Glory 100 Kickboxing Livestream: Here's How to Watch Rico Verhoeven vs. Artem Vakhitov Online
There's a massive kickboxing event in Holland! Rico 'The King of Kickboxing' Verhoeven (65-10-0) defends his Glory Heavyweight title against Artem 'Bang Bang' Vakhitov (22-6-0) on Saturday, June 14.
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Glory 100: Last Heavyweight Standing — Verhoeven vs. Vakhitov takes place at Rotterdam Ahoy in Rotterdam, Netherlands with a start time of 12 p.m. ET/9 a.m. PT.
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Taking place on Saturday, June 14, Glory 100: Rico Verhoeven vs. Artem Vakhitov is available to stream on DAZN starting at 12 p.m. ET/9 a.m. PT.
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Glory 100, Main Card
Heavyweight: Rico Verhoeven (Champion) vs. Artem Vakhitov — Main Event and Title Fight
Light Heavyweight: Tarik Khbabez (Champion) vs. Sergej Maslobojev — Title Fight
Last Heavyweight Standing Tournament 4 Final
Last Heavyweight Standing Tournament 3 Final
Middleweight: Donovan Wisse (Champion) vs. Michael Boapeah — Title Fight
Featherweight: Petch (Champion) vs. Miguel Trindade — Title Fight
Last Heavyweight Standing Tournament 2 Final
Last Heavyweight Standing Tournament 1 Final
Middleweight: Mesud Selimovic vs. Iliass Hammouche
Jamal Ben Saddik vs. Sofian Laidouni
Tariq Osaro vs. Luigi Gashi
Bahram Rajabzadeh vs. Asdren Gashi
Mory Kromah vs. Alin Nechita
Glory 100, Undercard
Catchweight: Serkan Ozcaglayan vs. Mohamed Touchassie
Featherweight: Berjan Peposhi vs. Deniz Demirkapu
Milos Cvjeticanin vs. Cem Caceres
Colin George vs. Nico 'Big Sexy' Horta
Asadulla Nasipov vs. Anis Bouzid
Iraj Azizpour vs. Ionut Iancu
Iuri Fernandes vs. Samuele Pugliese
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