Bellator 142 Dynamite Results: Cavalari edges Mwekassa to win Glory Light Heavyweight Title

The co-promoted event between Glory Kickboxing and Bellator MMA featured Kickboxing bouts and MMA bouts. The arena featured a ring and a cage set up. The main event for the Kickboxing portion featured Saulo Cavalari vs. Zack Mwekassa for the vacant light heavyweight championship.

Cavalari had already defeated Mwekassa by KO with a high kick in November of 2014. Kicks would be a huge part of Cavalari's game plan as he came out looking to punish Mwekassa's legs with kicks, while keeping his guard high to defend against Mwekassa's powerful punches. In the second round a high kick from Cavalari connected and sent Mwekassa down, but the referee ruled it a slip rather than a knockdown. Mwekassa looked to punish Cavalari throughout the fight by going to the body with heavy punches, and showed improved kick defense in this bout. 

Most fans were expecting this one to end with a knockout, but both men withstood the heavy strikes from the other and the bout when to the judges score cards after five rounds. Cavalari was declared the winner by majority decision with two judges awarding him the fight 48-46 and the third judge scoring the bout a draw 47-47.

Paul Daley and Francisco Gonzalez were the co-main event in the kickboxing portion of the show. Both fighters came out and put on a show. Daley started the fight of with a kick heavy attack, but Gonzalez was more than happy to counter with punches. They both mixed up their attacks nicely between the head and body. The fight was close, but the judges awarded Daley the win by unanimous decision. With the win Daley has now won seven consecutive Kickboxing bouts.

Bellator 142 Dynamite Kickboxing Results:

Saulo Cavalari def. Zack Mwekassa via Majority Decision to win Glory Light Heavyweight Title

Paul Daley def. Fernando Gonzalez via Unanimous Decision

Keri Anne Taylor-Melendez def. Hadley Griffith via Unanimous Decision

Serhiy Adamchuck def. Anvar Boynazarov via Unanimous Decision

Jose Palacios def. T.J. Arcangel via Split Decision

Paul Daley vs. Fernando Gonzalez set for Kickboxing bout at Bellator 142: Dynamite

Paul Daley has been confirmed to be fighting in a Kickboxing bout for Glory at Bellator 142: Dynamite for quite some time now, however, no opponent had been announced. Glory Welterweight Champion Nieky Holzken issued a challenge Daley a few weeks prior to winning his title at Glory 23 this past weekend and it got fans talking about the potential match up. Yesterday the plans for the Holzken vs. Daley match up were squashed when it was announced that Daley would be facing Fernando Gonzalez. 

Daley is no stranger to the Kickboxing ring as he spent most of 2014 competing in the sport. Daley has amassed a 20-3 record in Kickboxing with 14 of those wins coming by knockout.Like Daley, Gonzalez is no stranger to striking only, he has competed in Muay Thai for WCK Muay Thai and has also done his fair share of boxing.

This is the fourth Kickboxing bout confirmed for the event and joins the two title fights already scheduled for the event of Saulo Cavalari vs. Zack Mwekassa and Gabriel Varga vs. Serhiy Adamchuck.

Bellator 142: Dynamite will take place on September 19 at the SAP Center in San Jose, CA. The event will feature both MMA and Kickboxing bouts with a cage and a ring set up at the venue.

Fight Card:

Saulo Cavalari vs. Zack Mwekassa for Glory Light Heavyweight Championship

Gabriel Varga vs. Serhiy Adamchuck for Glory Featherweight Championship

Paul Daley vs. Fernando Gonzalez

Jose Palacios vs. TJ Arcangel

Gabriel Varga set to defend Glory Featherweight Title against Serhiy Adamchuck at Bellator 142: Dynamite

Another title bout has been confirmed for the Glory portion of Bellator 142: Dynamite. Glory Featherweight Champion Gabriel Varga will make his first title defense against Serhiy Adamchuck. The event which takes place September 19 from the SAP Center in San Jose, CA will also feature the already announced Glory Heavyweight Title bout between Zack Mwekassa and Saulo Cavalari.

Varga wont the Glory featherweight title this past April in a unanimous decision over Mosab Amrani at Glory 20. The Canadian is 5-1 in the Glory ring and has won his last four fights. The Ukraine's Adamchuk competes in both Kickboxing and MMA, but has focused on Kickboxing in recent years. He earned his title shot by defeating the highly touted Marat Grigorian at Glory 22. 

Bellator 142: Dynamite will feature MMA and Kickboxing bouts. It is being co-promoted by Bellator and Glory and will feature a cage and a ring.

Fight Card:

Saulo Cavalari vs. Zack Mwekassa for Glory Light Heavyweight Championship

Gabriel Varga vs. Serhiy Adamchuck for Glory Featherweight Championship

Paul Daley vs. TBA
Jose Palacios vs. TJ Arcangel

Zack Mwekassa vs. Saulo Cavalari Light Heavyweight Title Fight set for Bellator 142: Dynamite

With Gokhan Saki officially stripped of his Glory Light Heavyweight Title it did not take long before the belt was up for grabs again. Glory has announced that Zack Mwekassa and Saulo Cavalari will fight for the vacant title on the Kickboxing portion of Bellator 142: Dynamite. 

In addition to winning the Glory Light Heavyweight Championship, Mwekassa will be look to avenge a knockout loss to Cavalari that occurred at Glory 18 in November of last year. Mwekassa went into the third round with Cavalari before falling victim to a head kick. Since the loss Mwekassa has fought once for Glory, he defeated Carlos Brooks by first round KO this past June at Glory 22.

Cavalari is riding a three fight win streak with his latest being a decision win over Artem Vakhitov at Glory 20. The Brazilian should have his confidence soaring as he has already defeated Mwekassa in convincing fashion. 

Cavalari and Mwekassa are both known for having knockout power, this fight should be a treat for fans. It might have taken over a year for the Glory Light Heavyweight to be up for grabs, but with these two in the ring it could take a few minutes for the new champion to be crowned. 

Fight Card:

Zack Mwekassa vs. Saulo Cavalari for Glory Light Heavyweight Championship

Jose Palacios vs. TJ Arcangel

Nieky Holzken challenges Paul Daley to fight at Bellator: Dynamite

Nieky Holzken, arguably the worlds best 170 lb Kickboxer has issued a challenge to Paul Daley. Holzken posted the video message below on You Tube. 

Holzken is currently set to fight Raymond Daniels at Glory 23 on August 7th, so it is safe to assume he would have to come out of that bout without any injuries for the fight with Daley to happen. 

Daley is most recognized for his stint in the UFC where he was a legitimate contender before being kicked out of the promotion. Daley then spent time fighter for several other promotions including Strikeforce and most recently Bellator. He focused on Kickboxing in 2014 fighting throughout Europe. He picked up a (T)KO win over top ranked Russian Alexander Stetsurenko in that time frame.

Daley responded to the challenge on facebook with the following:

"The best 77kg kickboxer Nieky Holzken has called me out to fight him on glory/Bellator dynamite. Very surreal. I'm a massive fan of Holzken, but I am a fighter that won't back down. If he wants it, it's the motivation I need. Let's make it happen, and if he wins in Vegas for the GLORY, let's make it for the GLORY CHAMPIONSHIP BELT. Ok Nieky?......."

This would be a nice match up to see added to the Dynamite card, and hopefully Holzken comes out of the bout on August 7th without any serious injuries and can compete on the September 19th Dynamite card.

Jose Palacios vs. TJ Arcangel set for Bellator 142: Dynamite event

Jose Palacios (@JEPalacios) vs. TJ Arcangel has been confirmed to be taking place at the Bellator 142: Dynamite event on September 19th at the SAP Center in San Jose, California. The event will feature both MMA and Kickboxing bouts. The MMA portion of the event will be promoted by Bellator, and the Kickboxing portion will be promoted by Glory.

Palacios and Arcangel are both from Northern, California. Palacios fights out of Unlimited MMA and Arcangel out of World Team USA. Both fighters will be looking to rebound from a loss their previous outing as they were both on the wrong end of decisions.

Palacios brings a counter fighting style, he is accurate with his strikes and packs knockout power in his fist and feet. Arcangel has a traditional Muay Thai style, so it will be interesting to see how he adjust to the Kickboxing rule set.

Fight Card:

Paul Daley vs. TBA

Jose Palacios vs. TJ Arcangel