Review: 2014-04-12, nice and tough fight between Tyrone Spong and Saulo Cavalari: it gets three stars. Tyrone Spong entered this fight with a kickboxing record of 73-6-1 (46 knockouts) and he is ranked as the No.1 super cruiserweight in the world, he suffered his last defeat in 2010 when he faced Alistair Overeem in the quarterfinal of K-1 World GP 2010, since then he has collected nine consecutive wins and last year he won the Glory -95kg tournament defeating Danyo Ilunga in the final (=Spong vs Ilunga).
His opponent, Saulo Cavalari, has an official record of 28-2-0 (18 knockouts) and he entered as the No.5 in the same weight class, he suffered his only two defeats in 2012 when he faced Tomasz Sarara and Pavel Zhuravlev (=Zhuravlev vs Cavalari); he fought and won three times in 2013. Spong vs Cavalari is the semifinal of the Glory light heavyweight tournament; undercard of Robin van Roosmalen vs Marat Grigorian – Glory 15. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Event: GLORY 15 Istanbul
Date: 2014-04-12
Where: Ulker Sports Arena, Istanbul, Turkey
Division: super cruiserweight (210 lbs, 95.5 kg)
Glory 15 fight card (main card):
Tyrone Spong vs Gokhan Saki 2 FINAL
Robin van Roosmalen vs Marat Grigorian
Danyo Ilunga vs Andrei Stoica
Tyrone Spong vs Saulo Cavalari semifinal
Gokhan Saki vs Nathan Corbett semifinal
Spong’s previous fight: Tyrone Spong vs Nathan Corbett 2
Cavalari’s next fight: Danyo Ilunga vs Saulo Cavalari
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