By The Numbers: Glory 78 Pre-Fight Edition

Arkadiusz Wrzosek can read the headlines and knows the vast majority of the focus falls upon the all-time great with whom he has been paired.

The 6-foot-7 Polish muay Thai stylist will collide with former K-1 heavyweight champion Badr Hari in the Glory 78 main event on Saturday at the Ahoy Rotterdam in Rotterdam, Netherlands. The 29-year-old Wrzosek owns a 1-1 record under the Glory banner. However, he has not competed in the promotion since he knocked down Demoreo Dennis three times in a second-round technical knockout at Glory 71 in 2019. Hari enters the ring on a two-fight losing streak. The two-time K-1 World Grand Prix finalist last appeared at Glory 76, where he succumbed to punches and a body kick from Benjamin Adegbuyi in the third round of their Dec. 19 encounter.

Glory 78 “Badr vs. Wrzosek” is exclusively available on pay-per-view and can only be purchased online at www.gloryfights.com. You can purchase and stream the pay-per-view for €19.99, £17.99 or US$24.99 from anywhere in the world. As Glory 78 “Badr vs. Wrzosek” approaches, a look at some of the numbers the fighters on the card have generated to this point:

36: Years of age for Hari. The oldest fighter on the card, he was born on Dec. 8, 1984 in Amsterdam, Netherlands.

18.82: Strikes landed per minute by Wrzosek. He absorbs 10.95 in return, giving him a striking differential of 7.87.

217: Days spent by Alex Pereira as undisputed Glory light heavyweight champion. Only three other men have held Glory gold at 95 kilograms: Gokhan Saki, Saulo Cavalari and Artem Vakhitov. Pereira defends his title against Vakhitov in the co-main event.

6: Losses on the Vakhitov resume, all by decision. Pereira, Cavalari, Simon Marcus, Alexander Stetsurenko, Artem Levin and Jiri Zak were the culprits.

26: Tarik Khbabez victories by knockout or technical knockout, accounting for 55% of his career total (47). His list of victims includes Ibrahim El Bouni, Alain Ngalani, Sasha Polugic and Gurhan Degirmenci. Khbabez meets Croatia’s Antonio Plazibat in an intriguing heavyweight showcase.

14: Countries in which Plazibat has competed as a professional kickboxer. He has appeared in Croatia, Slovenia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Austria, Greece, England, Romania, Slovakia, China, Japan, Indonesia, France, Germany and the Netherlands.

11: Consecutive victories to start Levi Rigters’ career. The 26-year-old Dutchman fell from the ranks of the unbeaten at Glory 77, where he wound up on the wrong side of a majority decision against Khbabez on Jan. 30. Rigters looks to get back on track against Slovakia’s Tomas Mozny in their heavyweight feature.

3: Mozny defeats under the Glory banner, accounting for half of his career total (six). He lost a unanimous decision to Jhonata Diniz at Glory 37 in January 2017, dropped a split verdict against Jahfarr Wilnis at Glory 62 in December 2018 and conceded a unanimous decision to Plazibat at Glory 69 in October 2019.

23: Years of age for Tyjani Beztati. The youngest fighter on the card, he was born in Amsterdam, Netherlands, on Oct. 21, 1997. Beztati will lock horns with Elvis Gashi for the vacant Glory lightweight title as part of the Superfight Series.

667: Combined victories between the 22 men booked to compete at the event. They boast a cumulative winning percentage of .843 (667-120-4). Hari owns the most victories (106) and the most losses (15) of any fighter on the card.