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FIGHT ANNOUNCED Gladiator 37: Kimura vs. Nakamura for vacant featherweight title tops Nov. 15 card

Japanese promotion Gladiator has announced the card for Gladiator 37 on Sunday, Nov. 15, at 176BOX in Toyonaka, Osaka. Former RIZIN fighter Shuya Kimura (5-3), returning to Gladiator for the first time since October 2024, meets veteran Koji Nakamura (16-18-4) for the vacant featherweight...
 
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Gladiator 37 on Nov. 15 in Osaka features Shuya Kimura vs. Koji Nakamura for the vacant featherweight title and Natsuki Kumazaki's first flyweight title defense.
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Shuya Kimura meets Koji Nakamura for the vacant Gladiator featherweight title on Nov. 15 in Toyonaka, Osaka
Koki Nakagawa vacated the belt after serious arm injuries in a workplace accident
Flyweight champion Natsuki Kumazaki defends against unbeaten Takamoto Taniguchi
Two Black Combat fighters appear, including against returning former champion Jun
Also reported by (Name | URL per line)
Gong Kakutogi | https://gonkaku.jp/articles/25215
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FIGHT ANNOUNCED K-1 -90kg German qualifier in Dortmund: eight-man one-day tournament bracket set

K-1 stages its K-1 WORLD GP 2027 -90kg German qualifying tournament at the K-1 WORLD GP 2026 -90kg in Dortmund event on Saturday, Oct. 24, according to Gong Kakutogi. Eight fighters meet in a one-day tournament, and the winner moves on to a final qualifier in December. Getting through that...
 
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K-1 holds an eight-man, one-day -90kg German qualifying tournament in Dortmund on Oct. 24, with the winner advancing toward the 2027 world tournament.
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Eight fighters compete in a one-day K-1 WORLD GP 2027 -90kg German qualifier in Dortmund on Oct. 24
The winner advances to a final qualifier in December, then the World Final 16 in Japan on Feb. 11, 2027
Quarterfinals: Kyriakidis vs. Stepputtis, Stoll vs. Fekaki, Lasiewicki vs. Bellaqa, Zeqa vs. Taoussi
All bouts are 3x3-minute rounds with one extension round
Also reported by (Name | URL per line)
Gong Kakutogi | https://gonkaku.jp/articles/25211
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FIGHT ANNOUNCED Pavlos Michasis meets Bohdan Sytnyk at UTMA kickboxing event in Lithuania

Pavlos Michasis takes another fight outside Greece on Oct. 24, meeting Bohdan Sytnyk on a UTMA card in Lithuania, according to Fightsports Greece. The young Greek has been seeking out high-level opponents abroad to build international experience.

Sytnyk looks like one of his...
 
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Greek kickboxer Pavlos Michasis faces Ukraine's Bohdan Sytnyk at UTMA in Lithuania on Oct. 24, after Sytnyk turned up to the weigh-in eating a burger.
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Pavlos Michasis fights Bohdan Sytnyk at a UTMA event in Lithuania on Oct. 24
Sytnyk, a Vilnius-based Ukrainian, lists WAKO world titles from 2023 and 2025
Sytnyk appeared at the weigh-in eating a burger
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Fightsports Greece | https://www.fightsports.gr/kickboxing/%cf%83%ce%ae%ce%bc%ce%b5%cf%81%ce%b1-%ce%bc%ce%b5%cf%84%ce%ac-%cf%84%ce%b9%cf%82-1800-%cf%83%cf%84%ce%b7-%ce%bb%ce%b9%ce%b8%ce%bf%cf%85%ce%b1%ce%bd%ce%af%ce%b1-%ce%bf-%cf%80%ce%b1%cf%8d%ce%bb%ce%bf/
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