ACB KB 3 Results: Albert Kraus and Jhonata Diniz victorious

ACB KB 3 took place this on Friday in Romania and featured the final of their 95 + kg tournament as well as a slew of super fights.

In the tournament final Brazil's Jhonata Diniz walked away the winner with a nasty knockout over Valentin Slavikovski. The fight ended early in the first round when Diniz connected with a left hook. Slavikovksi attempted to recover, but the referee waived the fight off.

In other action Albert Kraus won a decision over Marius Tita. With the win Kraus has now won three consecutive fights. Tarik Khavavez defeated Sebastian Cioubanu by decision and Husni Begiri scored a first round knockout over veteran Warren Stevelmans.

Results:

Jhonata Diniz def. Valentin Slavikovski via KO in Rd. 1

Albert Kraus def. Marius Tita via Unanimous Decision

Tarik Khababez def. Sebastian Ciobanu via Unanimous Decision

Umar Paskhaev def. Marius Tolea via Unanimous Decision

Parviz Abdullayev def. Haris Ferizovic via Unanimous Decision

Sergei Braun def. Dorin Stan via Unanimous Decision

Jamie Bates def. Pavel Turk via Unanimous Decision

Husni Begiri def. Warren Stevelmans via KO in Rd. 1

Sorin Tanasie def. Szilagy Aron via Unanimous Decision

Zahid Zairov def. Lom Ali Eskiev via Unanimous Decision

Fluerasu Dragos def. Mansur Vaduev via Unanimous Decision

Bekhan Evsultanov and Eugen Dragomir ends in a Draw

Robert Stoica def. Salamu Dzhamalkhanov via (T)KO in Rd. 2

Sebastian Cozmanca def. Cosmin Joltea via Unanimous Decision

2 more fights confirmed for Glory 12 including Joe Schilling vs. Wayne Barrett headliner

Glory has confirmed two more fights for Glory 12 in New York. The night's headlining bout has been confirmed as Joe Schilling vs. Wayne Barrett, the other super fight announced is a heavyweight clash between Jhonata Diniz and Igor Jurkovic.

Schilling and Barrett were both last in action at Glory 10. Schilling won the Glory middleweight tournament with victories over Kengo Shimizu and Artem Levin while Barrett won his tournament reserve bout over Robby Plotkin. This fight will be very interesting, both fighters move well in the ring and have good boxing skills. A win for Barrett would sky rocket his already rising stock.

Glory 12 takes place November 23rd in New York, NY and will air on Spike TV.

 

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

Joe Schillling vs. Wayne Barrett

Jamal Ben Saddik vs. Ben Edwards

Igor Jurkovic vs. Jhonata Diniz

Eddie Walker vs. Francois Ambang 

Brian Collette vs. Warren Thompson

Artem Vakhitov vs. Nenad Pagonis

Dustin Jacoby vs. Makoto Uehara

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

Jhonata Diniz replaces Fabiano Aoki against Daniel Ghita in opening round of Glory Grand Slam

Daniel Ghita was set to face Fabiano Aoki in the Glory Heavyweight Grand Slam taking place on December 31st in Japan, but Aoki has been forced to withdraw from the tournament due to a torn knee ligament Stepping in to replace Aoki is Jhonata Diniz from Brazil. Diniz will have a stiff test in front of him and will have to also overcome a huge experience gap. Diniz has nine pro fights compared to Ghita's 51.

Below is the official press release from Glory regarding the replacement of Fabiano Aoki.

DANIEL GHITA GETS NEW OPPONENT
FOR FIRST ROUND OF
GLORY 4 TOKYO – HEAVYWEIGHT GRAND SLAM
NEW YEAR’S EVE TOURNAMENT

FABIANO CYCLONE INJURED, JHONATA DINIZ STEPS UP
FOR BIGGEST OPPORTUNITY OF HIS YOUNG CAREER

TWO SUPERFIGHTS ALSO ADDED TO THE
NEW YEAR’S EVE MEGA-CARD

TOKYO, Japan (Dec. 19, 2012) - Brazilian heavyweight upstart Jhonata Diniz (7-2) has been given the opportunity of a lifetime after being brought in to the GLORY 4 Tokyo - Heavyweight Grand Slam event as a replacement for an injured Fabiano ‘Cyclone’ Aoki, and will take on superstar Daniel Ghita (44-7-0, 34 KO’s) in the opening round of the one-night, 16-man elimination tournament at Saitama Super Arena on New Year’s Eve.

The switch was confirmed by Glory Sports International yesterday following Cyclone’s withdrawal from the event due to a torn ligament sustained in his left knee during a recent sparring practice with fellow Japanese heavyweight Koichi. Cyclone did not want to withdraw from the tournament, but doctors told him it would not be feasible for him to attempt to fight with such an injury.

“Naturally we are disappointed to see Fabiano Cyclone withdraw from this tournament. He has a crowd-pleasing style and we were looking forward to seeing him perform in front of his home fans. Such injuries are sometimes a side-effect of the hard training these fighters go through and we wish him a speedy recovery,” says Glory Sports International CEO Marcus Luer.

“His replacement is Jhonata Diniz, a young fighter from the famous fighting Brazilian city of Curitiba. He exemplifies that city’s infamously aggressive martial arts style and, from what we saw of his organization debut at GLORY 2 Brussels earlier this year, I think it’s safe to say that the crowd will definitely be entertained by what he brings to the ring.

“He’s facing Ghita first, and Ghita is second-favorite to win the tournament. It’s a tall order, but Diniz didn’t hesitate to accept; he says is very much looking forward to the challenge.”

Interestingly, Cyclone is half-Brazilian, with one of his parents coming from the same Brazilian city - Belem - that is home to the former UFC light-heavyweight champion Lyoto Machida, who is also half-Japanese, half-Brazilian. So it is fitting that it is a Brazilian that has replaced him, albeit one from a different city.

Curitiba is well known in the martial arts world as being the home of the famed Chute Boxe team which dominated PRIDE FC and produced legendary names such as Wanderlei Silva, Anderson Silva and Mauricio ‘Shogun’ Rua.

Diniz came up through the Thai Boxe team, Chute Boxe’s main rival for dominance on the regional Muay Thai and kickboxing circuit. Curitiba teams seem to have developed a super-aggressive, almost reckless fighting style, either independently or as a response to each other continuously upping the ante. Diniz’s past fights confirm this, displaying at times almost a complete disregard for his own safety as he looks to finish his opponents.

He recently moved to the Netherlands to pursue his training and has been taken under the wing of the accomplished Cor Hemmers and his son Nicky Hemmers. According to the elder Hemmers, “Diniz is going to become a serious force to be reckoned with over the next few years and this tournament will be the start of that journey.”

Two other matches have also been confirmed for the GLORY event on New Year’s Eve. A 187 pound/85 kilogram match between Toshio Matsumoto (37-9-6,1NC, 30 KO’s) and Jason ‘Tyson’ Wilnis (18-2-1) forms one of the evening’s Superfights and sees the more experienced Matsumoto taking on a 22-year old who is nicknamed ‘Tyson’ for a reason. Wilnis - younger brother of fellow professional Jaffar - has been knocking all comers out on his way to the big show and will be looking to shine in Japan.

The second match sees 21-year old Mutsuki ‘Double Dragon’ Ebata putting his impressive 16-1-1 record on the line against Korean opponent Sang-Jae Kim at 117 pounds/53 kilograms.

'GSI presents DREAM 18 and GLORY 4 Tokyo - New Year's Eve Special' is a double-header mega-event which will provide a dynamite ending to the 2012 fighting calendar. The first half consists of the DREAM 18 mixed martial arts event while the latter half is the biggest stand-up fighting event in history. ‘GLORY 4 Tokyo - Heavyweight Grand Slam’ features 16 heavyweight strikers in a one-night elimination tournament to determine which of them is the best.

Among those participating in the heavyweight tournament are world No. 1 ranked Semmy Schilt (39-6, 18 KO's), Remy Bonjasky (77-14, 40 KO's), Peter Aerts (104-30-1, 78 KO's), Gokhan Saki (77-15, 53 KO's), Daniel Ghita (44-7, 34 KO's), Errol Zimmerman (76-16-1, 41 KO's), Anderson 'Braddock' Silva (32-8-1, 22 KO's) and Sergei Kharitonov (22-7, 12 KO's).

The winner of the tournament will take home a Grand Prize of $400,000, and a total of $600,000 in prize money will be awarded to tournament participants.

Visit www.gloryworldseries.com for more information.

About GLORY:

The GLORY World Series (www.gloryworldseries.com) is the world's premier martial arts stand-up fighting league, staging events across the globe and offering up to $1,000,000 in prize money to the winners of 16-man 'Grand Slam' tournaments, which are open to only the best fighters in each weight class. The fight series also includes 8-man 'Slam' tournaments and events with traditional, single bouts.

With television deals spanning every continent, plus a groundbreaking online video streaming system and the world's largest online martial arts library, GLORY is one of the world's most widely-broadcast sporting organizations.

Owned and operated by Glory Sports International (GSI), the organization has offices in Holland, the UK, Tokyo, Thailand, Malaysia and Singapore. Its personnel includes a diverse mix of award-winning hedge-fund and private equity investors; principals from pioneering sports marketing agency Total Sport Asia; and senior level executives from several leading sports franchises, including WWE, FIFA, Golden Glory, Champions League and It's Showtime.