Glory 15 Results and Recap

Glory 15 took place earlier today in Istanbul, Turkey and fans were excited for the Glory Light Heavyweight Tournament. Tyrone Spong, Gokhan Saki, and Nathan Corbett were the big draws with Saulo Cavalari looking to cement his name among the best fighters in the world.

The semi-final bouts saw Spong and Cavalari fight three hard rounds. Spong was awarded the decision win, but Cavalari showed the world he was not someone to be taken lightly. The other semi-final bout came to a shocking end when Gokhan Saki scored a (T)KO over Nathan Corbett in the first round. A big left hook from Saki connected and Corbett was soon covered in blood from his ear.

The final of the tournament unfortunately was not what fans were looking for. Before things could heat up between Saki and Spong a gruesome injury took place. Spong threw a low kick which Saki lifted his leg to check and Spong’s leg snapped and he fell backwards to the canvas. With the injury Saki won the Light Heavyweight Tournament and was crowned the Glory Light Heavyweight Champion.

In other action on the night Robin van Roosmalen and Marat Grigorian fought a hard close fight that went to van Roosmalen although a case could be made that Grigorian should have gotten the win. Danyo Ilunga also scored a big knockout over Romanian Andrei Stoica in the first round of their bout. A counter right from Ilunga dropped Stoica who in return could not answer the referee’s count. A solid win for Ilunga against a name like Stoica.

Results:

Glory Light Heavyweight Tournament Semi-Final Bouts
Gokhan Saki def. Nathan Corbett via (T)KO in Rd. 1
Tyrone Spong def. Saulo Cavalari via Decision

Glory Light Heavyweight Tournament Final Bout
Gokhan Saki def. Tyrone Spong via (T)KO (Injury) in Rd. 1

Super Fights
Danyo Ilunga def. Andrei Stoica via KO in Rd. 1
Robin van Roosmalen def. Marat Grigorian via Decision
Hedsy Gerges def. Jhnota Diniz via (T)KO in Rd. 2
Mourad Bouzidi def. Randy Blake via Decision  

Filip Verlinden def. Israel Adesanya via Decision
Jonatan Oliveira def. Atakan Arslan via Decision
Niclas Larsen def. Steve Moxon via (T)KO in Rd. 2
Yodkhunpon Sitmonchai def. Raz Sarkisjan via Decision

Glory 15 Full Fight Card

Glory Sports International puts forward Glory 15, set for Ülker Sports Arena in Istanbul, Turkey. The event will be headlined by a lightweight bout in Robin Van Roosmalen vs. Marat Grigorian.  Van Roosmalen last fought in Glory 12's 4-Man Lightweight tournament, suffering a KO loss to Andy Ristie. Marat Grigorian makes his second Glory appearance, with a win over Alex Vogel and a No Contest against Chingiz Allazov. Grigorian would go ahead and avenge the NC ruling by defeating Allazov in a subsequent bout under the Victory banner.

Also on the card is a 4-man heavyweight tournament with fighters Tyrone Spong vs. Saulo Cavalari and Gokhan Saki vs. Nathan Corbett. All 4 fighters have proven the power and willingness to exchange, which all but guarantees the intensity of any matchup between them.

Fight Card:

Robin Van Roosmalen vs. Marat Grigorian

Danyo Ilunga vs. Andrei Stoica

4-Man Tournament:

Tyrone Spong vs. Saulo Cavalari

Gokhan Saki vs. Nathan Corbett

Superfights:

Jhonata Diniz vs. Hesdy Gerges

Brian Collette vs. Mourad Bouzidi

Filip Verlinden vs. TBA

Atakan Arslan vs. Jonatan Oliveira

Niclas Larsen vs. Steve Moxon

Yodkhunpon Sitmonchai vs. Raz Sarkisjan

Total Carnage IV Results and Recap

Total Carnage IV took place last night in Queensland, Australia. The main event featured Nathan Corbett vs. Henriques Zowa. It was Corbett's first fight since his knockout loss to Tyrone Spong at Glory 11. It didn't take long for Corbett to get into a rhythm as he delivered a steady dose of leg kicks to Zowa. In the second round Corbett opened up with his elbows eventually landing one flush down the middle that forced the stoppage when Zowa was not responsive to the referee.

In other action Michael Thompson dropped a split decision to Thai fighter Ghot Seur Noi, Rhyse Saliba scored a second round (T)KO over Henare Redden, and Marco Tentori out pointed Frank Giorgi en route to a unanimous decision victory.

Results:

Nathan Corbett def. Henriques Zowa via (T)KO in Rd. 2

Ghot Seur Noi def. Michael Thompson via Split Decision

Marco Tentori def. Frank Giorgi via Unanimous Decision

Rhyse Saliba def. Henare Redden via (T)KO (Knee) in Rd. 2

Ra Redden def. Nick Allen via (T)KO in Rd. 2

Glory 11 Results and Recap

Glory 11 took place tonight at the Sears Center in Chicago, IL and it did not disappoint. The Glory 4-Man heavyweight tournament took place and it was full of surprises. In the first semi-final bout tournament favorite Gokhan Saki was defeated by Rico Verhoeven by majority decision. Verhoeven scored a flash knockdown over Saki in the first round, which Saki protested and even pushed the referee. The fight continued and despite Saki trying to rally Verhoeven did a good job surviving a barrage from Saki and controlling the fight on his way to one of the biggest wins of his career.

In the other semi-final bout Daniel Ghita ran through Anderson Silva after a huge right hook put Silva’s lights out in the first round.

In the tournament final Verhoeven used leg kicks to outpoint Ghita and take home a unanimous decision. It was easily the biggest win of Verhoeven’s career as he beat two of the best heavyweights in the world to capture the Glory tournament victory.

The highly anticipated re-match between Tyrone Spong and Nathan Corbett lived up to expectations. Both men came out throwing heavy punches and kicks and neither was backing down. Despite both fighters throwing heavy shots their technique was crisp. Spong struck first when a left near the end of the first round seemed to rock Corbett, but he made it out of the round. In the second round Spong struck fast as a short left hook knocked Corbett down. Corbett beat the referee’s count and both men went back to throwing heavy leather and moments later another left hook dropped Corbett. The referee began his count and Corbett got back to his feet, when the referee asked if Corbett was okay to continue it seemed Corbett was slow to respond and the referee stopped the fight. Corbett didn’t agree as he stated he was able to continue.

In the night’s co-main event Joseph Valtellini and Karim Ghajji went toe to toe for three rounds. Both fighters were technical and accurate with their attacks, but Valtellini seemed to be landing the cleaner shots more often. As the third round was winding down a spinning back fist by Valtellini rocked Ghajji and Valtellini pounced. The referee jumped in and gave Ghajji a standing eight count. When the fight resumed Valtellini went on the attack and Ghajji was clearly hurt. A head kick from Valtellini connected and the referee stepped in to stop the bout, huge win for Valtellini.

Results:

Glory 4-Man Heavyweight Tournament Semi-Final
Rico Verhoeven def. Gokhan Saki via Majority Decision
Daniel Ghita def. Anderson Silva via KO in Rd. 1

Glory 4-Man Heavyweight Tournament Final
Rico Verhoeven def. Daniel Ghita via Unanimous Decision

Glory 4-Man Heavyweight Tournament Reserve Bout
Errol Zimmerman def. Hesdy Gerges via (T)KO in Rd. 3

Super Fights
Tyrone Spong def. Nathan Corbett via KO in Rd. 2
Joseph Valtellini def. Karim Ghajji via (T)KO in Rd. 3

Under Card
Sergei Kharitonov def. Daniel Sam via Unanimous Decision
Danyo Ilunga def. Michael Duut via (T)KO in Rd. 1
Saulo Cavalair def. Filip Verlinden via Unanimous Decision
Steve Moxon def. Reece McAllister via KO in Rd. 3
Gabriel Varga def. Jose Palacios via Unanimous Decision
Troy Sheridan def. Michael Mananquil via Unanimous Decision
Maurice Greene def. Yang Rae Yoo via Unanimous Decision
Aaron Swenson def. Billy Rose via KO in Rd. 2
Kyle Weickhardt def. Quartus Stitt via Unanimous Decision
Ian Alexander def. Austin Lewis via Split Decision
Axel Mendez def. Jordan Weiland via Unanimous Decision

Tyrone Spong vs. Nathan Corbett and more confirmed for Glory 11 in Chicago

It was known that Glory was headed to Chicago, IL with Glory 11, but now Glory has released some info as to who will be in action at the event. Glory 11 will take place October 12th at the Sears Center Arena and mark Glory's live Spike TV debut.

The event will feature a one night four man heavyweight tournament featuring Gokhan Saki (79-16-1), Rico Verhoeven (40-7-1), Daniel Ghita (48-9), and Anderson Silva (36-9-1). The winner of the tournament will take home $250,000.

Also on the fight card is a highly anticipated re-match between Tyrone Spong (72-6-1) and Nathan Corbett (57-3-1). In 2009 Spong and Corbett fought to a controversial no contest at Champion of Champions 2 in 2009. In an exciting fight Spong drew first blood knocking down Corbett in the second round with a right hook. In the third round a short right from Corbett put Spong flat on his back, after Spong made it back up to wobbly feet the referee waived the bout off. Corbett either didn't see the waving off of the fight or thought it meant to resume fighting and he rushed in to finish the fight knocking down Spong again. The fight was then ruled a no contest.

Joseph Valtellini (10-1) will also be taking a huge step up in competition as he takes on Karim Ghajji (85-8-1). Valtellini has looked impressive in his two fights for Glory finishing both Murat Direkci and Francois Ambang in the third round. Ghajji will be looking to rebound from his loss to Nieky Holzken due to a cut at Glory 6.

Fight Card:

Tyrone Spong vs. Nathan Corbett

Joseph Valtellini vs. Karim Ghajji

Four Man Heavyweight Tournament

Gokhan Saki vs. Rico Verhoeven

Daniel Ghita vs. Anderson Silva

Nathan Corbett vs. Steve McKinnon set for Total Carnage II

The most anticipated re-match in Australia is set to take place in less than eight days at Total Carnage II. Nathan “Carnage” Corbett and Steve McKinnon will meet on September 1st at the Gold Coast Convention & Exhibition Centre in Queensland, Australia.
 

Corbett and McKinnon are two of the worlds best Heavyweights. McKinnon will be looking to avenge his loss to Corbett, which came in the fourth round of their 2006 fight after the doctor stopped the fight due to cuts. There had been much debate since their first bout as to when the re-match would happen, but regardless of the six years it took for this re-matched to be booked this fight is expected to be nothing but fireworks.

Results and Recap: Total Carnage; Nathan Corbett goes the distance with Stephane Susperregui

Total Carnage took place in Australia today, in the night’s main event Nathan Corbett defended his WKN world title against Stephane Susperregui of France. Corbett is known for finishing his opponents, 42 of his 53 professional wins have come via (T)KO. Susperregui, however, proved to be tougher than most thought and he took the man known as “Carnage” the distance. Despite his efforts, Susperregui came up short as Corbett won the bout via decision.

In the night’s co-main event Frank Giorgi returned to action after having lost to Buakaw in the Thai Fight tournament finals this past December. Giorgi won a WKN world title by defeating Sweeden’s Tobias Alexandersson by decision.

Another fight of interest on the card was Kym Johnson, who was looking to bounce back after a loss to Mostafa Abdollahi at Knees of Fury 36 this past February. Johnson defeated Brett Witton to get back on the winning track.

Results and Recap: Muaythai Premier League "Blood & Steel"

The third leg of the Muaythai Premier League (MPL) took place on November 6th in The Hauge, Netherlands. The event dubbed "Blood & Steel" once again featured some of the best fighters in the world including Nathan Crobett, Julie Kitchen, Nieky Hozlken, Marco Pique, Ky Hollenbeck, Yohan Lidon and Artem Levin.

American Ky Hollenbeck is the lone American representative in the league portion of the MPL, his opponent for the night was Dutch fighter Nieky Holzken. Hollenbeck has faced tough competition all year and each time out he was considered the underdog. After his win in October over the UK's Jordan Watson the talks were no longer about Hollenbeck being able to hang with the elite, but if his opponents could figure out how to beat him. Holzken had the answer, he made sure to make Hollenbeck pay for the few mistakes he made. Hollenbeck was competitive in the fight, but the few mistakes he made ended up costing him dearly against Holzken.

Pictures: MPL "Blood & Steel" weigh-ins

The weigh-ins for the Muaythai Premier League's (MPL) "Blood & Steel" are complete. The event will take place on November 6th in Holland and will feature some of the best fighters from around the world. Nathan Corbett, Julie Kitchen, Artem Levin, Simon Marcus, Ky Hollenbeck, Nieky Holzken and Marco Pique will all be in action. Below are pictures by Scott Hirano of the weigh-ins for "Blood & Steel".

Fight Card for MPL's "Baptism by Fire" event on November 6th

The MuayThai Premier League's (MPL) third event "Baptism by Fire" will be held in Hague, Netherlands on November 6th. The league bouts will once again be the focus of the event which will feature fighters such as Julie Kitchen, Yohan Lidon, Nieky Holzken, Ky Hollenbeck and Nathan Corbett. In addition two super fights will take place featuring two league fighters, Simon Marcus will take on Aussi and Marco Pique will take on Ali Gunyar.

The league format works much like a soccer league. The fighters get 3 points for a KO win, 2 points for a decision win, 1 point for a draw and 0 points for a loss. There are two groups A and B, a fighter must fight everyone in their group once and then the two fighters with the highest totals in each group will face off with the winners of groups A and B then fighting in the finals. There are a total of five weight classes that are part of the league format and in the end a five champions will be crowned.

Video: Nathan Corbett talks about his TKO win over Tomas Hron at the MPL's "Stars and Stripes"

Pictures: Muaythai Premier League "Stars and Stripes"

Muay Thai Authority's Scott Hirano was on hand as the Muaythai Premier League's official photographer for their "Stars and Stripes" event which took place Friday, September 2nd. The photo set includes photography from some of the weeks workouts, press conference and the event. Enjoy.

Results and recap: Muaythai Premier League "Stars and Stripes"

Long Beach, CA -- On Friday September 2nd the Muaythai Premier League hosted the biggest Muay Thai event to hit North American soil. Buakaw, Julie Kitchen, Nathan Corbett and many other top international talents showcased their skills on the event. The night's main event featured Buakaw Por. Pramuk against Warren Stevelmans.

Buakaw came out to loud cheers from the fans and he did not disappoint. Buakaw started off slow in the first round as he felt out his opponent, but began to pick the pace up in the second round. Leg kicks and knees to the body started to pay dividends and as the rounds passed you could see Stevelmans begin to slow down. Buakaw began to unleash with a variety of strikes as elbows, knees, punches and kicks all connected with ease. In the fourth round a push kick knocked a fatigued Stevelmans down and the referee stopped the fight. There was some protest from Stevelmans, but the ref had seen enough and Buakaw claimed the WMC junior middleweight title with the fourth round stoppage. It was an exciting fight by the Thai star and a treat for the fans in attendance.

Results and live play by play for the Muaythai Premier League's "Stars and Stripes"

Tonight the Muaythai Premier League (MPL) will take place and some of the best fighters in the world will make their American debuts. The MPL's "Stars and Stripes" event is stacked from top to bottom with names such as Buakaw, Nathan Corbett, Julie Kitchen, Artem Levin, Simon Marcus and many more. The event will take place at the Walter Pyramid in Long Beach, CA as well as stream live on www.GFL.tv. For those that can't make it to the event or catch the PPV stream on-line. They can follow our live play by play by following Muay Thai Authority on twitter @MuayThaiAuth and on our official facebook page.

Pictures: Muaythai Premier League weigh-ins

Muay Thai Authority's Scott Hirano has been on hand as the official fight photographer for the Muaythai Premier Leauge (MPL). Today he captured the fighter weigh-ins for the MPL, the "Stars and Stripes", the event features a who's who of Muay Thai talent and takes place Friday Sept. 2nd at The Pyramid in Long Beach, CA.

Predictions for the Muay Thai Premier League's "Stars and Stripes"

With a stacked fight card set for the Muay Thai Premier League's "Stars and Stripes" event this Friday it is once again time for predictions. All of the fights on this card have potential to be the fight of the night. Most Muay Thia fans in America probably never thought they would get to see great fighters such as Buakaw, Julie Kitchen, Artem Levin, or Nathan Corbett fight live, let alone see all of them on one card unless they took a trip out of the country. Below are Muay Thai Authority's predictions for the Muay Thai Premier Leagues "Stars and Stripes" event.

MPL open workout at Sityodtong to feature Buakaw, Yodsanklai, Corbett, Holzken, Kitchen and more

In addition to the open workout held at Boxing Works in Hermosa Beach, CA today, the MPL has added an additional workout scheduled for Tuesday at Sityodtong LA. The workout is scheduled to start at 7pm PT/10pm ET and will once again feature fighters such as Buakaw, Yodsanklai, Nathan Corbett, Julie Kitchen and Nieky Holzken to name a few.

Sityodtong is located at 3636 E. Colorado Blvd. Pasadena, CA. Once again the workout will be open to the public so fans and media that were not able to head out to Boxing Works on Monday have another chance to see the fighters working out before their fights at the MPL's "Stars and Stripes" event taking place on Friday September 2nd.

MPL open workout to feature Buakaw, Yodsanklai, Corbett, Kitchen and many more

Buakaw Por. Pramuk, Nathan Corbett, Julie Kitchen and the rest of the competitors for the MPL's "Stars and Stripes" event arrived in California this past Saturday. For fans looking to get a sneak peak of the Muay Thai superstars before their fights this Friday at the MPL's "Stars and Stripes", they will have the opportunity on Monday August 29th.

An open workout is being held by the MPL at Boxing Works in Hermosa Beach, CA. Buakaw, Yodsanklai, Julie Kitchen, Nathan Corbett, Marco Pique, Simon Marcus various others will be on hand to do a light workout. The event is open to the public, fans and media will have the opportunity to get a look at the Muay Thai superstars before Friday's fights. Boxing Works in Hermosa Beach is located at 307 Pacific Coast Highway and the workout is currently schedule to start at 1pm PT. 

Fight card announced for the Muaythai Premier League's "Stars & Stripes" event

The time that most Muay Thai fans have been waiting for has finally arrived. The fight card for the Muaythai Premier League's September 2nd "Stars & Stripes" event has been announced. "Stars & Stripes" will take place at the Walter Pyramid in Long Beach, CA and as many already know there are going to be several high profile Muay Thai fighters from across the globe on the card, however, this is one of the greatest Muay Thai cards ever announced. The fight card is stacked from top to bottom as many of these fights could serve as main events on any other fight card.