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Post by K1power on Jun 22, 2014 12:58:17 GMT 1
Undercard
Mike Lemaire def. Dustin Jacoby via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)
Ron Cruz def. Sonny Singh via unanimous decision (38-37, 38-37, 39-36)
Brian Bruns def Joe Davis via TKO (strikes) at 1:10 of round two
Spencer Mix def. Jules Wallace via unanimous decision (40-36, 40-36, 39-37)
Jay Alvarez def. Chris Henry via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)
Main card
Mirko Cro Cop def. Jarrell Miller via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 30-27)
Gabriel Varga def. Shane Oblonsky via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 29-28)
Andy Ristle def. Ky Hollenbeck via KO (left hook) at 0:35 of round one
Shane Oblonsky def. Marcus Vinicius via unanimous decision (29-26, 29-26, 29-26)
Gabriel Varga def. Yodkhunpon Sitmonchai via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)
Last Man Standing - PPV
Rico Verhoeven def Daniel Ghita via unanimous dec (49-46, 49-46, 48-47)
Joseph Valtellini def Marc de Bonte via unanimous dec (47-46 x 3)
Tournament Final: Levin def Schilling via unanimous dec (29-26, 29-26, 29-26) new Middleweight champion
Semi final: Levin def Verlinden via unanimous dec (30-27 x 3)
Semi final: Schilling def Barrett via split dec (29-28, 30-27, 28-29)
Artem Levin def Alex Pereira via unanimous dec (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)
Joe Schilling def. Simon Marcus via KO in extra round 2:41
Wayne Barrett def Bogdan Stoica via KO RD 3 0:58
Filip Verlinden def Melvin Manhoef via unanimous dec (30-27, 30-27, 28-28)
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Post by K1power on Jun 22, 2014 13:05:46 GMT 1
Let's start with the bad:
- Valtellini getting the decision against DeBonte was an absolute robbery
- Schilling getting the decision against Barrett was questionable.
I would have expected a majority decision for Barrett or an extra round.
- Ghita VS Verhoeven was a dud, I was hoping they were kind of saving themselves to go all out in the championship rounds, but this was simply not an entertaining fight. It was more like 5 rounds of hard sparring.
Too bad that a guy like Ghita - especially with all his talk lately - just doesn't have it in him to win a title or look impressive in a championship fight.
The fact that all the bad things happened at a later stage in the event make the lasting impression that much worse and put a HUGE dent and a sour aftertaste on an otherwise awesome event, because;
- Crocop looked good again
- Schilling coming back from a knockdown to knockout Marcus was crazy
- Verlinden really impressed me not only against Manhoef, but also against Levin
- Barrett confirmed what a freak athlete he is
- Levin showed why he is the best at middleweight
- Despite the horrible decision, DeBonte VS Valtellini was a great fight
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Post by kickboxing on Jun 22, 2014 16:44:01 GMT 1
i thought ghita and de bonte won, wtf? what is the glory board doing? protecting some? moreover i think that marcus also won after three rounds?
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Post by K1power on Jun 22, 2014 17:35:12 GMT 1
Oh yeah DeBonte definitely won that fight. It was an awful, awful decision. Glory has been making a sport out of screwing DeBonte over, really.
About Ghita VS Verhoeven I thought it was too close to call a clear winner. You could make a case for either fighter, but at the end of the day this was high level sparring. Ghita talked big, but was not able to back it up. The fight just wasn't very exciting and if Ghita doesn't agree with the decision he should've knocked him down/out. It's really that simple.
I tought the extra round call of Schilling VS Marcus was definitely defendable.
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Post by kickboxing on Jun 22, 2014 23:42:04 GMT 1
About Ghita VS Verhoeven I thought it was too close to call a clear winner. You could make a case for either fighter, but at the end of the day this was high level sparring. Ghita talked big, but was not able to back it up. The fight just wasn't very exciting and if Ghita doesn't agree with the decision he should've knocked him down/out. It's really that simple. so no equal chances to ghita? btw, would you say the same from a neutral perspective? not to mention that i thought marcus has won the fight after 3 rounds |
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Post by K1power on Jun 22, 2014 23:57:48 GMT 1
You did read this bit, right?
If you don't agree with the decision you got in a really close fight that could have gone either way, try to not have another really close fight that could go either way! To me it seems that Ghita simply can not deliver what people expect or hope to see from him when it counts most. It wasn't a problem when he was still acting humble, but now that he's joined the trashtalk-express he can expect to be judged based on what he says, especially if there's such a big gap between talk and actual performance.
Also, you brought your opinion on Marcus up already, as I did mine.
I agree that North American fighters are protected/helped by Glory/Spike. Hell, it's blatantly obvious;
Dustin Jacoby, who's lost yet another fight on this very card keeps getting chance after chance after one good performance. He's Glory's very own rendition of Tsuyoshi Nakasako.
I don't agree on Rico being helped though. If anything, Ghita is the more popular and spectacular fighter.
I don't think Rico's youth and good English warrant the 'protected' label.
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Post by K1power on Jun 24, 2014 21:20:33 GMT 1
 It's sad to see a guy like Ghita get caught up in the trashtalk, even if he actually is right about Verhoeven being a dick behind closed doors. The fight was lame and Ghita should've done something to make a difference if he disagreed that harshly with the first decision to begin with. It was an even fight that could've gone either way and that's that. He just sounds like he's making excuses. Fact of the matter is he loses everytime something's at stake: Saki, Schilt, Verhoeven. I still really like Ghita, but he only seems able to finish lower elite guys. |
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Post by kickboxing on Jun 25, 2014 8:01:37 GMT 1
he is not making excuses, in fact he said he did not need to knock him out. and verhoeven was not even the champion, it was a vacant title. ghita is not respected enough, and glory protects rico you can see it from decisions (both unanimous and we all know he did not win any by unanimity). ghita has all the right to be frustrated because he got only controversial losses since gerges 1
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Post by K1power on Jun 25, 2014 9:26:57 GMT 1
Do you even know what unanimous means?
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Post by h on Jun 25, 2014 22:05:10 GMT 1
Do you even know what unanimous means?  |
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Post by h on Jun 27, 2014 20:34:31 GMT 1
think we'll ever see Miller kickboxing again?
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Post by K1power on Jun 28, 2014 0:18:45 GMT 1
Only at a ridiculous fee.
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Post by h on Jun 28, 2014 0:42:26 GMT 1
because he earned it dropping two decisions to crocop after talking big game. lol.
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Post by K1power on Jun 28, 2014 2:41:25 GMT 1
K-1 was stupid enough to pay him like 30k to begin with, that set the tone for him.
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Post by h on Jun 28, 2014 8:44:40 GMT 1
true
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