Thursday, 23 May 2013 06:49

GLORY holds their first event of 2013 on this Saturday in London, England from the ExCel Arena. Named GLORY 5 London, the card and event have been a long time coming from when it was originally announced in December.

The event if of course headlined by a heavyweight fight between Remy Bonjasky and Tyrone Spong. The other highlighted bouts feature two 70kg fights, with Jordan Watson fighting Steve Moxon and Albert Kraus fighting Andy Ristie, while at 65kg Liam Harrison fights Mosab Amrani.

Thankfully the main, top of the billing fights have stayed together and are all set to go. It should be noted that there have been quite a few changes to the original fight card. Eddie Walker fights Steve Wakeling at 85kg, after and originally announced match-up of Simon Marcus vs. Steve Wakeling fell through. At heavyweight, Singh Jaideep faces Daniel Sam. Jaideep was originally scheduled to fight Yong Soo Park. Maxim Vorovski, who was originally set to face Duoli Chen, now faces Nicola Gallo at 77kg, with this match-up just being confirmed this week. Raymond Daniels was originally going to be on the fight card but is no longer on it, so a 95kg fight between Road to GLORY USA winner Dustin Jacoby and Michael Duut takes the spot that Daniels would've occupied on the card.

The rest of the card's match-ups have also stayed together and feature a 95kg fight between the It's Showtime 95kg champion Danyo Ilunga and Stephane Susperregui, a 70kg fight between Warren Stevelmans and Johann Fauveau, and a catchweight bout of 67kg between Reece McAllister and Tim Thomas.

HW: Remy Bonjasky vs. Tyrone Spong

70kg: Jordan Watson vs. Steve Moxon

70kg: Albert Kraus vs. Andy Ristie

85kg: Eddie Walker vs. Steve Wakeling

95kg: Stephane Susperregui vs. Danyo Ilunga

95kg: Michael Duut vs. Dustin Jacoby

65kg: Mosab Amrani vs. Liam Harrison

HW: Singh Jaideep vs. Daniel Sam

70kg: Warren Stevelmans vs. Johann Fauveau

67kg: Reece McAllister vs. Tim Thomas

77kg: Maxim Vorovski vs. Nicola Gallo

Prelims:

Chad Sugden vs. Sam Wilson

Marlon Hunt vs. Adam Hadfield

Sam Omomogbe vs. Kerrith Bhella

Fraser Weightman vs. Boris Uhlik

Thursday, 23 May 2013 06:49

Saturday, March 23 will be a big weekend for fight fans. We announced some time back that Superkombat's "New Heroes" event in Sao Paulo, Brazil would taking place on Saturday, featuring a four man heavyweight qualifying tournament and two Brazilian super-fights. 

The event will be viewable live and free on VOYO.ro, or by downloading the VOYO.ro app, which will be available after registering on the VOYO website. 

Click here for the full card.

Thursday, 23 May 2013 06:49

Golden Glory TV always gives us a different look at the fighters, and this was showcased in today's release of the first episode of Rebel Reality, a giant video blog of Gokhan Saki in Tokyo for the GLORY 4 Tokyo Grand Slam that took place on December 31. The video is 54 minutes long and follows Gokhan Saki and team around Tokyo, giving an inside look at Saki's trip to Japan. It's not too often that we get content like this so be sure to check it out below.

Thursday, 23 May 2013 06:49

This weekend has been a strange one when it comes to K-1 news. The fallout from the K-1 World Grand Prix has left a lot of people in doubt over some of what went down, especially when it comes to Badr Hari. Where Badr Hari goes, controversy follows, apparently. As we all know by now, Badr Hari fought Zabit Samedov in the Final 8 round of the K-1 World Grand Prix, but claimed to have a broken foot and was unable to compete in the tournament.

This followed some rumors and tips that LiverKick.com had received leading up to the event that Badr Hari would only fight once during the event, as well as a report that someone would come down with an injury during the event and not move forward. The photos that emerged of Badr Hari's foot being heavily inflamed seemed to tell the story pretty well, though, and it seemed like an open and shut case; he was injured, he couldn't move on, rumors were rumors.

Not so fast.

Then today Badr Hari makes a statement to Dutch press that his foot is indeed not broken, but he has a sprained ankle. It looks like a case of draining it and wrapping it would have done the trick if he opted to move on with said injury, which is not uncommon in the one-night tournament format at all. In this last event we saw Dzevad Poturak compete on an injury and in the 2010 K-1 World Grand Prix Gokhan Saki competed with two hefty injuries. There has also been word that Badr Hari is training for a fight with K-1 in May, but nothing official on that yet.

Thursday, 23 May 2013 06:49

Quick Results:

Monday, March 11
Dej Sor. Ploenchit def. Petmuangchol Sor. Tardsart by decision.
Sannarinoi Or. Auansuwan def. Prajanban Visootjaroenyont by decision.
Nongbeelek Kiatyongyut def. Seryai Lukmuangphet by TKO in Round 4.

Tuesday, March 12
Kengsiam Nor. Sripueng def. Aikmongkon Gaiyanghadao by decision.
Sirimongkol Sitanupap def. Dejrit Poptheeratham by decision.
ET Phetsomnuek def. Tongsak Sitjatoi by decision.

Wednesday, March 13
Satarnmuanglek Windysport def. Ploysiam Petchyindeeacademy by decision.
Niwlukrak Excidicalgym def. Peteng Kiatphontip by TKO in Round 3.
Wanchai Rambo-Esarn def. Yuthasak Sakburirum by decision.

Thursday, March 14
Sunchai Tor. Laksong def. Raktemroi Visootjaroenyont by decision.
Phetlamsin Kiatphontip def. Detkart Por. Pongsawang by decision.
Kumarndoy Sor. Jitpakdee def. Teelek 91Rungroj by decision.

Friday, March 15
Nongbia Chokngarmwong def. Palangtip Nor. Sripueng by decision.
Yokvithaya Phetsimean def. Saksuriya Gaiyanghadao by decision.
Phetsila Kiatmoo9 def. Baikarn Wor. Sangthep by TKO in Round 3.

Saturday, March 16
Petchartchai Chaorai-Oi def. Petngarm Kiatkampon by decision.

Fahmongkon Sor. Jor. Danyarong def. Simanoot Sor. Sarinya by decision.
Aranchai Pran26 def. Wacharachai Rajanont by decision.

There was a lot of good action this past week, particularly below 110lbs. Highlights from that weight range include Wanchai vs. Yuthasak, Niwlukrak vs. Peteng and Raktemroi vs. Sunchai. Definitely check out Niwlukrak vs. Peteng for a great KO. Niwlukrak displayed some really nice footwork, angles, timing and counter punching. He caught Peteng right in the middle of an attempted knee.

Kengsiam vs. Aikmongkon at 119lbs was another good fight. Aikmongkon is very scrappy and makes for a good fight with anyone. He came out aggresively with some punches but as the fight went on, Kengsiam turned it around in the clinch and landed some vicious knees.

Speaking of vicious knees, the fifth round of Wanchai vs. Yuthasak saw Wanchai land a knee that took everything out of Yuthasak and held him off until the end of the fight. Aside from that, the whole fight was great and Yuthasak was doing very well earlier.