GLORY COLLISION 6 - Rico vs. Osaro [04-11] Results

[Shadess]

El Bouni was still out on his feet
ref: FIGHT

[K1power]

LOL, but he was still breathing!

Seriously though, ref should have instantly called it after the penultimate knockdown.

[Shadess]

My guy Kwasi doing good in Glory so far. (Uku not doing too bad either)

[K1power]

Camara won that fight and he is about to get fucked by rigged judging.

[Shadess]

Yup. Had it 2-1 Camara. Hamicha ran out of cardio in the first round.

[K1power]

Some mindnumbingly bad scoring the whole night so far. I hope the remaining fights won't be affected by it so nobody else gets fucked over by Glory's agenda.

[K1power]

Scott Rudmann is the master of cringe, making up facts as he goes along.

[larsenator]

Nov 4, 2023 18:46:13 GMT 1 K1power said:

Probably gonna induct Badr lol.

Was about to post the exact same thing, ha ha.

[K1power]

Results
Rico Verhoeven defeats Tariq Osaro by Unanimous Decision
Donegi Abena defeats Mohamed Touchassie by Unanimous Decision
Donovan Wisse defeats Michael Boapeah by Unanimous Decision
Mohamed 'Hamicha' Mezouari defeats Diaguely Camara by Split Decision
Ulric Bokeme defeats Serkan Özcaglayan by Unanimous Decision
Chico Kwasi defeats Jay Overmeer by Split Decision
Stefan Latescu defeats Ibrahim El Bouni by TKO R2
Abraham Vidales defeats Ahmad Chikh Mousa by KO R1
Don Sno defeats Gino van Steenis by TKO R2 (three knockdowns)
Ismail Ouzgni defeats Robin Ciric by Unanimous Decision
Figuereido Landman defeats Petros Freitas by Split Decision

[K1power]

Quick thoughts

The Good
+ Overall this was a solid event that - aside from that snoozefest of a main event - delivered on its promise. I would have liked a few more KOs, but that's more of a nitpick.
+ Kinda refreshing to hear Rico not being booed by the majority of the crowd for once. Then the fight started and the whole thing got booed for five rounds lol.
+ Nice threatening ring entrances by both Osaro and Rico - unfortunately that was the most threatening part of the fight.
+ Even though the difference in power and experience was obvious, Abena/Touchassie was a fun fight. It was Power and experience versus speed and a better gastank. Despite losing, Touchassie had a good showing on very short notice against a much bigger, more experienced champion. I guess it did play out somewhat similarly to the first Badr/Ignashov fight. It was even brought up by Mike Passenier and a few others in the lead up to this fight.
+ Nice showy ring entrance by Abena with Remy dancing next to the commentary stand lol.
+ Wisse/Boapeah - The first half of the fight was actually competitive, but during the Championship rounds Boapeah was running on fumes and showed a lot of heart making it to the final bell. Wisse was great throughout.
+ Pereira getting inducted in Glory's Hall of Fame is pretty nice and deserved, even if it somehwat feels they were using his UFC fame to grab some attention.
+ Mezouari/Camara - the fight. Hamicha looked like a monster in round 1, but Camara was able to turn it around as Hamicha lost steam in Round 2 & 3. I think it was a combination of ring rust and Camara being no slouch.
+ Özcaglayan/Bokeme was great. Bokeme forced Serkan to start using his kicks about halfway through lol.
+ Great comeback by Latescu. El Bouni started strong with that early knockdown, but once Latescu recovered El Bouni just couldn't deal with the pressure.
+ Big win from Vidales. Probably considered an upset. I think not even Vidales' backers expected a quick finish like this.
+ Solid prelims by the House of Glory contenders.
+ Strong Glory (regular event) debuts for Landman, Ouzgni and Sno.
+ Freitas wasn't a throwaway replacement.

The Bad
- Rico/Osaro - What a disappointment. Aside from a few flurries, Osaro did absolutely nothing. As a result, Rico barely had to do anything to comfortably take every round. Unfortunately, a boring main event like that overshadows the (mostly) good parts of the night as well.
- Some really shady scoring throughout the whole night which at its worst cost Camara the fight against Hamicha.
- While I definitely found Touchassie an interesting replacement for Khbabez, it ultimately was an undeserved title shot and felt like pandering to the Moroccan audience.
- Ref Niels Beursken didn't have the best showing during Wisse/Boapeah: First he obstructed Wisse in R2, causing him to eat a Boapeah hook. Then in R5 he should have counted Boapeah earlier and perhaps even stopped it when he actually finished counting him.
- Scott Rudmann being a cringemaster who is unable to get facts right.
- Mezouari/Camara - the decision. I'm happy Hamicha had a successful comeback, but it happened at the expense of fucking over Camara who should have taken the decision.
- Moroccan crowds being terrible as usual.
- Didn't really like Kwasi/Overmeer. After the first round it got quite sloppy and while I do believe the right man won, I didn't agree at all with the judges giving R1 to Kwasi.
- Ref let Latescu/El Bouni go on for far too long.
- Some judges giving the fight to Freitas over Landman was ludicrous.

Additional notes
* Didn't see the first 30 or so minutes of the Videoland broadcast because it somewhat overlapped with the prelims, but the rest of the Videoland coverage was once again solid with Melvin and Remy exchanging less jabs than usual. Perhaps it was because of the high pace of the event.
* Abena said in the Dutch post-fight interview that Touchassie can really fight. He also said he felt a bit over-trained and is taking a vacation to get some rest and let some injuries heal.
* Touchassie said in the Dutch post-fight interview he's disappointed in his performance. Says he didn't join just to compete or save the day, but to earn the belt. Of course this is his first pro loss so I'm sure it's rough for him, but he'll be back.
* Ref Edward Strijkert was shushing someone outside of the ring during R3 of Abena/Touchassie; "Nee, nee, mondje dicht!" or "No, no, shut your mouth!".
* Wisse said in the Dutch post-fight interview he expected pressure from Boapeah early on, but expected to take over in the later round. Wisse also felt his own power was lacking due to a shorter than usual training camp (7 weeks vs. the usual 10-11).
* Kwasi said in the Dutch post-fight interview Overmeer was better than he expected and than he was in their first fight.
* Not sure what's next for Ciric. Perhaps he's still getting used to Mike's Gym, but despite performing well in House of Glory he's been coming up short in their regular events.

[K1power]

Osaro just did a Dutch post-fight interview and essentially said things just didn't work out today.

While I wouldn't mind him being a bit tougher on himself, he's just 27 and rose through the ranks in a very short time. Having a positive outlook isn't a bad thing.

During his own post-fight interview Rico said first and foremost he cares about winning and rates his performance as a passing grade, but not necessarily good or great.

[lero]

I am fucking dissapointed at Osaro

The rest of the card was great

[K1power]

Glory Collision 6 broke several records on Videoland:

- Highest number of unique users.
- Highest number of started streams.
- Highest number of simultaneous users on a day.

Over 1 Million Videoland subscribers tuned in to Glory Collision 6. The number of most simultaneous streams was broken during Rico/Osaro. In fact, it broke the previous record holder - Glory Collision 4's Badr/Overeem - by 66%.

The all time record of new Videoland subscribers still belongs to Glory Collision 4.

Source: www.broadcastmagazine.nl/online/gevecht-tussen-rico-verhoeven-en-tariq-osaro-zorgt-voor-records-bij-videoland/

Looks like the Videoland/Glory partnership is a successful one. Videoland doing some superb promotion surely helped.

[Shadess]

That is honestly quite good.

Think some of the big events on Veronica TV drew a bunch more viewers, but a single free tv viewer is nowhere near as valuable as a single subscription service viewer is. Obviously there is some value in being a more mainstream thing, but still being able to draw in a million viewers on a paid platform in a single country is very good.

Hopefully means more good things for the future.

[Fox]

Hopefully Veronica is kicking themselves, no loyalty to their partners.