A victorious Holzken (photo via GLORY)

By FCF Staff

Nieky Holzken remains GLORY’s welterweight champ following the kickboxing promotion’s latest event, but the vaunted striker nearly lost the belt.

Holzken took on Murthel Groenhart at the event, and following the entertaining and competitive bout, the latter was handed the split decision loss.

In heavyweight action, champion Rico Verhoeven scored an empathic, knockout win over Benjamin Adegbuyi, as he floored the contender with a pounding right hand in round one.

Here are the results for the main card of GLORY 26, which took place in Amsterdam.

Welterweight Championship

Nieky Holzken def Murthel Groenhart via split decision (48-47, 46-49, 49-46)

Heavyweight Championship

Rico Verhoeven def Benjamin Adegbuyi via KO (punch) R1, 2:12

Featherweight Tournament Final

Mosab Amrani def Maykol Yurk via KO R1, 1:51

Featherweight Tournament Semifinals

Mosab Amrani def ChiBin Lim via TKO (2 knockdowns) R1,1:32

Maykol Yurk def via Shane Oblonsky via TKO (2 knockdowns) R2, 1:30