Two-time K-1 World Grand Prix runner-up Badr Hari will once again attempt to nail down his first win in Glory—he sports a 0-3 record in the Singapore-based kickboxing organization—when he toes the line against Arkadiusz Wrzosek in the Glory 78 headliner on Saturday at the Ahoy Rotterdam in Rotterdam, Netherlands. Meanwhile, Alex Pereira defends his light heavyweight championship against Artem Vakhitov in the co-main event.
Glory 78 “Badr vs. Wrzosek”—which streams live to gloryfights.com pay-per-view at 2 p.m. ET/11 a.m. PT—also features a light heavyweight tilt pitting Luis Tavares against Felipe Micheletti, a welterweight affair matching Mohamed “Hamicha” Mezouari with Vedat Hoduk and three heavyweight battles, as Tarik Khbabez meets Antonio Plazibat, Levi Rigters faces Tomas Mozny and Nordine Mahieddine confronts Raul Catinas. Available for free at gloryfights.com, the Glory Facebook page and the Glory YouTube channel, the four-fight Superfight Series undercard streams in its entirety at 12 p.m. ET/9 a.m. PT.
A closer look at Glory 78 particulars:
THE LINEUP
Badr Hari vs. Arkadiusz WrzosekAlex Pereira vs. Artem Vakhitov
Tarik Khbabez vs. Antonio Plazibat
Levi Rigters vs. Tomas Mozny
Luis Tavares vs. Felipe Micheletti
Nordine Mahieddine vs. Raul Catinas
Mohamed Mezouari vs. Vedat Hoduk
Donovan Wisse vs. Yousri Belgaroui
Tyjani Beztati vs. Elvis Gashi
Itay Gershon vs. Guerric Billet
Mohammed Hendouf vs. Manuel Robson Minoto
THE RUNDOWN
• Preview: Hari vs. Wrzosek• Preview: Pereira vs. Vakhitov
• Preview: Beztati vs. Gashi
• Spoiler Alert