Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2016-05-13, tough fight but not very exciting: Simon Marcus vs Dustin Jacoby gets two stars.The former Wbc muay thai light-Hw champion Simon Marcus entered this fight with a professional kickboxing record of 43-2-2 (24 knockouts) and he is ranked as the No.1 cruiserweight in the world. He lost to Fang Bian last year but then he has collected three victories and one draw, winning the Glory Mw title in his last bout, against Artem Levin (=Levin vs Marcus 3).
His opponent, Dustin Jacoby, has an official record of 9-6-0 (8 KOs=89%) and he entered as the No.5 in the same weight class. He suffered five consecutive losses between 2013 and 2015 but then he has won five bouts defeating Wayne Barrett in his last one. Marcus vs Jacoby, main event of the Glory 30, is valid for the Glory middleweight title (Marcus’ first defense). Watch the video and rate this fight!
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Event: Glory 30: Los Angeles
Date: 2016-05-13
Where: Citizens Business Bank Arena, Ontario, California, USA
Division: catchweight (187.4 lbs, 85 kg)
Title: Glory Middleweight Championship title
Marcus’ previous fight: Artem Levin vs Simon Marcus 3
Marcus’ next fight: Simon Marcus vs Jason Wilnis 2
Jacoby’s next fight: Simon Marcus vs Dustin Jacoby 2
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Official video:
Alternative video – the fight Schilling vs Wilnis starts at 35:10
The fight was OK with some periods of good action but nothing spectacular. In terms of experience a complete mismatch as usually happen with Glory since there aren’t enough North American kick boxers to participate on it. As expected Simon performed better showing more accuracy and connecting the best high kicks of the fight. Jacoby in spite of connecting some good punches missed a lot of them, mainly in the second round. The first knock down was called wrong but the second was good.