Glory kickboxing has been rapidly expanding its stagnant heavyweight division, so much so that it is creating one of the biggest tournaments in combat sports today. Their 32-man heavyweight kickboxing tournament even puts organizations like PFL’s tournament structure to shame. This led Glory to sign every big name at heavyweight to compete in this tournament, including the controversial Iranian kickboxer Sina Karimian.
Sina Karimian is a former K-1 WGP Cruiserweight tournament winner and the former K-1 Cruiserweight champion, having recently lost his title to Chinese phenom Liu Ce.