On April 5, the Glory kickboxing promotion is set to host its 99th major event, spotlighting the highly anticipated “Last Heavyweight Standing” tournament. This unique, single-night competition will feature a massive lineup of 32 top heavyweight fighters battling it out in 16 initial bouts. It`s a knockout format – only the winners will progress to the next round until only one remains.
As of today, the complete roster of participants confirmed for this epic tournament includes:
Ionut Iancu `The Romanian Tank` (30-10, 12 KOs), Romania.
Ahmed Krnjić `Bosnian Steel` (14-3-1, 4 KOs), Bosnia & Herzegovina.
Uku Jürjendal (20-9, 16 KOs), Estonia.
Tariq Osaro `Cookie` (26-4-1, 13 KOs), Nigeria/Netherlands.
Bahram Rajabzadeh `The Golden Wolf` (70-4, 61 KOs), Azerbaijan.
Jamal Ben Saddik `The Goliath` (36-9, 29 KOs), Morocco/Belgium.
Rade Opačić (21-6, 16 KOs), Serbia.
Murat Aygün `The Butcher` (32-4, 8 KOs), Turkey.
Sofian Laïdouni (37-4-1, 18 KOs), France.
Benjamin Adegbuyi `Mr. Gentlemen` (35-8, 20 KOs), Romania.
Nico Horta `Big Sexy` (23-10, 3 KOs), Cape Verde/Netherlands.
Yuri Farcas (13-3-1, 6 KOs), Italy/Romania.
Oleh Pryimachov (16-5, 5 KOs), Ukraine.
Anis Bouzid `Takamura` (45-4, 36 KOs), Morocco/Belgium.
Asdren Gashi (18-4-1, 9 KOs), Albania.
Luigi Gashi (15-4, 4 KOs), Albania.
Miloš Cvjetićanin (11-3, 8 KOs), Serbia.
Christian Ristea `The Gladiator` (44-25, 13 KOs), Romania.
Colin George `The Beast` (23-12, 21 KOs), Suriname/Netherlands.
Cihad Kepenek (23-7, 16 KOs), Turkey.
Alin Nechita `The Beast` (16-1, 7 KOs), Romania.
Nicolas Wamba `Junior` (75-7, 24 KOs), France.
Petr Romankevich `The Bulldozer` (29-9, 10 KOs), Belarus.
Asadulla Nasipov (10-1, 5 KOs), Russia.
Iraj Azizipour (69-7, 27 KOs), Iran.
Brian Douwes `The Hitman` (42-26-1, 31 KOs), Netherlands.
Tomáš Možný `The Giant Slovak` (21-10, 7 KOs), Slovakia.
Nidal Bchiri `The Soldier` (19-4-1, 4 KOs), Morocco.
Miroslav Vujovic (11-7, 8 KOs), Montenegro.
Nathan Cook `The Axe` (7-2, 6 KOs), United Kingdom.
Sina Karimian `Hero` (16-4, 8 KOs), Iran.
Nabil Khachab `The Tank` (29-5-1, 4 KOs), Morocco/Netherlands.
