Glory 15: Istanbul

Glory 15: Istanbul

A poster or logo for Glory 15: Istanbul.
Information
Promotion Glory
Date April 12, 2014
Venue Ülker Sports Arena
City Istanbul, Turkey
Attendance 11,223
Event chronology

Glory 14: Zagreb Glory 15: Istanbul Glory 16: Denver

Glory 15: Istanbul is a kickboxing event held on April 12, 2014 at the Ülker Sports Arena in Istanbul, Turkey.

Background

This event featured Glory Light Heavyweight World Championship Tournament for the inaugural Glory Light Heavyweight Championship.[1] Two bouts was held as semi-finals. The winners of the semi-finals proceeded to the final bout for the tournament championship. This event also featured other non-tournament one-off bouts, the two headlines.[2]

It had average of 354,000 and peak of 720,000 viewers on Spike TV.[3]

Results

Main Card (Spike)
Weight Class Method Round Time Notes
Light Heavyweight Turkey Gökhan Saki def. Suriname Tyrone Spong TKO (leg injury) 1 1:37 Light Heavyweight Championship Tournament Final;
For the Light Heavyweight Championship
Lightweight Netherlands Robin van Roosmalen def. Armenia Marat Grigorian Decision (split) 3 3:00
Light Heavyweight Germany Danyo Ilunga def. Romania Andrei Stoica KO 1 2:33 Light Heavyweight Championship Tournament Reserve Bout
Light Heavyweight Suriname Tyrone Spong def. Brazil Saulo Cavalari Decision (unanimous) 3 3:00 Light Heavyweight Championship Tournament Semi Final
Light Heavyweight Turkey Gökhan Saki def. Australia Nathan Corbett TKO (doctor's stoppage) 1 2:35 Light Heavyweight Championship Tournament Semi Final
Superfight Series
Heavyweight Egypt Hesdy Gerges def. Brazil Jhonata Diniz TKO (corner stoppage) 2 3:00
Light Heavyweight Tunisia Mourad Bouzidi def. United States Randy Blake 1 Decision (unanimous) 3 3:00
Light Heavyweight Belgium Filip Verlinden def. New Zealand Israel Adesanya Decision (unanimous) 3 3:00
Welterweight Brazil Jonatan Oliveira def. Turkey Atakan Arslan Decision (unanimous) 3 3:00
Lightweight Denmark Niclas Larsen def. Australia Steve Moxon TKO 2 1:33
Featherweight Thailand Yodkhunpon Sitmonchai def. Armenia Raz Sarkisjan Decision (majority) 3 3:00

    [4] [5]
    1 Brian Collette was replaced with Randy Blake.

    2014 Glory Light Heavyweight World Championship Tournament bracket

    Semi-finals Final
          
    Turkey Gökhan Saki TKO
    Australia Nathan Corbett 1R.
    Turkey Gökhan Saki TKO
    Suriname Tyrone Spong 1R.
    Suriname Tyrone Spong DEC
    Brazil Saulo Cavalari 3-0

    References

    1. "ONE BELT, ONE CHAMPION". Glory. Retrieved 2014-02-11.
    2. Dave Walsh (January 30, 2014). "GLORY 15 Istanbul Card". mmanuts.com. Retrieved January 30, 2014.
    3. "Glory 15 Istanbul: 354,000 viewers". MMAPayout.com. Retrieved 2015-02-12.
    4. "Glory 15 Istanbul". Glory. Retrieved 2014-01-24.
    5. "GLORY 15 Results: Saki Claims Tournament After Spong Breaks Leg in Final". The MMA Corner. Retrieved 2014-04-15.
    This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 9/27/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.