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2017 in Glory
Information
First date	January 20
Last date	N/A
Events
Total events	N/A
Fights
Chronology
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The year 2017 is the 6th year in the history of the Glory, an international kickboxing event. The year started with Glory 37: Los Angeles. The events are broadcasts through television agreements with ESPN and other regional channels around the world.

#	Event Title	Date	Arena	Location
1	Glory 37: Los Angeles	January 20, 2017	The Novo by Microsoft	Los Angeles, California, USA
2	Glory 38: Chicago	February 24, 2017	Sears Centre	Hoffman Estates, Illinois, USA
3	Glory 39: Brussels	March 25, 2017	Vorst National	Brussels, Belgium
4	Glory 40: Copenhagen	April 29, 2017	Forum Copenhagen	Copenhagen, Denmark
5	Glory 41: Holland	May 20, 2017	TBA	Netherland
6	Glory 42: Paris	June 10, 2017	TBA	Paris, France
7	Glory 43: Brazil	June 24, 2017	TBA	Brazil
8	Glory 44	July 2017	TBA	TBA
9	Glory 45: New York	July 21, 2017	TBA	New York City, New York, USA

Glory 37: Los Angeles
Promotion	Glory
Date	January 20, 2017
Venue	The Novo by Microsoft
City	Los Angeles, California, USA
Event chronology
Glory 36: Oberhausen Glory 37: Los Angeles Glory 38: Chicago

Glory 37: Los Angeles is a kickboxing event held on January 20, 2017 at The Novo by Microsoft in Los Angeles, California, USA.

This event featured two world title fight for the For the Middleweight Championship between Jason Wilnis and Israel Adesanya as headliner, Also this event featured 4-Man Welterweight Contender Tournament. Robin van Roosmalen missed weight and was stripped of the Featherweight Championship. Only Embree is fighting for the vacant Featherweight Championship.

Glory 37
Weight Class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
Middleweight 85 kg	Jason Wilnis (c)	def.	Israel Adesanya	Decision (Unanimous)	5	3:00	For the Glory Middleweight Championship
Welterweight 77 kg	Yoann Kongolo	def.	Karim Benmansour	KO (Punches)	3	2:57	Welterweight Contender Tournament Final
Heavyweight 120 kg	Guto Inocente	def.	D'Angelo Marshall	Decision (Extra Round)	4	3:00	Co-Main Event
Welterweight 77 kg	Karim Benmansour	def.	Alan Scheinson	Decision (Split)	3	3:00	Welterweight Contender Tournament Semi-Finals
Welterweight 77 kg	Yoann Kongolo	def.	Konstantin Khuzin	Decision (Unanimous)	3	3:00	Welterweight Contender Tournament Semi-Finals
Superfight Series
Featherweight 65 kg	Robin van Roosmalen	def.	Matt Embree	TKO (Punches)	4	2:00
Heavyweight 120 kg	Jhonata Diniz	def.	Tomáš Možný	Decision (Unanimous)	3	3:00
Middleweight 85 kg	Warren Thompson	def.	Mike Lemaire	Decision (Unanimous)	3	3:00
Women's Super Bantamweight 55 kg	Zoila Frausto	def.	Daniela Graf	Decision (Unanimous)	3	3:00
Featherweight 65 kg	Giga Chikadze	def.	Victor Pinto	KO (Liver Kick)	1	2:03

	Semi-finals					Final
	Konstantin Khuzin		3r.
	Yoann Kongolo		DEC
						Yoann Kongolo		TKO
						Karim Benmansour		3r.
	Karim Benmansour		DEC
	Alan Scheinson		3r.

Glory 38: Chicago
File:Glory 28 poster.jpeg The poster for Glory 38: Chicago
Promotion	Glory
Date	February 24, 2017
Venue	Sears Centre
City	Hoffman Estates, Illinois, USA
Event chronology
Glory 37: Los Angeles Glory 38: Chicago Glory 39: Brussels

Glory 38: Chicago will be a kickboxing event held on February 24, 2017 at the Sears Centre in Hoffman Estates, Illinois, USA.

This event will feature world title fight for the Glory Light Heavyweight Championship between Artem Vakhitov and Saulo Cavalari as headliner, and 4-Man Light Heavyweight Contender Tournament to earn a title shot for the Glory Light Heavyweight Championship.

The Superfight Series was originally expected to be co-headlined by Cătălin Moroșanu and Chi Lewis-Parry. However, Lewis-Parry pulled out of the Fight, Moroșanu will now face Maurice Greene.

Zack Mwekassa was pulled from the tournament by the Illinois State Athletic Commission early on Friday morning for undisclosed medical issues, Zinedine Hameur-Lain will now face Brian Collette.

Glory 38
Weight Class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
Light Heavyweight 95 kg	Artem Vakhitov (c)	vs.	Saulo Cavalari	TKO (Punches)	2	2:43	For the Glory Light Heavyweight Championship
Light Heavyweight 95 kg	Ariel Machado	def.	Zinedine Hameur-Lain	TKO (Punches)	1	2:43	Light Heavyweight Contender Tournament Final
Welterweight 77 kg	Antoine Pinto	def.	Richard Abraham	Decision (Split)	3	3:00
Light Heavyweight 95 kg	Ariel Machado	def.	Danyo Ilunga	Decision (Unanimous)	3	3:00	Light Heavyweight Contender Tournament Semi-Finals
Light Heavyweight 95 kg	Zinedine Hameur-Lain	def.	Brian Collette	KO (Punch)	2	2:46	Light Heavyweight Contender Tournament Semi-Finals
Superfight Series
Heavyweight 120 kg	Benjamin Adegbuyi	def.	Anderson Silva	Decision (Extra Round)	4	3:00	Main Event
Heavyweight 120 kg	Cătălin Moroșanu	def.	Maurice Greene	KO (Punch)	2	0:23
Welterweight 77 kg	Murthel Groenhart	def.	Thongchai	KO (Punches)	3	1:45
Welterweight 77 kg	Daniel Morales	def.	Paweł Jędrzejczyk	Decision (Unanimous)	3	3:00
Lightweight 70 kg	Niclas Larsen	def.	Łukasz Pławecki	Decision (Unanimous)	3	3:00

	Semi-finals					Final
	Brian Collette		2r.
	Zinedine Hameur-Lain		KO
						Zinedine Hameur-Lain		1r.
						Ariel Machado		TKO
	Danyo Ilunga		3r.
	Ariel Machado		DEC

Glory 39: Brussels
Promotion	Glory
Date	March 25, 2017
Venue	Vorst National
City	Brussels, Belgium
Event chronology
Glory 38: Chicago Glory 39: Brussels N/A

Glory 39: Brussels will be a kickboxing event held on March 25, 2017 at the Vorst National in Brussels, Belgium.

Glory 39
Weight Class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
Welterweight 77 kg	Cedric Doumbe (c)	vs.	Yoann Kongolo				For the Glory Welterweight Championship
Featherweight 65 kg	TBD	vs.	TBD				Featherweight Contender Tournament Final
Heavyweight 120 kg	Guto Inocente	vs.	Jamal Ben Saddik
Featherweight 65 kg	Petchpanomrung Kiatmookao	vs.	Alexei Ulyanov				Featherweight Contender Tournament Semi-Finals
Featherweight 65 kg	Serhiy Adamchuk	vs.	Anvar Boynazarov				Featherweight Contender Tournament Semi-Finals
Superfight Series
Lightweight 70 kg	Sitthichai Sitsongpeenong	vs.	Dylan Salvador				For the Glory Lightweight Championship
Lightweight 70 kg	Marat Grigorian	vs.	Hysni Beqiri
Heavyweight 120 kg	Hesdy Gerges	vs.	Chi Lewis-Parry
Welterweight 77 kg	Harut Grigorian	vs.	Karim Benmansour

	Semi-finals					Final
	Petchpanomrung Kiatmookao
	Alexei Ulyanov
	Serhiy Adamchuk
	Anvar Boynazarov

Glory 40: Copenhagen
Promotion	Glory
Date	April 29, 2017
Venue	Forum Copenhagen
City	Copenhagen, Denmark
Event chronology
Glory 38: Chicago Glory 40: Copenhagen N/A

Glory 39: Brussels will be a kickboxing event held on April 29, 2017 at the Forum Copenhagen in Copenhagen, Denmark.

Glory 40
Weight Class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
Middleweight 85 kg	Jason Wilnis (c)	vs.	Simon Marcus				For the Glory Middleweight Championship
Middleweight 85 kg	TBD	vs.	TBD				Middleweight Contender Tournament Final
Lightweight 70 kg	Niclas Larsen	vs.	TBA
Middleweight 85 kg	Yousri Belgaroui	vs.	Agron Preteni				Middleweight Contender Tournament Semi-Finals
Middleweight 85 kg	Alex Pereira	vs.	Burim Rama				Middleweight Contender Tournament Semi-Finals
Superfight Series
Light Heavyweight 95 kg	TBD	vs.	TBD				For the Glory Light Heavyweight Championship
Lightweight 70 kg	Mohammed El-Mir	vs.	TBA
Light Heavyweight 95 kg	Freddy Kemayo	vs.	Imad Hadar
Lightweight 70 kg	Josh Janucey	vs.	Antonio Gomez

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