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Post by K1power on Sept 9, 2019 18:30:02 GMT 1
 Glory 69Marat Grigorian (c) vs. Tyjani Beztati Michael Smolik vs. Mohamed Abdallah Luis Tavares vs. Michael Duut Yousri Belgaroui vs. Ulrik Bokeme Yoann Kongolo vs. Dmitry Menshikov Superfight SeriesChristi Brereton vs. Sarah Moussaddak Tomas Mozny vs. Antonio Plazibat Dani Traoré vs. Arian Sadikovic Felipe Micheletti vs. Stéphane Susperregui Sergej Maslobojev vs. Bahram Rajabzadeh PrelimsLuke Whelan vs. Massaro Glunder Vlad Tuinov vs. Artur Saładiak Masaya Kubo vs. River Daz Jakob Styben vs. Kevin van Heeckeren Vincent Foschiani vs. Matthew Stevens en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2019_in_Glory |
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Post by K1power on Sept 9, 2019 18:31:41 GMT 1
Very fun card!
Cool to see Kongolo and Plazibat back.
Düsseldorf is about an hour away from where I live so I may attend this.
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Post by Shadess on Sept 20, 2019 0:41:23 GMT 1
Had missed Belgaroui vs. Bokeme was on this. That fight seems quite good to me for some reason.
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Post by K1power on Oct 8, 2019 17:58:52 GMT 1
Happening this Saturday.
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Post by samurai1 on Oct 8, 2019 19:04:48 GMT 1
Can someone tell me what is all this hype about Michael Smolik? Never heard of him until 6 months ago when people start talking about him and also appearing in my youtube recommendations.
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Post by lero on Oct 8, 2019 21:21:59 GMT 1
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Post by K1power on Oct 10, 2019 17:58:16 GMT 1
I feel like even semi-celebrity is a bit of a stretch. The average German has no idea who Smolik is, but everybody over 30 knows Henry Maske and Axel Schulz.
Kickboxing just doesn't have that status yet in Germany. I like to compare it to how it used to be in Holland before Rico vs. Badr helped to make the sport more mainstream. All it took was a little race war, lol
On to Smolik as a fighter. He moves well for a guy his size and has some nice kicks, but his biggest accomplishment in 30+ fights is beating Daniel Sam. Nothing wrong with that, but it doesn't necessarily mean he's the next big thing. Let's see how he does against Abdallah and some bigger names if he wins that fight.
While I do like the card, I won't be attending this one after all. I'll definitely watch it live though as it's at a much more favourable timeslot compared to the last few Glory events.
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Post by lero on Oct 11, 2019 6:39:36 GMT 1
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Post by K1power on Oct 12, 2019 10:54:15 GMT 1
LOL, I'm not sure if you guys are familiar with this phenomenon in the rest of the world, but in this part of Europe fake reality shows have become part of daily television.
I'm not even talking scripted reality where part of it is real. I'm talking completely made up, with fictional characters and stories, only filmed like reality.
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Post by K1power on Oct 12, 2019 10:57:19 GMT 1
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Post by K1power on Oct 12, 2019 10:59:14 GMT 1
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Post by K1power on Oct 12, 2019 17:43:44 GMT 1
Prelims are live!
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Post by K1power on Oct 12, 2019 22:21:31 GMT 1
Full Results
Glory 69
Marat Grigorian (c) defeats Tyjani Beztati by Unanimous Decision
Michael Smolik defeats Mohamed Abdallah by Split Decision
Luis Tavares defeats Michael Duut by Unanimous Decision
Yousri Belgaroui defeats Ulrik Bokeme by Unanimous Decision
Dmitry Menshikov defeats Yoann Kongolo by TKO R2 (Cut)
Superfight Series
Stéphane Susperregui defeats Felipe Micheletti by Extra Round Decision
Antonio Plazibat defeats Tomas Mozny by Unanimous Decision
Christi Brereton defeats Sarah Moussaddak by Split Decision
Sergej Maslobojev defeats Bahram Rajabzadeh by Unanimous Decision
Arian Sadikovic defeats Dani Traoré by Unanimous Decision
Prelims
Vlad Tuinov defeats Artur Saładiak by Unanimous Decision
Massaro Glunder defeats Arbi Emiev*3 by Unanimous Decision
River Daz defeats Antonio Campoy*2 by Unanimous Decision
Jakob Styben defeats Kevin van Heeckeren by Split Decision
Jos van Belzen*1 defeats Matthew Stevens by Split Decision
*1 Replaced Vincent Foschiani
*2 Replaced Masaya Kubo
*3 Replaced Luke Whelan
Quick thoughts:
+ Grigorian/Beztati ending the event on a high note after the abomination that came right before it.
+ Menshikov/Kongolo - The fight
+ Despite my lack of enthusiasm for Micheletti vs. Susperregui, the fight actually turned out okay
+ Even though he fought way too sloppily, I like that Plazibat showed some fire again after some lackluster performances
+ Mozny showing a ton of heart and was competitive despite being hurt throughout most of the fight
+ Maslobojev's scissor knee knockdown of Rajabzadeh
+ Saładiak showing a ton of heart against Tuinov
+ Glunder having a good night
- Smolik/Abdallah - I liked the theme of 'Germany's best HW', but this was a joke and insult to the rest of the event.
- Tavares/Duut not ending with a KO
- Menshikov/Kongolo - The ending
- A serious lack of knockdowns/knockouts
- Aside from the nice knockdowns, Sadikovic/Traoré and Maslobojev/Rajabzadeh weren't very good
Overall a pretty good event that I would have rated higher if it wasn't for Smolik/Abdallah completely murdering the momentum.
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