The black belt in American kenpo, karate and tae-kwon-do Raymond Daniels entered this fight with a professional kickboxing record of 5-1-0 and he is ranked as the No.6 super middleweight in the world, he suffered his only defeat in 2013 when he faced Joseph Valtellini (=Valtellini vs Daniels), after this bout he won over Francois Ambang thanks to one of the best knockouts of the year (=Daniels vs Ambang).
His opponent, Jonatan Oliveira, has a record of 20-3-0 and he entered as the No.10 in the same weight class, last year he defeated Atakan Arslan at Glory 15. Daniels vs Oliveira is the semifinal of the Glory welterweight contender tournament (the current champion is Joseph Valtellini); undercard of Rico Verhoeven vs Errol Zimmerman 3 – Glory 19. Watch the video and rate this fight!
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Event: Glory 19: Virginia
Date: 2015-02-06
Where: Hampton Coliseum, Hampton, Virginia, USA
Division: catchweight (169.8 lbs, 77 kg)
Glory 19 fight card (main and best fights):
Rico Verhoeven vs Errol Zimmerman 3
Nieky Holzken vs Raymond Daniels
Joe Schilling vs Robert Thomas
Nieky Holzken vs Alexander Stetsurenko
Raymond Daniels vs Jonatan Oliveira
Andy Ristie vs Steve Moxon
Francois Ambang vs Stephen Richards
Daniels’ previous fight: Raymond Daniels vs Francois Ambang
Oliveira’s next fight: Artur Kyshenko vs Jonatan Oliveira
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Video: Official video
(Alternative free embeddable video hosted on Youtube)
(Alternative highlights video hosted on Youtube)
Double click on the image to play the video (video hosted at this page on Facebook)
I don’t like at all the fighting style of Daniel because he has no control of his kicks. In this fight he hit the other contender under the belt several times.