Review: 2014-04-12, good start but disappointing finish…Gokhan Saki vs Nathan Corbett can’t get more than two stars. Gokhan Saki entered this fight with a kickboxing record of 79-17-0 (56 knockouts) and he is ranked as the No.2 heavyweight in the world, he fought just twice in 2013 winning the rematch against Daniel Ghita (=Saki vs Ghita 2) but then he lost to Rico Verhoeven via majority decision (semifinal of the Glory Hw tournament: Saki vs Verhoeven).
His opponent, Nathan ‘Carnage’ Corbett, has a record of 59-4-0 and he entered as the No.3 super cruiserweight, he fought three times in 2013 losing only to Tyrone Spong (4-stars fight: Spong vs Corbett 2). Saki vs Corbett 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
Saki’s previous fight: Gokhan Saki vs Rico Verhoeven
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Video:
*semi-spoil*
Id go 2.5 by your def of the stars; theres a really big
difference between “not so good” and “Great” Great action that we got,
stoppage, really good show of sportsmanship @ finish. Plus ive been a
huge Saki fan from the beginning. Too bad it didnt live up to the
potential that was buuilding. If its going to be disappointing at least
we didnt have to watch to a decision.