On October 15, GLORY announced that the finale of the Last Heavyweight Standing tournament would be postponed provisionally to February 2026, according to Glory CEO Marshall Zelaznik, to allow the participants more time to recover. Several major announcements were also made for the annual COLLISION 8 event scheduled for December 13, which will once again take place at the Gelredome in Rotterdam.
The show will include two wildcard eliminators for the Last Heavyweight Standing finale, three Last Featherweight Standing tournament fights, one-night four-man Light Heavyweight and Welterweight tournaments, and several other superfights.
GLORY has confirmed one of the heavyweight wildcard matchups: Levi Rigters vs. Antonio Plazibat. Zelaznik also hinted that the promotion may bring back other fighters previously eliminated from the tournament, such as Jamal Ben Saddik, or introduce “new blood” to the division.
Though COLLISION 8 promises plenty of action, GLORY’s decision to stack the event with four tournaments in three different formats has drawn mixed reactions, with many questioning why the promotion isn’t prioritizing more natural contender development through divisional superfights.
The move to involve fighters from a more diverse range of divisions comes on the heels of the middleweight division experiencing a period of inactivity following perhaps the greatest fight in its history: Donovan Wisse vs Michael Boapeah II, a minor meltdown of the welterweight division with the retirements of Tyjani Beztati and Younes Smaili, and many other fighters demanding fights as they were sidelined due to the hard-to-follow year-long 32-man Heavyweight tournament.
