Glory 15: Istanbul
| Glory 15: Istanbul | ||||
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| Information | ||||
| Promotion | Glory | |||
| Date | April 12, 2014 | |||
| Venue | Ülker Sports Arena | |||
| City | Istanbul, Turkey | |||
| Attendance | 11,223 | |||
| Event chronology | ||||
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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 |  Gökhan Saki |
def. |  Tyrone Spong |
TKO (leg injury) | 1 | 1:37 | Light Heavyweight Championship Tournament Final; For the Light Heavyweight Championship |
| Lightweight |  Robin van Roosmalen |
def. |  Marat Grigorian |
Decision (split) | 3 | 3:00 | |
| Light Heavyweight |  Danyo Ilunga |
def. |  Andrei Stoica |
KO | 1 | 2:33 | Light Heavyweight Championship Tournament Reserve Bout |
| Light Heavyweight | Tyrone Spong |
def. |  Saulo Cavalari |
Decision (unanimous) | 3 | 3:00 | Light Heavyweight Championship Tournament Semi Final |
| Light Heavyweight | Gökhan Saki |
def. |  Nathan Corbett |
TKO (doctor's stoppage) | 1 | 2:35 | Light Heavyweight Championship Tournament Semi Final |
| Superfight Series | |||||||
| Heavyweight |  Hesdy Gerges |
def. | Jhonata Diniz |
TKO (corner stoppage) | 2 | 3:00 | |
| Light Heavyweight |  Mourad Bouzidi |
def. |  Randy Blake 1 |
Decision (unanimous) | 3 | 3:00 | |
| Light Heavyweight | .svg.png){kind=small} Filip Verlinden |
def. |  Israel Adesanya |
Decision (unanimous) | 3 | 3:00 | |
| Welterweight | Jonatan Oliveira |
def. | Atakan Arslan |
Decision (unanimous) | 3 | 3:00 | |
| Lightweight |  Niclas Larsen |
def. | Steve Moxon |
TKO | 2 | 1:33 | |
| Featherweight |  Yodkhunpon Sitmonchai |
def. | 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 | ||||||||
| Gökhan Saki
| TKO | ||||||||
| Nathan Corbett
| 1R. | ||||||||
| Gökhan Saki
| TKO | ||||||||
| Tyrone Spong
| 1R. | ||||||||
| Tyrone Spong
| DEC | ||||||||
| Saulo Cavalari
| 3-0 | ||||||||
References
- ↑ "ONE BELT, ONE CHAMPION". Glory. Retrieved 2014-02-11.
- ↑ Dave Walsh (January 30, 2014). "GLORY 15 Istanbul Card". mmanuts.com. Retrieved January 30, 2014.
- ↑ "Glory 15 Istanbul: 354,000 viewers". MMAPayout.com. Retrieved 2015-02-12.
- ↑ "Glory 15 Istanbul". Glory. Retrieved 2014-01-24.
- ↑ "GLORY 15 Results: Saki Claims Tournament After Spong Breaks Leg in Final". The MMA Corner. Retrieved 2014-04-15.
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