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Post by K1power on Dec 18, 2017 17:10:10 GMT 1
 Glory 50 - ChicagoWelterweight Title Headline Bout: Murthel Groenhart (c) vs. Harut Grigorian Heavyweight Tournament Final Bout: Winner of Bout A vs. Winner of Bout B Welterweight Co-Headline Bout: Richard Abraham vs. Malik Watson-Smith Heavyweight Tournament Semifinal Bout B: Benjamin Adegbuyi vs. D’Angelo Marshall Heavyweight Tournament Semifinal Bout A: Guto Inocente vs. Junior Tafa Glory 50 - SuperFight SeriesLightweight Title Headline Bout: Sitthichai Sitsongpeenong (c) vs. Christian Baya Heavyweight Co-Headline Bout: Haze Wilson vs. Anthony McDonald Welterweight Bout: Omar Moreno vs. Casey Greene Welterweight Bout: Daniel Morales vs. Omari Boyd Catchweight (150 lb) Bout: Diego Llamas vs. Justin Houghton |
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Post by K1power on Dec 18, 2017 17:11:31 GMT 1
Not bad, thus far.
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Post by samurai1 on Dec 18, 2017 17:45:56 GMT 1
To be sincere I don't understand why would they give Harut the title shot. Murthel is 2-0 against him and beat him already a few months a ago in a dominant performance and he also basically made him quit.
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Post by JustBleedFan on Dec 20, 2017 4:56:00 GMT 1
To be sincere I don't understand why would they give Harut the title shot. Murthel is 2-0 against him and beat him already a few months a ago in a dominant performance and he also basically made him quit. Well, Harut at least won the most recent welterweight contender tournament, beating A. Pinto and Benmansour in one night. I'm not sure what other options they have right now in this weight class. Looking over Glory's roster on their web site, he seems like the only fighter positioned to challenge Murthel for the welterweight belt right now. Nabiyev certainly is in consideration for a title shot after beating Holzken, but that just happened and they may or may not give him a shot without a tournament victory. I hope you got on that Nabiyev gravy train on the last card samurai1, +330 was sweet! |
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Post by K1power on Jan 9, 2018 21:01:25 GMT 1
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Post by dvewlsh on Jan 10, 2018 7:23:25 GMT 1
Wait, is this the tournament that Todd said was HUGE?
Was that just a joke because they're heavyweights?
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Post by K1power on Feb 12, 2018 12:06:45 GMT 1
Happening this Friday.
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Post by karaevfan on Feb 13, 2018 2:42:41 GMT 1
It's an ok card, but it bemuses me that there's still such a huge gap between these American cards and the European one happening next week. Its not like they're still throwing rando Americans on the PPV portion and yet I get a much meh... feel
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Post by Fox on Feb 13, 2018 11:58:45 GMT 1
Kinda meh card. Harut and Baya will need KOs/KDs to win and I don't think either will pull it off.
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Post by dvewlsh on Feb 14, 2018 1:20:08 GMT 1
It's an ok card, but it bemuses me that there's still such a huge gap between these American cards and the European one happening next week. Its not like they're still throwing rando Americans on the PPV portion and yet I get a much meh... feel I mean, I get it. I've been to a few of these American shows. The people there have no fucking clue who any of these guys are. They are there to support the guys from their local gyms. So they can't just front load the cards with locals because by the time the main card starts that arena will be empty. But damn is it a bad television product. |
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Post by JustBleedFan on Feb 14, 2018 7:34:14 GMT 1
I'm looking forward to this card very much as I think it's one of the better U.S. cards in a while. I agree with Dave that many if not most of the attendees at U.S. Glory shows are somehow connected to fighters on the card, the combat sports industry, or in some cases they are traveling foreigners like Romanians coming to support their countrymen, not local American kickboxing fans which are rare than hens teeth. I disagree about Glory as a television product though. In my opinion that is one of the things that they get right, as I find the production values quite decent. And as a Fight Pass subscriber who already subscribes to satellite tv, it's easy for me to watch as well with no additional cost.
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Post by JustBleedFan on Feb 14, 2018 7:39:03 GMT 1
MMA oddsmaker Nick Kalikas sent out his opening betting odds for the following bouts on the Glory 50 card today. Betting lines courtesy of BetDSI.
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Glory 50: Chicago
February 16, 2018
UIC Pavilion - Chicago, USA
GLORY 50 Chicago - (ESPN3 at 11pm ET / 8pm PT)
Welterweight Title:
Harut Grigorian +285
Murthel Groenhart -405
Over 3.5 -105
Under 3.5 -135
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Welterweight Co-Headline:
Malik Watson-Smith +205
Richard Abraham -275
Over 2.5 -140
Under 2.5 +100
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Heavyweight Tournament Semifinal:
D’Angelo Marshall -130
Benjamin Adegbuyi -110
Over 2.5 -165
Under 2.5 +125
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Heavyweight Tournament Semifinal:
Junior Tafa +100
Guto Inocente -140
Over 1.5 -150
Under 1.5 +110
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GLORY 50 SuperFight Series - (UFC Fight Pass at 8:30pm ET / 5:30pm PT)
Lightweight Title:
Christian Baya +170
Sitthichai Sitsongpeenong -230
Over 4.5 -210
Under 4.5 +160
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Post by karaevfan on Feb 16, 2018 5:45:55 GMT 1
I'm not super familiar with D’Angelo Marshall beyond the Londt fight, but surprised he's so evenly rated on the odds vs Adegbuyi.
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Post by JustBleedFan on Feb 16, 2018 6:19:48 GMT 1
The way I handicap the fights:
For Glory 50 I'm on some sides and o/u's already. I laying the juice on Sittichai at -260 in the LW title fight vs Christian Baya in the Superfight Series on Fight Pass. Also took the under 4½ at +170. Unders are always tricky with three minute kickboxing rounds, but Baya said he was going to bring the fight to Sittichai and that opens him up to the Thai's step-up knee and body kicks. It's a good price for the stoppage before the middle of round 5. In one half of the HW tournament bracket, I have to back my man Guto Inocente, as a -150 favorite this time (not +1300 underdog!) vs Mark Hunt protege Junior Tafa as well as the over 1½ at -140. In the other half of the bracket, I very much like Benjamin Adegbuyi at -130 to beat D'Angelo Marshall by stoppage or more likely decision, leading to a potential re-match of that huge upset in 2017 in the tournament final of Guto & Adegbuyi. I expect hometown welterweight Richard Abraham who is not a super heavy hitter to go over 2½ with Chicago native Malik Watson-Smith at -150. In the welterweight title fight main event, Murthal Groenhart has stopped aggressive Armenian Harut Grigorian on two separate occasions when they previously fought including once in Glory, so with this clash of styles, think the under 3½ is a reasonable bet at -145. Prices have shortened on almost all these lines since yesterday.
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Post by K1power on Feb 16, 2018 18:34:28 GMT 1
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