All the fighters successfully weighed-in this morning in Burgas, Bulgaria ahead of the star-studded GLORY 89 this Saturday night, October 7, at the Arena Burgas.
Featherweight champion and one of the best P4P fighters on the planet, ‘Petch’ (168-39-3, 27), welcomes the challenge of top Spanish fighter David Mejia (61-15, 18 KO) in the main event.
Local hero Stoyan Koprivlenski (18-6, 6 KO) returns to compete in his hometown for the first time in almost eight years as he takes on a familiar foe in Romania’s Sorin Caliniuc (11-1) in the co-main event in what is a rematch of their 2021 fight.
Supporting the feature fights are a duo of exciting GLORY Heavyweight Grand Prix qualifiers. Levi Rigters (14-1, 6 KO) makes his long-awaited return against the giant Martin Terpstra (26-6, 13 KO) and kickboxing legend Badr Hari (106-16, 92 KO) meets Estonian power puncher Uku Jürjendal (19-8, 15 KO). The winners will qualify for the upcoming eight-man one-night $500,000 tournament.
The rest of the main card is stacked with top names and thrilling clashes. Luis Tavares (63-9, 21 KO) is finally back in action and welcomes the returning ‘Bucharest Bad Boy’ Bogdan Stoica (57-13, 40 KO), Bulgaria’s own Aleksandar Petrov (34-6, 17 KO) meets Austria’s Karim Mabrouk (36-5-2, 10 KO), and Morocco’s Mohamed Touchassie (14-0, 11 KO) makes his highly anticipated debut against Eduard Aleksanyan (18-4, 5 KO).
In the preliminaries, which are live and free on the official GLORY Facebook page and YouTube channel, Eduard Gafencu (17-4, 11 KO) faces Teodor Hristov (14-3, 7 KO) in what should be an action-packed contest between two KO artists and number six ranked German Chris Wunn (35-5-1, 14 KO) takes on ‘Drago’ Dragomir Petrov (14-3, 7 KO) in the opening bout of the night.
GLORY 89 is available live exclusively on Videoland in the Netherlands and worldwide on GLORYFights.com & via various broadcast partners around the globe.
Fight Card Start Times
Main Card: 9pm Local | 8pm CEST | 7pm BST | 2pm ET | 11am PT
Preliminary Card: 8pm Local | 7pm CEST | 6pm BST | 1pm ET | 10am PT
GLORY 89 Weigh-In Results
Main Event
GLORY Featherweight Title Fight
Champion ‘Petch’ (64.6 kg/142.4 lb) vs. David Mejia (65 kg/143.3 lb)
Co-Main Event
Lightweight
#3 Stoyan Koprivlenski (69.9 kg/154 lb) vs. Sorin Caliniuc (69.9 kg/154 lb)
GLORY Heavyweight Grand Prix Qualifier
#4 Levi Rigters (111.7 kg/246 lb) vs. Martin Terpstra (116 kg/255.7 lb)
GLORY Heavyweight Grand Prix Qualifier
#6 Badr Hari (118.4 kg/261 lb) vs. #9 Uku Jürjendal (112.1 kg/247 lb)
Catchweight 100 kg/220 lb
Luis Tavares (95.5 kg/210.5 lb) vs. Bogdan Stoica (99.7 kg/220 lb)
Middleweight
Aleksandar Petrov (84.4 kg/186 lb) vs. Karim Mabrouk (84.8 kg/187 lb)
Middleweight
Mohamed Touchassie (84.8 kg/187 lb) vs. Eduard Aleksanyan (85 kg/187.3 lb)
Middleweight
Eduard Gafencu (76.8 kg/169.3 lb) vs. Teodor Hristov (76.9 kg/169.5 lb)
Lightweight
#6 Chris Wunn (69.9 kg/154 lb) vs. Dragomir Petrov (69.8 kg/153.9 lb)
