The Glory Mw champion Alex Pereira entered this fight with a professional record of 37-6-0 (26 knockouts) and he is ranked as the No.1 cruiserweight in the world. He has already fought five times in 2017 losing once, with Yousri Belgaroui in their first bout, but then he has won over Maycon Silva and Simon Marcus (=Marcus vs Pereira).
His opponent, Yousri Belgaroui, has a kickboxing record of 22-3-0 (10 knockouts) and he entered as the No.3 in the same weight class. He lost to Israel Adesanya last year but after this bout he has beat Agron Preteni, Alex Pereira and Jason Wilnis (=Wilnis vs Belgaroui). Pereira vs Belgaroui 2 is valid for the Glory middleweight title; undercard of Rico Verhoeven vs Jamal Ben Saddik 2 – Glory 49. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Event: Glory 49 Redemption: Rotterdam
Date: 2017-12-09
Where: Ahoy Rotterdam, Rotterdam, Netherlands
Division: catchweight (187.4 lbs, 85 kg)
Title: Glory Middleweight Championship title
Pereira’s next fight: Alex Pereira vs Yousri Belgaroui 3
Pereira vs Belgaroui 2 fight video:
(Free embeddable video hosted on Youtube and not uploaded by AllTheBestFights)
Official video
Technically, Belgaroui was better than Pereira also showing a more sustained attack. However, Pereira was able to catch him on the last two rounds using his boxing skills with a TKO success.