GLORY 10 Los Angeles - Fight Card Updates

[keithlewis]

GLORY 10 Los Angeles
4000 East Ontario Center Parkway
Citizens Bank Arena
Ontario, CA


GLORY 10 will feature a one-night, four man Middleweight tournament with Joe Schilling, Artem Levin, Steven Wakeling and Jason Wilnis. Also, Jerome Le Banner will fight Sergei Kharitonov and Robin Van Roosmalen will take on Shemsi Beqiri.


**More announcements coming soon!

[keithlewis]

GLORY 10 Middleweight Tournament Announced

GLORY, the world’s premier kickboxing league, has announced that it will bring its championship-level fight series to the West Coast with a stacked fight card that includes a one-night, four-man, Middleweight (187 lbs/85 kg) World Championship Tournament and eight Superfight match-ups, live from the Citizens Business Bank Arena in Ontario, Calif. on Saturday, September 28th.

Here is the rest - http://punchdrunkgamer.com/glory-10-mid ... announced/

[keithlewis]

Three more fights have been added to the card. Of the three fights added, two are in the 70kg division, and they both involve highly ranked fighters in the promotion. Murthel Groenhart will take on Davit Kiria, and Jordan Watson will fight Albert Kraus. These two 70kg fights join the already announced Robin van Roosmalen vs. Shemsi Beqiri fight on the card. As well, a heavyweight fight between Brice Guidon and the brother of tournament participant Jason Wilnis, Jahfarr Wilnis, was added to the card.

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[broncofan]

Two more fights have been confirmed today for the GLORY 10 event taking place in Los Angeles, California on Sunday, September 28. Randy ‘Boom Boom’ Blake (31-2, 13 KO’s) and Brian Collette (20-1, 16 KOs) are two of America’s top light-heavyweights. They are set to face each other in a battle which will do much to determine who is at the top of the US 205lb rankings.

At 155lbs, two of the lightweight division’s brightest rising stars will meet for what is a hugely important fight. Andy Ristie (38-3-1, 19 KO’s) has been on an inexorable rise towards top contender status while young Sanny Dahlbeck of Sweden (25-5, 15 KO’s) has burst onto the scene with standout performances which have marked him out as one to watch.

http://www.gloryworldseries.com/en/news/view/275

[keithlewis]

Here is the line-up so far:

Super-Fights:

Brian Collette vs. Randy Blake
Davit Kiria vs. Murthel Groenhart
Andy Ristie vs. Sanny Dahlbeck
Jordan Watson vs. Albert Kraus
Jerome Le Banner vs. Sergei Kharitonov
Robin van Roosmalen vs. Shemsi Beqiri
Brice Guidon vs. Jahfarr Wilnis

GLORY Middleweight Tournament:

Artem Levin
Joe Schilling
Jason Wilnis
Steve Wakeling

[keithlewis]

Brice Guidon vs Jahfarr Wilnis


A heavyweight superfight between Jahfarr Wilnis and Brice 'Nectar' Guidon was confirmed for the GLORY 10 card taking place in Los Angeles, California on Saturday September 28.

The fight pits hard-hitting knockout artist Wilnis (17-3-1, 4 KO’s), a Dutchman of Surinamese descent, against French technician Guidon (28-9-0, 13 KO’s). With Wilnis ranked at #17 in the official heavyweight rankings and Guidon at #12, the fight is crucial for the top-ten ambitions of both men.

“Guidon has had a hard run in his last three outings. He had back-to-back fights with GLORY Heavyweight Champion Semmy Schilt, followed by a fight with Daniel Ghita, world #2 at the time. Now he’s facing someone from the mid-tier and it’s a chance for him to show his skills and show he belongs at this level,” says GLORY matchmaker Cor Hemmers.

“Guidon is a top fighter, he has had some good fights in the past with guys like Gokhan Saki, but he’s been fighting only the very top guys in GLORY. This is a critical fight for him – it’s a good test but he needs a win.

“For Wilnis the fight is a chance to take out a higher-ranked, bigger-name. If he can dominate the fight or can stop Guidon it’s going to do a lot for his confidence and will move him well up the rankings. For Guidon it’s crucial to get the victory and for Wilnis there is a lot to be gained, so they are both going to go for it.”

Guidon, 27, hails from the historic French city of Tours. He started training at 12 years old in the native French kick-fighting art of Savate before switching to Muay Thai in his late teens. Not long afterwards he moved to Amsterdam in the Netherlands and joined the venerable Meijiro Gym, which has housed Remy Bonjasky, Rob Kaman, Andy Souwer and Michael Duut among others.

Wilnis comes from Utrecht in the Netherlands and fights out of Colosseum Gym, where he is currently a training partner of Peter Aerts. He comes from a fighting family; his younger brother Jason is also on the GLORY 10 card, taking part in the four-man middleweight tournament.

GLORY 10 takes place at the Citizens Bank Arena in Los Angeles, California on Saturday September 28. The event’s centerpiece is a four-man middleweight tournament featuring world-ranked #1 Artem Levin, Muay Thai wrecking machine Steve Wakeling, American standout Joe Schilling and young Dutch prospect Jason Wilnis.

[keithlewis]

Full Card Set for GLORY 10 Los Angeles


GLORY, the world's premier kickboxing league, today announced the full fight card for Glory 10 Los Angeles, featuring a one-night, four-man, Middleweight World Championship Tournament, live from the Citizens Business Bank Arena in Ontario, California on Saturday, September 28th.

GLORY's Middleweight World Championship Tournament pits #1 ranked contender Artem "The Lion" Levin (45-3-1, 33 KOs) of Russia against Jason Wilnis (19-2-1, 4 KOs) of the Netherlands, and pride of England, Stephen "The Surgeon" Wakeling (37-4-1, 17 KOs) against hometown favorite Joe Schilling (14-4-0, 10 KOs).

Headlining Glory 10 Los Angeles is a Heavyweight match-up between Pride and Strikeforce MMA star Sergei Kharitonov (19-5, 9 KOs MMA/3-3, 3 KOs Kickboxing) and southpaw knock out artist Jérôme Le Banner (90-20-2, 70 KOs).

The co-main event showcases fast paced Lightweight action, as world #2 contender Robin van Roosmalen (29-5, 19 KOs) tests himself against the heavy hands of Swiss striker Shemsi Beqiri (72-8, 31 KOs).

Full card for Glory 10 Los Angeles below:

MAIN CARD:

Jérôme Le Banner vs. Sergei Kharitonov
Robin van Roosmalen vs. Shemsi Beqiri
Wayne Barrett vs. Kengo Shimizu
Joe Schilling vs. Stephen Wakeling
Artem Levin vs. Jason Wilnis
Davit Kiria vs. Murthel Groenhart
Brian Collette vs. Randy Blake
Brice Guidon vs. Jahfarr Wilnis
Andy Ristie vs. Sanny Dahlbeck
Aleksandr Stetcurenko vs. Karapet Karapetyan
Albert Kraus vs. Jordan Watson
Johann Fauveau vs. Hinata


UNDERCARD:

Xavier Vigney vs. Hyunman Myung
Jacob Poss vs. Casey Greene
Jermaine Soto vs. Melisk Baghdasaryan
Ron Cruz vs. Francisco Garcia
Daniel Valdez vs. Brian Del Rosario
Charles Bisset vs. Matt Baker


Tickets for Glory 10 Los Angeles, priced from $35.00, are on sale only at AXS.com. Doors at Citizens Business Bank Arena will open at 5 p.m. PT and the first preliminary bout will begin at 5:30 p.m PT. For more information, visit www.gloryworldseries.com.

[keithlewis]

GLORY Fans, please join us in wishing a safe & speedy recovery to Jérôme Le Banner. Jerome has injured his neck, and is unable to compete at #GLORY10. His opponent, Sergei Kharitonov, will fight at another GLORY event soon. In light of this news, Robin van Roosmalen and Shemsi Beqiri have been pushed into the spotlight as our HEADLINE EVENT, while Davit Kiria and Murthel Groenhart are now on the big stage as our CO-HEADLINE EVENT!

Well that blows!