Donegi Abena was born on February 23,1998 and is a Surinamese-Dutch kickboxer who competed in the Light Heavyweight division of Glory, where he is the former Glory Light Heavyweight champion.
28 Facts About Donegi Abena
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Donegi Abena made his professional debut against Elmir Mehic at WFL: Bosnia on September 25,2015.
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Donegi Abena was scheduled to face Jan Soukup at Vecer Bojovniku Thajskeho Boxu VII on December 19,2015.
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Donegi Abena was afterwards scheduled to face Petr Romankevich in the quarterfinals of the 2016 Tatneft Cup.
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Donegi Abena lost the fight by an extra round decision, thus entering the first losing streak of his career.
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Donegi Abena snapped the losing streak with a first-round knockout of Maurice Jackson at FFC 25: Mitchell vs Lopez on June 10,2016.
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Donegi Abena won the rematch with Petr Romankevich in the quarterfinals by decision, but lost to Jairzinho Rozenstruik by a first-round knockout in the finals.
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Donegi Abena was scheduled to fight Fabien Fouquet at FFC 29 on April 22,2017.
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On May 13,2017, Donegi Abena took part in the A1 WCC Heavyweight Qualification Tournament.
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Donegi Abena won the semifinal match against Wendell Roche and the final match against Brian Douwes in the same manner, by decision.
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Donegi Abena was scheduled to fight Clyde Brunswijk at Blood, Sweat and Tears on December 22,2017.
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Donegi Abena beat Luis Tavares by an extra round decision in the quarterfinal, Adnan Rezovic by decision in the semifinals and faced Mohamed Abdellah in the finals.
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Donegi Abena was scheduled to face Andrei Stoica at ACB KB 16 on July 13,2018.
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Donegi Abena made his Glory debut against Stephane Susperregui at Glory 60: Lyon on October 20,2018.
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Donegi Abena won the fight by split decision, with three judges scoring the bout in his favor and two judges scoring the bout in Duut's favor.
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Donegi Abena was scheduled to face the reigning GLORY Middleweight champion Alex Pereira for the interim Glory Light Heavyweight Championship at Glory 68: Miami on September 28,2019.
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Donegi Abena returned from a 14-month layoff to face Luis Tavares at Glory 77: Rotterdam on January 30,2021.
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Donegi Abena was scheduled to face Sergej Maslobojev at Glory: Collision 3 on October 23,2021, in his second fight of the year.
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Donegi Abena lost the closely contested fight by split decision.
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Donegi Abena challenged Sergej Maslobojev for the Glory Light Heavyweight Championship at Glory 83 on February 11,2023.
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Donegi Abena won the fight by a fourth-round technical knockout.
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Donegi Abena was expected to make his first title defense against the one-time ONE Kickboxing Light Heavyweight Championship and Glory Light Heavyweight Championship title challenger Tarik Khbabez at Glory: Collision 5 on June 17,2023.
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Donegi Abena made his second Glory Light Heavyweight championship defense against Tarik Khbabez at Glory Heavyweight Grand Prix on March 9,2024.
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Donegi Abena faced Stefan Latescu in the quarterfinals of the Glory Light Heavyweight Grand Prix, held on June 8,2024, in Rotterdam, Netherlands.
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Donegi Abena won the fight by a third-round technical knockout, as he stopped Latescu with low kicks 59 seconds into the third round.
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Donegi Abena likewise stopped Tarik Khbabez with low kicks in the semifinals, which earned him a place in the tournament finals opposite Bahram Rajabzadeh.
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Donegi Abena captured the tournament title, as well as the $100,00 prize, by a first-round stoppage.
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Donegi Abena was expected to make his mixed martial arts debut against Paolo Anastasi at Ares FC 7: Abdouraguimov vs Amoussou on June 25,2022.