Kunlun Fight 76 goes down on September 9th with the much-anticipated Superbon Banchamek vs. Nayanesh Ayman fight from the Kunlun Fight 70kg World Championship Tournament go down. Superbon was forced to pull out of KLF 75 and, instead, Nayanesh fought in a super fight to keep himself warmed up. This time we’ll finally get to see what the final 8 of their huge 70kg tournament looks like after this fight is through. In addition, Kunlun will be holding the KLF 60kg Mulan Legend tournament quarterfinals featuring Anissa Haddoui vs. Shi Lijang, Vinnikova Svetlana vs. Zhu Mengjia, Block Nili vs. Li [read more]
Category: Kickboxing
Lion Fight Talent Appearing on Siam Warriors on October 13th
American muay thai promotion Lion Fight continues to search for new ways to promote muay thai and their brand outside of just running their own shows in the United States. Coming up on October 13th is Siam Warriors in Cork, Ireland, alongside the ISKA and Muay Thai Grand Prix. The main event of this show will be a Lion Fight/Siam Warriors super fight between Wayne Cambridge and Lion Fight star Eddie Abasolo. [source] Lion Fight Superfight/ Siam Warriors Cork Wayne Cambridge V Eddie Abasolo LIONFIGHT BANTAM WORLD TITLE A CLASS Ryan Sheehan V Thepnimit Sitmonchai LIONFIGHT SUPERFIGHT LIGHTWELTER Seán Clancy [read more]
GLORY Profiles Marat Grigorian Ahead of GLORY 57 Clash with Sitthichai
On August 25th in Shenzen, China Sitthichai will once again look to defend his GLORY Lightweight Championship against an old foe that he knows quite well in Marat Grigorian. Grigorian, with his fourth fight against the Thai pound-for-pound king will be looking to show his growth as a fighter and person. GLORY released this profile on Grigorian ahead of the fight.
GLORY 58 Chicago to Highlight Welterweights
The Summer of GLORY continues into the dog days when GLORY heads to Chicago for GLORY 58 on Friday, September 14th. The show will be heavily focusing on the welterweight division, with the card thus far featuring five out of eight of the the announced fights happening within the welterweight division. On the SuperFight Series we get our first taste with a welterweight tournament featuring Casey Greene vs. Troy Jones and Mike Lemaire vs. Omar Moreno. Then, featured on the main card, will be Alan Scheinson vs. Malik Watson-Smith as well as hometown hero Ricahrd Abraham against Omari Boyd. The [read more]
K-1 Japan 90kg Championship Tournament Fight Card for September 24th
K-1 Japan returns on September 24th with the K-1 Japan 90kg Championship Tournament. It’s another step into the upper weights, which K-1 Japan tends to stumble with a bit. We saw a heavyweight GP last year that provided some excitement and it should come as no shock that much of this tournament includes talent that has doubled as heavyweights for the promotion. That, of course, is just sort of the icing on the cake for the event, as the lower weight classes are always there to entertain us. That includes TAKERU vs. Daniel Puertas, Takei Yoshiki and KOJI vs. Stauro [read more]
KNOCK OUT Summer Fes.2018 to Be Streamed in English
Japanese kickboxing was at one time the alpha and omega in the world of professional kickboxing. Since the fall of FEG’s K-1 in 2011 the sport has fragmented and split up among regions, with promotions like GLORY, Kunlun and K-1 Japan leading the pack when it comes to international presence. Since the beginning of Bushiroad’s KNOCK OUT it was clear that they were going for something different with this promotion. This wasn’t just going to be another Japanese kickb0xing promotion with the intent of having good kickboxing. They wanted more. It makes sense, too, considering that Bushiroad has seen surprising [read more]
GLORY 56 Results and Live Commentary
The night is upon us and the Summer of GLORY continues with GLORY 56, with us here at LiverKick providing you with live GLORY 56 results and coverage throughout the event. Stay with us here on LiverKick, this page will be updated often as the fights happen. In addition, follow us on Twitter @LiverKickdotcom where I’ll be tweeting out thoughts, jokes and running commentary, as always. The four-fight GLORY 56 Denver card will be carried live tomorrow on ESPN2 at 12 a.m. ET / 9 p.m. PT. The six-fight GLORY 56 SuperFight Series card will stream live and exclusively tomorrow on UFC FIGHT PASS at 9:30 [read more]
GLORY 56 Denver Weigh-In Results: Artem Vakhitov and Danyo Ilunga Are Ready
Tomorrow night, live from Denver, Colorado, GLORy 56 kicks off featuring two big championship bouts and a whole lot more. The main event pits one of the best pound-for-pound kickboxers on the planet in GLORY Light Heavyweight Champion Artem Vakhitov against Danyo Ilunga, while in the co-main GLORY Super Bantamweight Champion Anissa Meksen defends against Jady Menezes. GLORY 56 DENVER WEIGH-IN RESULTS Light Heavyweight Title Headline Bout: Artem Vakhitov (205.4 lb / 93.2 kg) vs. Danyo Ilunga (207 lb / 93.9 kg) Super Bantamweight Title Co-Headline Bout: Anissa Meksen (120.6 lb / 54.7 kg) vs. Jady Menezes (121.4 lb / 55.1 kg) Featherweight Bout: Serhii Adamchuk (141.6 lb / 64.2 kg) [read more]
ONE Championship: Beyond the Horizon Fight Card
On September 8th ONE Championship presents Beyond the Horizon, another mixed fight card featuring MMA, Kickboxing and muay thai. This time there will be four Super Series bouts split across both kickboxing and muay thai, with the feature bout of the Super Series being a kickboxing bout between Ognjen Topic and Tukkatatong Petpayathai at 65.8kg. Topic made a name for himself internationally through his fights in Lion Fight inside of the United States in muay thai and is now a force to be reckoned with in Asia competing in ONE Championship under both kickboxing and muay thai rules. Beyond the [read more]
Go Inside GLORY 56 Fight Week with Chris Camozzi and Anissa Meksen
This Friday night GLORY returns to the Rocky Mountains with GLORY 56 Denver, featuring two big world title fights. The first is Anissa Meksen defending the GLORY Super Bantamweight Championship against Jady Menezes in a rematch, while the main event sees GLORY Light Heavyweight Champion Artem Vakhitov looking to defend against former It’s Showtime Light Heavyweight Champion and internationally-renowned slugger Danyo Ilunga. There’s a lot more to come at GLORY 56 Denver, you can see the fight card here. GLORY has released the first of their Inside Fight Week videos, this time featuring former UFC fighter Chris Camozzi preparing for [read more]