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

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.

K-1 World MAX Final Results: Buakaw loses to Khel in final

The K-1World MAX Finals took place today in Pattaya, Thailand. Buakaw Banchamek and Enriko Kehl met in the finals of the tournament and their fight ended controversy. Buakaw and Kehl put on an entertaining show through three rounds with neither fighter backing down. It was not the most technically sound fight, but it was definitely exciting, but it probably seemed to be in the favor Buakaw. When the third round ended the bout was declared a draw and set to go to a fourth round to decide the winner. Buakaw walked out of the ring which in return forced the bout to be ruled a win for Kehl with Buakaw being disqualified. The ring announcer stated that Buakaw had left the building.  The official result was disqualification by forfiet. It is not known as to why Buakaw left the ring or the arena. He seemed perfectly fine as soon as the bout ended. This is definitely not the way fans expected this bout to end.

In other action on the night Paul Daley defeated Mohammad Ghaedibardeh by decision. Daley has made a nice transition back into Kickboxing after spending several years fighting MMA including stints with Strikeforce and the UFC.

Results:

Enriko Kehl def. Buakaw Banchamek via DQ (Forefiet)

Paul Daley def. Mohammad Ghadiabardeh via Decision

Maximo Suarez def. Tural Bayramov via (T)KO in Rd. 2

Andre Amade def. Li Yankun via Decision

K-1 World Max Final set for October 11th in Pattaya, Thailand

K-1 was forced to postpone their K-1 World Max Final earlier this year because of the Thai coup d'état. The event is now set for October 11th in Pattaya, Thailand. Buakaw Banchamek will face Enriko Kehl in the finals of the tournament. The pair previously fought under the Max Muay Thai banner in December of 2013 with Buakaw winning a decision over Kehl. 

Other fighters that will be in action at the event include Andrei Kulebin, Rungravee Sasiprapa and MMA standout Paul Daley.

Fight Card:
Buakaw Banchamek vs. Enriko Kehl
Andrei Kulebin vs. Lee Sung-Hyun
Dennis Puric vs. Rungravee Sasiprapa
Paul Daley vs. Mohammad Ghaedibardeh
Maximo Suarez vs. Tural Bayramov
Andre "Dida" Amade vs. Li Yankun
Artem Pashporin vs. Petmongkol Tor. Tesputin
Xei Lei vs. Yoshimoto

Legend 3 Milan Results

Legend 3 took place in Milan, Italy April 5, 2014 with a stacked card. Murthel Groenhart vs. Dzhabar Akerov headlined the event with Groenhart taking a decisive victory over Askerov with a first round KO. Paul Daley would also earn a KO over Alexander Surjko in the 3rd round of his bout, giving the MMA star a redeeming victory with Legend fans, having dropped a unanimous decision to Alexander Yakovlev in Legend 2.

Sittichai Sitsongpeenong continues onto the next of an 8-fight win streak with a unanimous decision win over Mohamed Khamal. Both fighters come from formidable fight records, though Khamal has been much less active as of late, fighting last in 2012 with a victory over Saiyok Pumpanmuang.

The Legend show so far has provided a high-production setting for some of the world's best fighters. The event's target market has so far been Russia and throughout Europe, broadcasting throughout the region.

Results:

Murthel Groenhart def. Dzhabar Askerov via KO in Rd. 1

Sittichai Sitsongpeenong def. Mohamed Khamal via Unanimous Decision

Alim Nabiev def. Armen Petrosyan via Unanimous Decision

Pavel Zhuravlev def. Michal Turynski via Majority Decision

Andy Souwer def. Yuri Bessmertny via Unanimous Decision

Enriko Gogokhia def. Alessandro Campagna via TKO in Rd. 1

Paul Daley def. Alexander Surjko via KO in Rd. 3