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

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.

List of events

# 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

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

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 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

    [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
          
    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

    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

    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 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

      [9] [10]
      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

      Glory 16: Denver

      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

      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 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

        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

        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

        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)
        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

          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

          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

          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

          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 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. Egypt 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

            [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
                  
            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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            2. ↑ "GLORY 14 Ratings Show Steady Numbers". mmanuts.com. Retrieved 2014-03-11.
            3. ↑ "Glory 14 Zagreb". Glory. Retrieved 2014-01-04.
            4. ↑ Ekskluzivno: Na Gloryju 14 u Zagrebu šansu dobili Kujundžić, Petje i Mehić! Archived 2014-02-08 at the Wayback Machine(in Croatian)
            5. ↑ Dave Walsh (March 8, 2014). "Full GLORY 14 Zagreb Results (Note: Spoilers)". mmanuts.com. Retrieved March 8, 2014.
            6. ↑ "ONE BELT, ONE CHAMPION". Glory. Retrieved 2014-02-11.
            7. ↑ Dave Walsh (January 30, 2014). "GLORY 15 Istanbul Card". mmanuts.com. Retrieved January 30, 2014.
            8. ↑ "Glory 15 Istanbul: 354,000 viewers". MMAPayout.com. Retrieved 2015-02-12.
            9. ↑ "Glory 15 Istanbul". Glory. Retrieved 2014-01-24.
            10. ↑ "GLORY 15 Results: Saki Claims Tournament After Spong Breaks Leg in Final". The MMA Corner. Retrieved 2014-04-15.
            11. ↑ "Glory 16: 498,000 viewers". MMAPayout.com. Retrieved 2015-02-12.
            12. ↑ "Glory 16 Denver". Glory. Retrieved 2014-03-19.
            13. ↑ "GLORY 16 results, live fight coverage stream for 'Denver' kickboxing event on Spike TV". 2014 Vox Media, Inc. Retrieved 2014-05-04.
            14. ↑ "Three world titles on the line at GLORY: LAST MAN STANDING". GLORY. 8 May 2014.
            15. ↑ Dave Walsh (May 8, 2014). "Miguel Torres Added to GLORY 17 Tournament". liverkick.com.
            16. ↑ Fraser Coffeen (May 21, 2014). "Sergei Kharitonov injured, out of Glory 17 main event with Mirko Cro Cop". bloodyelbow.com.
            17. ↑ "GLORY 17: Torres out, Vinicius in against Oblonsky". gloryworldseries.com. May 28, 2014. Archived from the original on 2014-05-31. Retrieved 2017-02-06.
            18. ↑ "Glory 17: 487,000 viewers". MMAPayout.com. Retrieved 2015-02-12.
            19. ↑ "Spike TV to air Glory 17 PPV this Friday". MMAPayout.com. Retrieved 2015-02-12.
            20. ↑ "Last Man Standing". GLORY. Retrieved 2014-05-21.
            21. ↑ "Glory 17 Los Angeles". GLORY. Retrieved 2014-05-21.
            22. ↑ "GLORY 18 Heads to Oklahoma on Nov. 7, Features Kiria-Van Roosmalen". CombatPress.com. 30 September 2014.
            23. ↑ "GLORY 18 DATE & FULL CARD ANNOUNCED". GLORY. 30 September 2014.
            24. ↑ "MATCHMAKER'S NOTES: GLORY SUPERFIGHT SERIES 18". GLORY. 3 November 2014.
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