The year 2017 was the sixth year in the history of the Glory, an international kickboxing event. The year started with Glory 37: Los Angeles. The events were broadcasts through television agreements with ESPN and other regional channels around the world.
Glory 2017 Awards
The following fighters won the GLORY Kickboxing year-end awards for 2017: Glory Fighter of the Year 2017: Rico Verhoeven Glory Fight of the Year 2017: Chenglong Zhang vs. Masaya Kubo Glory Knockout of the Year 2017: Rico Verhoeven against Jamal Ben Saddik Glory Knockout Kick of the Year 2017: Stoyan Koprivlenski against Maykol Yurk Glory Upset of the Year 2017: Elvis Gashi against Josh Jauncey Glory Newcomer of the Year 2017: Anissa Meksen Glory Comeback of the Year 2017: Kevin Van Nostrand against Anvar Boynazarov
List of events
Glory 37: Los Angeles
Glory 37: Los Angeles was a kickboxing event held on January 20, 2017 at The Novo by Microsoft in Los Angeles, California, US.
Background
This event featured two world title fight for the Middleweight Championship between Jason Wilnis and Israel Adesanya as headliner, also the show featured 4-Man Welterweight Contender Tournament.
Robin van Roosmalen missed weight and was stripped of the Featherweight Championship. Only Embree has fought for the vacant Featherweight Championship.
Results
2017 Glory Welterweight Contender Tournament bracket
Glory 38: Chicago
Glory 38: Chicago was a kickboxing event held on February 24, 2017 at the Sears Centre in Hoffman Estates, Illinois, US.
Background
This event featured a 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, so Moroșanu faced Maurice Greene.
Zack Mwekassa was pulled from the tournament by the Illinois State Athletic Commission early on Friday morning for undisclosed medical issues and Zinedine Hameur-Lain faced Brian Collette.
Result
2017 Glory Light Heavyweight Contender Tournament bracket
Road to Glory UK 65 kg Tournament
Road to Glory UK 65 kg Tournament was a kickboxing event held on March 11, 2017 at the Grantham Meres Leisure Centre in Grantham, England.
Results
Glory 39: Brussels
Glory 39: Brussels was a kickboxing event held on March 25, 2017 at the Vorst National in Brussels, Belgium.
Background
This event featured two world title fight for the Glory Welterweight Championship between Cedric Doumbe and Yoann Kongolo as Glory 39 headliner, for the Glory Lightweight Championship between Sitthichai Sitsongpeenong and Dylan Salvadoras Superfight Series headliner Also this event featured 4-Man Featherweight Contender Tournament.
Hysni Beqiri had to withdraw from Glory 39, because of an injury in a car accident. Anton Petrov filled in for Beqiri against Marat Grigorian.
French veteran Karim Benmansour no longer competed at Glory 39 as he required additional time off to recover from surgery. Therefore, Harut Grigorian faced a new opponent, Pavol Garaj.
Due to visa issue, Anvar Boynazarov no longer competed in the Glory 39 featherweight contender tournament. His slot was filled by Nafi Bilalovski.
Chi Lewis-Parry had to withdraw due to illness, the fight with Hesdy Gerges was off.
Results
2017 Glory Featherweight Contender Tournament bracket
Glory 40: Copenhagen
Glory 40: Copenhagen was a kickboxing event held on April 29, 2017 at the Forum Copenhagen in Copenhagen, Denmark.
Background
This event featured a world title fight for the Glory Middleweight Championship between Jason Wilnis and Simon Marcus as headliner, and 4-Man Middleweight Contender Tournament to earn a title shot for the Glory Middleweight Championship.
Fight Card
2017 Glory Middleweight Contender Tournament bracket
Glory 41: Holland
Glory 41: Holland was a kickboxing event held on May 20, 2017 at the Brabanthallen in Den Bosch, Netherlands.
Background
Bonus awards:
The following fighters were awarded $5,000 bonuses: Fighter of the Night: Petchpanomrung Kiatmookao Knockout of the Night: D'Angelo Marshall
Results
2017 Glory Heavyweight Contender Tournament bracket
Glory 42: Paris
Glory 42: Paris was a kickboxing event held on June 10, 2017 at the AccorHotels Arena in Paris, France.
Background
Bonus awards: