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GLORY 15 ISTANBUL Full Card Announced for APRIL 12th, 2014!


In one of our most talent-stacked events ever, we are thrilled to present GLORY 15 Istanbul, featuring the 2014 Light Heavyweight World Championship Tournament!

Four of the top 209lb (95kg) kickboxers on the planet gather from all corners of the Earth, with the semi-finals pitting Turkey's Gokhan Saki vs Australia's Nathan Corbett, and Suriname's Tyrone Spong vs Brazil's Saulo Cavalari.

The Co-Headline Event of the evening sees Holland's Robin van Roosmalen face Armenia's Marat Grigorian at Lightweight, while the Headline Event features Curacao's Errol Zimmerman vs. Australia's Ben Edwards at Heavyweight.


ERROL ZIMMERMAN vs BEN EDWARDS
ROBIN VAN ROOSMALEN vs MARAT GRIGORIAN


Light Heavyweight World Championship Tournament:

TYRONE SPONG vs SAULO CAVALARI
GOKHAN SAKI vs NATHAN CORBETT


Istanbul Superfight Series:

BRIAN COLLETTE vs MOURAD BOUZIDI
JHONATA DINIZ vs HESDY GERGES

Andrei Stoica (31-4, 21 KO’s) has joined the GLORY World Series light-heavyweight division


The Romanian has signed a multi-fight deal and will make his debut for the organization at GLORY 15 ISTANBUL on Saturday, April 12. Stoica has dominated his weight category in his native Romania and now seeks to do the same on the world stage. In his GLORY debut he will face Danyo Ilunga (54-5, 41 KO’s), ranked #3 in the world and formerly ranked #1. A student of Remy Bonjasky, the talented Ilunga will be the toughest test of Stoica’s career.

“Even by the high standards of the Romanian kickboxing scene, Andrei Stoica stands out as a top talent,” says Cor Hemmers, GLORY Head of Talent Operations.

“His performances are never anything short of explosive. Andre is fast and powerful and he has some very nice techniques. There are some big knockouts on his highlight reel and now he will try to add some more in GLORY.”

The fight with Ilunga is a reserve match for the Light-Heavyweight World Championship Tournament taking place that night. The winner will be a reservist for the tournament and will be called up should either of the tournament finalists be too injured to continue.

Gokhan Saki (79-16, 56 KO’s) makes his light-heavyweight debut in the tournament, which also includes Tyrone ‘King of the Ring’ Spong (90-5, 60 KO’s), Nathan ‘Carnage’ Corbett (57-4, 45 KO’s) and Brazilian knockout machine Saulo Cavalari (28-2, 18 KO’s).

Main event:

Robin van Roosmalen (NLD) vs. Marat Grigorian (ARM)


Co-main event:

Andrei Stoica (ROM) vs. Danyo Ilunga (COD)



Light Heavyweight World Championship Tournament Semi-final #1:

Tyrone Spong (SUR) vs. Saulo Cavalari (BRA)


Light Heavyweight World Championship Tournament Semi-final #2:

Gokhan Saki (TUR) vs. Nathan Corbett (AUS)



Istanbul Superfight Series:

Brian Collette (USA) vs. Mourad Bouzidi (TUN)
Jhonata Diniz (BRA) vs. Hesdy Gerges (EGY)
Filip Verlinden (BEL) vs. TBA
Niclas Larsen (DEN) vs. Steve Moxon (AUS)
Yodkhunpon Sitmonchai (THA) vs. Ras Sarkisjan (ARM)
Atakan Arslan (TUR) vs. Jonatan Oliveira (BRA)

Man oh man! Completely forgot about this!!! Can't wait! WAR SPONG!!!