Glory 23 Results: Nieky Holzken stops Raymond Daniels to win Glory Welterweight Title

Glory 23 took place tonight at the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada. The night's main event featured Nieky Holzken vs. Raymond Daniels for the Glory Welterweight Championship. The fight was a re-match from their Glory 19 bout in which Holzken defeated Daniels by third round (T)KO. 

Daniels came out aggressive to start the bout, while Holzken seemed content with picking his shots in the first round. In the second round Holzken began to get a little more aggressive and stalk Daniels. Both fighters were effective mixing their strikes. Daniels showed a more complete arsenal than he had done previously in his Glory fights, while Holzken was accurate with his strikes as usual connecting with low kicks and working the body with punches. In the third round Holzken came out as the aggressor and was able to land a few solid punches and a knee as he cornered Daniels. The knee opened a massive cut on Daniels left eye, Holzken went in for the kill and unloaded punches to the head and body before backing away. Referee John McCarthy moved in and the fight was stopped immediately. The cut was on the eye lid of Daniels, it was a good stoppage by McCarthy as some serious damage could have occurred if the fight had continued. With the stoppage Holzken captured the Glory Welterweight Championship and has now won his last eight fights, with six of those wins coming by (T)KO.

In the middleweight tournament Dustin Jacoby punched his way to victory, winning both of his bouts by stoppage. In the tournament semi-final he stopped Ariel Sepulveda with one second left in the first round and in the tournament final he stopped Casey Greene with strikes in the second round. The tournament victory is huge for Jacoby, he entered Glory after winning a Road to Glory tournament on less than 24 hours notice. He scored three knockouts in the Road to Glory tournament which was also his Kickboxing debut, but was immediately put in the ring with fighters that had a lot more experience and it showed. Coming into the tournament Jacoby had lost his last four fights. Hopefully Jacoby can build on the tournament win and climb back up the Glory ladder.

Xavier Vigney had stiff test in Daniel Sam at Glory 23. Vigney was coming off having won the heavyweight tournament at Glory 21 and had a lot of eyes on him this bout. He continued his momentum against Sam. Vigney pushed the pace and was successful through out the fight in pressuring Sam and connecting with low kicks and punches. The judges awarded a split decision victory to Vigney. The win is easily the biggest of Vigney's career to date.

Results:

Nieky Holzken def. Raymond Daniels via (T)KO (Cut) at 1:36 of Rd. 3 - Wins Glory Welterweight Championship

Xavier Vigney def. Daniel Sam via Split Decision

Tournament Semi-Finals

Casey Greene def. Quinton O'Brien via Unanimous Decision

Dustin Jacoby def. Ariel Sepulveda via KO at 2:59 of Rd. 1

Tournament Final

Dustin Jacoby def. Casey Greene via (T)KO at 1:19 of Rd. 2

Super Fight Series

Jamal Ben Saddik def. Anderson Silva via (T)KO at 2:55 of Rd. 3

Matt Baker def. Edward Hyman via Unanimous Decision

Chad Sugden def. Murthel Groenhart via Split Decision

Anvar Boynazarov def. Giga Chikadse via Split Decision

Glory 23 Fight Card Finalized

The fight card for Glory 23 on August 7th in Las Vegas has been finalized. The promotions first trip to Sin City will feature a welterweight title bout between Nieky Holzken (@NiekyHolzken) and Raymond Daniels (@RD_GOAT) as previously announced. 

Some of the new additions to the fight card are Quinton O'Brien and Ariel Sepulveda (@ArielSmash10) who will be part of the middleweight contender tournament. O'Brien will fight Casey Greene (@CaseyGreene1) and Sepuvelda will fight Dustin Jacoby (@DustinJacobyDJ).

Other fights added are heavyweights Anderson Silva (@AndersonBradock) vs. Jamal Ben Saddik (@BenSaddikJamal) and Matt Baker vs. Edward Hyman.

Fight Card:

Nieky Holzken vs. Raymond Daniels for Glory Welterweight Championship

Xavier Vigney vs. Daniel Sam

Anderson Silva vs. Jamal Ben Saddik

Murthel Groenhart vs. Chad Sugden

Matt Baker vs. Edward Hyman

Giga Chikadze vs. Anvar Boynazarav

Middleweight Contender Tournament

Casey Greene vs. Quinton O'Brien

Dustin Jacoby vs. Ariel Sepulveda

Updated Glory 23 Fight Card, Vigney vs. Sam set as co-main event

Glory 23 is set for August 7th at the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, and a few more bouts have been confirmed. In addition to the main event bout between Nieky Holzken and Raymond Daniels, the co-main event will feature Xavier Vigney vs. Daniel Sam in a heavyweight bout.

Vigney will be looking to build upon his recent heavyweight tournament win at Glory 22 in San Diego this past June. Sam is considered to be the stiffest test that Vigney has faced in his career thus far.

Glory will also hold a 4-man middleweight tournament that will feature Casey Greene vs. Quinton O'Brien and Dustin Jacoby vs. Ariel Sepulveda. All four fighters will be looking to climb up the Glory rankings. A nice boost should come to the winner of the tournament.

Stand out striker Murthel Groenhart will also be in action on the Super Fight Series portion on the card when he faces Chad Sugden of the UK.

Fight Card:

Nieky Holzken vs. Raymond Daniels

Xavier Vigney vs. Daniel Sam

Murthel Groenhart vs. Chad Sugden

Giga Chickadze vs. Anvar Boynazarov

Glory 19 Full Card Update

Glory 19 releases the full lineup for their 19th event, revealing the full superfight card, set for Hampton Coliseum in Hampton, Virginia.

With a few new names on the roster in Stephen Richards, Cedric Smith, Myron Dennis, and Everett Sims for the Glory 19 Superfight Series, we see the return of stars of the promotion in Josh Jauncey and Andy Ristie.  

Jauncey last fought for Glory at their 18th event in Oklahoma against Jae Gil Noh with a TKO victory.  With a victory over Max Baumert, Jauncey will go to 3-0 in the Glory books.

Andy Ristie made his last appearance for the organization against Ky Hollenbeck at Glory 17, securing a KO victory and adding a win to his record now at 7-1 for Glory.

Fight Card:

Main Card:

Rico Verhoeven vs. Errol Zimmerman
Joe Schilling vs. Robert Thomas

Welterweight Tournament

Nieky Holzken vs. Murthel Groenhart

Raymond Daniels vs. Jonatan Oliveira

Superfights:

Mitch Aguiar vs. Cedric Smith

Josh Jauncey vs. Max Baumert

Andy Ristie vs. Steve Moxon

Francois Ambang vs. Stephen Richards

Brian Collette vs. Myron Dennis

Xavier Vigney vs. Everett Sims

Xavier Vigney wins Road to Glory USA heavyweight tournament

This past Friday the Road to Glory USA heavyweight tournament took place in Tulsa, OK. Eight hopefuls entered the one night tournament looking to win $20,000 in prize money and a contract with Glory. When it was over Xavier Vigney walked away the tournament champion after knockout out all three of his opponents. In the opening round Vigney knocked out Jack May, in the semi-finals scored a technical knockout over Julian Walters and in the tournament final he knocked out Maurice Green. All three of his knockouts came in the first round. Vigney now joins the four previous Road to Glory USA winners, Dustin Jacoby, Mike Lemaire, Francois Ambang, and Michael Mananquil.

Steven Banks who originally set to fight in the night's reserve bout came in as a last minute replacement. In his bout with James Wilson both fighters flew over the top rope with Wilson landing on Banks. Banks was taken to the hospital and could not continue and Wilson was awarded the (T)KO win. Banks, however, is okay and back home.

Results:

Opening Round

Julian Walters def. Brian McVae via Decision

Xavier Vigney def. Jack May via KO in Rd. 1

Maurice Green def. Jerry Watterson via KO in Rd. 1

James Wilson def. Steven Banks via (T)KO in Rd. 1

Semi-Finals 

Xavier Vigney def. Julian Waters via (T)KO in Rd. 1

Maurice Green def. James Wilson via Decision

Finals 

Xavier Vigney def. Maurice Green via KO in Rd. 1

Road to Glory USA Heavyweight Tournament Matches

The Road to Glory USA heavyweight tournament is set to take place today in Tulsa, OK. Amongst the eight fighters looking to win the one night tournament and earn a Glory contract as well as the $20,000 grand prize are Xavier Vigney, James Wilson, Jack May, and Julian Walters. 

The opening round draw occurred yesterday at the weigh-ins an the match ups were set for the first round. Julian Walters vs. Brian McVae, Xavier Vigney vs. Jack May, Maurice Green vs. Jerry Watterson, and James Wilson vs. Anton Berzin. There will also be a reserve bout between Steven Banks and Haze Wilson.

Results and Recap: K-1 Los Angeles Heavyweight GP

The first bout of the K-1 Heavyweight GP featured Seth Petruzelli and Xavier Vigney. Petruzelli did a good job of not letting Vigney used his long limbs early on, but it didn’t take long before Vigney found his mark. A right hand knocked down Petruzelli in the first and after answering the count another right knocked Petruzelli down again. It seemed Petruzelli didn’t beat the count but the bout continued into the second round. In the second round a short left from Vigney knocked Petruzelli down again. After answering the count a brief exchange ended with a knee up the middle from Vigney and Petruzelli went down again. The referee wasn’t going to count but Petruzelli would not get up. The KO win for Vigney came at 1:17 of the second round.

Rick Roufus and Mighty Mo, two veterans of the sport fought for three hard rounds. Mighty Mo was the aggressor as Roufus looked to use counter strikes. Roufus was able to avoid Mighty Mo’s big strikes and land some solid counter punches and kicks. In the end the judges awarded Roufus a split decision victory.