2014 in Glory

The year 2014 was the 3rd year in the history of Glory, an international kickboxing event. 2014 starts with Glory 14: Zagreb, and ends with Glory 18: Oklahoma. The events were broadcast through television agreements with Spike TV and other regional channels around the world.

2014 in Glory
Information
First date	March 8, 2014
Last date	November 7, 2014
Events
Total events	5
Fights
Chronology
2013 in Glory 2014 in Glory 2015 in Glory

List of events

#	Event Title	Date	Arena	Location
1	Glory 14: Zagreb	March 8, 2014	Arena Zagreb	Zagreb, Croatia
2	Glory 15: Istanbul	April 12, 2014	Ülker Sports Arena	Istanbul, Turkey
3	Glory 16: Denver	May 3, 2014	1stBank Center	Broomfield, Colorado, USA
4	Glory 17: Los Angeles	June 21, 2014	The Forum	Inglewood, California, USA
5	Glory 18: Oklahoma	November 7, 2014	Grand Casino Hotel Resort	Shawnee, Oklahoma, USA

Glory 14: Zagreb

Glory 14: Zagreb
Information
Promotion	Glory
Date	March 8, 2014
Venue	Arena Zagreb
City	Zagreb, Croatia
Attendance	14,068
Event chronology
Glory 13: Tokyo Glory 14: Zagreb Glory 15: Istanbul

Glory 14: Zagreb was a kickboxing event held on March 8, 2014 at the Arena Zagreb in Zagreb, Croatia.

Background

This event featured heavyweight fight of Mirko Cro Cop vs. Remy Bonjasky as headliner, and world title fight for the inaugural Glory Lightweight Championship of Andy Ristie vs. Davit Kiria as co-headliner. This event also featured 4 men Middleweight Contender Tournament to earn a spot in 2014 Glory Middleweight World Championship Tournament.^[1]

Glory 14 had an average number of 495,000 viewers on Spike TV.^[2]

Results

Main Card (Spike)
Weight Class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
Heavyweight	Remy Bonjasky	def.	Mirko Cro Cop	Decision (majority)	3	3:00
Middleweight	Alex Pereira	def.	Sahak Parparyan	Decision (majority)	3	3:00	Middleweight Contender Tournament Final
Lightweight	Davit Kiria ^1	def.	Andy Ristie	KO	5	2:22	For the Lightweight Championship
Middleweight	Alex Pereira	def.	Dustin Jacoby	KO	1	2:00	Middleweight Contender Tournament Semi Final
Middleweight	Sahak Parparyan	def.	Jason Wilnis	Decision (split)	3	3:00	Middleweight Contender Tournament Semi Final
Superfight Series
Heavyweight	Mladen Brestovac	def.	Jahfarr Wilnis	KO (left high kick)	1	1:19
Heavyweight	Benjamin Adegbuyi	def.	Dmytro Bezus ^2	TKO (referee stoppage)	2	1:53
Lightweight	Aikpracha Meenayothin	def.	Albert Kraus	Decision (split)	3	3:00
Light Heavyweight	Igor Jurković	def.	Michael Duut	KO	1	1:14
Welterweight	Karapet Karapetyan	def.	Artur Kyshenko	Decision (unanimous)	3	3:00
Lightweight	Murthel Groenhart	def.	Teo Mikelić ^3	TKO (cut)	1	3:00
Undercard
Heavyweight	Tomáš Hron	def.	Kirk Krouba ^4	Decision (unanimous)	3	3:00
Heavyweight	Mladen Kujundžić	def.	Elmir Mehić	TKO (Doctor stoppage)	2	3:00
Lightweight	Samo Petje	def.	Lirim Ahmeti	TKO	2

^{[3] [4][5]
1} Ky Hollenbeck was replaced with Davit Kiria.
² Jamal Ben Saddik was replaced with Dmytro Bezus.
³ Shemsi Beqiri was replaced with Teo Mikelić.
⁴ Dino Belošević was replaced with Kirk Krouba.

2014 Glory Middleweight Contender Tournament bracket

	Semi-finals					Final
	Sahak Parparyan		DEC
	Jason Wilnis		2-1
						Sahak Parparyan		2-0
						Alex Pereira		DEC
	Dustin Jacoby		1R.
	Alex Pereira		KO

Glory 15: Istanbul

Glory 15: Istanbul
Information
Promotion	Glory
Date	April 12, 2014
Venue	Ülker Sports Arena
City	Istanbul, Turkey
Attendance	11,223
Event chronology
Glory 14: Zagreb Glory 15: Istanbul Glory 16: Denver

Glory 15: Istanbul was a kickboxing event held on April 12, 2014 at the Ülker Sports Arena in Istanbul, Turkey.

Background

This event featured Glory Light Heavyweight World Championship Tournament for the inaugural Glory Light Heavyweight Championship.^[6] Two bouts was held as semi-finals. The winners of the semi-finals proceeded to the final bout for the tournament championship. This event also featured other non-tournament one-off bouts, the two headlines.^[7]

It had average of 354,000 and peak of 720,000 viewers on Spike TV.^[8]

Results

Main Card (Spike)
Weight Class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
Light Heavyweight	Gökhan Saki	def.	Tyrone Spong	TKO (leg injury)	1	1:37	Light Heavyweight Championship Tournament Final; For the Light Heavyweight Championship
Lightweight	Robin van Roosmalen	def.	Marat Grigorian	Decision (split)	3	3:00
Light Heavyweight	Danyo Ilunga	def.	Andrei Stoica	KO	1	2:33	Light Heavyweight Championship Tournament Reserve Bout
Light Heavyweight	Tyrone Spong	def.	Saulo Cavalari	Decision (unanimous)	3	3:00	Light Heavyweight Championship Tournament Semi Final
Light Heavyweight	Gökhan Saki	def.	Nathan Corbett	TKO (doctor's stoppage)	1	2:35	Light Heavyweight Championship Tournament Semi Final
Superfight Series
Heavyweight	Hesdy Gerges	def.	Jhonata Diniz	TKO (corner stoppage)	2	3:00
Light Heavyweight	Mourad Bouzidi	def.	Randy Blake ^1	Decision (unanimous)	3	3:00
Light Heavyweight	Filip Verlinden	def.	Israel Adesanya	Decision (unanimous)	3	3:00
Welterweight	Jonatan Oliveira	def.	Atakan Arslan	Decision (unanimous)	3	3:00
Lightweight	Niclas Larsen	def.	Steve Moxon	TKO	2	1:33
Featherweight	Yodkhunpon Sitmonchai	def.	Raz Sarkisjan	Decision (majority)	3	3:00

^{[9] [10]
1} Brian Collette was replaced with Randy Blake.

2014 Glory Light Heavyweight World Championship Tournament bracket

	Semi-finals					Final
	Gökhan Saki		TKO
	Nathan Corbett		1R.
						Gökhan Saki		TKO
						Tyrone Spong		1R.
	Tyrone Spong		DEC
	Saulo Cavalari		3-0

Glory 16: Denver

Glory 16: Denver
Information
Promotion	Glory
Date	May 3, 2014
Venue	1stBank Center
City	Broomfield, Colorado, USA
Attendance	3,101
Event chronology
Glory 15: Istanbul Glory 16: Denver Glory 17: Los Angeles

Glory 16: Denver was a kickboxing event held on May 3, 2014 at the 1stBank Center in Broomfield, Colorado, USA.

Background

This event featured world title fight for the inaugural Glory Welterweight Championship of Karapet Karapetyan vs. Marc de Bonte as headliner, and 4-Man Heavyweight Contender Tournament.

It had average of 498,000 and peak of 815,000 viewers on Spike TV.^[11]

Results

Main Card (Spike)
Weight Class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
Welterweight	Marc de Bonte	def.	Karapet Karapetyan ^1	Decision (split)	5	3:00	For the Welterweight Championship
Heavyweight	Errol Zimmerman	def.	Anderson Silva	TKO	1	2:30	Heavyweight Contender Tournament Final
Heavyweight	Zack Mwekassa	def.	Pat Barry	KO	1	2:33	Heavyweight Contender Tournament Reserve Bout
Heavyweight	Anderson Silva	def.	Sergey Kharitonov	Decision (unanimous)	3	3:00	Heavyweight Contender Tournament Semi Final
Heavyweight	Errol Zimmerman	def.	Ben Edwards	TKO	1	2:50	Heavyweight Contender Tournament Semi Final
Superfight Series
Heavyweight	Benjamin Adegbuyi	def.	Daniel Sam	KO (right cross)	2	2:59
Middleweight	Artem Levin	def.	Robert Thomas	Decision (unanimous)	3	3:00
Heavyweight	Jamal Ben Saddik	def.	Nicolas Wamba	TKO	2	1:24
Light Heavyweight	Artem Vakhitov	def.	Igor Jurkovic	Decision (unanimous)	3	3:00
Welterweight	Raymond Daniels	def.	Francois Ambang	KO	1	1:47
Lightweight	Josh Jauncey	def.	Warren Stevelmans	Decision (unanimous)	4	3:00

^{[12] [13]
1} Nieky Holzken was replaced with Karapet Karapetyan.

2014 Glory Heavyweight Contender Tournament bracket

	Semi-finals					Final
	Ben Edwards		1R.
	Errol Zimmerman		TKO
						Errol Zimmerman		TKO
						Anderson Silva		1R.
	Anderson Silva		DEC
	Sergey Kharitonov		3-0

Glory 17: Los Angeles

Glory 17: Los Angeles
Information
Promotion	Glory
Date	June 21, 2014
Venue	The Forum
City	Inglewood, California, USA
Attendance	10,795
Event chronology
Glory 16: Denver Glory 17: Los Angeles Glory 18: Oklahoma

Glory 17: Los Angeles was a kickboxing event held on June 21, 2014 at The Forum in Inglewood, California, USA.

Background

This show was Glory's first Pay-per-view event. Main card of this event featured world title fight of Rico Verhoeven vs. Daniel Ghiță for the vacant Glory Heavyweight Championship, another world title fight of Marc de Bonte vs. Joseph Valtellini for the Glory Welterweight Championship, and 8-Man Glory Middleweight Last Man Standing Tournament for the inaugural Glory Middleweight Championship. Participants for middleweight tournament were Alex Pereira, Artem Levin, Bogdan Stoica, Filip Verlinden, Joe Schilling, Melvin Manhoef, Simon Marcus and Wayne Barrett.^[14]

On the preliminary card, a 4-Man Featherweight Contender Tournament and other one-off bouts were featured.^[15]

Mirko Cro Cop was first scheduled to face Pat Barry, and later Sergei Kharitonov on this card. However, on May 21, it was announced that Kharitonov had to withdraw from the fight due to injury.^[16] He was replaced by Jarrell Miller.

Miguel Torres was scheduled to make his GLORY debut as a participant of the Featherweight tournament. However, on May 28, it was revealed he pulled out of the tournament for undisclosed reasons. He was replaced by Marcus Vinicius.^[17]

Preliminary card had average of 487,000 viewers on Spike TV,^[18] and main card drew an estimated 6,000 PPV buys.^[19]

Results

Main Card (PPV)
Weight Class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
Middleweight	Artem Levin	def.	Joe Schilling	Decision (unanimous)	3	3:00	Middleweight Last Man Standing Tournament Final; For the Middleweight Championship
Heavyweight	Rico Verhoeven	def.	Daniel Ghiță	Decision (unanimous)	5	3:00	For the Heavyweight Championship
Middleweight	Joe Schilling	def.	Wayne Barrett	Decision (split)	3	3:00	Middleweight Last Man Standing Tournament Semi Final
Middleweight	Artem Levin	def.	Filip Verlinden	Decision (unanimous)	3	3:00	Middleweight Last Man Standing Tournament Semi Final
Welterweight	Joseph Valtellini	def.	Marc de Bonte (c)	Decision (unanimous)	5	3:00	For the Welterweight Championship
Middleweight	Wayne Barrett	def.	Bogdan Stoica	KO (punch)	3	0:58	Middleweight Last Man Standing Tournament Quarter Final
Middleweight	Joe Schilling	def.	Simon Marcus	KO (punch)	4	2:41	Middleweight Last Man Standing Tournament Quarter Final
Middleweight	Filip Verlinden	def.	Melvin Manhoef	Decision (majority)	3	3:00	Middleweight Last Man Standing Tournament Quarter Final
Middleweight	Artem Levin	def.	Alex Pereira	Decision (unanimous)	3	3:00	Middleweight Last Man Standing Tournament Quarter Final
Preliminary Card (Spike)
Weight Class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
Heavyweight	Mirko Cro Cop	def.	Jarrell Miller^1	Decision (unanimous)	3	3:00
Featherweight	Gabriel Varga	def.	Shane Oblonsky	Decision (unanimous)	3	3:00	Featherweight Contender Tournament Final
Lightweight	Andy Ristie	def.	Ky Hollenbeck	KO (punch)	1	0:35
Featherweight	Shane Oblonsky	def.	Marcus Vinicius^2	Decision (unanimous)	3	3:00	Featherweight Contender Tournament Semi Final
Featherweight	Gabriel Varga	def.	Yodkhunpon Sitmonchai	Decision (unanimous)	3	3:00	Featherweight Contender Tournament Semi Final

^{[20] [21]
1} Pat Barry was replaced with Sergei Kharitonov, and later Jarrell Miller.
² Miguel Torres was replaced with Marcus Vinicius.

2014 Glory Middleweight Last Man Standing Tournament bracket

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

Artem Levin

DEC

Alex Pereira

3-0

Artem Levin

DEC

Filip Verlinden

3-0

Filip Verlinden

DEC

Melvin Manhoef

2-0

Artem Levin

DEC

Joe Schilling

3-0

Joe Schilling

KO

Simon Marcus

4R.^1

Joe Schilling

DEC

Wayne Barrett

2-1

Wayne Barrett

KO

Bogdan Stoica

3R.

¹ Extra round

2014 Glory Featherweight Contender Tournament bracket

	Semi-finals					Final
	Gabriel Varga		DEC
	Yodkhunpon Sitmonchai		3-0
						Gabriel Varga		DEC
						Shane Oblonsky		3-0
	Shane Oblonsky		DEC
	Marcus Vinicius		3-0

Glory 18: Oklahoma

Glory 18: Oklahoma
Information
Promotion	Glory
Date	November 7, 2014
Venue	Grand Casino Hotel Resort
City	Shawnee, Oklahoma, USA
Attendance	1,163
Event chronology
Glory 17: Los Angeles Glory 18: Oklahoma Glory 19: Virginia

Glory 18: Oklahoma was a kickboxing event, held on November 7, 2014 at the Grand Casino Hotel Resort in Shawnee, Oklahoma, USA.^[22]

Background

This event featured world title fight for the Glory Lightweight Championship of Davit Kiria vs. Robin van Roosmalen as a headliner and a middleweight fight of Wayne Barrett vs. Jason Wilnis as co-headliner. Also this event featured a 4-Man Light Heavyweight Contender Tournament, where the winner earns the right to fight for the Glory Light Heavyweight World Title.^[23] Additionally, the winner of the Benjamin Adegbuyi vs. Hesdy Gerges fight gets a heavyweight title shot.^[24]

It had average of 352,000 and peak of 648,000 viewers on Spike TV.^[25]

Results

Main Card (Spike)
Weight Class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
Light Heavyweight	Saulo Cavalari	def.	Zack Mwekassa	KO (high kick)	3	0:20	Light Heavyweight Contender Tournament Final
Lightweight	Robin van Roosmalen	def.	Davit Kiria (c)	Decision (majority)	5	3:00	For the Lightweight Championship
Middleweight	Jason Wilnis	def.	Wayne Barrett	Decision (unanimous)	3	3:00
Light Heavyweight	Saulo Cavalari	def.	Danyo Ilunga ^1	Decision (unanimous)	3	3:00	Light Heavyweight Contender Tournament Semi Final
Light Heavyweight	Zack Mwekassa	def.	Brian Collette	KO (punch)	2	0:45	Light Heavyweight Contender Tournament Semi Final
Superfight Series
Heavyweight	Benjamin Adegbuyi	def.	Hesdy Gerges	Decision (unanimous)	3	3:00	Heavyweight Title eliminator
Light Heavyweight	Randy Blake	def.	Warren Thompson	Decision (unanimous)	3	3:00
Middleweight	Robert Thomas	def.	Mike Lemaire	KO (right hooks)	3	1:06
Lightweight	Josh Jauncey	def.	Jae-Gil Noh	KO (body punch/knee to the head)	2	1:14
Welterweight	Omari Boyd	def.	Ian Alexander	TKO (referee stoppage)	3	2:17

^[26]
1 Andrei Stoica was replaced with Artem Vakhitov.
¹ Artem Vakhitov was replaced with Danyo Ilunga.

2014 Glory Light Heavyweight Contender Tournament bracket

	Semi-finals					Final
	Brian Collette		2R.
	Zack Mwekassa		KO
						Zack Mwekassa		3R.
						Saulo Cavalari		KO
	Saulo Cavalari		DEC
	Danyo Ilunga		3-0

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