Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2017-12-09, good fight between Nieky Holzken and Alim Nabiev: it gets three stars.The former Glory Ww champion Nieky Holzken entered this fight with a professional kickboxing record of 90-13-0 (56 knockouts) and he is ranked as the No.4 super middleweight in the world but he comes off two consecutive losses, both with Cedric Doumbe (=Holzken vs Doumbe I and Doumbe vs Holzken II).
His opponent, the 2016 Wmc light-Hw champion Alim Nabiyev, has a kickboxing record of 45-6-0 (20 knockouts) and he entered as the No.6 in the same weight class. He lost to Diogo Calado last year but then he has won over Vladimír Moravcík, Yohan Lidon, Zhang Yang and Jimmy Vienot. Holzken vs Nabiev is on the undercard of Rico Verhoeven vs Jamal Ben Saddik 2 – Glory 49. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Event: Glory 49 Redemption: Rotterdam
Date: 2017-12-09
Where: Ahoy Rotterdam, Rotterdam, Netherlands
Division: catchweight (169.8 lbs, 77 kg)
Holzken’s previous fight: Cedric Doumbe vs Nieky Holzken 2
Nabiev’s next fight: Cedric Doumbe vs Alim Nabiev
Holzken’s next fight: Nieky Holzken vs Cosmo Alexandre 2
Holzken vs Nabiev fight video:
(Free embeddable video hosted on Youtube and not uploaded by AllTheBestFights)
Pretty good fight with a lot of action but mainly from one side which almost double the number of hits. Alim’s technicality permitted him to easily outclass Nieky a very sound and seasoned fighter obtaining the best victory of his younger kick boxing career so far.