Glory 17 Results

Glory 17 took place June 21st at The Forum in Los Angeles California. Mirko "Cro Cop" Filipovic vs. Jarrell Miller headlined in a re-match from their bout that took place under the K-1 banner in 2013. in their initial encounter Filipovic took home a controversial decision over Miller, but in the re-match Filipovic would silence critics and he out pointed the New York based fighter en route to unanimous decision.

Andy Ristie and Ky Hollonbeck squared off in a fight fans were excited for. It was over in a mere 30 seconds as Ristie connected with a left hook that wobbled Hollenbeck then finished him with a follow up left hook that sent him to the canvas. Hollenbeck was not able to beat the referee's count giving Ristie the impressive knockout. 

Gabriel Varga won the 4-man featherweight tournament. He faced Shane Oblonsky in the finale and out pointed the Team Oyama fighter to take home a unanimous decision.

Results:

Featherweight Tournament Semi-Finals

Gabriel Varga def. Yodkhunpon Sitmonchai via Unanimous Decision

Shane Oblonsky def. Marcus Vinicius via Unanimous Decision

Featherweight Tournament Final

Gabriel Varga def. Shane Oblonsky via Unanimous Decision

Super Fights

Mirko Cro Cop def. Jarrell Miller via Unanimous Decision

Andy Ristie def. Ky Hollenbeck via KO in Rd. 1

Mike Lemaire def. Dustin Jacoby via Unanimous Decision

Ron Cruz def. Sonny Singh via Unanimous Decision

Brian Bruns def Joe Davis via TKO (Strikes) at 1:10 of Rd. 2

Spencer Mix def. Jules Wallace via Unanimous Decision

Jay Alvarez def. Chris Henry via Unanimous Decision

K-1 Heavyweight World Grand Prix this Friday in Croatia

The 2013 K-1 Heavyweight World Grand Prix will take place this Friday, March 15th in Zagreb, Croatia. The event will take place at The Arena Zagreb, which will feature standing room only. The one night tournament will feature names such as Mirko “Cro Cop” Filipovic, Badr Hari, Hesdy Gerges, Ismael Londt, and American Jarrell Miller. The event can be purchased on PPV here.

Below is the full fight card for the event.

Fight Card:

K-1 HW WGP Quarterfinals
Catalin Morosanu vs. Pavel Zhuravlev
Mirko "Cro Cop" Filipovic vs. Jarrell Miller
Badr Hari vs. Zabit Samedov
Ismael Londt vs. Hesdy Gerges

Non Tournament Bouts
Miran Fabjan vs. Emil Zoraj
Toni Milanovic vs. Jason Wilnis
Agron Preteni vs. Andrei Stoica

Results and Recap: K-1 Heavyweight Final 16

The K-1 Heavyweight Final 16 (@K1GlobalTV)took place this weekend and three American’s were part of the 16 man field. Jarrell Miller (@BigBabbyMiller), Xavier Vigney (@XavierVigney), and Randy Blake were all looking to advance to the next round of the tournament, but only Miller was able to punch his ticket into the next round.

Miller defeated Arnold Oborotov by decision; he scored a knockdown in the opening frame but was unable to finish the fight. It was a good win for the American fighter and he now becomes the only American left in the tournament after Xavier Vigney was KO’d by Zabit Samedov and Randy Blake lost a decision to Mirko “Cro Cop” Filipovic.

Also advancing to the next round of the heavyweight tournament are Ben Edwards, Hesdy Gerges, Ismael Londt, Makoto Uehara, and Catalin Morosanu. Edwards was the only one of those fighters to finish his fight, it was a second round KO of Raul Catinas.

Pictures: K-1 Los Angeles

Scott Hirano was on hand at the K-1 event in Los Angeles to capture pictures of the night's action. The event featured some exciting fights. Enjoy the photos. 

To see more great fight photography make sure to like Scott Hirano’s official facebook page and follow him on twitter @ScottHirano. 

Results and Recap: K-1 Los Angeles Heavyweight GP

The first bout of the K-1 Heavyweight GP featured Seth Petruzelli and Xavier Vigney. Petruzelli did a good job of not letting Vigney used his long limbs early on, but it didn’t take long before Vigney found his mark. A right hand knocked down Petruzelli in the first and after answering the count another right knocked Petruzelli down again. It seemed Petruzelli didn’t beat the count but the bout continued into the second round. In the second round a short left from Vigney knocked Petruzelli down again. After answering the count a brief exchange ended with a knee up the middle from Vigney and Petruzelli went down again. The referee wasn’t going to count but Petruzelli would not get up. The KO win for Vigney came at 1:17 of the second round.

Rick Roufus and Mighty Mo, two veterans of the sport fought for three hard rounds. Mighty Mo was the aggressor as Roufus looked to use counter strikes. Roufus was able to avoid Mighty Mo’s big strikes and land some solid counter punches and kicks. In the end the judges awarded Roufus a split decision victory.

Pictures: Jack May training for fight with Jarrell Miller at K-1

On September 8th in Los Angeles, California K-1 will set off its Heavyweight Tournament where several of the world's top standup fighters will meet and vie for top spot in the world kickboxing.  Coming from a standup-based MMA career, Jack "The Outlaw" May looks to test his skill set against Jarrell Miller.  Training out of CSW in Fullerton, California, Jack trains under the guidance of Erik Paulson, the first American to ever win the World Light-Heavyweight Shooto Title in Japan. "The Outlaw" was a stand out basketball player in high school, which earned him a division 1 college scholarship. Off the court issues with fighting led the him to play for four different colleges and earning him his nickname. His fighting skills have led him to amass a 4-0 MMA record, providing his assured impact on the K-1 Heavyweight Tournament.

For more information on Jack May, be sure to check out his website, www.jackmaymma.com, and be sure to follow photographer Scott Hirano on Facebook.

K-1 announces match-ups for September 8th event in Los Angeles, CA

K-1 has officially announced the match-ups for their Heavyweight U.S. Grand Prix Championships and their U.S. K-1 Max GP along with four super fights for the September 8th event in Los Angeles, CA. The event will take place at the Los Angeles Sports Arena.

The Heavyweight GP features a mix of K-1 veterans and young up and coming fighters. The four match-ups for the Heavyweight GP are Mighty Mo vs. Rick Roufus, Seth Petruzelli vs. Xavier Vigney, Dewey Cooper vs. Randy Blake, and Jarrell Miller vs. Jack May.

Results and Recap: Friday Night Fights Sept. 16th event

by Peeloshmee Deonarain

Friday Night Fights Muay Thai kicked off the first of back-to-back events at the Broad Street Ballroom with their September 16th fight card, which featured five pro fights. The night's main event action was a bout between New York's Chris Kwiatkowski and Canada's Joe Marchand Tipping. Both fighters seemed equally matched in the ring, Kwiatkowski used his hands to do most of his damage, while Tipping used his kicks to score. The fight started off slow as both fighters felt each other out. Kwiatkowski clearly knew his hands were going to be key for him as he scored with them through out the bout, utilizing his reach to land his jab. Tipping was the smaller fighter of the two as he moved up a weight class to face Kwiatkowski, but clearly had no problem mixing it up with Kwiatkowski as he successfully implemented body kicks and leg kicks throughout the fight. In addition to landing his jab Kwiatkowski followed up with body kicks that successfully landed and in the end took home a unanimous decision win.

Jarrell Miller vs. Brian Collette to serve as co-main event at Take-On Productions "September Showdown"

Jarrell Miller of New York and Brian Collette of Virginia are set to face off as the co-main event at Take-On Productions "September Showdown" taking place on September 9th.

Both Miller and Collette will be making their professional Muay Thai debuts. Collette is a WKA champion and is undefeated in his amateur career. Miller, like Collette is also undefeated as an amateur and in addition holds a professional boxing record of 4-0. Miller holds victory over UFC veteran Pat Barry in the World Combat League.

The night's main event will feature a WKA title bout between Rami Ibrahim and Philippe Allaire Landerville.

Keep checking back here at Muay Thai Authority for all the latest new regarding Take-On Productions "September Showdown" as well as all your other Muay Thai news.