WFL Unfinished Business Results: Mohammed Khamal wins, 3 tournament champions crowned

WFL Unfinished Business took place this past weekend and it featured three tournaments in one night as well as main event bout between Mohammed Khamal and Chahid Oulad El Hadj.

In the main event Khamal scored first round stoppage of El Hadj. The knockout came in the second round and marks another impressive win for Khamal since his return from retirement a little over a year ago.

In the night's 95kg tournament Luis Tavares and Lorenzo Javier Jorge advance to the finals. Tavares walked away the tournament winner after the bout went an extra round and he was awarded the decision.

Cedric Manhoef and Massaro Glunder ended up in the finals of the 70kg tournament and it was Manhoef who took home the tournament victory. Manhoef defeated Glunder by decision in the tournament final.

In the women's 60kg tournament, Ilona Wijmans defeated Orinta van der Zee to take home the tournament win.

In other action Bogdan Stoica suffered a loss to Ibrahim El Bouni after injuring his knee in the first round. The knee injury is expected to keep him out of action for about six weeks.

Photos Courtesy of Ben Pontier Photography.

Results:

Mohammed Khamal def. Chahid Oulad El Hadj via KO in Rd. 2

Ibrahim El Bouni def. Bogdan Stoica via (T)KO (Injury) in Rd. 2

Sem Braan def. Errol Koning via Decision 

Tom Duivenvoorde def. Dennis Ipema via Decision

Santino Verbeek def. Justin Dap via Decision

Ertugrul Bayrak def. Reda Zaidi via Decision

90kg Tournament Semi-Finals:

Luis Tavares def. Fred Sikking via Decision

Lorenzo Javier Jorge def. Redouan Cairo via Decision

90kg Tournament Final:

Luis Tavares def. Lorenzo Javier Jorge via Extra Round Decision

70kg Tournament Semi-Finals:

Cedric Manhoef def. Edson Fortes via Decision

Massaro Glunder def. William Diender via Decision

70kg Tournament Final:

Cedric Manhoef def. Massaro Glunder via Decision

Women's 60kg Tournament Semi-Finals:

Ilona Wijmans def. Salaysa van den Bos via Decision

Orinta van der Zee def. Sarah Debaieb via Decision

Women's 60kg Tournament Final:

Ilona Wijmans def. Sarah Debaieb via Decision

Kickboxing Empire set for March 8th in Las Vegas

Kickboxing Empire is set to take place March 8th at the Planet Hollywood Resort Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, NV. The event will feature a main event bout between Agron Preteni of Croatia and Luis Tavares of Holland. The co-main event will feature the return of Shawn Yarborough as he takes on Pavel Turuk in a re-match.

Preteni will be looking to rebound from his (T)KO loss to Pavel Zhuravlev in Russia in November of 2013 when he takes on Tavares. Before his loss to Zhuravlev, Preteni had won five consecutive fights including two against Romanian powerhouse Andrei Stoica. Tavares is a Glory veteran who will be looking add an impressive win over the likes of Preteni to his resume.

Yarborough has not fought in nearly two years, the veteran fighter had hit a skid before his hiatus going 1-4 in his last five fights. His most recent fight was a KO loss to Joseph Valtellini under the Friday Night Fights banner. Before his loss to Valtellini, Yarborough dropped a split decision to Turuk and will undoubtedly be looking to return to the ring with a band as well as avenging his previous loss to Turuk.

Fight Card:
Agron Preteni vs. Luis Tavares
Shawn Yarborough vs. Pavel Turuk
Redouan Cairo vs. Dzianis Hancharonak
Jennie Neddell vs. Sofie Bagherdai
Vitaly Herkov vs. Tony Hervey