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2014 in Glory

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 dateMarch 8, 2014
Last dateNovember 7, 2014
Events
Total events5
Fights
Chronology
2013 in Glory 2014 in Glory 2015 in Glory

List of events

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# Event Title Date Arena Location
1 Glory 14: Zagreb March 8, 2014 Arena Zagreb Croatia  Zagreb, Croatia
2 Glory 15: Istanbul April 12, 2014 Ülker Sports Arena Turkey  Istanbul, Turkey
3 Glory 16: Denver May 3, 2014 1stBank Center United States  Broomfield, Colorado, USA
4 Glory 17: Los Angeles June 21, 2014 The Forum United States  Inglewood, California, USA
5 Glory 18: Oklahoma November 7, 2014 Grand Casino Hotel Resort United States  Shawnee, Oklahoma, USA

Glory 14: Zagreb

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Glory 14: Zagreb
Information
PromotionGlory
DateMarch 8, 2014
VenueArena Zagreb
CityZagreb, Croatia
Attendance14,068
Event chronology
Glory 13: Tokyo Glory 14: Zagreb Glory 15: Istanbul

Glory 14: Zagreb was a kickboxing event held on March 8, 2014 at the Arena Zagreb in Zagreb, Croatia.

Background

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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

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Main Card (Spike)
Weight Class Method Round Time Notes
Heavyweight Netherlands  Remy Bonjasky def. Croatia  Mirko Cro Cop Decision (majority) 3 3:00
Middleweight Brazil  Alex Pereira def. Armenia  Sahak Parparyan Decision (majority) 3 3:00 Middleweight Contender Tournament Final
Lightweight Georgia (country)  Davit Kiria 1 def. Suriname  Andy Ristie KO 5 2:22 For the Lightweight Championship
Middleweight Brazil  Alex Pereira def. United States  Dustin Jacoby KO 1 2:00 Middleweight Contender Tournament Semi Final
Middleweight Armenia  Sahak Parparyan def. Netherlands  Jason Wilnis Decision (split) 3 3:00 Middleweight Contender Tournament Semi Final
Superfight Series
Heavyweight Croatia  Mladen Brestovac def. Netherlands  Jahfarr Wilnis KO (left high kick) 1 1:19
Heavyweight Romania  Benjamin Adegbuyi def. Ukraine  Dmytro Bezus 2 TKO (referee stoppage) 2 1:53
Lightweight Thailand  Aikpracha Meenayothin def. Netherlands  Albert Kraus Decision (split) 3 3:00
Light Heavyweight Croatia  Igor Jurković def. Netherlands  Michael Duut KO 1 1:14
Welterweight Armenia  Karapet Karapetyan def. Ukraine  Artur Kyshenko Decision (unanimous) 3 3:00
Lightweight Suriname  Murthel Groenhart def. Croatia  Teo Mikelić 3 TKO (cut) 1 3:00
Undercard
Heavyweight Czech Republic  Tomáš Hron def. Belgium  Kirk Krouba 4 Decision (unanimous) 3 3:00
Heavyweight Croatia  Mladen Kujundžić def. Bosnia and Herzegovina  Elmir Mehić TKO (Doctor stoppage) 2 3:00
Lightweight Slovenia  Samo Petje def. Albania  Lirim Ahmeti TKO 2

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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

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Semi-finals Final
      
Armenia  Sahak Parparyan DEC
Netherlands  Jason Wilnis 2-1
Armenia  Sahak Parparyan 2-0
Brazil  Alex Pereira DEC
United States  Dustin Jacoby 1R.
Brazil  Alex Pereira KO

Glory 15: Istanbul

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Glory 15: Istanbul
Information
PromotionGlory
DateApril 12, 2014
VenueÜlker Sports Arena
CityIstanbul, Turkey
Attendance11,223
Event chronology
Glory 14: Zagreb Glory 15: Istanbul Glory 16: Denver

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

Background

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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

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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 Netherlands  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

[9] [10]
1 Brian Collette was replaced with Randy Blake.

2014 Glory Light Heavyweight World Championship Tournament bracket

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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

Glory 16: Denver

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Glory 16: Denver
Information
PromotionGlory
DateMay 3, 2014
Venue1stBank Center
CityBroomfield, Colorado, USA
Attendance3,101
Event chronology
Glory 15: Istanbul Glory 16: Denver Glory 17: Los Angeles

Glory 16: Denver was a kickboxing event held on May 3, 2014 at the 1stBank Center in Broomfield, Colorado, USA.

Background

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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

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Main Card (Spike)
Weight Class Method Round Time Notes
Welterweight Belgium  Marc de Bonte def. Armenia  Karapet Karapetyan 1 Decision (split) 5 3:00 For the Welterweight Championship
Heavyweight Curaçao  Errol Zimmerman def. Brazil  Anderson Silva TKO 1 2:30 Heavyweight Contender Tournament Final
Heavyweight Democratic Republic of the Congo  Zack Mwekassa def. United States  Pat Barry KO 1 2:33 Heavyweight Contender Tournament Reserve Bout
Heavyweight Brazil  Anderson Silva def. Russia  Sergey Kharitonov Decision (unanimous) 3 3:00 Heavyweight Contender Tournament Semi Final
Heavyweight Curaçao  Errol Zimmerman def. Australia  Ben Edwards TKO 1 2:50 Heavyweight Contender Tournament Semi Final
Superfight Series
Heavyweight Romania  Benjamin Adegbuyi def. United Kingdom  Daniel Sam KO (right cross) 2 2:59
Middleweight Russia  Artem Levin def. Canada  Robert Thomas Decision (unanimous) 3 3:00
Heavyweight Morocco  Jamal Ben Saddik def. France  Nicolas Wamba TKO 2 1:24
Light Heavyweight Russia  Artem Vakhitov def. Croatia  Igor Jurkovic Decision (unanimous) 3 3:00
Welterweight United States  Raymond Daniels def. United States  Francois Ambang KO 1 1:47
Lightweight Canada  Josh Jauncey def. South Africa  Warren Stevelmans Decision (unanimous) 4 3:00

[12] [13]
1 Nieky Holzken was replaced with Karapet Karapetyan.

2014 Glory Heavyweight Contender Tournament bracket

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Semi-finals Final
      
Australia  Ben Edwards 1R.
Curaçao  Errol Zimmerman TKO
Curaçao  Errol Zimmerman TKO
Brazil  Anderson Silva 1R.
Brazil  Anderson Silva DEC
Russia  Sergey Kharitonov 3-0

Glory 17: Los Angeles

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Glory 17: Los Angeles
Information
PromotionGlory
DateJune 21, 2014
VenueThe Forum
CityUnited States  Inglewood, California, USA
Attendance10,795
Event chronology
Glory 16: Denver Glory 17: Los Angeles Glory 18: Oklahoma

Glory 17: Los Angeles was a kickboxing event held on June 21, 2014 at The Forum in Inglewood, California, USA.

Background

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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

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Main Card (PPV)
Weight Class Method Round Time Notes
Middleweight Russia  Artem Levin def. United States  Joe Schilling Decision (unanimous) 3 3:00 Middleweight Last Man Standing Tournament Final; For the Middleweight Championship
Heavyweight Netherlands  Rico Verhoeven def. Romania  Daniel Ghiță Decision (unanimous) 5 3:00 For the Heavyweight Championship
Middleweight United States  Joe Schilling def. United States  Wayne Barrett Decision (split) 3 3:00 Middleweight Last Man Standing Tournament Semi Final
Middleweight Russia  Artem Levin def. Belgium  Filip Verlinden Decision (unanimous) 3 3:00 Middleweight Last Man Standing Tournament Semi Final
Welterweight Canada  Joseph Valtellini def. Belgium  Marc de Bonte (c) Decision (unanimous) 5 3:00 For the Welterweight Championship
Middleweight United States  Wayne Barrett def. Romania  Bogdan Stoica KO (punch) 3 0:58 Middleweight Last Man Standing Tournament Quarter Final
Middleweight United States  Joe Schilling def. Canada  Simon Marcus KO (punch) 4 2:41 Middleweight Last Man Standing Tournament Quarter Final
Middleweight Belgium  Filip Verlinden def. Suriname  Melvin Manhoef Decision (majority) 3 3:00 Middleweight Last Man Standing Tournament Quarter Final
Middleweight Russia  Artem Levin def. Brazil  Alex Pereira Decision (unanimous) 3 3:00 Middleweight Last Man Standing Tournament Quarter Final
Preliminary Card (Spike)
Weight Class Method Round Time Notes
Heavyweight Croatia  Mirko Cro Cop def. United States  Jarrell Miller1 Decision (unanimous) 3 3:00
Featherweight Canada  Gabriel Varga def. United States  Shane Oblonsky Decision (unanimous) 3 3:00 Featherweight Contender Tournament Final
Lightweight Suriname  Andy Ristie def. United States  Ky Hollenbeck KO (punch) 1 0:35
Featherweight United States  Shane Oblonsky def. Brazil  Marcus Vinicius2 Decision (unanimous) 3 3:00 Featherweight Contender Tournament Semi Final
Featherweight Canada  Gabriel Varga def. Thailand  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

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Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
         
Russia  Artem Levin DEC
Brazil  Alex Pereira 3-0
Russia  Artem Levin DEC
Belgium  Filip Verlinden 3-0
Belgium  Filip Verlinden DEC
Suriname  Melvin Manhoef 2-0
Russia  Artem Levin DEC
United States  Joe Schilling 3-0
United States  Joe Schilling KO
Canada  Simon Marcus 4R.1
United States  Joe Schilling DEC
United States  Wayne Barrett 2-1
United States  Wayne Barrett KO
Romania  Bogdan Stoica 3R.

1 Extra round

2014 Glory Featherweight Contender Tournament bracket

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Semi-finals Final
      
Canada  Gabriel Varga DEC
Thailand  Yodkhunpon Sitmonchai 3-0
Canada  Gabriel Varga DEC
United States  Shane Oblonsky 3-0
United States  Shane Oblonsky DEC
Brazil  Marcus Vinicius 3-0

Glory 18: Oklahoma

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Glory 18: Oklahoma
Information
PromotionGlory
DateNovember 7, 2014
VenueGrand Casino Hotel Resort
CityUnited States  Shawnee, Oklahoma, USA
Attendance1,163
Event chronology
Glory 17: Los Angeles Glory 18: Oklahoma Glory 19: Virginia

Glory 18: Oklahoma was a kickboxing event, held on November 7, 2014 at the Grand Casino Hotel Resort in Shawnee, Oklahoma, USA.[22]

Background

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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

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Main Card (Spike)
Weight Class Method Round Time Notes
Light Heavyweight Brazil  Saulo Cavalari def. Democratic Republic of the Congo  Zack Mwekassa KO (high kick) 3 0:20 Light Heavyweight Contender Tournament Final
Lightweight Netherlands  Robin van Roosmalen def. Georgia (country)  Davit Kiria (c) Decision (majority) 5 3:00 For the Lightweight Championship
Middleweight Netherlands  Jason Wilnis def. United States  Wayne Barrett Decision (unanimous) 3 3:00
Light Heavyweight Brazil  Saulo Cavalari def. Germany  Danyo Ilunga 1 Decision (unanimous) 3 3:00 Light Heavyweight Contender Tournament Semi Final
Light Heavyweight Democratic Republic of the Congo  Zack Mwekassa def. United States  Brian Collette KO (punch) 2 0:45 Light Heavyweight Contender Tournament Semi Final
Superfight Series
Heavyweight Romania  Benjamin Adegbuyi def. Netherlands  Hesdy Gerges Decision (unanimous) 3 3:00 Heavyweight Title eliminator
Light Heavyweight United States  Randy Blake def. United States  Warren Thompson Decision (unanimous) 3 3:00
Middleweight Canada  Robert Thomas def. United States  Mike Lemaire KO (right hooks) 3 1:06
Lightweight Canada  Josh Jauncey def. South Korea  Jae-Gil Noh KO (body punch/knee to the head) 2 1:14
Welterweight United States  Omari Boyd def. United States  Ian Alexander TKO (referee stoppage) 3 2:17

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1 Andrei Stoica was replaced with Artem Vakhitov.
1 Artem Vakhitov was replaced with Danyo Ilunga.

2014 Glory Light Heavyweight Contender Tournament bracket

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Semi-finals Final
      
United States  Brian Collette 2R.
Democratic Republic of the Congo  Zack Mwekassa KO
Democratic Republic of the Congo  Zack Mwekassa 3R.
Brazil  Saulo Cavalari KO
Brazil  Saulo Cavalari DEC
Germany  Danyo Ilunga 3-0

References

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