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Post by Shadess on Jul 20, 2024 21:54:55 GMT 1
Entire main card was pretty good. Semeleer-Beztati was great, would've been even better as a 5 rounder. That will be a fun fight to see again sometime in the future.
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Post by K1power on Jul 20, 2024 21:56:16 GMT 1
Quick Thoughts
The Good
+ Overall this was a pretty decent event with just a few things I'm not happy with.
+ Beztati vs. Semeleer was a good fight. Tyjani started strong, while Semeleer grew into the fight. It was too little too late for Semeleer though as he needed at least a knockdown to even out the score. This should have been a five round fight. Glory needs to consider five rounders for main events, regardless if they're title fights.
+ Boapeah vs. Bokeme was solid, but I expected more from Bokeme. He started working a bit too late and took way too many lowkicks. Boapeah looked great.
+ Özcan vs. Amarouche was fun. Amarouche did much better than expected and gave Özcan a lot of trouble until he got knocked down. Özcan, while making a solid Glory debut in his road to welterweight, did look more passive than usual and he'll struggle against the WW top 5. That said, congrats to Tayfun on his win and 100th fight. A great milestone in and of itself, especially for a non-Thai fighter. As for Amarouche I think he looked good against a veteran and hope to see him back in Glory.
+ Vidales vs. Trindade was great. Trindade really committing to the lowkicks, pummeling Vidales' left leg to the point it started to bleed. Vidales kept going forward though and remained dangerous throughout the fight. Very fun to watch. I guess Trindade should be ranked #1 now?
+ Ciric vs. Todorovic was a really solid fight. Apparently they used to be sparring partners in Serbia a few years ago. Cool to see Ciric returning to his more confident self.
+ Ait El Hadj vs. Don Sno was a sloppy, but entertaining brawl. Sno was constantly going forward, but his striking was sloppy. Ait El Hadj on the other hand was able to consistently land clean strikes from the backpedal.
+ While the fight wasn't great, Goma's performance was a nice surprise. His punches didn't look dangerous, but his kicks and overall movement were decent. Was also really cool to see his dad celebrate and get emotional when he got the decision. I don't see Goma becoming a serious challenger for the division, but it was still nice to see a late replacement making the most of his opportunity.
The Bad
- The censored version of Many Men played during Tyjani's walkout. Fuck that.
- I haven't seen the first three rounds of Petch vs. Kento and I'm sure a bunch of stuff happened in those, but the last two rounds were pretty boring. Part of me still thinks it's dumb a title fight is co-main event to a non-title fight, but I kind of understand why they did it in this case as it would have been an anti-climax.
- Shame the crowd was booing Bokeme.
- De Sousa looked awful. He showed semi-competent Kickboxing for about one minute and then reverted to just standing around throwing random shots, clinching and breathing heavily.
- Gashi vs. Gnedre was sloppy. Hard, but sloppy. Gnedre was outsized, but could have fought a much smarter fight. Being a sloppy weight bully was enough for Asdren here.
Additional Notes
* I think Plazibat is starting to get under Rigters' skin.
* Beztati- and Boapeah-fanclubs aside, the lack of heavy hitters on the card meant less hooligan-type fanboys in the crowd which was very welcome.
* Spotted Xavi Simons (Dutch National Football player) and Cor Hemmers in the crowd.
* Remy had a new co-commentator during fights who did a decent job. Robbert Reimering.
* Don Sno mentioned in a recent interview that he wants to move up to HEAVYWEIGHT(!) within the next two years. Someone should talk to him.
* Videoland has introduced pre-roll advertisements when you start a stream. Streaming services have started adding advertisements left and right and I hate it.
* Not sure if it was configured to max capacity, but the venue looked small. K-1 Max Finals small, if not smaller. There was no studio area for Videoland either and Remy/Melvin/Schaaf did all their analytics ringside.
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Post by Shadess on Jul 20, 2024 22:02:07 GMT 1
- I haven't seen the first three rounds of Petch vs. Kento and I'm sure a bunch of stuff happened in those, but the last two rounds were pretty boring. Part of me still thinks it's dumb a title fight is co-main event to a non-title fight, but I kind of understand why they did it in this case as it would have been an anti-climax. You missed the good parts. Petch actually wasn't boring. |
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Post by Fox on Jul 21, 2024 9:04:25 GMT 1
As much as I think Ulric has a cool name, it was kinda funny to see Mike eek out the win here lol
My gf was watching the fights with me and I told her Mike knocked Bokeme's teeth out in their past fight and she asked "so does that mean he won?" and I said "Yeah, thats a TKO." And she said "... teeth knock out?" lmao
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