GLORY 17 Los Angeles & Last Man Standing Fight Card Updates

[keithlewis]

Sergei Kharitonov is out of the Glory 17 main event. The Pride and Strikeforce veteran was scheduled to take on fellow Pride star Mirko Cro Cop at the main event of Glory 17 Los Angeles, however, a finger injury has forced Kharitonov to the sidelines for the next two months.


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[ST3ALTHSE7EN]

Sergei Kharitonov is out of the Glory 17 main event. The Pride and Strikeforce veteran was scheduled to take on fellow Pride star Mirko Cro Cop at the main event of Glory 17 Los Angeles, however, a finger injury has forced Kharitonov to the sidelines for the next two months.


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Well that sucks!

[keithlewis]

This has probably been the worst-kept secret in recent Kickboxing history, but it is now [somewhat] official; Jarrell Miller will finally get his rematch against Mirko "Cro Cop" Filipovic at GLORY 17. The two met in 2013 in the K-1 World Grand Prix tournament in Croatia where Cro Cop was given a suspect judges decision after Miller roughed up the PRIDE, K-1 and UFC legend in his hometown. Cro Cop went on to win the tournament, but to many fans, there was a bad taste in their mouth over the victory.

Miller has since then been focused on his Boxing career, where he remains undefeated and seen as a top prospect. He's worked with everyone from the Klitschkos to the Money Team and is building up quite a reputation for himself. This is the opportunity that he's been waiting for to return to Kickboxing and should be an interesting fight.

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[keithlewis]

GLORY, the world’s premier kickboxing league, today announced the first match-up in the one-night, 8-man tournament for its inaugural Pay-Per-View (PPV) event, GLORY: LAST MAN STANDING, to air live from The Forum, Presented by Chase, in Inglewood, California on Saturday, June 21st.

Power puncher Melvin ‘No Mercy’ Manhoef (47-11-0, 37 KO) makes his GLORY debut when he takes on technician Filip ‘The Belgian Bull’ Verlinden (42-11-1, 16 KO) in the tournament's opening round. The winner will advance to the semi-final round and remain in contention to be crowned GLORY Middleweight World Champion.

[keithlewis]

GLORY, the world’s premier kickboxing league, today announced the full fight card for GLORY 17 LOS ANGELES, to air live on SPIKE TV at 8/7c from the Forum, Presented by Chase, in Inglewood, California on Saturday, June 21st.

In addition to the the explosive lightweight clash between world #2 Andy 'The Machine' Ristie (41-4-1, 21 KO) from Suriname and #4 ranked Ky Hollenbeck (46-3-0, 23 KO) from the United States, GLORY 17 LOS ANGELES now has a new headline bout as living legend Mirko Cro Cop (22-8-0, 12 KO) of Croatia takes on American boxing heavyweight Jarrell 'Big Baby' Miller (22-1-0, 9 KO) in a rematch of their 2013 tilt. Cro Cop won the previous encounter by unanimous decision.

GLORY's one-night, four-man Featherweight Contender Tournament also features a new entrant as Marcus ‘Baiano’ Vinicius (7-2-0, 2 KO) of Brazil steps in to face muay thai specialist Shane Oblonsky (8-2-0, 3 KO), fighting out of the United States and making his GLORY debut. In the other tournament semifinal, two top-five featherweights meet as Thai fighter Yodkhunpon Sitmonchai (83-21-1, 51 KO), ranked #3 in the world, goes up against Canadian Gabriel Varga (23-2-0, 8 KO), ranked #5. The winners of each semifinal bout will square off to earn a spot in an upcoming Featherweight World Championship Tournament, taking place at a later date.


GLORY 17 LOS ANGELES:

Headline Bout: Mirko Cro Cop vs. Jarrell Miller
Tournament Final Bout C: Semifinal Bout A Winner vs. Semifinal Bout B Winner
Co-Headline Bout: Andy Ristie vs. Ky Hollenbeck
Tournament Semifinal Bout B: Marcus Vinicius vs. Shane Oblonsky
Tournament Semifinal Bout A: Yodkhunpon Sitmonchai vs. Gabriel Varga

[keithlewis]

GLORY 17 LOS ANGELES & LAST MAN STANDING


The year's biggest night in kickboxing is on June 21st at the LA Forum in Los Angeles, California. We're set to deliver TWO EVENTS in one night, starting with GLORY 17 Los Angeles on Spike TV at 8/7c, and followed immediately by our very first Last Man Standing event on Pay-Per-View, where THREE WORLD TITLES are on the line, including a one-night, eight-man Middleweight Championship Tournament!


GLORY 17 Los Angeles:

Mirko CroCop (HR) vs. Jarrell Miller (US)
Andy Ristie (SR) vs. Ky Hollenbeck (US)


Featherweight Contender Tournament:
Shane Oblonsky (US) vs. Marcus Vinicius (BR)
Gabriel Varga (CA) vs. Yodkhunpon Sitmonchai (TH)


LAST MAN STANDING:

Heavyweight Title Fight - Daniel Ghita (RO) vs. Rico Verhoeven (NL)
Welterweight Title Fight - Marc De Bonte (BE) vs. Joseph Valtellini (CA)


Eight-man Middleweight Championship Tournament:
Artem Levin (RU), Alex Pereira (BR), Joe Schilling (US), Simon Marcus (CA),
Wayne Barrett (US), Bogdan Stoica (RO), Filip Verlinden (BE), Melvin Manhoef (SR)