
The co-main event has a title up for grabs as well; as it’s a fight for the inaugural featherweight title when Gabriel Varga takes on Mosab Amrani. Varga is a former Glory featherweight tournament champion making him the favorite to win the belt for a second time. Varga has excellent kicks that he uses very well; and he also likes to incorporate a lot of flashy techniques. Amrani has only competed once in the last year and prior to that he went 7-5. Amrani likes to throw combinations once on the inside where every punch is thrown with power, he usually ends his inside combinations with powerful leg kicks. Both guys have no problem standing toe to toe and throwing. This is going to be a fast paced action packed fight.
Wayne Barret faces Simon Marcus. Barret came in a bit too confident in his last fight against Jason Wilnis and lost in dramatic fashion. Barret is looking to get past that humbling defeat and his next opponent Simon Marcus. Barrett needs to show that he is more than just talk, which he failed to prove against Wilnis. Marcus also needs this win, if he loses to Barret his Glory record will move to 1-3. We will just have to watch and see who has learned more from their past losses to put together a game plan that will give them the win.
Jason Wilnis vs Alex Pereira. Wilnis is coming off of a dominant performance against Wayne Barrett. He showed that he may have finally figured out what he needs to do to become a real contender. He faces Alex Pereira, the former Glory middleweight contender tournament champion. Both men have good hands, and nice movement. Pereira is better at boxing and Wilnis is better with his kicks. This is the second time these two will face each other with Wilnis coming away with the win in their first meeting. This fight will come down to who has improved where improvement was needed, who can put it all together better and get the win.
Fighting on the fight card for the first time as heavyweights are Mourad Bouzidi and Dustin Jacoby. This is a step up in weight for both fighters. Bouzidi has more experience than Jacoby and has fought a very talented pool of fighters. Jacoby on the other hand has had a somewhat less active career than his opponent, but none the less this fight is big since both men have not had huge success in Glory. Bouzidi going 3-4 and Jacoby losing three straight. This fight is going to make or break someone’s night.
Also on the Glory 20 fight card is the SUPERFIGHT SERIES FEATURING:
Light heavy weight Saulo Cavalari vs Artem Vakhitov
Heavyweight Yong-Su-Park vs Chi Lewis Parry
Middleweight Samir Boukhidous vs Mikhail Chalykh
Welterweight Atakan Arslan vs Chad Sugden
Lightweight Anatoly Moiseev vs Max Baumert
