Mix Fight Gala XV set for April 26th in Germany, Rico Verhoeven to make Pro Boxing debut

 Mix Fight Gala XV will take place on April 26th in Darmstadt, Germany. The event will feature Muay Thai, Kickboxing, and Boxing on the same card. The main event will be a Muay Thai bout featuring Marco Pique vs. Steeve Valente. K-1 veteran Enriko Kehl and Chad Sugden will also fight on the event. In addition the one Boxing bout on the fight card will feature the professional Boxing debut of Glory Heavyweight Tournament Champion Rico Verhoeven. The opponent looking to welcome Verhoeven into the world of Pro Boxing is Nikolaj Falin of Germany.

Verhoeven jumped to the top of the Kickboxing world in October of 2013 when he defeated both Gokhan Saki and Daniel Ghita on the same night to win the Glory Heavyweight Tournament at Glory 11. He followed up his victory by defeating Peter Aerts at Glory 13 in Tokyo.

Fight Card:

Muay Thai Bout

Marco Pique vs. Steeve Valente

Boxing Bout

Rico Verhoeven vs. Nikolaj Falin

Kickboxing Bouts

Enriko Kehl vs. Chad Sugden

Gago Drago vs. Omar Amrani

Darryl Sichtman vs. Kevin Botz

Valdet Gashi vs. Thilo Schneide

Vladamir Toktasynov vs. Viktor Bugotki

Alex Vogel vs. Murat Ouchen

Johanna Kruse vs. Gesiena Arets

Muhammed Merdar vs. Redouane Derras

Samuel Mesfun vs. Gael Baussiere

K-1 Rising 2012 set to feature K-1 World Max Final 16 tourney; Souwer, Zambidis and Kyshenko among participants

K-1 Rising 2012 is set to take place on May 27th in Madrid, Spain at the Palacio Vista Alegre. The event kicks off what is expected to be a busy year for K-1 as the brand looks to be re-established by its new owners. The event will feature the K-1 World Max Final 16.

The event will be the first of seven events K-1 plans on holding this year. They are scheduled to make stops in Los Angeles and New York as well. Aside from the tournament fights, K-1 Rising 2012 is expected to feature super fights with some of the sports best.

K-1 has released a list of 12 fighters expected to compete in the Max tournament in hopes of making the Max Final 8. They include the likes of Andy Sower, Mike Zambidis, Artur Kyshenko, Gago Drago and more. The list of the 12 fighters confirmed so far is below.