Kunlun Fight 21 Set

Kunlun Fight 21 is set for another full card in a series of quality lineups for Tuesday the 17th, at 15:30 GMT +8.  Taking place in Sanya Island, China the card features the likes of Hesdy Gerges and Jahfarr Wilnis, veteran fighters who've recently come through Glory World Series and North American talents Cyrus Washington and Steven Banks. Also featured on the card is Juri Kehl, brother of 2014 K-1 Champion Enriko Kehl.

Fights will be aired live at http://live.jstv.com/ at 15:30 GMT +8.

Fight Card:

Chingiz Allazov vs. Mustapha Haida
Juri Kehl vs. Milad Farzad
Cyrus Washington vs. Zhenguang Xu
Pong Thong vs. Weihao Wang
Maria Lobo vs. Qun He
Marcel  Jager vs. Chongyang Yang
Fukai Jiao vs. Mino Tiger
Wanben Wang vs. Barish
Hesdy Gerges Kanstabtin Glukhov
Steven Banks vs. Andrei Herasimchuk
Roman Kryklia vs. Jahfarr Wilnis
Yangra Yoo vs. Asihati

Glory 18: Return to Glory Results and Recap

Glory returned to action for the first time in nearly five months. Glory 18: Return to Glory took place last night at the Grand Casino Hotel & Resort in Shawnee, Oklahoma. The night's main event featured a lightweight title fight between champion Davit Kiria and challenger Robin van Roosmalen. Kiria won the title with a come from behind knockout victory over Andy Risite earlier this year. The pair had fought twice already with van Roosmalen having won their two previous encounters by unanimous decision. 

The first two rounds were a close as both fighters were trading strikes. In the third round Kiria scored with a big 1-2 combination that dropped van Roosmalen, after he was able to beat the count Kiria was all over van Roosmalen trying to finish the fight. Despite Kiria's efforts van Roosmalen was able to survive and make it to the championship rounds. The fourth round was tight as it didn't seem either fighter did enough to edge the other. In the final round van Roosmalen was more active and landing nice combinations that likely gave him the round. When it was over the bout was ruled a majority decision in favor of van Roosmalen making him the new Glory lightweight champion.

Saulo Cavalari and Zack Mwekassa met in the finals of the Glory light heavyweight contenders tournament. Cavalari out pointed Danyo Ilunga to earn a decision victory and his ticket to the tournament final, while Mwekassa scored a crushing knockout of Brian Collette to secure his spot in the finals. 

Mwekassa started off strong in the tournament final throwing heavy punches and keeping Cavalari on the defensive. As the fight wore on, however, Cavalari began to open up more as Mwekassa started to slow down. In the third round Cavalari fainted a low kick and went up high knocking Mwekassa down to the canvas. Despite his efforts to get up Mwekassa could not recover and Cavalari won the contenders tournament. 

In other action on the night Jason Wilnis stunned most by out striking Wayne Barrett to win a unanimous decision and Rob Thomas scored a knockout over Mike Lemaire to end his two fight losing streak. 

Results:

Main Card

Robin van Roosmalen def. Davit Kiria via Majority Decision

Jason Wilnis def. Wayne Barrett via Unanimous Decision

Glory Light Heavyweight Contenders Tournament Final

Saulo Cavalari def. Zack Mwekassa via KO (Head Kick) at 0:20 of Rd. 3

Glory Light Heavyweight Contenders Tournament Semi-finals

Zack Mwekassa def. Brian Collette via KO at 0:45 of Rd. 2

Saulo Cavalari def. Danyo Ilunga via Unanimous Decision

Super Fight Series

Benjamin Adegbuyi def. Hesdy Gerges via Unanimous Decision

Randy Blake def. Warren Thompson via Unanimous Decision

Rob Thomas def. Mike Lemaire via KO at 1:06 of Rd. 3

Josh Jauncey def. Jae-Gil Noh via KO at 1:14 of Rd. 2

Omari Boyd def. Ian Alexander via (T)KO at 2:17 of Rd. 3

Benjamin Adegbuyi vs. Hesdy Gerges set for Glory 18

The Glory 18 fight card continues to grow. Glory has now confirmed the first fight that will be part of the events Super Fight Series. Benjamin Adegbuyi will take on Hesdy Gerges in a heavyweight bout. 

Romania's Adegbuyi is currently the sixth ranked heavyweight in Glory's rankings and is currently 2-0 fighting for Glory. He holds two (T)KO wins under Glory, the latest being over Daniel Sam at Glory 16.

Gerges is a veteran in the Kickboxing circuit and is currently the fifth ranked heavyweight in Glory's Rankings. He is 2-1 fighting under the promotion and last competed for them at Glory 15 where he scored a (T)KO over Jhonata Diniz.

Glory 18 is set to feature a title fight between current lightweight champion Davit Kiria and Robin van Roosmalen. A 4-man light heavyweight contender tournament will also take place on the night featuring Brian Collette, Artem Vakhitov, Saulo Cavalari, and Zack Mwekassa.

Fight Card:

Davit Kiria (c) vs. Robin van Roosmalen - Glory Lightweight World Title Fight

Wayne Barrett vs. Jason Wilnis

Benjamin Adegbuyi vs. Hesdy Gerges

Glory Light Heavyweight Contenders Tournament

Brian Collette vs. Zack Mwekassa

Saulo Cavalari vs. Artem Vakhitov

Qabala Fight Series Results

Qabala Fight Series took place June 29th in Azerbaijan with a stacked card, including an 8-man middleweight tournament.  Juri Kehl bested the tournament lineup with a split decision victory over Ramal Aslanov. Superfights included Mosab vs. Lim Chi-Bin, Albert Kraus vs. Erkan Varol, and more.




Tournament:
Roman Mailov def. Mateusz Kopiec via Unanimous Decision
Ramal Aslanov def. Gui Xianfeng via TKO
Juri Kehl def. Telman Suleymanov via TKO
Teo Mikelic def. Tadas Jonkus via Unanimous Decision
Roman Mailov def. Ramal Aslanov via Unanimous Decision
Juri Kehl def. Teo Mikelic via TKO 

Tournament Final:
Juri Kehl def. Ramal Aslanov via Split Decision

Superfights:
Mosab Amrani def. Lim Chi-Bin via TKO
Perviz Abdullayev def. Jiao Fukai via TKO
Albert Kraus def. Erkan Varol via Unanimous Decision
Hesdy Gerges def. Jamal Ben Saddik via Disqualification of Jamal Ben Saddik
Dani Corbeanu def. Rahim Aliyev via Unanimous Decision

Glory signs Hesdy Gerges, Ben Edwards, and Gesias Cavalcante

Glory has announced the signing of heavyweight Hesdy Gerges (42-12-1) and Ben Edwards (36-8-2) along with lightweight fighter Gesias Cavalcante (0-2). 

Gerges is a former It's Showtime champion and has scored wins over the likes of Daniel Ghita and Badr Hari. Edwards is one of Australia's top heavyweights and has scored 32 of his 36 career wins by knockout. Cavalcante is a former Strikeforce and Dream veteran. His MMA record is 17-7-1, but holds an 0-2 Kickboxing record.

No date is set for any of the their debuts but with shows in Ontario, Chicago, and New York coming up for Glory it wouldn't be a surprise to see either of the fighters make their debuts for Glory in one of their upcoming events.

K-1 Heavyweight World Grand Prix this Friday in Croatia

The 2013 K-1 Heavyweight World Grand Prix will take place this Friday, March 15th in Zagreb, Croatia. The event will take place at The Arena Zagreb, which will feature standing room only. The one night tournament will feature names such as Mirko “Cro Cop” Filipovic, Badr Hari, Hesdy Gerges, Ismael Londt, and American Jarrell Miller. The event can be purchased on PPV here.

Below is the full fight card for the event.

Fight Card:

K-1 HW WGP Quarterfinals
Catalin Morosanu vs. Pavel Zhuravlev
Mirko "Cro Cop" Filipovic vs. Jarrell Miller
Badr Hari vs. Zabit Samedov
Ismael Londt vs. Hesdy Gerges

Non Tournament Bouts
Miran Fabjan vs. Emil Zoraj
Toni Milanovic vs. Jason Wilnis
Agron Preteni vs. Andrei Stoica

Results and Recap: K-1 Heavyweight Final 16

The K-1 Heavyweight Final 16 (@K1GlobalTV)took place this weekend and three American’s were part of the 16 man field. Jarrell Miller (@BigBabbyMiller), Xavier Vigney (@XavierVigney), and Randy Blake were all looking to advance to the next round of the tournament, but only Miller was able to punch his ticket into the next round.

Miller defeated Arnold Oborotov by decision; he scored a knockdown in the opening frame but was unable to finish the fight. It was a good win for the American fighter and he now becomes the only American left in the tournament after Xavier Vigney was KO’d by Zabit Samedov and Randy Blake lost a decision to Mirko “Cro Cop” Filipovic.

Also advancing to the next round of the heavyweight tournament are Ben Edwards, Hesdy Gerges, Ismael Londt, Makoto Uehara, and Catalin Morosanu. Edwards was the only one of those fighters to finish his fight, it was a second round KO of Raul Catinas.