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

Gabriel Varga set to defend Glory Featherweight Title against Serhiy Adamchuck at Bellator 142: Dynamite

Another title bout has been confirmed for the Glory portion of Bellator 142: Dynamite. Glory Featherweight Champion Gabriel Varga will make his first title defense against Serhiy Adamchuck. The event which takes place September 19 from the SAP Center in San Jose, CA will also feature the already announced Glory Heavyweight Title bout between Zack Mwekassa and Saulo Cavalari.

Varga wont the Glory featherweight title this past April in a unanimous decision over Mosab Amrani at Glory 20. The Canadian is 5-1 in the Glory ring and has won his last four fights. The Ukraine's Adamchuk competes in both Kickboxing and MMA, but has focused on Kickboxing in recent years. He earned his title shot by defeating the highly touted Marat Grigorian at Glory 22. 

Bellator 142: Dynamite will feature MMA and Kickboxing bouts. It is being co-promoted by Bellator and Glory and will feature a cage and a ring.

Fight Card:

Saulo Cavalari vs. Zack Mwekassa for Glory Light Heavyweight Championship

Gabriel Varga vs. Serhiy Adamchuck for Glory Featherweight Championship

Paul Daley vs. TBA
Jose Palacios vs. TJ Arcangel

Zack Mwekassa vs. Saulo Cavalari Light Heavyweight Title Fight set for Bellator 142: Dynamite

With Gokhan Saki officially stripped of his Glory Light Heavyweight Title it did not take long before the belt was up for grabs again. Glory has announced that Zack Mwekassa and Saulo Cavalari will fight for the vacant title on the Kickboxing portion of Bellator 142: Dynamite. 

In addition to winning the Glory Light Heavyweight Championship, Mwekassa will be look to avenge a knockout loss to Cavalari that occurred at Glory 18 in November of last year. Mwekassa went into the third round with Cavalari before falling victim to a head kick. Since the loss Mwekassa has fought once for Glory, he defeated Carlos Brooks by first round KO this past June at Glory 22.

Cavalari is riding a three fight win streak with his latest being a decision win over Artem Vakhitov at Glory 20. The Brazilian should have his confidence soaring as he has already defeated Mwekassa in convincing fashion. 

Cavalari and Mwekassa are both known for having knockout power, this fight should be a treat for fans. It might have taken over a year for the Glory Light Heavyweight to be up for grabs, but with these two in the ring it could take a few minutes for the new champion to be crowned. 

Fight Card:

Zack Mwekassa vs. Saulo Cavalari for Glory Light Heavyweight Championship

Jose Palacios vs. TJ Arcangel

Glory 22 Results

Glory 22 went down today in Lille, France with their first international live-on-Spike event.

In the main event of the evening, Rico Verhoeven defends his heavyweight title against Benjamin Adegbuyi to improve his Glory record to 8-1. The co-main event featured knockout puncher Zack Mwekassa vs. Carlos Brooks.  Mwekassa absorbed brief efforts by Brooks before landing an extremely heavy left-hook that would turn the lights on the evening for Carlos Brooks.

In the night's 4-man lightweight contender tournament Sitthichai Sitsongpeenong and Josh Jauncey punched their way to the finals after each won their opening round bouts by KO/TKO. In the finals Sittichai, a Muay Thai standout, put the kickboxing world on notice by winning the Glory Lightweight Contender Tournament defeating Josh Jauncey by decision. With the win, Sitthichai positions himself to challenge for the Glory Lightweight Title.

Results:

Main and Co-Main Event:

Rico Verhoeven def. Benjamin Adegbuyi

Zack Mwekassa def. Carlos Brooks via KO in Round 1

Lightweight Tournament:

Sittichai Sitsongpeenong def. Davit Kiria via KO in Round 2

Josh Jauncey def. Djime Coulibaly via TKO in Round 3

Lightweight Tournament Final:

Sitthichai Sitsongpeenong def. Josh Jauncey via Decision 

Superfights:

Jamal Ben Saddik def. Mamoudou Keta via TKO in Round 1

Mourad Bouzidi def. Filip Verlinden via Decision

Yoann Kongolo def. Cedric Doumbe via Decision

Serhiy Adamchuk def. Marat Grigorian via Decision

Shane Oblonsky def. Thomas Adamandopolous via Decision

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

Glory 18 set for November 7th in Oklahoma

It has been quite a few months since Kickboxing fans had heard anything from Glory, now the promotion has officially announced that Glory 18 will take place November 7th in Oklahoma. The event is booked for the Grand Casino Hotel & Resosrt in Shawnee, Oklahoma.

The night's main event will feature a Glory Lightweight Title Fight between current champion Davit Kiria and challenger Robin van Roosmalen. Kiria last competed at Glory 14 is Zagreb, Croatia where he captured the Glory Lightweight Title from Andy Ristie with an impressive come from behind knockout victory. Kiria and van Roosmalen have faced each other before with van Roosmalen defeating Kiria by unanimous decision at Glory 12. 

In the co-main event American Wayne Barrett will take on Jason Wilnis. Barrett recently made headlines when he signed an endorsement deal with Adidas. He has not competed since losing in the semi-finals of the Last Man Standing Tournament in a controversial decision. 

A light heavyweight contenders tournament will also be taking place on the night. Brian Collette will face Zack Mwekassa and Saulo Cavalari will take on Artem Vakhitov in the tournament semi-finals.

Fight Card:

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

Wayne Barrett vs. Jason Wilnis

Glory Light Heavyweight Contenders Tournament

Brian Collette vs. Zack Mwekassa

Saulo Cavalari vs. Artem Vakhitov

Glory 16 Results

Glory 16 took place last night in Denver, CO and featured a 4-man heavyweight contender tournament as well as the Glory Welterweight Championship title fight. Fighting for the welterweight title were Marc De Bonte and Karapet Karapetyan. Unlike most Glory fights the title bout was five rounds and when it was all over De Bonte was standing a top of the welterweight division as the new champion after taking home a close split decision. De Bonte was originally set to face Nieky Holzken for the title, but Holzken was forced to withdraw from the bout. We can most likely expect to see De Bonte’s first title defense be against Holzken.

In the 4-man heavyweight tournament Errol Zimmerman proved to be too much for the opposition as he scored (T)KO’s over both the men he faced on the night. In the tournament semi-finals he made quick work of Australian Ben Edwards and in the tournament final he stopped Anderson Silva. The tournament win is a nice way for Zimmerman to throw his name back in the mix for title contention after having suffered a KO loss to Daniel Ghita at Glory 13.

Pat Barry made his Glory debut on the night and boy was it exciting, although not in favor of Barry. Zack Mwekassa welcomed Barry to the Glory ring with heavy punches and scored a monstrous KO in the first round. First Mwekassa hurt Barry on the feet forcing the former UFC fighter to take a knee, when the fight resumed Mwekassa was on the attack and a vicious left uppercut flattened Barry out. It was a brutal knockout and nice win for Zack Mwekassa.

Some big fights also took place on the undercard, Raymond Daniels scored a highlight reel knockout of Francois Ambgang with a spinning heel kick and Artem Levin scored a decision victory over young Canadian Robert Thomas.

Results:

Glory Heavyweight 4-Man Tournament Semi-Finals
Errol Zimmerman def. Ben Edwards via (T)KO in Rd. 1
Anderson Silva def. Sergey Kharitonov via Unanimous Decision

Glory Heavyweight 4-Man Tournament Final
Errol Zimmerman def. Anderson Silva via (T)KO in Rd. 1

Glory Welterweight Title Fight
Marc De Bonte def. Karapet Karapetyan via Split Decision

Super Fights
Zack Mwekassa def. Pat Barry via KO in Rd. 1
Raymond Daniels def. Francois Ambang via KO in Rd. 1
Artem Levin def. Robert Thomas via Unanimous Decision
Benjamin Adegbuyi def. Daniel Sam via (T)KO in Rd. 2
Josh Jauncey def. Warren Stevelmans via Unanimous Decision
Artem Vakhitov def. Igor Jurkovic via Unanimous Decision
Jamal Ben Saddik def. Nicolas Wamba via (T)KO in Rd. 2

Glory 16 Denver Fight Card

Glory Sports International announces the full Glory 16 bout card. The event returns to the states, set for Denver, Colorado, May 3rd.  The card includes Glory's regular format of main card bouts, a 4-man tournament, and a list of superfights.

Nieky Holzken returns to the ring to defend his Glory Welterweight World Championship Title against the formidable Marc De Bonte. De Bonte is a long time veteran of the sport with nearly one hundred fights and only 9 losses. 

Pat Barry, known for fighting in the UFC, makes his Glory debut and a return to his kickboxing roots. He faces Zack Mwekassa in a bout that will no doubt initiate a strong impression of Barry's return to the ring.

Also featured in the event is a 4-man heavyweight contender tournament, which includes Anderson Silva vs. Sergey Kharitonov and Ben Edwards vs. Errol Zimmerman.

Fight Card:

Nieky Holzken vs. Marc de Bonte.

Pat Barry vs. Zack Mwekassa

4-Man Tournament:

Anderson Silva vs. Sergey Kharitonov

Ben Edwards vs. Errol Zimmerman

Superfights:

Benjamin Adegbuyi vs. Daniel Sam

Igor Jurkovic vs. Artem Vakhitov

Raymond Daniels vs. Francois Ambang