Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2018-08-10, close fight with some tough exchanges: Simon Marcus vs Jason Wilnis 4 gets four stars.The former Glory Mw and Wbc light-Hw champion Simon Marcus entered this fight with a pro kickboxing record of 48-4-2 (27 knockouts) and he is ranked as the No.2 cruiserweight in the world. He lost to Alex Pereira last year (Simon Marcus vs Alex Pereira) but he came back to win in 2018 with Zack Wells (Simon Marcus vs Zack Wells).
His opponent, Jason Wilnis, has a record of 30-8-1 (8 knockouts) and he entered as the No.4 in the same weight class but he comes off two consecutive losses, against Simon Marcus in their third fight (Wilnis vs Marcus III) and with Yousri Belgaroui (Jason Wilnis vs Yousri Belgaroui). In their first bout Marcus had defeated Wilnis (Simon Marcus vs Jason Wilnis I) while in their second fight Jason took revenge on him (4-stars bout, Simon Marcus vs Jason Wilnis II); this fourth fight is on the undercard of Artem Vakhitov vs Danyo Ilunga 2 – Glory 56. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Event: Glory 56: Denver
Date: 2018-08-10
Where: 1stBank Center, Broomfield, USA
Division: catchweight (187.4 lbs, 85 kg)
Marcus’ previous fight: Simon Marcus vs Zack Wells
Wilnis’ previous fight: Jason Wilnis vs Yousri Belgaroui
Marcus’ next fight: Alex Pereira vs Simon Marcus 2
Marcus vs Wilnis 4 fight video:
(Free embeddable video hosted on Youtube and not uploaded by AllTheBestFights)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aBy79qG7C4c
Good fight with Simon being much more accurate and displaying by far, better skills than Jason who was only in full time aggression with no results. One judge card was completely biased in favor of Jason. This judge doesn’t deserve at all such a responsible role.