Glory 17 Los Angeles And Last Man Standing - 06.21.14 (OFFICIAL DISCUSSION AND RESULT)

Glory 17 
June 21, 2014
Inglewood Forum
Los Angeles, USA

Glory 17 PPV:
                                                  Heavyweight Championship
Daniel Ghita(50-10)                           Vs                (43-9)Rico Verhoeven
                                                  Welterweight Championship
Marc de Bonte(87-11)                        Vs                (11-2)Joseph Valtellini
                                               8-Man Middleweight Tournament
melvin manhoef(31-11)                      Vs                (42-11)Filip Verlinden 
Artem Levin(46-4)                              Vs                     (13-1)Alex Pereira
Joe Schilling(16-5)                             Vs                  (39-0)Simon Marcus
Bogdan Stoica(38-5)                          Vs                    Wayne Barrett(4-0)



Glory 17 Spike TV:
                                                             Heavyweight
Mirko Filipovic(22-8 )                         Vs                     (21-1)Jarrell Miller
                                                             Lightweight
Andy Ristie(44-4)                              Vs                  (17-2)Ky Hollenbeck
                                                 Featherweight Tournament
Gabriel Varga(23-2)                          Vs  (83-21)Yodkhunpon Sitmonchai

                                                  Featherweight Tournament
Marcus Vinicius(7-2)                          Vs               (23-4)Shane Oblonsky

GLORY has announced GLORY 17 Los Angeles today. GLORY 17 Los Angeles is scheduled for June 21st at the Forum in Inglewood, California. No bouts have been announced just yet, but tickets are on sale starting on April 16th at the box office or ticketmaster.com.

This will be GLORY's first trip back to Los Angeles since GLORY 10 last year, which saw Joe Schilling conquer the Middleweight division in the Middleweight tournament, including a big win over Artem Levin. If I were a betting man I'd probably bet some money on Joe Schilling being on that card, but that is of course nothing official.

When it comes to GLORY events, semantics are vital. Numbered GLORY events have been airing on Spike TV and television around the world while the undercards are the GLORY SuperFight Series. When it comes to GLORY 17 Los Angeles things are going to be a little bit different. GLORY 17 Los Angeles will air on Spike TV, like usual, but this time around that will not be the main attraction. Oh no.
The main attraction?

The GLORY Last Man Standing Middleweight tournament on PPV. We told you that GLORY PPV was coming and here it is. This will be an 8-man tournament, which GLORY has announced six of the names thus far. Those names are as follows; Joe Schilling, Simon Marcus, Alex Pereira, Bogdan Stoica, Melvin Manhoef and Wayne Barrett. The big surprise is the inclusion of Simon Marcus, who has a long history with GLORY 10 Middleweight tournament winner Joe Schilling. The new names are Bogdan Stoica, brother of Andrei Stoica and Melvin Manhoef. We all know Melvin.

This is a huge deal, obviously, we'll have more information when it becomes available.



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This is great, good to see Melvin at middleweight. One of the other two fighters will probably be should be Artem Levin

At first I saw PPV and I was all like UGH. Looking through the participants, though, wow. Killer line-up.

Joe Schilling vs Wayne Barrett, Glory 12 - Glory Sports International
Glory has announced their PPV debut. On June 21, they will host Last Man Standing, a one night 8 man Middleweight tournament. Get the details here.

At this past weekend's Glory 15 Istanbul show, Glory made a big announcement about their summer plans.

On June 21, Glory will make their PPV debut. The show, titled "Last Man Standing" will be live from Los Angeles, and will feature a one night 8 man tournament in the Middleweight division. The following six names were announced as tournament participants:

Joe Schilling - Ranked #2 in Glory, Schilling won last year's MW tournament at Glory 10, defeating favorite Artem Levin in the finals.

Wayne Barrett (#4) - Barrett is only 4-0, but already holds a win over Schilling, defeating him in a great fight at Glory 12 New York.

Alex Pereira (#6) - Pereira won the MW contender tournament at Glory 14 Zagreb to earn this spot.

Melvin Manhoef (Debut) - Any kickboxing fan (and most MMA fans) know Manhoef. The cult favorite makes his Glory debut here.

Simon Marcus (Debut) - Arguably the best MW in the world, Marcus holds wins over Artem Levin and Schilling, both under Muay Thai rules.

Bogdan Stoica (Debut) - A popular fighter from Romania, Stoica has fought mainly in SuperKombat, and is the brother of Glory 15's Andrei Stoica.

The final two spots are yet to be announced. Hopefully they get Levin in there, as he is a must. Steven Wakeling would also round out the tournament nicely. The tournament is likely to crown a Middleweight champion, though that has not yet been made official.

Interestingly, according to the Glory 15 announcement, the PPV will take place immediately after Glory 17, a separate show that will presumably air on Spike. This is not entirely unique for Glory, as their shows always included one portion branded as the Superfight Series, and another branded as the numbered Glory show, but it will be interesting to see exactly how they present both "Glory 17" and the "Last Man Standing" PPV on the same night. No word yet on the PPV cost either.
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the Ppv looks to be after glory 17 they are 2 different events, glory 17 in spike and the mw gp on ppv!

#GLORY17 UPDATE: we're thrilled to announce our final fighter in the GLORY Last Man Standing Middleweight Tournament taking place in Los Angeles, and we saved the #1 ranked for last...Russia's own Artem "The Lion" Levin will be fighting for... the Middleweight Title in our one-night, eight-man tournament! Stay tuned at

www.gloryworldseries.com



Plus they announce a lightweight match for the spike show Andy Ristie(44-4) will face the americain Ky Hollenbeck(17-2)

Good to see they brought Levin in, but damn Filip Verlinden down to middleweight now.

Im not entirely sure on how this is supposed to be broadcasted.

Ive assumed that what we'll get on Spike will be comparable to what we havent been getting due to the Super Fight Series. Then the PPV portion will be quarterfinals, semis, few superfights, then the championship.

They have announced 3 Participant for the featherweight Tournament, The Canadian Gabriel Varga, the american Shane Oblonsky and the thai fighter Yodkhunpon Sitmonchai.This will be live on Spike Tv.

Probably trying to set up a Varga/Sitmonchai final. Great fight if it were to be.

Daniel Ghita will face Rico Verhoeven for the heavyweight Championship on PPV

Mirko Cro Cop will headline The Spike Tv part.

I didn´t know Mirko signed with Glory, card looks very promising.

Mirko is fighting Pat Barry!!!

Barry got 60 days suspension so... nothing from fight!

Golden Age wrote:I didn´t know Mirko signed with Glory, card looks very promising.

Remember he fought Bonjasky recently in Croatia

LEGENDMMA=PRIDEFC wrote:Mirko is fighting Pat Barry!!!

Yep it was confirmed last night, he would have to pass his medical if the 60 day suspension stands then they have to find a new opponent, I'll say mirko vs Sergei

Lol Barry need to retire. He lost 4 of his last 5 out by knockout

Kingfedor wrote:Lol Barry need to retire

I agree

MR.WILLIE wrote:

Kingfedor wrote:Lol Barry need to retire

I agree

Yeah pretty bad knockout, Mwekassa looked like an animal.

How about Cro cop vs Mwekassa ?

Miike wrote:

MR.WILLIE wrote:

Kingfedor wrote:Lol Barry need to retire

I agree

Yeah pretty bad knockout, Mwekassa looked like an animal.

How about Cro cop vs Mwekassa ?

Good call my friend

Glory has just wrapped up their latest show, Glory 16 Denver, but already we are looking ahead to their next outing. The next time Glory takes to the ring will be Saturday, June 21 for their loaded show in Loa Angeles. That show will feature 3 parts - a shorter Superfight Series, Glory 17 live on Spike, and the Glory Last Man Standing PPV. As we previously reported, the PPV will feature a one night 8 man Middleweight world title tournament, plus a Heavyweight title fight between Rico Verhoeven and Daniel Ghita. Now, the fight card for the Spike portion and Glory 17 is starting to come together.

Headlining the show will be Mirko Cro Cop. The Pride, K-1, and UFC veteran comes in to this fight off a highly disputed decision loss to Remy Bonjasky - his first kickboxing loss since 2001. Great choice to feature Cro Cop on Spike, as he will surely draw in some more casual fans who will then perhaps stick around for the PPV. His opponent is yet to be determined.

Previously announced was Andy Ristie vs. Ky Hollenbeck, with the winner earning a shot at the Lightweight title, currently held by Davit Kiria. Lightweight is a very exciting division right now as everyone looks to cement his place as the new #1 - this will be a big opportunity for the winner.

Finally, the 4 man Featherweight tournament is beginning to take shape. In one semi-final Gabriel Varga (23-2) takes on Shane Oblonsky (N/A). Varga is ranked #5 at Featherweight and is 2-1 in Glory. He has solid experience, and should be considered a favorite here. Oblonsky will be fighting in front of a hometown crowd, and is a talented fighter, but has a tough outing here. In the other semi-final, Yodkhunpon Sitmonchai (83-21-1) faces an opponent TBA. Yodkhunpon is a traditional Muay Thai fighter coming in off an impressive win in Istanbul. This is a contender tournament, meaning the winner here will move on to a Featherweight title shot.

Here's the full Glory 17 Los Angeles fight card for Saturday, June 21, live on Spike TV.

GLORY 17 LOS ANGELES FIGHT CARD

Mirko Cro Cop vs. TBA

Andy Ristie vs. Ky Hollenbeck

Featherweight Tournament Finals

Semifinal: Gabriel Varga vs. Shane Oblonsky

Semifinal: Yodkhunpon Sitmonchai vs. TBA

Glory is the best thing going in combat sports currently.

It looks like Marc De Bonte gets what he asked for in getting to defend his GLORY Welterweight Championship against Joseph Valtellini at the Last Man Standing PPV.

Kingfedor wrote:
It looks like Marc De Bonte gets what he asked for in getting to defend his GLORY Welterweight Championship against Joseph Valtellini at the Last Man Standing PPV.

Interesting fight, who do you have winning this ?

Sick fuckin card by the way.