Bahram Rajabzadeh ought to enter because the clear decide towards Sina Karimian once they meet in a heavyweight bout at GLORY Collision 10 on December 12 at GelreDome in Arnhem, Netherlands. The cardboard is led by Mory Kromah defending the GLORY heavyweight title towards Antonio Plazibat, whereas Mohamed Touchassie meets Tarik Khbabez for the sunshine heavyweight belt.
Rajabzadeh has the pace, knockout quantity and up to date GLORY kind to justify favourite standing. Iran’s Karimian, سایت شرط بندی, carries a serious measurement edge and has championship expertise, although his path to an upset is probably going a disciplined, prolonged battle quite than a buying and selling contest.
Sina Karimian vs. Bahram Rajabzadeh
Rajabzadeh, 34, is listed at 1.87m and 99.3kg by GLORY, competing between gentle heavyweight and heavyweight. The Azerbaijani consultant owns a 73-7 document with 65 knockouts, together with a first-round stoppage of Cristian Ristea in February.
Karimian, 38, is a 2m Iranian heavyweight with a listed profession kickboxing document of 16-5 with eight knockouts and two no contests. He received the inaugural Ok-1 cruiserweight title in 2018, defended it twice, then regained the belt in 2021 by stopping Ok-Jee with a spinning backfist after surviving two first-round knockdowns. He has additionally crushed Kyotaro by extra-round break up choice and stopped Kosuke Jitsukata within the opening spherical.
The bodily distinction is actual as Karimian is roughly 13cm taller and has used that body effectively when he can set up lengthy punches, entrance kicks and a affected person tempo. Rajabzadeh is the extra compact fighter, however he usually provides away peak at heavyweight and has constructed his fame on discovering his method inside.
Karimian’s solely GLORY look resulted in a unanimous-decision loss to Tomáš Možný at GLORY 99 in April 2025. The scorecards ranged from 29-27 to 30-26, pointing to a transparent defeat quite than a good one. Earlier than that, he misplaced his Ok-1 cruiserweight belt to Liu Ce by third-round right-hook knockout and dropped a choice to Claudio Istrate.
Rajabzadeh has confronted a a lot deeper current run of elite GLORY opposition. He stopped Luis Tavares with a first-round head kick, knocked out Ibrahim El Bouni with a flying knee, beat Tariq Osaro and Uku Jürjendal on selections, and earned a win over Sergej Maslobojev when Maslobojev retired of their 2024 Grand Prix semifinal. He misplaced shut title fights and tournaments too, together with a majority choice towards Khbabez and a June choice to Touchassie, so this is a chance to return to the win column in a heavyweight showcase.
One of the best straight decide is Rajabzadeh to win, with a lean towards a stoppage. His 65 profession knockouts inform the story, however the matchup element is extra essential: Karimian has been weak when opponents stress him with punches. Ok-Jee stopped him in spherical one in 2020, Liu Ce knocked him out with a proper hook in 2024, and Možný outworked him over three rounds in his GLORY debut.
Rajabzadeh’s greatest weapons are more likely to be the best hand over Karimian’s lead facet, left hook after he closes vary, and knees or kicks when Karimian resets upright. He has completed opponents with every sort of assault: head kicks, flying knees, hooks and collected knockdowns. That creates a logical case for Rajabzadeh by KO/TKO, particularly in rounds one or two.
