Kunlun Fight 32 Results: Buakaw returns with a KO win

Kunlun Fight 32 took place today in China and it marked the return of Buakaw Banchamek. Stepping in to take on the Thai powerhouse was China's Gu Hui.

It didn't take long for Buakaw to establish his dominance in the ring. He scored a first round knock down of Hui with a head kick, afterwards Buakaw went on the attack attempting to finish the fight. He threw every strike with bad intentions, but Hui made to the second round. In the second round Buakaw started to attack the body of Hui with knees eventually putting him out for good. With the win Buakaw bounces back from his loss to Khayal Dzhaniev at Top King World Series 4 this past July.

In the two fights that were part of the Middleweight Top 16 Tournament Victor Nagbe and Davit Kiria were both victorious. Kiria, the former Glory Lightweight Champion bested Spain's David Calvo, while Nagbe defeated Dzianis Zuev.

Results:

Buakaw Banchamek def. Gu Hui via (T)KO in Rd. 2

Bai Lishuai def. Jisoo Jung via Unanimous Decision

Wang Weihao def. Ievgenii Shevchenko via Unanimous Decision

Yang Yu def. Takeshi Kodaira via KO in Rd. 1

Middleweight Tournament Top 16

David Kiria def. David Calvo

Victor Nagbe def. Dzianis Zuev via Extra Round Decision

Women's Tournament Semi-Finals
Anissa Meksen def. Xu Zhurong via Unanimous Decision
E Meidie def. Isis Verbeek via Unanimous Decision

Women's Tournament Final
E Meidie def. Anissa Meksen via Decision after 2 extra rounds

Kunlun Fight 32 fight card, Buakaw and Davit Kiria in action

Kunlun Fight 32 takes place on October 28th in Hai Zhou, China. The event will feature some big names as usual. Buakaw Banchamek returns to action against Hui Gu in a Muay Thai fight. Former Glory Champion Davit Kiria will also be in action as part of Kunlun Fight's Middleweight Top 16 tournament which will be under Kickboxing rules.

Buakaw returns to action the first time since he was upset by Khayal Dzhaniev in the semi-finals of the Top King World Series tournament this past July. Before the loss the Dzhaniev, Buakaw had been on a five fight win streak and has been victorious in 37 of his last 39 fights. Fans should be excited to see one of the Muay Thai and Kickboxing world's favorite fighters return to action.

David Kiria will face David Clavo as part of the Top 16 tournament, the other bout that is part of the tournament will be Dzianis Zuyeu vs. Shuai Zhao. The tournament is has a great field as Yodsanklai is expected to fight as part of it a few days later at Kunlun Fight 33.

Fight Card:

Buakaw Banchamek vs. Hui Gu

Vladimir Shuliak vs. Weihao Wang

Takeshi Kodaira vs. Yu Yang

Jisoo Jung vs. Lishuai Bai

Michl Michael vs. Kehan Wang

Female Straweight Tournament:

Isis Verbect vs. E Meidie

Anissas Maksen vs. Zhurong Xu

Middleweight Tournament Top 16:

Dzianis Zuyeu vs. Shuai Zhao 

David Calvo vs. Davit Kiria

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

Glory 18 set for November 7th in Oklahoma

It has been quite a few months since Kickboxing fans had heard anything from Glory, now the promotion has officially announced that Glory 18 will take place November 7th in Oklahoma. The event is booked for the Grand Casino Hotel & Resosrt in Shawnee, Oklahoma.

The night's main event will feature a Glory Lightweight Title Fight between current champion Davit Kiria and challenger Robin van Roosmalen. Kiria last competed at Glory 14 is Zagreb, Croatia where he captured the Glory Lightweight Title from Andy Ristie with an impressive come from behind knockout victory. Kiria and van Roosmalen have faced each other before with van Roosmalen defeating Kiria by unanimous decision at Glory 12. 

In the co-main event American Wayne Barrett will take on Jason Wilnis. Barrett recently made headlines when he signed an endorsement deal with Adidas. He has not competed since losing in the semi-finals of the Last Man Standing Tournament in a controversial decision. 

A light heavyweight contenders tournament will also be taking place on the night. Brian Collette will face Zack Mwekassa and Saulo Cavalari will take on Artem Vakhitov in the tournament semi-finals.

Fight Card:

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

Wayne Barrett vs. Jason Wilnis

Glory Light Heavyweight Contenders Tournament

Brian Collette vs. Zack Mwekassa

Saulo Cavalari vs. Artem Vakhitov

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

Ky Hollenbeck Reluctantly Forgoes Glory Title Shot for Noble Pursuit

Number 5 ranked Glory fighter Ky Hollenbeck has made the difficult decision to opt out of his Glory 14 title shot against Andy Ristie in order to pursue a passion for helping others through being a firefighter. The Glory title bout against Ristie conflicts in scheduling with important dates of his Firefighter Cadet Program, as reported by Glory Sports. 

Hollenbeck confirms that this move does not mark the end of his fight career, but that at the moment he would like to focus on the firefighter program.

Stepping in for Hollenbeck will be number 3 ranked Davit Kiria, a fighter who boasts victories over the likes of Murthel Groenhart, Kem Sitsongpeenong, and Shemsi Beqiri. With a fearless style that includes unpredictable kicks and no hesitation to move forward, fans will still get a match worth viewing in Kiria vs. Ristie. 

Updated Fight Card:

GLORY 14

Mirco Cro Cop vs. Remy Bonjasky

Andie Ristie vs. Davit Kiria

GLORY 14 Middleweight Contender Tournament
Jason Wilnis vs. Sahak Paparyan
Robert Thomas vs. Dustin Jacoby

Super Fight Series
Michael Duut vs. Igor Jukovic

Shemsi Beqiri vs. Murthel Groenhart
Karapet Kareptyan vs. Artur Kyshenko 
Albert Krauss vs. Aikpracha Meenayothin

Glory 12 Results and Recap: Andy Ristie shocks the world with two huge knockouts

Glory 12 took place tonight in New York and it was a night full of surprises. In the Glory lightweight tournament most were expecting to see a tournament final featuring Giorgio Petrosyan who has not lost since 2007, but Andy Ristie had other plans. In a fight that was pretty even things changed in a heartbeat in the third round when Ristie landed a left uppercut that knocked Petrosyan out. Despite Petrosyan's effort to get back to his feet he was clearly on wobbly legs and could not continue.

In the night’s other semi-final bout Robin van Roosmalen out pointed Davit Kiria for three rounds to win a unanimous decision. In the final, however, van Roosmalen would not see things go his way. Not only did Ristie not get the memo that Petrosyan was supposed to win this tournament, he also didn’t get the memo that van Roosmalen is a wrecking machine not to be messed with. Ristie knocked van Roosmalen down in round one and then again in round two with van Roosmalen not being able to answer the referee’s count in the second round thus giving Ristie the win. This was a huge night for Ristie as he not only beat the top two fighters in Glory’s lightweight division, but he knocked them both out.

In other action Glory middleweight tournament champion Joe Schilling took on Wayne Barrett. Schilling was considered the favorite, but like with Ristie it seems that Barrett did not get the memo. This was Barrett’s fourth pro fight, but you wouldn’t know it as he looked confident in the ring. Barrett struck first in the second round when he knocked Schilling down not once, but twice.The first knockdown came from an over hand right and the second early in round two and the second from a right hook as the round ended. In the third round Schilling was able to gain some ground back when he connected with a knee that dropped Barrett, but he was able to beat the count. The fight went to the judges and Barrett was awarded a unanimous decision victory in a huge win for his young career.

In another of the night’s super fights Australian Ben Edwards scored a third round knockout over Moroccan Jamal Ben Saddik. In the tournament reserve bout American Ky Hollenbeck used his unorthodox style to out point late replacement Warren Stevelmans to earn a unanimous decision victory.

In the night’s under card Francois Ambang scored a (T)KO over Eddie Walker due to leg kicks in the third round and Brian Collette scored a tremendous head kick knockout over Warren Thompson in the first round. Artem Vakhitov also scored a unanimous decision over Nenad Pagonis and Saulo Cavalari scored a devastating knockout over Mourad Bouzidi.

Full Results:

Glory Lightweight Tournament Final
Andy Ristie def. Robin van Roosmalen via KO in Rd. 2

Glory Lightweight Tournament Semi-Finals
Robin van Roosmalen def. Davit Kiria via Unanimous Decision
Andy Ristie def. Giorgio Petrosyan via KO in Rd. 3

Glory Lightweight Tournament Reserve Bout
Ky Hollenbeck def. Warren Stevelmans via Unanimous Decision

Super Fights
Wayne Barrett def. Joe Schilling via Unanimous Decision
Ben Edwards def. Jamal Ben Saddik via KO in Rd. 3

Undercard
Artem Vakhitov def. Nenad Pagonis via Unanimous Decision
Brian Collette def. Warren Thompson via KO (Head Kick) in Rd. 1
Jhonata Diniz def. Igor Jurkovic via (T)KO in Rd. 1
Francois Ambang def. Eddie Walker via (T)KO (Leg Kicks) in Rd. 3
Saulo Cavalari def. Mourad Bouzidi via KO in Rd. 3
Thiago Michael def. Paul Marfort via Unanimous Decision
Alexy Filyakov def. Mohamed Fanzy via KO in Rd. 1
John Bowman def. Villi Bello via (T)KO in Rd. 3
Niko Tsigaras def. Dominick Biondo via KO in Rd. 1
Casey Greene def. John King via KO in Rd. 1
Anna Shearer def. Andrea D'Angelo via Unanimous Decision

Ky Hollenbeck vs. Shemsi Beqiri and Jamal Ben Saddik vs. Ben Edwards official for Glory 12

Glory has confirmed two more fights for Glory 12 including their main event. Jamal Ben Saddik vs. Ben Edwards will take top billing at Glory 12 in the night's main event. The tournament reserve bout will feature Ky Hollenbeck vs. Shemsi Beqiri. The winner of Hollenbeck and Bequiri would replace any of the winning fighters in the Glory lightweight tournament if they can't continue in the tournament for whatever reason, most likely injury.

Saddik will be looking to avoid a three fight losing streak against Edwards. He has lost his last two fights by (T)KO to Daniel Ghita and Peter Aerts. Edwards will be making his Glory debut and will be looking to build on his current three fight win streak.

Hollenbeck will look to compete for the second time since returning from ACL surgery. His first fight back took place at Glory 10 when he stepped up to face Albert Kraus on short notice, winning a unanimous decision. Beqiri will be looking to end a two fight skid after losing a unanimous decision to Robin van Roosmalen.

As previously announced the Glory 12 lightweight tournament will feature Giorgio Petrosyan vs. Andy Ristie, and Robin van Roosmalen vs. Davit Kiria. Glory 12 will take place Saturday November 23rd in New York.

Fight Card:

Glory Lightweight Tournament

Giorgio Petrosyan vs. Andy Ristie

Robin van Roosmalen vs. Davit Kiria

Glory Lightweight Tournament Reserve Bout

Ky Hollenbeck vs. Shemsi Beqiri

Super Fights

Jamal Ben Saddik vs. Ben Edwards

Glory 10 Results and Recap: Schilling stuns Levin to win 4-man tournament

Glory 10 took place last night in Ontario, CA and the night’s story was Joe Schilling shocking the world by winning the 4-man middleweight tournament. There was a lot of attention surrounding the tournament since its announcement and with Schilling’s original opponent, Steve Wakeling, not able to secure a visa to fight in tournament many expected a Schilling vs. Artem Levin finale. That is exactly what they got, but many didn’t expect Schilling to defeat Levin, but he did just that. Before Levin and Schilling met in the final Levin defeated Jason Wilnis by unanimous decision and Schilling defeated Kengo Shimizu by unanimous decision.

In the final Levin looked good early in the fight but in the second round Levin was knocked by Schilling after a superman punch and a knee landed. The third round was close, and after three rounds the fight was ruled a majority draw and they proceeded to an extra round. In the extra round things started off right until Schilling scored a flash knockdown on Levin, which Levin protested. The tide of the fight shifted and when it was over Schilling was declared the winner.

Results:

Glory Middleweight Tournament Final

Joe Schilling def. Artem Levin via Extra Round Decision

Glory Middleweight Tournament Semi-Finals

Artem Levin def. Jason Wilnis via Unanimous Decision

Joe Schilling def. Kengo Shimizu via Unanimous Decision

Tournament Reserve Bout

Wayne Barrett def. Robby Plotkin via (T)KO at 2:26 of Rd. 1

Super Fights

Robin van Roosmalen def. Shemsi Beqiri via Unanimous Decision

David Kiria def. Murthel Groenhart via Unanimous Decision

Brian Collette def. Randy Blake via Unanimous Decision

Ky Hollenbeck def. Albert Kraus via Unanimous Decision

Hinata Watanabe def. Johann Fauveau via (T)KO at 0:48 of Rd. 3 

Karapet Karapetyan def. Aleksandr Stetcurenko via Unanimous Decision

Jahfarr Wilnis def. Brice Guidon via KO

Niclas Larsen def. Andy Ristie via Unanimous Decision

Jerome Le Banner out of Glory 10 with injury

Kickboxing legend Jerome Le Banner will not be fighting at Glory 10 after suffering a neck injury. Glory announced earlier today. Le Banner was set to face Sergei Kharitonov in the Glory 10 main event, but with the injury to Le Banner the entire fight has been removed from the fight card and Kharitonov will compete at a later event.

With the removal of Le Banner and Kharitonov the bout between Robin van Roosmalen and Shemsi Beqiri has been promoted to the main event. Filling in the co-main event slot will be Murthel Groenhart vs. Davit Kiria.  

Glory 10 takes place September 28th at the Citizens Bank Arena in Ontario, CA.

3 more fights confirmed for Glory 10 including Watson vs. Kraus and Groenhart vs. Kiria

Glory 10 is turning into a stacked card with every additional fight announcement. The event which will take place in Ontario, CA recently added three more bouts featuring some of the best strikers in the world. Jordan Watson vs. Albert Kraus, Murthel Groenhart vs. Davit Kiria, and Brice Guidon vs. Jahfarr Wilnis are all confirmed to be taking place at Glory 10.

Watson is 2-0 under Glory and has looked impressive in his two outings for the promotion. A traditional Muay Thai practitioner, he has had no trouble adjusting to Kickboxing rules for Glory. Kraus will look to bounce back from his KO against Andy Ristie at Glory 8. Before losing to Risite, Kraus had won five straight bouts.

Murthel Groenhart will look to bounce back from his KO loss to Robin van Roosmalen at Glory 7. The heavy handed Dutch/Surinamese fighter had reeled off seven consecutive wins before his loss to van Roosmalen, including KO wins against Artur Kyshenko, Mike Zamibidis, and Marc de Bonte. Kiria most recently defeat Yuri Bessmertny at Glory 7, and will look to build on some impressive performances for Glory. Kiria has gone 3-1 since joining Glory, his only loss coming to Giorgio Petrosyan.

Fight Card:
Jerome Le Banner vs. Sergei Kharitonov
Robin van Roosmalen vs. Shemsi Bequiri
Jordan Watson vs. Albert Kraus
Murthel Groenhart vs. Davit Kiria
Brice Guidon vs. Jahfarr Wilnis

4-Man Middleweight Tournament
Artem Levin vs. Jason Wilnis
Steve Wakeling vs. Joe Schilling

Glory 7 Results: Giorgo Petrsoyan scores another dominant performance

Glory 7 took place today in Milan, Italy. In the night’s main event Giorgio Petrosyan returned to the Glory ring to fight Moroccan Hafid El Boustati, and it was typical Petrosyan performance. Great movement and accurate striking stifled El Boustati for all three rounds and Petrsoyan walked away with a unanimous decision win. It was another dominant performance from “The Doctor”.

In the co-main event heavy hitters Robin van Roosmalen and Murthel Groenhart went the distance. Groenhart drew first blood after landing some vicious knees and opened up a cut on van Roosmalen. Despite taking sustaining the early damage, van Roosmalen landed a right hand that dropped Groenhart after which van Roosmalen seemed to take control of the fight. Van Roosmalen continued to push forward and backed up Groenhart the remainder of the fight and walked away with a unanimous decision.

In other bouts Davit Kiria defeated Yury Bessmertny by unanimous decision, Rico Verhoeven took home a unanimous decision from Jhonata Diniz and Artem Levin defeated Sahak Parparyan in an extra round decision.

Results:
Giorgio Petrosyan def. Hafid El Boustati via Unanimous Decision
Robin van Roosmalen def. Murthel Groenhart via Unanimous Decision
Davit Kiria def. Yury Bessmertny via Unanimous Decision
Rico Verhoeven def. Jhonata Diniz via Unanimous Decision
Artem Levin def. Sahak Parparyan via Unanimous Decision
Chingiz Allazov and Marat Griogrian fight to a No Contest
Kaoponlek def. Sergio Wielzen via Unanimous Decision
Michael Duut def. Steve McKinnon via Unanimous Decision
Karapet Karapetyan def. Roberto Cocco via Unanimous Decision

Photo Credit: Ben Pointer/Glory

Results and Recap: Glory 3

Glory 3 took place in Italy this yesterday and the 154lb tournament did not disappoint. In the quarterfinals of the tournament Giorgio Petrosyan defeated Ky Hollenebck, Sanny Dahlbeck defeated Yoshihiro Sato, and Robin van Roosmalen defeated Tim Thomas by (T)KO to advance to the semi-finals, while Davit Kiria defeated Shemsi Beqiri by decision to punch his ticket to the semi-finals.

In the tournament semi-finals Giorgio Petrosyan out pointed Davit Kiria en route to a decision victory. Despite Kiria’s aggression, Petrosyan was too slick and used a slick counter attack to continuously score. In the other semi-final bout it seemed Sanny Dahlbeck had the antidote for Robin van Roosmalen’s relentless attack and through most of the first round Dhalbeck was able to keep van Roosmalen at bay. With a few second left at the end of the first van Roosmalen was able to get inside and knock Dahlbeck down. The second round played much like the first as van Roosmalen was having trouble getting inside on Dahlbeck, but once again as the round was coming to an end he was able to get inside and unleash a flurry of punches and knock Dahlbeck down again. The bout finally ended in the third round when van Roosmalen knocked Dahlbeck down with body shot and he was unable to continue. 

In the tournament finals Giorgio Petrosyan out pointed van Roosmalen en route to a decision victory to take home the tournament crown and the $300,000 prize. Despite his efforts van Roosmalen was unable to get inside on Petrosyan and land his powerful strikes. Petrosyan proved once again why he is considered the best Kickboxer in the world. 

Full Results: 

Tournament Quarter Finals 

Giorgio Petrosyan def. Ky Hollenbeck via (T)KO (Injury) in Rd. 2 

Davit Kiria def. Shemsi Beqiri via Decision 

Sanny Dahlbeck def. Yoshihiro Sato via (T)KO in Rd. 2 

Robin van Roosmalen def. Tim Thomas via (T)KO in Rd. 2 

Tournament Semi-Finals 

Giorgio Petrosyan def. Davit Kiria via Decision 

Robin van Roosmalen def. Sanny Dahlbeck via (T)KO in Rd. 3 

Tournament Final 

Giorgio Petrosyan def. Robin van Roosmalen via Decision 

Tournament Reserve Bouts 

Warren Stevelmans def. Dzhabar Askerov via Decision 

Alessandro Campagna def. Fabio Pinca via Decision 

Super Fights 

Alka Matewa def. Marco Re via Decision 

Jordan Watson def. Mustapha Haida via Decision 

Under Card Bouts 

Julian Imeri def. Emannuele Raini via Decision 

Ricardo Lecca def. Giuseppe D’Amuri via KO in Rd. 1

GLORY Final 8 draws: Ky Hollenbeck faces Giorgio Petrosyan

The draws for the GLORY Final 8 (@GLORY_WS) took place today and it American Ky Hollenbeck will undoubtedly have the biggest task of his fighting career as he will face Giorgio Petrosyan in the first fight of the night. All of the action will take at GLORY 3 in Rome on November 3^rd. The three other opening round match-ups of the Final 8 will feature Shemsi Beqiri vs. Davit Kiria (@DavitKiria), Robin van Roosmalen (@RobinvRoosmalen) vs. Tim Thomas and Albert Kraus vs. Sanny Dahlbeck (@SannyDahlbeck).

Hollenbeck has made his name taking on all challengers regardless of experience or name. He established himself in 2011 as a top fighter not only in the America, but the world with wins over the likes of Vuyisile Colossa, Jordan Watson and Gregory Choplin. A win over Giorgio Petrosyan would be huge for the San Francisco based fighter.