Glory 18: Oklahoma

Glory 18: Oklahoma

A poster or logo for Glory 18: Oklahoma.
Information
Promotion Glory
Date November 7, 2014
Venue Grand Casino Hotel Resort
City Shawnee, Oklahoma, USA
Attendance 1,163
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.[1]

Background

This event featured world title fight for the Glory Lightweight Championship of Davit Kiria vs. Robin van Roosmalen as headliner and middleweight fight of Wayne Barrett vs. Jason Wilnis as co-headliner. Also this event featured 4-Man Light Heavyweight Contender Tournament, winner earns the right to fight for the Glory Light Heavyweight World Title.[2] Additionally, the winner of the Benjamin Adegbuyi vs. Hesdy Gerges fight gets a heavyweight title shot.[3]

It had average of 352,000 and peak of 648,000 viewers on Spike TV.[4]

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

    [5]
    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

    International broadcasting

    Country Broadcaster
    Argentina Argentina DirecTV
    Brazil Brazil Esporte Interativo
    Canada Canada Fight Network
    China China PPTV
    Chongqing TV
    Croatia Croatia Fight Channel
    Egypt Egypt beIN Sports
    France France Canal+
    Georgia (country) Georgia Combat Channel
    Republic of Ireland Ireland BT Sport 2
    Israel Israel Charlton
    Mexico Mexico SKY México
    Netherlands Netherlands RTL 7
    Romania Romania DigiSport 1
    Sport.ro
    Dolce Sport 1
    Russia Russia Combat Channel
    South Korea South Korea Kix Channel
    Suriname Suriname Telesur
    Turkey Turkey Kanaltürk
    United Kingdom United Kingdom BT Sport
    United States United States Spike

    References

    1. ↑ "GLORY 18 Heads to Oklahoma on Nov. 7, Features Kiria-Van Roosmalen". CombatPress.com. 30 September 2014.
    2. ↑ "GLORY 18 DATE & FULL CARD ANNOUNCED". GLORY. 30 September 2014.
    3. ↑ "MATCHMAKER'S NOTES: GLORY SUPERFIGHT SERIES 18". GLORY. 3 November 2014.
    4. ↑ "GLORY 18 ratings: 352,000 viewers tune in to Spike TV for 'Return to GLORY' in Oklahoma". mmamania.com. Retrieved 2015-02-12.
    5. ↑ "Glory 18 Return To Glory". GLORY. Retrieved 2015-02-21.
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