Showing posts with label Kengo Shimizu. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Kengo Shimizu. Show all posts

Sunday, September 29, 2013

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

Monday, September 23, 2013

Steve Wakeling out of Glory 10 middleweight tournament, Kengo Shimizu now set to face Joe Schilling

Late last week visa issues forced the UK's Jordan Watson out of his Glory 10 fight with Albert Kraus and now another one of the the UK's top names has fallen victim to visa issues. Steve Wakeling has been forced out of his fight against Joe Schilling in the semi-finals of the Glory middleweight four man tournament. Stepping in to replace Wakeling is Japan's Kengo Shimizu.

Shimizu was originally set to face Wayne Barrett in the tournament reserve bout, but now has the chance shock the world by officially being entered into the four man tournament. He will have his work cut out for him against Schilling, and a win over the Los Angeles based fighter should be considered an upset. 

With Shimizu now in the tournament, Barrett will face Rob Plotkin in the tournament reserve bout. Plotkin was last in action on the Glory 9 under card when he defeated Casey Greene by first round (T)KO.