Thai prodigy tries to match Alex Poatan mark in Glory 84 super fight

Glory 84 will take place next Saturday (March 11) in Rotterdam, Netherlands. In the main attraction, the Thai featherweight champion Petchpanomrung will move up from the up to 65kg category to face the holder of the lightweight belt (up to 70 kg) Tyjani Beztati, from Morocco.

Combate will broadcast the event live from 3 pm, Brasilia time.

If he wins the superfight, the Thai prodigy will equal the mark, until now unique in the organization, of Brazilian Alex ‘Poatan’ Pereira. Absolute middleweight champion (up to 85kg) since 2017, the fighter from São Paulo faced and won the then light heavyweight champion (up to 93) Artem Vakhitov, in 2021, which guaranteed the possession of two belts simultaneously.

Coming from muay thai and known for the power of his kicks and knees with his left leg, Petch has held the featherweight belt since 2018 and has already defended it nine times. At the age of 27, he has 219 fights, with 169 wins.

At 1.90 m and 25 years old, Beztati joins the current roster of Glory young champions. His style is focused on movement and dynamic combinations of blows. He won the lightweight belt in 2021 and has defended it twice.

The only Brazilian on the card, medium heavyweight from São Paulo Felipe Micheletti will face Algerian-born Frenchman Nordine Mahieddine in search of recovery, as he comes from three consecutive defeats.

Opponent of the time, the French-Algerian acts for Glory as a heavyweight, and will go down to the new division for the first time.