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The year 2014 was the 3rd year in the history of Glory, an international kickboxing event. 2014 starts with Glory 14: Zagreb, and ends with Glory 18: Oklahoma. The events were broadcast through television agreements with Spike TV and other regional channels around the world.
| 2014 in Glory | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Information | ||||
| First date | March 8, 2014 | |||
| Last date | November 7, 2014 | |||
| Events | ||||
| Total events | 5 | |||
| Fights | ||||
| Chronology | ||||
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| # | Event Title | Date | Arena | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Glory 14: Zagreb | March 8, 2014 | Arena Zagreb |  Zagreb, Croatia |
| 2 | Glory 15: Istanbul | April 12, 2014 | Ülker Sports Arena |  Istanbul, Turkey |
| 3 | Glory 16: Denver | May 3, 2014 | 1stBank Center |  Broomfield, Colorado, USA |
| 4 | Glory 17: Los Angeles | June 21, 2014 | The Forum | Inglewood, California, USA |
| 5 | Glory 18: Oklahoma | November 7, 2014 | Grand Casino Hotel Resort | Shawnee, Oklahoma, USA |
| Glory 14: Zagreb | ||||
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| Information | ||||
| Promotion | Glory | |||
| Date | March 8, 2014 | |||
| Venue | Arena Zagreb | |||
| City | Zagreb, Croatia | |||
| Attendance | 14,068 | |||
| Event chronology | ||||
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Glory 14: Zagreb was a kickboxing event held on March 8, 2014 at the Arena Zagreb in Zagreb, Croatia.
Background
This event featured heavyweight fight of Mirko Cro Cop vs. Remy Bonjasky as headliner, and world title fight for the inaugural Glory Lightweight Championship of Andy Ristie vs. Davit Kiria as co-headliner. This event also featured 4 men Middleweight Contender Tournament to earn a spot in 2014 Glory Middleweight World Championship Tournament.[1]
Glory 14 had an average number of 495,000 viewers on Spike TV.[2]
Results
| Main Card (Spike) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weight Class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
| Heavyweight |  Remy Bonjasky |
def. | Mirko Cro Cop |
Decision (majority) | 3 | 3:00 | |
| Middleweight |  Alex Pereira |
def. |  Sahak Parparyan |
Decision (majority) | 3 | 3:00 | Middleweight Contender Tournament Final |
| Lightweight |  Davit Kiria 1 |
def. |  Andy Ristie |
KO | 5 | 2:22 | For the Lightweight Championship |
| Middleweight | Alex Pereira |
def. | Dustin Jacoby |
KO | 1 | 2:00 | Middleweight Contender Tournament Semi Final |
| Middleweight | Sahak Parparyan |
def. | Jason Wilnis |
Decision (split) | 3 | 3:00 | Middleweight Contender Tournament Semi Final |
| Superfight Series | |||||||
| Heavyweight | Mladen Brestovac |
def. | Jahfarr Wilnis |
KO (left high kick) | 1 | 1:19 | |
| Heavyweight |  Benjamin Adegbuyi |
def. |  Dmytro Bezus 2 |
TKO (referee stoppage) | 2 | 1:53 | |
| Lightweight |  Aikpracha Meenayothin |
def. | Albert Kraus |
Decision (split) | 3 | 3:00 | |
| Light Heavyweight | Igor Jurković |
def. | Michael Duut |
KO | 1 | 1:14 | |
| Welterweight | Karapet Karapetyan |
def. | Artur Kyshenko |
Decision (unanimous) | 3 | 3:00 | |
| Lightweight | Murthel Groenhart |
def. | Teo Mikelić 3 |
TKO (cut) | 1 | 3:00 | |
| Undercard | |||||||
| Heavyweight |  Tomáš Hron |
def. |  Kirk Krouba 4 |
Decision (unanimous) | 3 | 3:00 | |
| Heavyweight | Mladen Kujundžić |
def. |  Elmir Mehić |
TKO (Doctor stoppage) | 2 | 3:00 | |
| Lightweight |  Samo Petje |
def. |  Lirim Ahmeti |
TKO | 2 | ||
[3]
[4][5]
1 Ky Hollenbeck was replaced with Davit Kiria.
2 Jamal Ben Saddik was replaced with Dmytro Bezus.
3 Shemsi Beqiri was replaced with Teo Mikelić.
4 Dino Belošević was replaced with Kirk Krouba.
2014 Glory Middleweight Contender Tournament bracket
| Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
| Sahak Parparyan
| DEC | ||||||||
| Jason Wilnis
| 2-1 | ||||||||
| Sahak Parparyan
| 2-0 | ||||||||
| Alex Pereira
| DEC | ||||||||
| Dustin Jacoby
| 1R. | ||||||||
| Alex Pereira
| KO | ||||||||
| 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 was 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.[6] 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.[7]
It had average of 354,000 and peak of 720,000 viewers on Spike TV.[8]
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 | 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 | |
[9]
[10]
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 | ||||||||
| Glory 16: Denver | ||||
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| Information | ||||
| Promotion | Glory | |||
| Date | May 3, 2014 | |||
| Venue | 1stBank Center | |||
| City | Broomfield, Colorado, USA | |||
| Attendance | 3,101 | |||
| Event chronology | ||||
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Glory 16: Denver was a kickboxing event held on May 3, 2014 at the 1stBank Center in Broomfield, Colorado, USA.
Background
This event featured world title fight for the inaugural Glory Welterweight Championship of Karapet Karapetyan vs. Marc de Bonte as headliner, and 4-Man Heavyweight Contender Tournament.
It had average of 498,000 and peak of 815,000 viewers on Spike TV.[11]
Results
| Main Card (Spike) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weight Class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
| Welterweight | Marc de Bonte |
def. | Karapet Karapetyan 1 |
Decision (split) | 5 | 3:00 | For the Welterweight Championship |
| Heavyweight |  Errol Zimmerman |
def. | Anderson Silva |
TKO | 1 | 2:30 | Heavyweight Contender Tournament Final |
| Heavyweight |  Zack Mwekassa |
def. | Pat Barry |
KO | 1 | 2:33 | Heavyweight Contender Tournament Reserve Bout |
| Heavyweight | Anderson Silva |
def. |  Sergey Kharitonov |
Decision (unanimous) | 3 | 3:00 | Heavyweight Contender Tournament Semi Final |
| Heavyweight | Errol Zimmerman |
def. | Ben Edwards |
TKO | 1 | 2:50 | Heavyweight Contender Tournament Semi Final |
| Superfight Series | |||||||
| Heavyweight | Benjamin Adegbuyi |
def. |  Daniel Sam |
KO (right cross) | 2 | 2:59 | |
| Middleweight | Artem Levin |
def. |  Robert Thomas |
Decision (unanimous) | 3 | 3:00 | |
| Heavyweight |  Jamal Ben Saddik |
def. |  Nicolas Wamba |
TKO | 2 | 1:24 | |
| Light Heavyweight | Artem Vakhitov |
def. | Igor Jurkovic |
Decision (unanimous) | 3 | 3:00 | |
| Welterweight | Raymond Daniels |
def. | Francois Ambang |
KO | 1 | 1:47 | |
| Lightweight | Josh Jauncey |
def. |  Warren Stevelmans |
Decision (unanimous) | 4 | 3:00 | |
[12]
[13]
1 Nieky Holzken was replaced with Karapet Karapetyan.
2014 Glory Heavyweight Contender Tournament bracket
| Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
| Ben Edwards
| 1R. | ||||||||
| Errol Zimmerman
| TKO | ||||||||
| Errol Zimmerman
| TKO | ||||||||
| Anderson Silva
| 1R. | ||||||||
| Anderson Silva
| DEC | ||||||||
| Sergey Kharitonov
| 3-0 | ||||||||
| Glory 17: Los Angeles | ||||
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| Information | ||||
| Promotion | Glory | |||
| Date | June 21, 2014 | |||
| Venue | The Forum | |||
| City | Inglewood, California, USA | |||
| Attendance | 10,795 | |||
| Event chronology | ||||
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Glory 17: Los Angeles was a kickboxing event held on June 21, 2014 at The Forum in Inglewood, California, USA.
Background
This show was Glory's first Pay-per-view event. Main card of this event featured world title fight of Rico Verhoeven vs. Daniel Ghiță for the vacant Glory Heavyweight Championship, another world title fight of Marc de Bonte vs. Joseph Valtellini for the Glory Welterweight Championship, and 8-Man Glory Middleweight Last Man Standing Tournament for the inaugural Glory Middleweight Championship. Participants for middleweight tournament were Alex Pereira, Artem Levin, Bogdan Stoica, Filip Verlinden, Joe Schilling, Melvin Manhoef, Simon Marcus and Wayne Barrett.[14]
On the preliminary card, a 4-Man Featherweight Contender Tournament and other one-off bouts were featured.[15]
Mirko Cro Cop was first scheduled to face Pat Barry, and later Sergei Kharitonov on this card. However, on May 21, it was announced that Kharitonov had to withdraw from the fight due to injury.[16] He was replaced by Jarrell Miller.
Miguel Torres was scheduled to make his GLORY debut as a participant of the Featherweight tournament. However, on May 28, it was revealed he pulled out of the tournament for undisclosed reasons. He was replaced by Marcus Vinicius.[17]
Preliminary card had average of 487,000 viewers on Spike TV,[18] and main card drew an estimated 6,000 PPV buys.[19]
Results
| Main Card (PPV) | |||||||
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| Weight Class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
| Middleweight | Artem Levin |
def. | Joe Schilling |
Decision (unanimous) | 3 | 3:00 | Middleweight Last Man Standing Tournament Final; For the Middleweight Championship |
| Heavyweight | Rico Verhoeven |
def. | Daniel Ghiță |
Decision (unanimous) | 5 | 3:00 | For the Heavyweight Championship |
| Middleweight | Joe Schilling |
def. | Wayne Barrett |
Decision (split) | 3 | 3:00 | Middleweight Last Man Standing Tournament Semi Final |
| Middleweight | Artem Levin |
def. | Filip Verlinden |
Decision (unanimous) | 3 | 3:00 | Middleweight Last Man Standing Tournament Semi Final |
| Welterweight | Joseph Valtellini |
def. | Marc de Bonte (c) |
Decision (unanimous) | 5 | 3:00 | For the Welterweight Championship |
| Middleweight | Wayne Barrett |
def. | Bogdan Stoica |
KO (punch) | 3 | 0:58 | Middleweight Last Man Standing Tournament Quarter Final |
| Middleweight | Joe Schilling |
def. | Simon Marcus |
KO (punch) | 4 | 2:41 | Middleweight Last Man Standing Tournament Quarter Final |
| Middleweight | Filip Verlinden |
def. | Melvin Manhoef |
Decision (majority) | 3 | 3:00 | Middleweight Last Man Standing Tournament Quarter Final |
| Middleweight | Artem Levin |
def. | Alex Pereira |
Decision (unanimous) | 3 | 3:00 | Middleweight Last Man Standing Tournament Quarter Final |
| Preliminary Card (Spike) | |||||||
| Weight Class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
| Heavyweight | Mirko Cro Cop |
def. | Jarrell Miller1 |
Decision (unanimous) | 3 | 3:00 | |
| Featherweight | Gabriel Varga |
def. | Shane Oblonsky |
Decision (unanimous) | 3 | 3:00 | Featherweight Contender Tournament Final |
| Lightweight | Andy Ristie |
def. | Ky Hollenbeck |
KO (punch) | 1 | 0:35 | |
| Featherweight | Shane Oblonsky |
def. | Marcus Vinicius2 |
Decision (unanimous) | 3 | 3:00 | Featherweight Contender Tournament Semi Final |
| Featherweight | Gabriel Varga |
def. | Yodkhunpon Sitmonchai |
Decision (unanimous) | 3 | 3:00 | Featherweight Contender Tournament Semi Final |
[20]
[21]
1 Pat Barry was replaced with Sergei Kharitonov, and later Jarrell Miller.
2 Miguel Torres was replaced with Marcus Vinicius.
2014 Glory Middleweight Last Man Standing Tournament bracket
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||||||
| Artem Levin
| DEC | |||||||||||||
| Alex Pereira
| 3-0 | |||||||||||||
| Artem Levin
| DEC | |||||||||||||
| Filip Verlinden
| 3-0 | |||||||||||||
| Filip Verlinden
| DEC | |||||||||||||
| Melvin Manhoef
| 2-0 | |||||||||||||
| Artem Levin
| DEC | |||||||||||||
| Joe Schilling
| 3-0 | |||||||||||||
| Joe Schilling
| KO | |||||||||||||
| Simon Marcus
| 4R.1 | |||||||||||||
| Joe Schilling
| DEC | |||||||||||||
| Wayne Barrett
| 2-1 | |||||||||||||
| Wayne Barrett
| KO | |||||||||||||
| Bogdan Stoica
| 3R. | |||||||||||||
1 Extra round
2014 Glory Featherweight Contender Tournament bracket
| Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
| Gabriel Varga
| DEC | ||||||||
| Yodkhunpon Sitmonchai
| 3-0 | ||||||||
| Gabriel Varga
| DEC | ||||||||
| Shane Oblonsky
| 3-0 | ||||||||
| Shane Oblonsky
| DEC | ||||||||
| Marcus Vinicius
| 3-0 | ||||||||
| Glory 18: Oklahoma | ||||
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| Information | ||||
| Promotion | Glory | |||
| Date | November 7, 2014 | |||
| Venue | Grand Casino Hotel Resort | |||
| City | Shawnee, Oklahoma, USA | |||
| Attendance | 1,163 | |||
| Event chronology | ||||
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Glory 18: Oklahoma was a kickboxing event, held on November 7, 2014 at the Grand Casino Hotel Resort in Shawnee, Oklahoma, USA.[22]
Background
This event featured world title fight for the Glory Lightweight Championship of Davit Kiria vs. Robin van Roosmalen as a headliner and a middleweight fight of Wayne Barrett vs. Jason Wilnis as co-headliner. Also this event featured a 4-Man Light Heavyweight Contender Tournament, where the winner earns the right to fight for the Glory Light Heavyweight World Title.[23] Additionally, the winner of the Benjamin Adegbuyi vs. Hesdy Gerges fight gets a heavyweight title shot.[24]
It had average of 352,000 and peak of 648,000 viewers on Spike TV.[25]
Results
| Main Card (Spike) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weight Class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
| Light Heavyweight | Saulo Cavalari |
def. | Zack Mwekassa |
KO (high kick) | 3 | 0:20 | Light Heavyweight Contender Tournament Final |
| Lightweight | Robin van Roosmalen |
def. | Davit Kiria (c) |
Decision (majority) | 5 | 3:00 | For the Lightweight Championship |
| Middleweight | Jason Wilnis |
def. | Wayne Barrett |
Decision (unanimous) | 3 | 3:00 | |
| Light Heavyweight | Saulo Cavalari |
def. | Danyo Ilunga 1 |
Decision (unanimous) | 3 | 3:00 | Light Heavyweight Contender Tournament Semi Final |
| Light Heavyweight | Zack Mwekassa |
def. | Brian Collette |
KO (punch) | 2 | 0:45 | Light Heavyweight Contender Tournament Semi Final |
| Superfight Series | |||||||
| Heavyweight | Benjamin Adegbuyi |
def. | Hesdy Gerges |
Decision (unanimous) | 3 | 3:00 | Heavyweight Title eliminator |
| Light Heavyweight | Randy Blake |
def. | Warren Thompson |
Decision (unanimous) | 3 | 3:00 | |
| Middleweight | Robert Thomas |
def. | Mike Lemaire |
KO (right hooks) | 3 | 1:06 | |
| Lightweight | Josh Jauncey |
def. |  Jae-Gil Noh |
KO (body punch/knee to the head) | 2 | 1:14 | |
| Welterweight | Omari Boyd |
def. | Ian Alexander |
TKO (referee stoppage) | 3 | 2:17 | |
[26]
1 Andrei Stoica was replaced with Artem Vakhitov.
1 Artem Vakhitov was replaced with Danyo Ilunga.
2014 Glory Light Heavyweight Contender Tournament bracket
| Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
| Brian Collette
| 2R. | ||||||||
| Zack Mwekassa
| KO | ||||||||
| Zack Mwekassa
| 3R. | ||||||||
| Saulo Cavalari
| KO | ||||||||
| Saulo Cavalari
| DEC | ||||||||
| Danyo Ilunga
| 3-0 | ||||||||
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