Thursday, May 8, 2014

Ghita vs. Verhoeven and De Bonte vs. Valtellini title fights announced for Glory: Last Man Standing


Glory will venture into the Pay Per View realm on June 21st for "Last Man Standing". The event will feature a one night eight man middleweight tournament that will crown Glory's middleweight champion. In addition to the tournament, two title fights have been confirmed for the event. Daniel Ghita vs. Rico Verhoeven will fight for the vacant Glory Heavyweight Championship and recently crowned welterweight champion Marc De Bonte will defend his title against Joseph Valtellini.

Ghita and Verhoeven fought in the finals of the Glory Heavyweight Tournament at Glory 11 in October of 2013. After a hard fought fight Verhoeven was declared the tournament winner by unanimous decision and cemented himself as one of the Kickboxing world's heavyweight elite.

De Bonte recently won his title at Glory 16 by defeating Karapet Karapetyan by split decision. Before his title fight with Karapetyan, De Bonte had not fought in over a year. Valtellini will be trying to rebound from his loss to Nieky Holzken in the finals of the Glory 13 Welterweight Tournament in Japan. 

The "Last Man Standing" tournament will feature eight of the best Glory middleweights including Joe Schilling, Simon Marcus, Artem Levin, and Wayne Barrett.

Fight Card:

Last Man Standing Tournament Fighters
Joe Schilling
Simon Marcus
Artem Levin
Bogdan Stoica
Melvin Mahoef
Alex Pereira
Filip Verlinden
Wayne Barrett

Glory Heavyweight Title Fight
Daniel Ghita vs. Rico Verhoeven

Glory Welterweight Title Fight
Marc De Bonte vs. Joseph Valtellini
 
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