Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2016-04-16, tough fight with some nice combinations: Nieky Holzken vs Yoann Kongolo gets three stars.The Glory Ww champion Nieky Holzken entered this fight with a professional kickboxing record of 88-11-0 (46 knockouts) and he is ranked as the No.1 super middleweight in the world. He suffered his last defeat when he faced L’houcine Ouzgni in 2012, since then he has collected nine consecutive victories winning the Glory Ww tournament in 2013, beating Joseph Valtellini in the final (=Valtellini vs Holzken) and defeating Murthel Groenhart in his last fight (=Holzken vs Groenhart 2).
His opponent, Yoann Kongolo, has an official record of 61-6-0 (40 knockouts) and he entered as the No.5 in the same weight class. He lost to Karim Ghajji last year (=Ghajji vs Kongolo) but then he came back to win against Karapet Karapetyan. Holzken vs Kongolo, main event of Glory 29, is valid for the Glory welterweight title. Watch the video and rate this fight!
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Event: Glory 29: Copenhagen
Date: 2016-04-16
Where: Forum Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
Division: catchweight (169.8 lbs, 77 kg)
Title: Glory Welterweight Championship
Glory 29 fight card (main fights):
Nieky Holzken vs Yoann Kongolo
Ismael Londt vs Jahfarr Wilnis final
Anderson Silva vs Ismael Londt semifinal
Jahfarr Wilnis vs Kirill Kornilov semifinal
Holzken’s previous fight: Nieky Holzken vs Murthel Groenhart 2
Kongolo’s next fight: Yoann Kongolo vs Harut Grigorian
Holzken’s next fight: Nieky Holzken vs Murthel Groenhart 3
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Official video:
(Alternative free embeddable video hosted on Youtube)
Very good performance from both fighters in an excellent and plenty of action fight. The decision was quite right since Yoann just have a very good 3 round in this fight where he overwhelmed Nieky to the point I was thinking he will win the match. Should he persisted attacking Nieky in the way he did the decision would be most likely in his favor. Unfortunately he wasn’t able to continuing such attack, may be because getting tired and also because Nieky reacted properly overcoming such situation with a very satisfactory end due to the fact it was really a very though bout. Nieky, as usual, connected many solid and strong low kicks that most likely affected the good mobility of Yoann.