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GLORY 27 results: Simon Marcus defeats Artem Levin to win middleweight title amidst bizarre and controversial ending

GLORY 27 ended in arguably one of the most controversial and bizarre scenes in kickboxing history on Friday evening (February 26, 2016).

Simon Marcus (43-2-2) was crowned as new GLORY middleweight champion via disqualification after Artem Levin (50-5-2) refused to continue due to having a second point deducted by referee Al Wichgers in the third round inside Sears Centre Arena in Hoffman Estates, Ill.

The official time of the stoppage was at 2:55 of the third round.

"I feel great; the fight was great; I worked for this," Marcus told Joseph Valtellini after the fight. I'm proud.