On Friday, Dec. 1, GLORY Kickboxing will host its 48th event from the The Theater at Madison Square Garden in New York City.
In the night’s main card headliner, American Kevin VanNostrand battles Anvar Boynazarov for interim gold in the featherweight division. VanNostrand earned a shot at gold by winning the GLORY 43 one-night tournament. Boynazarov, meanwhile, came up short in his recent tournament bid, but with eventual winner Abdellah Ezbiri unable to compete in New York, Boynazarov will look to deliver another highlight-reel finish.
The night’s SuperFight Series features a super bantamweight title fight between champion Tiffany van Soest and the world’s No. 1 pound-for-pound female kickboxer, Anissa Meksen.
Also on the card, the promotion will hold a one-night, four-man middleweight qualifying tournament, as well as the promotional debuts of UFC veterans Thiago Silva and Chris Camozzi.
The GLORY 48 SuperFight Series airs at 7:30 p.m. ET on UFC Fight Pass. The main card streams live at 10 p.m. ET on ESPN3, with a replay airing on ESPN2 on Saturday, Dec. 2 at 10:30 p.m. ET.
Below are the results of the event’s weigh-ins which took place Thursday, Nov. 30. Video of the action (courtesy of GLORY) appears above.
Thiago Silva (204.4) vs. John King (207.6)
Robert Thomas (184.8) vs. Wayne Barrett (183.4) – middleweight tournament semifinal
Mike Lemaire (187) vs. Matt Baker (186.8) – middleweight tournament semifinal
Tiffany van Soest (120.2) vs. Anissa Meksen (120.6) – for super bantamweight title
Chris Camozzi (185.4) vs. Kyle Weickhardt (185.6)
Ivan Galaz (186.4) vs. Paul Banasiak (185.6) – middleweight tournament reserve bout
Itay Gershon (153) vs. Justin Houghton (153.4)
Elvis Gashi (152.6) vs. Nate Richardson (153.4)