Serkan Özçağlayan (born May 8, 1994) is a Turkish-Dutch kickboxer, currently signed with Glory. He is a cousin of Gokhan Saki.
He is ranked as the third best middleweight in the world by Combat Press as of September 2022,[1] and third best by Beyond Kickboxing as of October 2022.[2]
Kickboxing career
Early career
On March 13, 2014 Ozcaglayan face Ayou Ababakre for the Benelux Heavyweight title. He lost the fight by decision.[3]
On October 29, 2017 Ozcaglayan faced Fabio Kwasi at WFL: Manhoef vs. Bonjasky. He lost the fight by TKO in the second round.[4]
Ozcaglayan was scheduled to face Bogdan Stoica at Enfusion #73 for the Heavyweight title.[5] He withdrew from the fight.
On September 6, 2019 Ozcaglayan faced Pavel Zablockiy in the main event of a Tatneft Cup event in Kazan, Russia. He won the fight by first round knockout.[6]
Ozcaglayan for the first 38 fights of his career competed at heavyweight, he weighed up to 130 kg before dropping all the way down to middleweight.[7]
GLORY
Ozcaglayan made his debut for the Glory promotion at Glory Collision 3 Final against Matt Baker. He won the fight by technical knockout in the first minute of the fight. He’s match with win in Knockout lasted 00:58 seconds is chosen the best ranked fight of the year in Glory. This quick victory earned him the 2021 Glory Debut of the Year award.[8]
Ozcaglayan was booked to face the #1 ranked Glory middleweight contender Ertugrul BayrakGlory 80 on March 19, 2022.[9] He won the fight by decision, after which he earned the #1 ranking in the Glory middleweight division.[10]
Ozcaglayan faced César Almeida at Glory: Collision 4 on October 8, 2022. He lost the fight by unanimous decision. after suffering two knockdowns, one each in the first and second round.[11]
Ozcaglayan faced Juri De Sousa at Glory 82 on November 19, 2022. He won the fight by a three-round technical knockout, after knocking De Sousa down for the fourth time in the fight.[12]
Ozcaglayan faced Sergej Braun at Glory 83 on February 11, 2023.[13] He won the fight by a fourth-round knockout.[14]