The Big Kickboxing News & Rumors Thread [2024]

[K1power]

Last minute addition to the Rizin card:

[Shadess]

Mar 6, 2024 18:01:16 GMT 1 Shadess said:

No idea who would be an American in Europe unless former Glory CEO Marshall Zelaznik has moved to Europe and is coming back?

He's back.

glorykickboxing.com/news/ufc-pioneer-marshall-zelaznik-appointed-new-ceo-of-glory

[Shadess]

Zelaznik does not plan to make any major changes in the short term. The tournaments introduced by his predecessor Hols will continue to exist under the American. “That was a great event,” says Zelaznik.

"We want to grow not only in the Netherlands, but also internationally. France and Germany, but also Asian countries such as Japan are an interesting market for us," says Zelaznik, who plans to move to Paris. "The American market is of course also interesting, but not an immediate priority."

nos.nl/artikel/2513289-glory-stelt-amerikaan-zelaznik-aan-als-directeur-ook-internationaal-groeien

[K1power]

Interesting. I can't recall, but was there ever a reason given why he left Glory in the first place?

Edit: I guess Glory's bankruptcy during the pandemic sort of forced him out?

[Shadess]

Pretty much covid uncertainty yea, nobody really knew when things could even remotely be resumed. Glory then also had the added "benefit" of taking on the restructuring around the same time so nobody could reliably expect pay checks from them.

[lero]

Mar 17, 2024 16:59:32 GMT 1 K1power said:

RISE ELDORADO 2024 Results

Anyone who tuned in to Rise today; How was it?

Watching it slowly, not good results for RISE against K-1 and the ending was anticlimatic. You can watch the whole thing here www.hula8.net/article/69130.html

[K1power]

Thanks man, I'll tune in when I have some time.

[K1power]

Interview with Teodor Hristov with English subs.

[K1power]

RISE ELDORADO 2024 BeyondKick Write-up

Only saw some clips so far, but I do love how many shake-ups there are at 65kg lately. It truly feels like anyone can beat anyone at the top.

[K1power]

JBS already back in training a week after serious surgery. Just hope he's okay.

https://www.instagram.com/p/C4x6xdtsZ_S

[K1power]

I could see Buakaw still doing well at the MAX GP if he happened to get the wildcard, even at 41.

Not that Kimura is the best reference point.

[K1power]

ONE Friday Fights 56 Results

RIZIN LANDMARK 9 Results

WGP KICKBOXING 73 Results

[K1power]

Happening this Weekend:

Friday
- ONE Friday Fights 57
- Dynamite Fighting Show 22

Saturday
- Krush.159

Sunday
- Wu Lin Feng 20 Year Anniversary

[K1power]

WarriorCode has started adding English subtitles to their videos and is auto-translating comments as well. This is sooner than expected, but they mentioned something about wanting to grow the channel beyond just Dutch speaking territories ASAP.

Fair warning: it's not great. Aside from some spelling hiccups - which are to be expected - translating Dutch to English literally doesn't always produce good looking sentences.

That said, I think it does get the message across and should save me a bunch of work:

- Latest podcast (released on Fridays)
- WarriorTalk #25 with Chico Kwasi, Tayfun Özcan, Younes Smaili, Mourad el Otmani
(release every ~2 weeks during weekends)

[K1power]

Peter Aerts' first Legend event titled "Road to Legend" was held yesterday in Yokohama:



Here are the results. I don't think they're complete though, because Aerts' son Marciano was scheduled to fight as well.

Here are some videos:

https://www.instagram.com/reel/C47O6xQSBp3

There is an Instagram page and YouTube channel as well.

Hope it'll take off.