Glory welterweight champion Cédric Doumbé faced Murthel Groenhart at Lyo this weekend to finish the trilogy against the last man. Unfortunately, the French knockout artist had to suffer an elbow injury two weeks before the fight. He was replaced by a short notice by promising American fighter Troy Jones, and a temporary title for the fight was made.
Groenhart evolved significantly from Jones' competition in previous professional competitions, but given American athletic gifts and very good technology, this didn't seem like an insurmountable one. Overall this was a very short notice and a replacement fight as good as the fans could expect.
Jones made a good start and won the first round with a very good kick. But in the second round, a Dutch veteran put him on the floor with his right hand and started the strike a few seconds later.
Despite the disappointing losses, Jones captured himself well with a short notice of the best fighters. When I turned 31, I don't mean much to return him to lower competition. So I would like to meet him against other advanced fighters during my next full camp. For Groenhart this was a relatively unknown but good win over a dangerous fighter. The victory strengthens his shot in the title and we must see for Doumbé him as soon as the champion heals.
At the co-host event, 22-year-old Donovan Wisse won a very impressive victory over former champion Jason Wilnis in a fight against Yousri Belgaroui. Wisse worked beautifully around Wilnis' high guard and hammered a hammer with a cruel left ring in the body during the battle. The win set a record of 13-1 and probably won the title shot. But he is not in a hurry to confront Alex Pereira.
Waiting a little longer at a young age may not be the worst idea, but his options are limited, except to try to avenge a loss to Ertugrul Bayrak. Ferrera obviously wants to keep the middleweight belt, but recently went up to a light heavyweight and there are options. So his challenger's patience may not be the worst for him and Glory.
At featherweight, Zakaria Zouggary performed excellently against Abdellah Ezbiri. He hurt Ezbiri early and managed the rally of the French veteran well before hitting the flying knee – finishing up Ezbiri with a brutal 1-2-3 combo. Contender of the Year who put Zouggary back in the title hunt after a year's absence in the ring.
Michael Palandre, from a very good victory with Vlad Tuinov, was disappointed in the match against Bruno Gazani. Palandre couldn't keep Gazani in the defensive range of preference, being screamed under pressure for three rounds. I thought you were a great action fighter who would add depth to Satan. But he was not really a fighter to consider among other competitors. But I didn't expect him to beat Palandre, so he could make more waves than expected.
In the card's Super Fight series, Guéric Billet and Glory's debut Mohamed Hendouf stole the show and fought the best fights by night. Billet hit 300 strikes in nine minutes, but still more than 100 strikes from Hendorf's hell. Billet handled himself well, but drowned in Hendouf's endless combination work, losing his decision in a huge fight.
Hendouf in Belgium recently got very good results in the French and Dutch scenes (the recent loss is only for the top five of Chingiz Allazov and Tayfun Ozcan), a fantastic addition to the lightweight division of glory.
Matěj Peňáz quietly struck Yassine Ahaggan with a second round TKO while maintaining a very interesting middleweight prospect. Three strikes won 3-1. His only loss is to Donovan Wisse. At this point, competition seems to have stepped up.
Despite losing a major event and a big blow, where a local star is represented, the Glory 70 recovered well with many good fights and a memorable finish. Glory is now looking forward to two events in Chicago on November 22nd And 23rd Before closing the big harm with them crash The December show followed by a rematch of Rico Verhoeven-Badr Hari.
Here is a complete summary of the GLORY 70 results.
Murthel Groenhart Def. Troy jones For round welterweight titles, through KO (punch) on Round 2: 2:38, 2:38
Donovan Wise Def. Jason Will Nice Via UD (29-28, 29-28, 30-27, 30-27, 30-27)
Zakaria Zouggary def. Abdel Las Viri Round 1 via 2:25 KO (punch)
Bruno Gazani Def. Mike Palais Dre Via SD (29-28, 28-29, 29-28, 29-28, 30-27)
Nordin Mahidin def. Cyrillic Conil Rope Via SD (29-28, 29-28, 28-29, 28-29, 29-28)
Matěj Peňáz def. Yasine Ahagan Via TKO (retirement) at 2nd round 1:06
Jamie Bates Deep. Bedart Hote Via UD (29-27, 29-27, 29-27, 30-26, 30-26)
Mohamed Hendorf Def Gehrig Billet Via SD (28-29, 29-28, 27-30, 30-27, 30-27)
Tong Fairtex Deep. Masaya Kubo Via UD (29-28, 30-27, 30-27, 30-27, 30-27)
Cedric also def. Medicada TKO at 1:04 of the second round (three knockdown rules)
Anaëlle Angerville def. Maria Lobo Via UD (29-28, 30-27, 30-27, 30-27, 30-27)
Said Ahamada def. Ian stay Via UD (29-27, 29-27, 30-26, 30-26, 30-26)