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Review: 2014-06-21, tough fight but not particularly exciting: the second fight between Mirko Filipovic and Jarrell Miller gets two stars. Mirko “Cro Cop” Filipovic entered this fight with a kickboxing record of 22-8-0 (12 knockouts) and he is ranked as the No.7 heavyweight in the world, he won the K-1 Hw tournament in March 2013 beating Ismael Londt in the final (=Filipovic vs Londt); after that bout he has fought just once in 2014 but he lost to Remy Bonjasky (=Cro Cop vs Bonjasky 2).
His opponent, the 25-year-old Jarrell Miller (14 years younger than Filipovic), has an official record of 21-1-0 (9 knockouts) but he is not ranked as he hasn’t fought since March 15, 2013 when he faced for the first time Cro Cop (=Filipovic vs Miller). CroCop vs Miller 2 is on the undercard of Rico Verhoeven vs Daniel Ghita 2 – Glory 17. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review: 2014-06-21, back and forth fight with two spectacular knockdowns: Marc de Bonte vs Joseph Valtellini gets three stars. Marc de Bonte entered this fight with a pro kickboxing record of 87-11-1 (19 knockouts) and he is ranked as the No.4 light heavyweight in the world, he suffered his last defeat in 2012 when he faced Murthel Groenhart (=Groenhart vs de Bonte), after that bout he has fought just twice beating L’houcine Ouzgni and Karapet Karapetyan (=Karapetyan vs de Bonte 2); in this last fight he won the Glory welterweight title.
His opponent, Joseph Valtellini, has an official record of 11-2-0 (10 KOs=90%) and he entered as the No.3 in the same weight class, he fought five times in 2013 losing only his last bout against Nieky Holzken (=Valtellini vs Holzken). De Bonte vs Valtellini is valid for the Glory welterweight title (de Bonte’s first defense); undercard of Rico Verhoeven vs Daniel Ghita 2 – Glory 17. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review: 2014-06-21, disappointing fight between Rico Verhoeven and Daniel Ghita: it gets two stars. Rico Verhoeven entered this fight with a professional kickboxing record of 43-7-1 (8 knockouts) and he is ranked as the No.1 heavyweight in the world, he is 25 years old (8 years younger than Ghita) and he suffered his last defeat in 2012 when he faced Semmy Schilt, since then he has fought five times winning the Glory Hw tournament at the end of 2013 beating Daniel Ghita in the final (=Ghita vs Verhoeven).
His opponent, Daniel Ghita, has an official record of 50-10-0 (39 KOs=78%) and he entered as the No.2 in the same weight class, after his last loss against Verhoeven he fought once defeating Errol Zimmerman (=Ghita vs Zimmerman 2). Ghita vs Verhoeven 2, main event of Glory 17, is valid for the Glory heavyweight title. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review: 2014-06-21, good start but the rest of the fight was not so exciting: the second fight between Joe Schilling and Artem Levin gets two stars. Joe Schilling entered this fight with a kickboxing record of 17-6-0 and he is ranked as the No.3 cruiserweight while Artem Levin has a record of 83-6-1 and he entered as the No.4 light heavyweight. In their first bout Schilling defeated Levin by unanimous decsion (September 28, 2013), this second fight is the final of the Glory middleweight championship tournament; in the quarterfinals Schilling beat Simon Marcus (=Schilling vs Marcus) while Levin defeated Alex Pereira, in the semifinals the American took revenge on Wayne Barrett while the Russian beat Filip Verlinden. Levin vs Schilling 2 is on the undercard of Rico Verhoeven vs Daniel Ghita 2 – Glory 17. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review: 2014-06-21, good fight with an exciting finish: the third fight between Simon Marcus and Joe Schilling gets three stars. The undefeated Simon Marcus entered this fight with a professional kickboxing record of 39-0-1 and he is ranked as the No.1 light heavyweight in the world, the only man who stopped him in a draw was Chidi Njokuani in 2013; he has already fought three times in 2014 beating Li Bei, Israel Adesanya and Vehas TopKing.
His opponent, Joe Schilling, has an official record of 15-6-0 and he entered as the No.3 cruiserweight, he fought three times in 2013 defeating Kengo Shimizu and Artem Levin but then he lost to Wayne Barrett (=Schilling vs Barrett). In both the first and second fights, Marcus beat Schilling; this third fight is the quarter-final of the Glory middleweight championship tournament; undercard of Rico Verhoeven vs Daniel Ghita 2 – Glory 17. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review: 2014-06-21, fight not particularly exciting between Andy Ristie and Ky Hollenbeck: it gets two stars. Andy Ristie entered this fight with a kickboxing record of 44-4-1 (23 knockouts) and he is ranked as the No.3 super welterweight in the world, he won the Glory lightweight tournament in 2013 defeating Giorgio Petrosyan in the semifinal (=Petrosyan vs Ristie) and Robin van Roosmalen in the final (=van Roosmalen vs Ristie) but then he lost the title in 2014 when he faced Davit Kiria (=Ristie vs Kiria).
His opponent, Ky Hollenbeck, has an official record of 46-3-1 (8 knockouts) and he entered as the No.8 in the same weight class, he fought and won twice in 2013: against Albert Kraus and Warren Stevelmans. Ristie vs Hollenbeck is on the undercard of Rico Verhoeven vs Daniel Ghita 2 – Glory 17. Watch the video and rate this fight!
