Marat Grigorian is defending title vs. Elvis Gashi at GLORY 73

World lightweight champion in GLORY Marat Grigorian (62-11-1, 35 KO’s) headlines the card GLORY 73 SHENZHEN.

He makes his second defence of the belt he took from former champion Sitthichai earlier this year, versus the undefeated Elvis Gashi (23-0, 11 KO’s), fighting out of New York, USA.

The world lightweight title will be on the line in southern China on Saturday, December 7 when GLORY returns to the Shenzhen Nanshan Culture and Sports Center.

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Gashi has gone 5-0 in GLORY, including a win over Josh Jauncey, and in his most recent outing, at GLORY 67 ORLANDO, he scored a stoppage win in just 23 seconds.

Grigorian won the lightweight title at GLORY 65 in May this year and made his first successful defense of it when he closed Tyjani Beztati out over five rounds at GLORY 69 last month.