Glory 24: Denver Fight Card

Glory 24 in Denver has had some major changes since it was initially announced. The main event was originally supposed to be the final bout in the trilogy between Joe Schilling and Artem Levin, but an elbow injury to Levin canceled those plans. Schilling will now face Jason Wilnis instead of Levin.

Wilnis was on a three fight win streak recently, that ended at Glory 20 when he lost a decision to Simon Marcus in the final of the Glory Middleweight Contender Tournament. Before his bout with Schiling he is scheduled to fight David Keclik on September 18 at FFC 19 in Austria.

Pat Barry was originally slated to fight as part of the co-main event on the card, but an injury has forced the former UFC fighter off as well. The bout would have been his second under Glory. Instead of Barry in action the co-main event will now feature Dustin Jacoby vs. Wayne Barrett. 

Jacoby is coming off a tournament win at Glory 23 in Las Vegas. Jacoby defeated Ariel Sepulveda and Casey Greene by KO on the night to win the tournament and end a four fight losing streak. Barrett will be looking to end a three fight skid when he meets Jacoby. He last competed in the middleweight contender tournament at Glory 20, where he lost in the tournament semi-finals to Simon Marcus by decision. Barrett found early success in his career going 5-0 with four of those wins coming by stoppage, but has not been able to break through against the top tier of the division when going the distance, all three of his recent losses have been by decision.

Glory 24 will also feature a Heavyweight Tournament. The semi-final match ups are Benjamin Adegbuyi vs. Mladen Brestovac and Ben Edwards vs. Jahfarr Wilnis.

Glory 24 takes place on October 9th in Denver, Colorado.

Fight Card:

Joe Schilling vs. Jason Wilnis

Dustin Jacoby vs. Wayne Barrett

Heavyweight Tournament Semi-Finals

Benjamin Adegbuyi vs. Mladen Brestovac

Ben Edwards vs. Jahfarr Wilnis

Legacy Kickboxing 1 Results

Legacy Kickboxing 1 took place last night, making their kickboxing debut. In the main event Cosmo Alexandre and Regian Eersel went toe to toe for three rounds. Earsel brought the fight to Cosmo and seemed he might have pulled out the decision, but the judges all scored the fight for Cosmo.

In the main event Pat Barry won a split decision over Demoreo Dennis. Barry seemed a bit tired later in the fight, but was able to keep firing when needed to secure the win. Marco Pique and Michael Corley met in a rematch of their 2011 fight. The rematch was all Pique, as he recorded a second win over Corley. After repeated knockdowns, the referee had seen enough in the final round when Corley was knocked down for the fourth time, giving way to the stoppage. Dominant win for Pique with a third round (T)KO.

In other bouts UFC veteran Miguel Torres lost his kickboxing debut by unanimous decision to Angel Huerta. Valentina Schevchenko out struck Lindsay Haycraft to take home a unanimous decision.

Results:

Cosmo Alexandre def. Regian Eersel via Unanimous Decision

Pat Barry def. Demoreo Dennis via Split Decision

Marco Pique def. Michael Corley via TKO Round 3

Angel Huerta def. Miguel Torres via Unanimous Decision

Valentina Schevchenko def. Lindsay Haycraft via Unanimous Decision

Alex Morono def. Lucas Pimenta via TKO in Round 1

Justin Reiswerg def. Will Morris via Unanimous Decision

Glory 20 Announced

Glory Sports International announces their 20th event set for Dubai. The kickboxing giant will make its way back to using international arenas after 4 consecutive USA events in Virginia, Oklahoma, California, and Colorado. This marks the first event for Glory in the Middle East martial arts hub of Dubai.

The main event features Mosab Amrani and Gabriel Varga, set to fight for the vacant featherweight title, Varga having won his shot at the title by winning the 4-man featherweight contender tournament at Glory 17. 

Pat Berry and Morad Bouzidi make up the co-main event.  Berry last competed for Glory against Zack Mwekassa, suffering a KO loss to the heavy handed boxer.  Bouzidi's last Glory appearance was against Randy Blake, taking a decision win over Blake.

Also set for Glory 20 is a 4-man middleweight contender tournament.  Jason Wilnis will face Alex Pereira and Wayne Barrett, Simon Marcus.  Wilnis last fought for Glory at their 18th event with a decision win over Barrett.  Pereira returns after dropping a decision to Artem Levin in the first round of Glory 17's Last Man Standing 4-man tournament.  Barrett looks to bounce back with a win after losses to Joe Schilling at Glory 17 and Jason Wilnis at Glory 18.  Marcus once again steps away from from regular competition in Muay to return to the Glory stage, last losing to Joe Schilling via KO.

Fight Card:

Main Card:

Gabriel Varga vs. Mosab Amrani

Pat Barry vs. Morad Bouzidi

4-Man Middleweight Tournament:

Jason Wilnis vs. Alex Pereira

Wayne Barrett vs. Simon Marcus

LK1 Fight Card

LK1 (Legacy Kickboxing 1) will take place Friday January 16th at the Bayou Music Center in Houston, TX. The event will be headlined by Brazilian power house Cosmo Alexandre vs. Regian Eersel. The co-main event will feature UFC veteran Pat Barry vs. Demoreo Dennis.

Alexandre was last in action this past November when he won the W5 Crossroad of Times one night tournament. Alexandre has fought for Legacy's MMA promotion in the past, but has consistently fought in both MMA, Muay Thai, and Kickboxing the past few years.

UFC veteran Pat Barry made a return to Kickboxing last year. A fan favorite during his UFC tenure, Barry always excited with his go for broke style.

The remainder of the fight card will feature veteran fighters from around the world, including Michael Corley vs. Marco Pique, and Valentina Schlevchenko vs. Lindsay Haycraft. UFC veteran Miguel Torres will also be making his Kickboxing debut against Angel Huerta.

LK1 will air live on AXS TV on Friday January 16, 2015.

Fight Card:

Televised
Cosmo Alexandre vs. Regian Eersel
Pat Barry vs. Demoreo Dennis
Angel Huerta vs. Miguel Torres
Michael Corley vs. Marco Pique
Valentina Schlevchenko vs. Lindsay Haycraft
Alex Morono vs. Lucas Pimenta
Justin Reiswerg vs. Will Morris

Pro Not Televised
Shannon Morton vs. Colbey Northcutt
Patrick Hutton vs. RJ Knepp

Amateur
Leizel Beliso vs. Bi Nguyen
Aaron Lehenbauer vs. Sam Mongonia
Greg Sanzo vs. EJ Turner
Jacon Rodriguez vs. Roceal Houston

Pat Barry vs. Demoreo Dennis set for Legacy Kickboxing 1

Legacy Kickboxing will enter the Kickboxing scene in January of 2015 and have recently begun to announced their fight card. The already confirmed bouts are Cosmo Alexandre vs. Regian Eersel, Valentina Shevchenko vs. Lindsay Haycraft, and Marco Pique vs. Michael Corley. Legacy has now added UFC and Glory veteran Pat Barry to the line up as he will take on Demoreo Dennis.

Barry returned to the Kickboxing circuit after focusing on MMA for a few years. Since his return to Kickboxing he has gone 1-1. He defeated Ed Burris in his first fight back at CSC 39, while losing by KO to Zack Mwekassa at Glory16 in his most recent fight. 

Legacy continues to announce fights for it's first ever Kickboxing even and it is starting to shape into a solid fight card. Keep checking back here as we will have the latest from Legacy.

Fight Card:

Cosmo Alexandre vs. Regian Eersel

Valentina Shevechenko vs. Lindsay Haycraft

Marco Pique vs. Michael Corley

Pat Barry vs. Demoreo Dennis

Glory 16 Results

Glory 16 took place last night in Denver, CO and featured a 4-man heavyweight contender tournament as well as the Glory Welterweight Championship title fight. Fighting for the welterweight title were Marc De Bonte and Karapet Karapetyan. Unlike most Glory fights the title bout was five rounds and when it was all over De Bonte was standing a top of the welterweight division as the new champion after taking home a close split decision. De Bonte was originally set to face Nieky Holzken for the title, but Holzken was forced to withdraw from the bout. We can most likely expect to see De Bonte’s first title defense be against Holzken.

In the 4-man heavyweight tournament Errol Zimmerman proved to be too much for the opposition as he scored (T)KO’s over both the men he faced on the night. In the tournament semi-finals he made quick work of Australian Ben Edwards and in the tournament final he stopped Anderson Silva. The tournament win is a nice way for Zimmerman to throw his name back in the mix for title contention after having suffered a KO loss to Daniel Ghita at Glory 13.

Pat Barry made his Glory debut on the night and boy was it exciting, although not in favor of Barry. Zack Mwekassa welcomed Barry to the Glory ring with heavy punches and scored a monstrous KO in the first round. First Mwekassa hurt Barry on the feet forcing the former UFC fighter to take a knee, when the fight resumed Mwekassa was on the attack and a vicious left uppercut flattened Barry out. It was a brutal knockout and nice win for Zack Mwekassa.

Some big fights also took place on the undercard, Raymond Daniels scored a highlight reel knockout of Francois Ambgang with a spinning heel kick and Artem Levin scored a decision victory over young Canadian Robert Thomas.

Results:

Glory Heavyweight 4-Man Tournament Semi-Finals
Errol Zimmerman def. Ben Edwards via (T)KO in Rd. 1
Anderson Silva def. Sergey Kharitonov via Unanimous Decision

Glory Heavyweight 4-Man Tournament Final
Errol Zimmerman def. Anderson Silva via (T)KO in Rd. 1

Glory Welterweight Title Fight
Marc De Bonte def. Karapet Karapetyan via Split Decision

Super Fights
Zack Mwekassa def. Pat Barry via KO in Rd. 1
Raymond Daniels def. Francois Ambang via KO in Rd. 1
Artem Levin def. Robert Thomas via Unanimous Decision
Benjamin Adegbuyi def. Daniel Sam via (T)KO in Rd. 2
Josh Jauncey def. Warren Stevelmans via Unanimous Decision
Artem Vakhitov def. Igor Jurkovic via Unanimous Decision
Jamal Ben Saddik def. Nicolas Wamba via (T)KO in Rd. 2

Glory 16 Denver Fight Card

Glory Sports International announces the full Glory 16 bout card. The event returns to the states, set for Denver, Colorado, May 3rd.  The card includes Glory's regular format of main card bouts, a 4-man tournament, and a list of superfights.

Nieky Holzken returns to the ring to defend his Glory Welterweight World Championship Title against the formidable Marc De Bonte. De Bonte is a long time veteran of the sport with nearly one hundred fights and only 9 losses. 

Pat Barry, known for fighting in the UFC, makes his Glory debut and a return to his kickboxing roots. He faces Zack Mwekassa in a bout that will no doubt initiate a strong impression of Barry's return to the ring.

Also featured in the event is a 4-man heavyweight contender tournament, which includes Anderson Silva vs. Sergey Kharitonov and Ben Edwards vs. Errol Zimmerman.

Fight Card:

Nieky Holzken vs. Marc de Bonte.

Pat Barry vs. Zack Mwekassa

4-Man Tournament:

Anderson Silva vs. Sergey Kharitonov

Ben Edwards vs. Errol Zimmerman

Superfights:

Benjamin Adegbuyi vs. Daniel Sam

Igor Jurkovic vs. Artem Vakhitov

Raymond Daniels vs. Francois Ambang