All in one night. On Saturday, November 3, it’s time for GLORY 3 Rome ‘Final 8’ (70 kilogram/154 pound) one-night tournament at the PalaLottomatica arena in Rome, Italy.
Glory World Series Rome Final 8 quarterfinals preview
Giorgio Petrosyan vs Ky Hollenbeck
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World No. 1 ranked middleweight Giorgio Petrosyan (71-1-2, 33 KO’s) will face american standout Ky Hollenbeck (34-7, 21 KO’s) in a very tough opening match.
Petrosyan is the two time K-1 World MAX champion (2009, 2010) and WKN Intercontinental Middleweight Muay Thai champion. His record is incredible and his only loss was 5 years ago when he dropped a decision to Nonthanan Por. Pramuk. In his last fight he defeated Fabio Pinca at Glory 1.
“I don’t feel any pressure and for me, I am preparing exactly as I did for my first ever fight. People can call me number one, the favourite and so on – I don’t think about it. I will be in the ring and I will
Finally everything is ready for the big event of k-1 and muay thai Oktagon 2011, scheduled for Saturday, March 12 in Milan (Italy), where the main fight will be Giorgio Petrosyan vs Alexandre Cosmo, another tough fighter for Petrosyan after the fight versus Sudsakorn Sor Klinmee. In the last days has also been confirmed the presence of Sudsakorn Sor Klinmee that, eliminated by the organizers of the Isuzu Cup (for his fight at Thai Boxe Mania), will face Xu Yan (from China). Instead Fabio Pinca is no longer in the fight card, which will be replaced by Angelo Campoli in the fight against Andrei Kulebin. But in the same evening we will see also two other world-class fights: Yoshihiro Sato vs Armen Petrosyan and Dzhabar Askerov vs
Giorgio Petrosyan won Sudsakorn Sor. Klinmee during the k-1 muay thai event “Thai Boxing Mania“, but for the moment there is still no video of the fight on internet. If you want to watch the fight Petrosyan vs Sudsakorn and the best fights of “Thai Boxing Mania“, the night between Saturday 12 and Sunday February 13, will be broadcast on the italian tv channel “Italia 1”, at 00:35 (Italian time UTC / GMT + 1 hour). Try to search “Italia 1 streaming” or try these links:
Oktagon 2011, scheduled for March 12 in Milan (Italy), will be on of the best k-1 & muay thai events of the year as the main event will see Giorgio Petrosyan vs Alexandre Cosmo. Petrosyan, having recently fought against Sudsakorn Sor. Klinmee at Thai Boxing Mania, has decided to face another tough fighter: Alexandre Cosmo, Wako Pro World Champion and finalist in the King’s Cup 2010 in Bangkok (Thailand) where he was defeated by Yodsanklai Fairtex. But there will not be only the two-time k-1 world max champion, other top-level fighter will fight in Milan: Fabio Pinca vs Andrei Kulebin, Khalid Bourdiff vs Marcus Oberg, Dzabar Askerov vs Chris van Venrooij, and Xu Yan vs Adem Bozkurt. But always on 12 March we will see another world-class fight between Armen Petrosyan and Yoshihiro Sato!
After winning the K-1 World Max Giorgio Petrosyan backs to fight in Italy versus Sudsakorn Sor. Klinmee, thai fighter very strong and internationally known. But there will not be only Petrosyan at Thai Boxe Mania (probably the most important muay thai event in Italy), we will see also fighter like Andrei Kulebin, Kaopon Lek, Abdallah Mabel and Loris Audoui. We are sure it will be one of the best muay thai events of 2011.
