Kunlun Fight 15 fight card

Kunlun Fight 15 will take place over two day on January 3rd and 4th in China. The fight card is stacked from top to bottom with some of the best Kickboxing talent around.

The fights taking place on January 3rd include the middleweight tournament semi-finals with the final taking place on January 4th. Sittichai Sitsongpeenong vs. Murthel Groenhart and Andy Souwer vs. Jiao Fukai will be the two tournament semi-final match ups. Steve Moxon vs. Aegpracha Meenayothin will serve as the tournament reserve bout.

There will also be a super heavyweight tournament featuring the likes of Tomas Hron, Jahfar Wilnis, and Steven Banks.

The super fights taking place include Glory Heavyweight Champion Rico Verhoeven vs. Andrei Herasimchuk, and Kehan Wang vs. Irina Mazepa.

Fight Card:

Middleweight Tournament Semi-Finals
Sittichai Sitsongpeenong vs Murthel Groenhart
Andy Souwer vs Jiao Fukai
Steve Moxon vs. Aegpracha Meenayothin (Tournament Reserve Bout)

Super Fights
Irina Mazepa vs Wang Kehan
Victor Nagbe vs Mostafa Rajabi
Lerdsila Chumpairtour vs Wang Wanben
Rico Verhoeven vs Andrei Herasimchuk
Pong Thong vs Wang Weihao
Taniyana Fumitaka vs Yang Jiangping

Super Heavyweight Tournament Quarter Finals
Tomas Hron vs Roman Kryklia
Tofan Pirani vs Steven Banks
Jahfar Wilnis vs Alireza karbasi
Jairo Kusunoki vs Ashihati

Kunlun Fight 16 set to feature stacked fight card with Simon Marcus, Artur Kyshenko, Andy Ristie and Robin van Roosmalen

Kunlun Fight 16 is set to take place January 31st in China. The event will feature some of the best names in the Kickboxing and Muay Thai worlds including Simon Marcus, Artur Kyshenko, Andy Ristie, and Robin van Roosmalen.

Marcus will take on China's Fang Bian, a Sanda and Wu Lin Feng champion. It will be Marcus's first action since his October victory over Dmitry Valent at Kunlun Fight 12. Kyshenko will be facing China's Bai Jinbin as he looks to string together a three fight winning streak. Kyshenko won his last two fights, both under the King of Kings promotion.  

Andy Ristie will take on Thai powerhouse Aegpracha Meenayothin, and like Kyshenko will be looking to win this third consecutive bout. Ristie was just in action on December 28th in Suriname where he defeated Samuel Paiva by second round (T)KO for Star Fighters Promotion. Glory lightweight champion Robin van Roosmalen is also rumored to be in action at the event against Dzianis Zuev. It will be van Roosmalen's first fight since capturing the Glory lightweight championship from Davit Kiria this past November.

Fight Card:

Simon Marcus vs. Fang Bian

Artur Kyshenko vs. Bai Jinbin

Andy Ristie vs. Aegpracha Meenayothin

Robin van Roosmalen vs. Dzainis Zuev

Albert Kraus vs. TBA

Glory 14 Results and Recap

Glory 14 took place in Zagreb, Croatia today. In the night’s main event Kickboxing legends Remy Bonjasky and Mirko “Cro Cop” Filipovic met in what was Bonjasky’s retirement fight. Filipovic, however, seemed like the stronger of the two fighters as he seemed ready to engage throughout the fight. Bonjasky looked to stay out of Filipovic’s range and avoided big exchanges en route to a majority decision win in what was a lack luster fight and a controversial win for Bonjasky.

Davit Kiria and Andy Ristie met for the vacant Glory Lightweight Championship. Ristie was the favorite coming into the fight after having dispatched of both Giorgio Petrosyan and Robin van Roosmalen at the Glory 12 Lightweight Tournament last November in New York. It seemed everything was going as expected, by the time the fifth and final round had started Ristie was in control and had already knocked Kiria down once with a knee in the second round. Rather than sit back and coast to a decision Ristie continued to exchange with Kiria and that decision ended up costing him. About midway through the round Kiria hurt Risite and he was given a standing eight count. Kiria continue on the attack and knocked Risite down. Rather than try and hold on Risite continued to try and exchange with Kiria while on wobbly legs and Kiria scored the third and final knockdown with less than 40 seconds left in the fight. With the win Kiria did not only provide and exciting come back wins for fans, but he also becomes Glory’s Lightweight Champion.

In the night’s middleweight tournament Brazil’s Alex Pereira scored a knockout of American Dustin Jacoby in the first round of their semi-final bout and then won the tournament by winning a majority decision over Armenian Sahak Parparyan.

Results:
Glory Middleweight Contenders Tournament Semi-Finals
Alex Pereira def. Dustin Jacoby via KO in Rd. 1
Sahak Parparyan def. Jason Wilnis via Split Decision

Glory Middleweight Contenders Tournament Final
Alex Pereira def. Sahak Parparyan via Majority Decision

Glory Lightweight Championship Bout
Davit Kiria def. Andy Ristie via KO in Rd. 5

Super Fights
Remy Bonjasky def. Mirko “Cro Cop” Filipovic via Majority Decision
Mladen Brestovic def. Jahfarr Wilnis via KO in Rd. 1
Benjamin Adegbuyi def. Dmytro Bezus via (T)KO in Rd. 2
Aegpracha Meenayothin def. Albert Kraus via Split Decision
Igor Jurkovic def. Michael Duut via KO in Rd. 1
Karapet Karapetyan def. Artur Kyshenko via Unanimous Decision
Murthel Groenhart def. Teo Mikelic via (T)KO in Rd. 1

Max Muay Thai "The Final Chapter" Results

Max Muay Thai "The Final Chapter" took place earlier today in Thailand. The event featured a four man welterweight tournament with Andrei Kulebin, Sagetdao Petpayathai, Victor Nagbe and Dylan Salvador. Both Sagetdao and Nagbe advanced to the tournament final with Sagetdao defeating Kulebin by decision and Nagbe defeating Salvador by decision. In the final Sagetdao outpointed Nagbe to become the first Max Muay Thai welterweight champion.

Also in action at the event was Buakaw Banchamek as he took on Enriko Kehl of Germany. Kehl put on a worthy effort but in the end Buakaw won a decision, pushing his current win streak to 24. Kem Sitsongpeenong was also in action at the event and he took home a decision victory over Vahid Roshani, while Aegpracha Meenayothin scored a first round (T)KO over Nishikawa Tomoyuki.

Results:

Buakaw Banchamek def. Enriko Kehl via Decision

Aegpracha Meenayothin def. Nishikawa Tomoyuki via (T)KO in Rd. 1

Kem Sitsongpeenong def. Vahid Roshani via Decision

Doenchornlek Sor Sorniyom def. Arturo Tomas Gomez via Decision

Hiroya def. Igor Liubchenko via KO in Rd. 2

Vehas Topking Boxing def. Eduardo Korol via KO in Rd. 2

Matias Sitsongpeenong def. Sapanpetch Sit-Itisukato via Decision

Purahong Sitjardeang def. Juliana Rosa via Decision

Welterweight Tournament Semi-Finals

Sagetdao Petpayathai def. Andrei Kulebin via Decision

Victor Nagbe def. Dylan Salvador via Decision

Welterweight Tournament Final

Sagetdao Petpayathai def. Victor Nagbe via Decision

MAX Muay Thai IV: Sendai Results

MAX Muay Thai IV: Sendai took place this past weekend in Japan. The main event featured a fourth match between Buakaw Banchamek and Yoshihiro Sato. Buakaw has won two of the three previous meetings, although the most recent victory had gone to Sato by KO in 2008.

Sato looked good in the first round, but after that it became all Buakaw. It was evident that Sato could not match Buakaw in the clinch and Buakaw implemented various sweeps and throws throughout the fight. When the fight was over it was ruled a decision victory for Buakaw.  

In the MAX Muay Thai tournament final Jingreedtong defeated Dylan Salvador by decision to take home the tournament crown. 

Results:

Buakaw Banchamek def. Yoshihiro Sato via Decision

Aegpracha Meenayothin def. Tomoaki Makino via Decision

Hiroya def. Saganpetch Sit-Itisukato via Decision

Tournament Final

Jingreedtong def. Dylan Salvador via Decision

Tournament Semi-Finals

Jingreedtong def. Alessandro Campagna via Decision

Dylan Salvador def. Yuya Yamato via Decision

BREAKING NEWS: Malaipet Sasiprapa replaces Aegpracha Meenayothin against Ky Hollenbeck

News broke earlier today that Aegpracha “The Hitman” Meenayothin had withdrawn from his bout with Ky Hollenbeck for this weekend's Push Kick Promotions “Thailand vs. The Americas” event. With so little time before the event, rumors of Cooper Gibson being used as the replacement surfaced, but Push Kick Promotions has confirmed that Malaipet Sasiprapa will instead be stepping in to face Hollenbeck.

Malaipet last fought in June under the Bangkok Fight Night banner, dropping a decision to Chike Lindsay. Malaipet has made it clear that he will fight anyone anytime, filling in on short notice twice in a little over a year. The first was in July of 2011 when he filled in on a day's notice against the highly regarded UK striker Tim Thomas on a Kickboxing card in Las Vegas, Malaipet fought to a draw with Thomas. The second time happened when he stepped in on two days notice to replace Kit Cope against Jose Palacios in November of 2011 at Lion Fight Promtoions "Battle in the Desert 4", Malaipet won the bout by decision.

Malaipet as always is no walk-through for anyone. He is veteran with over 100 fights under his belt and should always be considered dangerous.

Ky Hollenbeck talks upcoming bout with Aegpracha Meenayothin

Ky Hollenbeck will look to continue to cement his name in the international Muay Thai scene when he takes on Aegpracha Meenayothin on August 18th at Push Kick Promotions “Thailand vs. The Americas”. Hollenbeck has made his name by beating some the world top fighters and looks to continue the trend when he steps into the ring with the man known as “Hitman”. Ky took some time from his busy schedule to answer a few questions about the upcoming fight.

MTA: Big fight coming up on August 18th as you take on Aegpracha Meenoytin. This fight was being talked about at last years Push Kick event. How has preparation been going?

Ky: Preparation is going really good. I’ve had a lot of really good guys to train with that are helping me get ready. Mike Mananquil has been working a lot with me because he is preparing for K-1 so we get to push each other. Also Kru Sam has been working with me on some new weapons to help me deal with the southpaw style. I’ve also had a ton of great left handed training partners helping me out.

Aegpracha Meenayothin wins Princess Cup 4-man tournament

The Princess Cup 4-man tournament took place in Thailand today, it featured Thiago Teixeira (Brazil), Aegpracha Meenayothin (Thailand), Marco Pique (Suriname) and Mostafa Abdollahi (Iran).

The tournament semi-final paired up Pique vs. Aegpracha and Teixeira vs. Abdollahi. Aegpracha stopped Pique in the opening round to advance to the finals while Texeira out pointed Abdollahi for a decision win to punch his ticket to the finals.

In the finals Aegpracha defeated Teixeira via decision to win the Princess Cup. Aegpracha next fight will be in the United States when he takes on American stand out Ky Hollenbeck at Push Kick Promotions “Thailand vs. The Americas” on August 18th.