Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2018-08-25, nice and close fight between Sitthichai Sitsongpeenong and Marat Grigorian 4: it gets three stars.The 2014 Lumpinee Ww and current Glory Lw champion Sitthichai Sitsongpeenong entered this fight with a professional kickboxing record of 120-30-5 (32 knockouts) and he is ranked as the No.1 super welterweight in the world. He lost to Superbon Banchamek in 2016 (Sitthichai vs Superbon 2) but then he has won eight bouts beating Yi Long (Sitthichai Sitsongpeenong vs Yi Long), Christian Baya (Sitthichai Sitsongpeenong vs Christian Baya) and Tyjani Beztati in his last three (Sitthichai Sitsongpeenong vs Tyjani Beztati).
His opponent, the former K-1 and current Kunlun champion Marat Grigorian, has an official record of 59-10-1 (32 knockouts) and he entered as the No.2 in the same weight class. In their previous fights Sitthichai beat Grigorian once in 2015 (Sitthichai vs Grigorian) and twice in 2016 (Sitthichai vs Grigorian 2 and Sitthichai Sitsongpeenong vs Marat Grigorian 3). After this fight Marat has won seven consecutive fights winning over Dzianis Zuev, Superbon Banchamek and Liu Xu in 2018. Sitthichai vs Grigorian 4, main event of Glory 57, is valid for the Glory lightweight title. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Event: Glory 57: Shenzhen
Date: 2018-08-25
Where: Shenzhen Bay Sports Center, Shenzhen, China
Division: super welterweight (154 lbs, 69.9 kg)
Title: Glory Lightweight Championship
Sitthichai’s previous fight: Sitthichai Sitsongpeenong vs Tyjani Beztati
Sitthichai’s next fight: Sitthichai Sitsongpeenong vs Josh Jauncey 2
Sitthichai vs Grigorian 4 fight video:
Official video
Very good and an active fight. For this case, the judges score cards, reflect the reality, slight margin in favour of Sitthichai, which is very unusual for Glory.
It’s a close fight but I agree with the decision, it’s hard to beat sittichai you got to be more explosive like superbon when you counter