Kevin VanNostrand


Kevin Louis VanNostrand is an American kickboxer and former Interim Glory Featherweight Champion. A professional kickboxer since 2015, he started martial arts at the age of 8, and became an amateur Muay Thai fighter in 2002.

Kickboxing career

Early career

VanNostrand professional career started against Canadian Kickboxer “The Professor” Chris Williams, a spinning elbow to Williams's chin ended the fight. Kevin knocked out Aaron Castellvi in Lockport NY at Legends Rise event, in view of his idol Mike Tyson.

Glory Kickboxing

Kevin VanNostrand's first Glory Kickboxing competition was a Glory 19 under-card fight against Carlos Lopez. The referee called the fight in the first round for the three knock down rule.
Justin Houghton fought Kevin VanNostrand at, for a judge's split decision going to VanNostrand.
Glory 27: New Jersey co-headline event was Kevin VanNostrand and Giga Chikadze with a unanimous decision going to Chikadze.
Super-fight series of pitted David Moore against Kevin VanNostrand, the referee called a second-round TKO win to VanNostrand.
At Madison Square Garden Glory 43 Featherweight Contender Tournament, Giga Chikadze eliminated Aleksei Ulianov in Bout A, while Kevin VanNostrand defeated Mo Abdurahman in Bout B. VanNostrand won a unanimous decision over Chikadze in the finals. Matt Embree was originally scheduled to fight VanNostrand, due to injury was replaced by Abdurahman.
An injury kept Robin van Roosmalen from defending the title at. An interim title belt was held between Anvar Boynazarov and Kevin VanNostrand. Anvar knocked Kevin down with a left hook just eighteen seconds into the first round, Kevin returned with a knee to the liver fifty seconds into the fight, resulting in a knockout with an official time of 1:06 in the first round.
A unification bout between van Roosmalen and VanNostrand for undisputed Glory Featherweight Championship was at Glory 52: Los Angeles on March 31st, 2018. Van Roosmalen won the fight via a unanimous decision.
He was scheduled to fight against Massaro Glunder, returning to Madison Square Garden for. On July 20th 2018, Kevin fought Petchpanomrung Kiatmookao for the Interim Glory Featherweight Championship, due to Robin van Roosmalen's shoulder injury during training. The fight went to judges scorecards with a split decision to Petch, the fight was plagued with illegal sweeps and clinching.
The fight between Kevin and Massaro Glunder was rescheduled November 2nd in the Hammerstein Ballroom at. Massaro got a knockdown in round two and received a holding call point deduction with 17 seconds remaining in the fight. All three judges scored 28-27 in Kevin's favor.
Serhiy Adamchuk fought Kevin VanNostrand on July 5th at Glory 67: Orlando. The fight is rumored to decide the next challenger for the Featherweight belt. VanNostrand won with a Unanimous Decision.
A rematch was scheduled for Anvar Boynazarov and Kevin during the back to back events and. Aleksei Ulianov had Visa problems and Kevin was moved to the main event against Petch. The first round had very little clinching, though clinching similar to their first fight plagued the following rounds. A point was deducted from Kiatmookao at the end of the fifth round. Two judges scored the fight 47-47 for a majority draw. The belt stays with the current champion.

Kickboxing record

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