Review: 2014-05-03, nice and tough fight between Sergei Kharitonov and Anderson Silva: it gets three stars. Sergei Kharitonov entered this fight with a kickboxing record of 5-3-0 and he is ranked as the No.22 heavyweight in mma (his mma record is 21-5-0), he fought and won two kickboxing bouts in 2013: against Daniel Sam and Jerome Le Banner (=Le Banner vs Kharitonov).
His opponent, Anderson “Braddock” Silva, has a record of 37-10-1 and he entered as the No.10 heavyweight, last year he fought three times defeating Daniel Sam, losing to Daniel Ghita (=Ghita vs Silva) and then he beat former K-1 champion Remy Bonjasky (=Bonjasky vs Silva 2). Kharitonov vs Silva is the semifinal of the Glory Heavyweight Contender Tournament; undercard of Karapet Karapetyan vs Marc de Bonte 2 – Glory 16. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Event: GLORY 16 Denver
Date: 2014-05-03
Where: 1stBank Center, Broomfield, Colorado, USA
Division: heavyweight (over 210 lbs, 95.5 kg)
GLORY 16 fight card (main and best fights):
Karapet Karapetyan vs Marc de Bonte 2
Errol Zimmerman vs Anderson “Braddock” Silva final
Sergei Kharitonov vs Anderson “Braddock” Silva semifinal
Errol Zimmerman vs Ben Edwards semifinal
Pat Barry vs Zack Mwekassa
Raymond Daniels vs Francois Ambang
Kharitonov’s previous fight: Jerome Le Banner vs Sergei Kharitonov
Silva’s previous fight: Remy Bonjasky vs Anderson “Braddock” Silva 2
Kharitonov’s next fight: Sergei Kharitonov vs Anderson “Braddock” Silva 2
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Official video:
(Alternative free embeddable video hosted on Dailymotion)
Alternative highlights video hosted on Youtube