Errol Zimmerman (100-9-1, 41 KO’s) and Hesdy Gerges (42-12, 19 KO’s) are to clash at GLORY 11 in a heavyweight tournament reserve bout.
The winner of the fight will earn the right to be inserted into the final of the four-man tournament should either of the initial finalists be too injured to continue.
Zimmerman challenged Semmy Schilt for the GLORY heavyweight title last year. The hard-hitting veteran has an astonishing 100 victories to his name, 41 of which have come inside the distance.
Known as ‘The Bonecrusher’, his career victories include knockout wins over Jerome Le Banner, Rico Verhoeven and Mourad Bouzidi.
Gerges is the former heavyweight champion of It’s Showtime, the leading European organization which was acquired by GLORY last year.
His career victories include wins over Daniel Ghita, Badr Hari and Ruslan Karaev. The fight with Zimmerman will be his GLORY debut.
“Both these fighters are known for being hard-hitters who look to finish their matches well inside the distance. We can expect an explosive fight from them,” remarked GLORY matchmaker Cor Hemmers.
GLORY 11 takes place at the Sears Centre Arena in Hoffman Estates, a suburb of Chicago, Illinois, on Saturday October 12. The show features a light-heavyweight rematch between bitter rivals Tyrone ‘King of the Ring’ Spong and Nathan ‘Carnage’ Corbett.
