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Post by K1power on Apr 19, 2018 19:48:58 GMT 1
 GLORY 54 BirminghamHeavyweight Headline Bout: Rico Verhoeven vs. Mladen Brestovac Welterweight Title Co-Headline Bout: Harut Grigorian vs. Alim Nabiyev Lightweight Bout: Elvis Gashi vs. William Goldie-Galloway Featherweight Bout: Bailey Sugden vs. Aleksei Ulianov Featherweight Bout: Adrian Maxim vs. Chenglong Zhang GLORY 54 SuperFight SeriesLight Heavyweight Headline Bout: Danyo Ilunga vs. Fraser Weightman Lightweight Co-Headline Bout: Christian Baya vs. Josh Jauncey Welterweight Bout: Richard Abraham vs. Adam Hadfield Lightweight Bout: Marat Grigorian vs. Liu Xu Welterweight Tournament Semifinal Bout 2: Mark Timms vs. Dawid Blaszke Welterweight Tournament Semifinal Bout 1: Jamie Bates vs. Tommie King www.glorykickboxing.com/news/genting-arena-hosts-glory-54-birmingham-on-saturday-june-2-headlined-by-rico-verhoeven-vs-mladen-brestovac:cb83fee0-c687-43c0-a674-d60d1b45991e |
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Post by K1power on Apr 19, 2018 19:51:29 GMT 1
This is a solid card!
I'd probably swap Maxim/Zhang with Baya/Jauncey II, but I can understand
them wanting this 'prestige rematch' as the SFS Co-headliner.
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Post by K1power on May 9, 2018 18:48:08 GMT 1
 Lol, these should be the stakes every time the champion fights to begin with. |
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Post by JustBleedFan on May 11, 2018 3:23:05 GMT 1
Yeah, seriously, especially with Brestovac coming off a big head kick knockout in his last fight. Glad the title is on the line in the main event against Verhoeven.
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Post by dvewlsh on May 11, 2018 19:46:37 GMT 1
I mean, c'mon. Yeah, Rico should win, but yeah, he's the champion, he should be defending his title.
I get that they're saving it for Badr Hari, but you know if Rico ever loses he'll have an immediate rematch, or that the fight with Badr doesn't depend on that title to begin with.
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Post by h on May 11, 2018 20:17:11 GMT 1
I was hoping this was in Birmingham Alabama.
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Post by JustBleedFan on May 16, 2018 6:46:54 GMT 1
Some really fun fights on this card. I'm especially looking forward to the two title fights with Rico vs Brestovac and Harut vs Nabiyev, plus Sugden vs Boynazarov. Maxim vs Zhang should be a great action fight too. Glory conveniently has this Saturday to themselves as the UFC's card from Utica, NY is a rare Friday night card the evening before so it won't conflict.
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Post by Shadess on May 16, 2018 11:20:27 GMT 1
Ulianov replaced Boynazarov.
Should be a fine enough card. Bunch of ??? for me earlier on but there's fun and a couple things I want to see.
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Post by karaevfan on May 16, 2018 18:14:02 GMT 1
Good string of fun cards. Wish Marat got a bit stiffer challenge, but should be happy he's just on the card
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Post by K1power on May 16, 2018 19:09:14 GMT 1
It's a fun card. Can't say I care much for the tournament or some of the matchups involving Gashi, Sugden or Abraham, but who knows, their fights might turn out fun.
General consensus on Rico/Brestovac II and Grigorian/Nabiyev seems to be that Rico and Nabiyev are heavy favorites which I don't necessarily disagree with, but boy am I pulling for upsets; I'm a fan of Grigorian and I'm growing pretty annoyed by Rico's increasing arrogance and am fully ready to see him put to sleep to deflate that ego a bit.
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Post by K1power on May 16, 2018 19:13:03 GMT 1
Ulianov replaced Boynazarov. OP updated. Sucks for Boynazarov. I know he's had some wins outside of Glory recently, but I liked this chance at redemption for him within Glory. |
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Post by Fox on May 17, 2018 4:01:07 GMT 1
Pretty good card. A few interesting match ups. I predict Nabiev will outclass Grigorian.
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Post by dvewlsh on May 17, 2018 20:52:08 GMT 1
Yeah, this is a good card. I'm kinda stoked for it.
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Post by lero on May 20, 2018 7:12:47 GMT 1
Pretty good card. A few interesting match ups. I predict Nabiev will outclass Grigorian. That division got crazy after the fall of Holzken. Is a pity Raymond Daniels and Kyshenko are not in the picture. Daniels vs Doumbe or vs Nabiev would be awesome to watch. |
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Post by Fox on May 20, 2018 7:17:36 GMT 1
Pretty good card. A few interesting match ups. I predict Nabiev will outclass Grigorian. That division got crazy after the fall of Holzken. Is a pity Raymond Daniels and Kyshenko are not in the picture. Daniels vs Doumbe or vs Nabiev would be awesome to watch. King Artur is now too big for 76kg methinks. Haven't seen Daniels in forever. I wonder how he has progressed. |
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