Well, folks, Kunlun Fight 77 on October 14th is going to be a big one. One of the few can’t-miss kickboxing events of the year, featuring not only the “Elite 8” of Kunlun Fight’s 75kg tournament, but also the 70kg tournament as well. The 75kg World Championship tournament will play out in its entirety on this show, featuring top tier talent like Sudsakorn Sor Klimnee, Vitalty Gurkov and Reilio Van Den Ent. That championship will be decided at Kunlun Fight 77. As for the Elite 8 for the 70kg World Championship, those fighters will only have one fight and will [read more]
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GLORY 58 Results and Live Updates – GLORY 58 Chicago
GLORY 58 is tonight in Chicago, and, as always, LiverKick will have the live GLORY 58 results as it happens. So follow along as we give live results and updates both here and on Twitter @LiverKickdotcom. The four-fight GLORY 58 Chicago card will be carried live on ESPN3 at 10:30 p.m. ET / 7:30 p.m. PT. The five-fight GLORY 58 SuperFight Series card will stream live and exclusively on UFC FIGHT PASS at 8:30 p.m. ET / 5:30 p.m. PT. GLORY 58 Results Middleweight Title Headline Bout: Alex Pereira(C) (R5 – Unanimous Decision) Simon Marcus (Pereira knocks down Marcus in round 4 with a big [read more]
WATCH: GLORY 58 Weigh-Ins
Tomorrow night GLORY 58 goes down in Chicago, featuring Alex Pereira vs. Simon Marcus for the GLORY Middleweight Championship. Check out the weigh-ins below, including the face-off between the two combatants. The four-fight GLORY 58 Chicago card will be carried live tomorrow on ESPN3 at 10:30 p.m. ET / 7:30 p.m. PT. The five-fight GLORY 58 SuperFight Series card will stream live and exclusively tomorrow on UFC FIGHT PASS at 8:30 p.m. ET / 5:30 p.m. PT. The GLORY 58 prelims will stream live tomorrow on the GLORY YouTube channel, as well as the GLORY Facebook page, and Pluto TV channel 215 with an expected start time of 7 p.m. [read more]
Kunlun Fight 76 Results: Superbon Joins the 70kg Final 8
No injury could ever stop Superbon Banchamek from competing in a Kunlun Fight tournament, right? That’s the gamble that Kunlun Fight took by moving Superbon Banchamek vs. Nayanesh Ayman back to Kunlun Fight 76 when he suffered an injury in training and it paid off. Superbon has earned his spot in the final 8 of the Kunlun Fight 70kg World Championship Final 8. Kunlun Fight also held their 2018 Mulan Legend tournament that saw Wangcong defeat Zhu Mengjia in the finals via decision to claim the 2018 crown. In other action, Wei Ninghui was able to defeat Jordan Kranio via [read more]
Cedric Doumbe Challenges Harut Grigorian at GLORY 60 Lyon
On Saturday, October 20th GLORY returns to Lyon, France with GLORY 60 Lyon, featuring a headline bout between France’s own Cedric Doumbe challenging Harut Grigorian for the GLORY Welterweight Championship. Doumbe, the former champion, will be looking to regain his Welterweight crown after losing it to Murthel Groenhart. Of course, Grigorian was able to best Groenhart and now sits atop of the throne. Will the hometown crowd at GLORY 60 Lyon help Doumbe, or will the pressure be too much for the charismatic jester? Also featured are bouts featuring Yousri Belgaroui, Stephane Susperregui and Abdellah Ezbiri vs. Victor Pinto. The [read more]
ONE Championship Beyond the Horizon Results: Tukkatatong Defeats Topic
ONE Championship returned from a bit of a summer breather with ONE Championship Beyond the Horizon, featuring four big Super Series bouts, one in kickboxing, three in muay thai. There was a lot of solid action featured on this card, like from Shanghai on the ONE App, with the action taking place inside of the ring with standard boxing gloves. Hakim Hamech was able to put a beating on Yukinori Ogasawara, with a flurry of punches in the first round putting Ogasawara down and out. Hakim Hamech knocks out Yukinori Ogasawara at 2:59 of Round 1! #WeAreONE #BeyondTheHorizon #Shanghai #MartialArts [read more]
Yokkao Muay Thai Superstar Manachai Fights for WBC World Title in October
On October 29th in Hong Kong at Yokkao 34 international muay thai superstar Manachai will be challenging for a WBC world title. Manachai will be squaring off against Brazilian muay thai expert Julio Lobo for the WBC Muay Thai World Welterweight title. The WBC muay thai titles are some of the most significant around, with this title’s lineage dating back to 2006 and being held by such stars as Fabio Pinca and Liam Harrison. The title, currently vacant, will be on the line to crown a new champion and many believe that Manachai will take the belt home to Team Yokkao. [read more]
EM Legend 33 Results: China and New Zealand Clash
This weekend New Zealand and China clashed in the land of the long, white cloud, with the Chinese fighters picking up six victories to New Zealand’s two in a night of hotly-contested bouts. Here are the quick results. Michael Zheng (CHN) defeated Mohamed Sultan (NZL) by decision – 67 kg Liu Lei (CHN) defeated Brook Sutton (NZL) by decision – 70 kg Sam Haggitt (NZL) defeated Zhao Xiaoyu (CHN) by decision – 70 kg Pu Dongdong (CHN) defeated Josh Marsters (NZL) by KO – 69 kg Han Feilong (CHN) defeated Mrcous Haywood (NZL) by decision – 72 kg A Shi Ha [read more]
K-1 Japan Returns to 65kg With Grand Prix Featuring Kaew vs. Yamato on Nov. 3rd
K-1 Japan held a press conference announcing a new Super Lightweight World Grand Prix to be held on November 3rd, 2018. The tournament will crown a new 65kg champion for the organization after previous champion Noiri Masaaki vacated the belt earlier this summer to move up a division. While K-1 Japan still has its experimental cruiserweight grand prix set to go down in September, the return to the 65kg division represents a throwback to the roots of the promotion. It was on November 3rd, 2014 that K-1 Japan held its first event, a relatively unheralded tournament in which Kaew Fairtex [read more]
EM Legend 33 Heads to Auckland, New Zealand
EM Legend 33 takes place in Auckland, New Zealand on August 31st, featuring a host of Chinese fighters heading to New Zealand to fight local, new Zealand talent. EM Legend mostly run shows in China, but have been branching out for shows in other parts of the world, including Europe, other parts of Asia and now Australia. It’ll be interesting to watch their continued rise and that this show is very heavy on the local talent, meaning hopefully they walk away with some hot, new talent from New Zealand. Zhao Xiaoyu (CHN) vs Sam Haggitt (NZL) – 70 kg Liu [read more]