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GLORY World Series Makes Denver Debut on May 3


GLORY, the world's premier kickboxing league, today announced the date for GLORY 16 DENVER, to be broadcast live on Fight Network and SPIKE TV from 1STBANK Center in Denver, Colorado on Saturday, May 3rd.

GLORY 16 DENVER marks the promotion's first visit to Colorado, having previously hosted U.S. events in Oklahoma, California, New York, Wisconsin, and Illinois.

Tickets for GLORY 16 DENVER go on sale Monday, February 24th and will be available at http://www.altitudetickets.com, by calling 303.893.TIXS and at Altitude Tickets' kiosks located inside all Colorado Dick's Sporting Goods stores. Tickets will also be available for purchase at the Pepsi Center box office and at the 1STBANK Center box office (open event days only) starting Tuesday, February 25th.

From - https://twitter.com/niekyholzken

Pat Barry's Debut Set for GLORY 16 Denver on May 3


GLORY, the world's premier kickboxing league, today announced the full fight card for GLORY 16 DENVER, featuring a Welterweight World Championship Title Fight and the one-night, four-man Heavyweight Contender Tournament, from 1STBANK Center in Broomfield, Colorado on Saturday, May 3rd.

GLORY 16 DENVER, LIVE on Fight Network and SPIKE TV starting at 8 p.m. ET, is headlined by a Welterweight World Championship Title Fight that pits #1 ranked Nieky 'The Natural' Holzken (84-11-0, 44 KOs) of the Netherlands up against Belgium's Marc de Bonte (86-11-1, 28 KOs), currently ranked #5.

Originally scheduled for GLORY 15 ISTANBUL, the match-up between power puncher Errol 'The Bonecrusher' Zimmerman (101-11-1, 42 KOs) and knockout artist Bangin' Ben Edwards (36-9-3, 32 KOs) now serves as one half of the Heavyweight Contender Tournament at GLORY 16 DENVER. On the other side of the tournament bracket, heavy handed Russian Sergey Kharitonov (5-3-0, 3 KOs) meets Brazil's Anderson 'Braddock' Silva (37-10-1, 24 KOs). The Contender Tournament winner earns a spot in GLORY's Heavyweight World Championship Tournament later this year.

Making his GLORY debut in the Contender Tournament reserve bout, recently signed heavyweight Pat 'HD' Barry (15-5-1, 9 KOs) takes on fellow newcomer Zack Mwekassa (10-1-0, 9 KOs).


GLORY 16 DENVER:

Tournament Final Bout C: Semifinal Bout A Winner vs. Semifinal Bout B Winner
Welterweight World Title Bout: Nieky Holzken vs. Marc de Bonte
Tournament Reserve Bout: Pat Barry vs. Zack Mwekassa
Tournament Semifinal Bout B: Anderson Silva vs. Sergey Kharitonov
Tournament Semifinal Bout A: Ben Edwards vs. Errol Zimmerman

Shoulder injury forces Holzken out of GLORY 16 title fight


Nieky ‘The Natural’ Holzken (84-11, 44 KO’s) is out of his GLORY 16 DENVER fight for the World Welterweight Championship. Holzken was due to face the accomplished Muay Thai stylist Marc De Bonte (86-11-1, 28 KO’s) in the inaugural welterweight title fight but lingering injuries from a recent car crash have forced him into taking a break.

“On January 6 I suffered some injury in a car accident. That was why I wasn’t able to fight at GLORY 14 ZAGREB in March as originally planned,” says Holzken.

“I have been having some shoulder trouble and I have been trying to get around it by fighting mostly in southpaw stance, because I can fight from both stances.

“But it became too painful and when I went for an MRI scan they said there is still signs of damage. I was told that I need to rest my shoulder or face the possibility of ending my career early.”

De Bonte remains in the fight. Holzken has been replaced by Karapet Karapetyan (43-9-2, 4 KO’s). The relentless Armenian welterweight most recently had seen using his machine-gun technical combinations to outclass the Ukrainian standout Artur Kyshenko at GLORY 14 ZAGREB. Karapetyan lost a decision to Holzken in December during the GLORY 13 TOKYO tournament. De Bonte is coming off a superb first-round KO of the highly-regarded L'houcine Ouzgni by way of a knee strike at GLORY 6.

“I will take a few months off to heal and then I will be back. I am very disappointed but there is nothing I can do except try to get back in action as fast as possible,” says Holzken.

“In the meantime I wish Marc De Bonte and Karapet Karapetyan the best of luck and I look forward to fighting the winner on my return.”

GLORY 16 DENVER takes place on Saturday May 3 at the 1ST BANK CENTER in Denver, Colorado.

Here is the finalized GLORY 16 Denver fight card and line up:


Welterweight Main Event:

Welterweight World Title Fight: Karapet Karapetyan vs. Marc De Bonte

Heavyweight Co-Main Event:

Pat Barry vs. Zack Mwekassa

Heavyweight Tournament Final:

TBA vs. TBA

Heavyweight Tournament Semifinal #1:

Sergei Kharitonov vs. Anderson Silva

Heavyweight Tournament Semifinal #2:

Ben Edwards vs. Errol Zimmerman


GLORY Superfights:

Heavyweight: Benjamin Adegbuyi vs. Daniel Sam

Middleweight: Artem Levin vs. Robert Thomas

Heavyweight: Jamal Ben Saddik vs. Nicolas Wamba

Light Heavyweight: Igor Jurkovic vs. Artem Vakhitov

Welterweight: Raymond Daniels vs. Francois Ambang

Lightweight: Warren Stevelmans vs. Josh Jauncey