Tomorrow night GLORY comes at you LIVE with GLORY 55 New York, featuring Alex Pereira vs. Yousri Belgaroui for the GLORY Middleweight Championship. Included are the weigh-in results from the event as well as the video that aired via YouTube. The five-fight GLORY 55 New York card will be carried live tomorrow on ESPNews at 9:30 p.m. ET / 6:30 p.m. PT, with a replay this Sunday, July 22 on ESPN2 at 9 p.m. ET / 6 p.m. PT. The five-fight GLORY 55 SuperFight Series card will stream live and exclusively tomorrow on UFC FIGHT PASS at 7 p.m. ET / 4 p.m. PT. GLORY 55 NEW YORK WEIGH-IN RESULTS Middleweight Title Headline Bout: [read more]
Category: Kickboxing
Take a Look at Yousri Belgaroui Prior to GLORY 55 Title Fight
This Friday at GLORY 55 New York Yousri Belgaroui gets a crack at GLORY Middleweight Champion Alex Pereira, in a third fight between the two men. GLORY released a video that takes a look back on the triumphs of Yousri Belgaroui throughout his GLORY career leading up to this big title fight that takes place this Friday, live from New York City’s Hulu Theater at MSG.
Kunlun Fight 75 Fight Card: KLF 70kg World Championship Final 16
On August 5th Kunlun Fight moves forward with their super-massive 70kg World Championship Tournament with their Final 16. This sees the literal best-of-the-best in the world at 70kg clashing at Kunlun Fight 75 to set up the final tournament. Everything here is Kunlun Fight’s previous 70kg events coming to a head, meaning the qualifying tournaments that they’ve been running featuring fighters from all around the world. Expect to see some of the best fighters in the world competing, with stand-out fights being Moiseev vs. Kiria, Larsen vs. Toutouh, Tuinov vs. Manhoef and many more. All sixteen men included in the [read more]
Bellator Kickboxing 10: Gabriel Varga Stops Kevin Ross, Petrosyan Defeats Allazov in Italy
Today in Italy Bellator Kickboxing 10 went down, where Gabriel Varga and Kevin Ross battled for the Bellator Kickboxing Featherweight Championship in a much-anticipated bout that saw Gabriel Varga once again become a world champion via stoppage in round one. The shocker once again puts Varga at the forefront of the division and Kevin Ross faces another tough setback. Giorgio Petrosyan and Chingiz Allazov met in a much-anticipated bout where Petrosyan was able to, well, be Giorgio Petrosyan against Allazov, who looked a bit sluggish compared to past performances. Of course, Petrosyan is just that good and has a way [read more]
ONE Championship Pursuit of Power: Jo Nattawut Floors Drai in Round One
ONE Championship headed to Kuala Lumpur for Pursuit of Power today for yet another event packed full of martial arts action, featuring former Lion Fight champion Jo Nattawut. Like always, the event featured a number of ONE SuperSeries bouts, including the feature bout between Jo Nattawut and Yohann Fairtex Drai. The fights happened inside of the cage with the smaller MMA gloves, which meant the action moved quickly and saw some thrilling moments. Nattawut with small gloves is a very scary thing, as Drai found out early on in round one. Nattawut, while he might be known for elbows more [read more]
GLORY 58 Chicago Moves to Friday, September 14th
Originally slated to take place on Saturday, September 15th, GLORY 58 Chicago has been bumped up to Friday evening, September 14th. The event will take place at the Sears Centre in Hoffman Estates, Illinois and feature Benjamin Adegbuyi vs. Jahfarr Wilnis in the main event. The two met in the finals of a heavyweight contender’s tournament at GLORY 24 in 2015 in a bout that saw Adegbuyi take a razor-thin decision victory over Wilnis before challenging the reigning GLORY heavyweight champion, Rico Verhoeven, for a second time. Adegbuyi has remained active and near the top of the division, while Wilnis [read more]
ONE: Pursuit of Power SuperSeries Fight Card: Nattawut vs. Drai
ONE returns this weekend on July 13th with ONE: Pursuit of Power featuring Jo Nattawut vs. Yohann Fairtex Drai as the main feature for the ONE SuperSeries. Nattawut is a decorated muay thai fighter who made a name for himself in the United States under the Lion Fight banner as the Super Welterweight Champion, now fighting under the ONE banner. He’ll be fighting the very tough Yohann Drai who has split his time between kickboxing for Kunlun Fight and practicing muay thai across the globe. This should make for an exciting bout between the two fighters. Also featured is Sergej [read more]
Updated Bellator Kickboxing 10 Card: Petrosyan vs. Allazov, Ross vs. Varga
This weekend at Bellator Kickboxing 10 we’re set to see one of the best fights of the year in Giorgio Petrosyan vs. Chingiz Allazov. Allazov has been rising up the ranks at lightweight, losing to Sitthichai in 2014 and going on — get this — a 28-fight win streak. Heading into this bout with Petrosyan there’s no doubt that this is the best competition that Petrosyan has faced since either 2015 or 2016 (depending on your view of Josh Jauncey or Jordan Watson), and one of those rare dream matches in kickboxing that is looking like it might actually happen. [read more]
Get Hyped for Yousri Belgaroui vs. Alex Pereira III at GLORY 55
At GLORY 55 New York Yousri Belgaroui and Alex Pereira will clash for Pereira’s GLORY Middleweight Championship in a rubber match. At GLORY 40 Yousri Belgaroui scored the upset win in the middleweight tournament over Pereira, only for a rematch at GLORY 49 for Pereira’s championship saw the Brazilian retain the championship. At GLORY 55 they’ll clash for a third time, once again for the title, in one of the featured bouts of the evening. GLORY put together this video package for the upcoming fight and it’s time to get excited.
WBC Boxing Champ Srisaket Sor Rungvisai Making ONE Championship Debut in October
While many of the combat sports promotions in the world are focused on doubling down on promoting a lone sport, ONE Championship is showing its dedication to the broad spectrum of sports this October. On October 6th in Thailand, ONE Championship: Kingdom of Heroes will feature the ONE debut of WBC and Ring Super Flyweight Champion Srisaket Sor Rungvisai. Srisaket Sor Rungvisai’s debut won’t be in MMA, kickboxing or muay thai — all sports ONE already promotes — but in his home sport of professional boxing. If that sounds like a departure, then you haven’t been paying attention to ONE’s flexibility and [read more]