Glory 30 analysis: The five fights you want to see after Glory 30

Glory 30 is in the books with an entertaining night of fights behind us. The show saw some newer names in Glory breaking out, and what feels like it could be the start of a dominant run in the Middleweight division. Let’s take a look back at Glory 30 by focusing on the future and these five must-see Glory fights:

1. Simon Marcus vs. Nieky Holzken – It sounds weird to say Marcus has cleaned out the division after one title defense but, well, here we are. He’s beaten Wilnis and Jacoby and Barrett and Levin (and no one wants to see Marcus vs. Levin IV, right?). There’s history with Schilling, but Joe just lost, plus he’s on his way out of Glory. So… Robert Thomas? Mike Lemaire? Filip Verlinden? All sound like terrible options. Marcus is one of the top 3 or 4 kickboxers in the world, so let’s get him in there against someone else who is one of the best in the world. And that answer is Nieky Holzken. You can’t tell me you don’t want to see that.

2. Tiffany Van Soest vs. Iman Barlow – With her win at Glory 30, Van Soest became the first fighter to advance to the semi-finals …

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