Glory 24: Denver Fight Card

Glory 24 in Denver has had some major changes since it was initially announced. The main event was originally supposed to be the final bout in the trilogy between Joe Schilling and Artem Levin, but an elbow injury to Levin canceled those plans. Schilling will now face Jason Wilnis instead of Levin.

Wilnis was on a three fight win streak recently, that ended at Glory 20 when he lost a decision to Simon Marcus in the final of the Glory Middleweight Contender Tournament. Before his bout with Schiling he is scheduled to fight David Keclik on September 18 at FFC 19 in Austria.

Pat Barry was originally slated to fight as part of the co-main event on the card, but an injury has forced the former UFC fighter off as well. The bout would have been his second under Glory. Instead of Barry in action the co-main event will now feature Dustin Jacoby vs. Wayne Barrett. 

Jacoby is coming off a tournament win at Glory 23 in Las Vegas. Jacoby defeated Ariel Sepulveda and Casey Greene by KO on the night to win the tournament and end a four fight losing streak. Barrett will be looking to end a three fight skid when he meets Jacoby. He last competed in the middleweight contender tournament at Glory 20, where he lost in the tournament semi-finals to Simon Marcus by decision. Barrett found early success in his career going 5-0 with four of those wins coming by stoppage, but has not been able to break through against the top tier of the division when going the distance, all three of his recent losses have been by decision.

Glory 24 will also feature a Heavyweight Tournament. The semi-final match ups are Benjamin Adegbuyi vs. Mladen Brestovac and Ben Edwards vs. Jahfarr Wilnis.

Glory 24 takes place on October 9th in Denver, Colorado.

Fight Card:

Joe Schilling vs. Jason Wilnis

Dustin Jacoby vs. Wayne Barrett

Heavyweight Tournament Semi-Finals

Benjamin Adegbuyi vs. Mladen Brestovac

Ben Edwards vs. Jahfarr Wilnis

Glory 22 France Fight Card

Glory 22 is set to go down in less than 2 weeks time in Lille, France. The main event will feature Glory Heavyweight Champion Rico Verhoeven defending his title against the formidable Benjamin Adegbuyi. Also featured in the night's event is the Glory Lightweight Contender Tournament, which includes Davit Kiria, Sittichai Sitsongpeenong, Josh Jauncey, and Niclas Larsen. The winner of the tournament will face Glory Lightweight Champion Robin Van Roosmalen. 

The Glory Superfight Series, a staple of every Glory event, will include the likes of Morad Bouzidi, Filip Verlinden, and North America's own Shane Oblonsky.

Glory 22 also marks the first international event to to air live on SpikeTV at 4pm ET. Previously, events overseas were shown in the US after a lengthy delay.

Fight Card:

Main & Co-Main Event:

Rico Verhoeven vs Benjamin Adegbuyi

ZackMwekassa vs TBA

Glory Lightweight Contender Tournament:

Davit Kiria vs Sittichai Sitsongpeenong

Josh Jauncey vs Niclas Larsen

Superfight Series:

Freddy Kemayo vs Jamal Ben Saddik

Morad Bouzidi vs Filip Verlinden

Karim Ghajji vs Yoann Kongolo

Marat Grigorian vs Djime Coulibaly

Thomas Adamandopoulos vs Shane Oblonsky

Glory 18: Return to Glory Results and Recap

Glory returned to action for the first time in nearly five months. Glory 18: Return to Glory took place last night at the Grand Casino Hotel & Resort in Shawnee, Oklahoma. The night's main event featured a lightweight title fight between champion Davit Kiria and challenger Robin van Roosmalen. Kiria won the title with a come from behind knockout victory over Andy Risite earlier this year. The pair had fought twice already with van Roosmalen having won their two previous encounters by unanimous decision. 

The first two rounds were a close as both fighters were trading strikes. In the third round Kiria scored with a big 1-2 combination that dropped van Roosmalen, after he was able to beat the count Kiria was all over van Roosmalen trying to finish the fight. Despite Kiria's efforts van Roosmalen was able to survive and make it to the championship rounds. The fourth round was tight as it didn't seem either fighter did enough to edge the other. In the final round van Roosmalen was more active and landing nice combinations that likely gave him the round. When it was over the bout was ruled a majority decision in favor of van Roosmalen making him the new Glory lightweight champion.

Saulo Cavalari and Zack Mwekassa met in the finals of the Glory light heavyweight contenders tournament. Cavalari out pointed Danyo Ilunga to earn a decision victory and his ticket to the tournament final, while Mwekassa scored a crushing knockout of Brian Collette to secure his spot in the finals. 

Mwekassa started off strong in the tournament final throwing heavy punches and keeping Cavalari on the defensive. As the fight wore on, however, Cavalari began to open up more as Mwekassa started to slow down. In the third round Cavalari fainted a low kick and went up high knocking Mwekassa down to the canvas. Despite his efforts to get up Mwekassa could not recover and Cavalari won the contenders tournament. 

In other action on the night Jason Wilnis stunned most by out striking Wayne Barrett to win a unanimous decision and Rob Thomas scored a knockout over Mike Lemaire to end his two fight losing streak. 

Results:

Main Card

Robin van Roosmalen def. Davit Kiria via Majority Decision

Jason Wilnis def. Wayne Barrett via Unanimous Decision

Glory Light Heavyweight Contenders Tournament Final

Saulo Cavalari def. Zack Mwekassa via KO (Head Kick) at 0:20 of Rd. 3

Glory Light Heavyweight Contenders Tournament Semi-finals

Zack Mwekassa def. Brian Collette via KO at 0:45 of Rd. 2

Saulo Cavalari def. Danyo Ilunga via Unanimous Decision

Super Fight Series

Benjamin Adegbuyi def. Hesdy Gerges via Unanimous Decision

Randy Blake def. Warren Thompson via Unanimous Decision

Rob Thomas def. Mike Lemaire via KO at 1:06 of Rd. 3

Josh Jauncey def. Jae-Gil Noh via KO at 1:14 of Rd. 2

Omari Boyd def. Ian Alexander via (T)KO at 2:17 of Rd. 3

Benjamin Adegbuyi vs. Hesdy Gerges set for Glory 18

The Glory 18 fight card continues to grow. Glory has now confirmed the first fight that will be part of the events Super Fight Series. Benjamin Adegbuyi will take on Hesdy Gerges in a heavyweight bout. 

Romania's Adegbuyi is currently the sixth ranked heavyweight in Glory's rankings and is currently 2-0 fighting for Glory. He holds two (T)KO wins under Glory, the latest being over Daniel Sam at Glory 16.

Gerges is a veteran in the Kickboxing circuit and is currently the fifth ranked heavyweight in Glory's Rankings. He is 2-1 fighting under the promotion and last competed for them at Glory 15 where he scored a (T)KO over Jhonata Diniz.

Glory 18 is set to feature a title fight between current lightweight champion Davit Kiria and Robin van Roosmalen. A 4-man light heavyweight contender tournament will also take place on the night featuring Brian Collette, Artem Vakhitov, Saulo Cavalari, and Zack Mwekassa.

Fight Card:

Davit Kiria (c) vs. Robin van Roosmalen - Glory Lightweight World Title Fight

Wayne Barrett vs. Jason Wilnis

Benjamin Adegbuyi vs. Hesdy Gerges

Glory Light Heavyweight Contenders Tournament

Brian Collette vs. Zack Mwekassa

Saulo Cavalari vs. Artem Vakhitov