Xavier Vigney wins Road to Glory USA heavyweight tournament

This past Friday the Road to Glory USA heavyweight tournament took place in Tulsa, OK. Eight hopefuls entered the one night tournament looking to win $20,000 in prize money and a contract with Glory. When it was over Xavier Vigney walked away the tournament champion after knockout out all three of his opponents. In the opening round Vigney knocked out Jack May, in the semi-finals scored a technical knockout over Julian Walters and in the tournament final he knocked out Maurice Green. All three of his knockouts came in the first round. Vigney now joins the four previous Road to Glory USA winners, Dustin Jacoby, Mike Lemaire, Francois Ambang, and Michael Mananquil.

Steven Banks who originally set to fight in the night's reserve bout came in as a last minute replacement. In his bout with James Wilson both fighters flew over the top rope with Wilson landing on Banks. Banks was taken to the hospital and could not continue and Wilson was awarded the (T)KO win. Banks, however, is okay and back home.

Results:

Opening Round

Julian Walters def. Brian McVae via Decision

Xavier Vigney def. Jack May via KO in Rd. 1

Maurice Green def. Jerry Watterson via KO in Rd. 1

James Wilson def. Steven Banks via (T)KO in Rd. 1

Semi-Finals 

Xavier Vigney def. Julian Waters via (T)KO in Rd. 1

Maurice Green def. James Wilson via Decision

Finals 

Xavier Vigney def. Maurice Green via KO in Rd. 1

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Muaythai Superfight Results: Bowe TKO'd, Marcus remains undefeated

Riddick Bowe's Muay Thai debut took place today at Muaythai Superfight in Thailand and as expected it didn't well. Bowe was TKO's by Levgen Golovin in the second round. The former boxing champion spent time training in Thailand before the bout, but it wasn't enough. Golovin used a kick heavy attack until Bowe could no longer withstand the punishment.

 

Simon Marcus kept his undefeated record in tact as he improved to 34-0 with a decision win over Suriya Prasarthinphimai, and Sean Kearney scored his third (T)KO win in four weeks with a stoppage of Petrungroth Kaewsamrit. Former Thai Fight tournament winner Singmanee Kaewsamrit was also victorious on the night scoring a (T)KO victory over Salardine Etnaker.

Photo: Apichart Weerawong, AP

 

Results:

Levgen Golovin def. Riddick Bowe via (T)KO in Rd. 2
Simon Marcus def. Suriya Prasarthinphimai via Decision
Sean Kearney def. Petrungroth Kaewsamrit via KO

Singmanee Kaewsamrit def. Salardine Etnaker via (T)KO in Rd. 1
Ricardo Van De Boss def. Marvin Eastman via (T)KO in Rd. 2
Fred Sikking def. Dewey Cooper via Decision

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Road to Glory USA Heavyweight Tournament Matches

The Road to Glory USA heavyweight tournament is set to take place today in Tulsa, OK. Amongst the eight fighters looking to win the one night tournament and earn a Glory contract as well as the $20,000 grand prize are Xavier Vigney, James Wilson, Jack May, and Julian Walters. 

The opening round draw occurred yesterday at the weigh-ins an the match ups were set for the first round. Julian Walters vs. Brian McVae, Xavier Vigney vs. Jack May, Maurice Green vs. Jerry Watterson, and James Wilson vs. Anton Berzin. There will also be a reserve bout between Steven Banks and Haze Wilson.

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Shane Campbell and Joey Pagliuso score KO's at K-1 qualifiers in Canada

Calgary, Alberta, Canada played host to the K-1 qualifiers Saturday night at the Century Casino. In the main event Canada's Shane Campbell and America's Justin Greskiewicz fought to see who would qualify for the final 16. It took Campbell a little over a minute to let everyone know it would be him. Campbell scored a (T)KO over Greskiewicz at 1:08 into the first round. Campbell has now gone 5-0 since his return to Muay Thai and Kickboxing action in June of 2012 after a three year hiatus.

In the night's other qualifier bout Joey Pagliuso left another victim unconscious. In the second round of his fight Pagliuso scored another vicious knockout, this time over seasoned and highly respected Mukai Maromo. With the win Pagliuso has now won three consecutive fights with his last two being vicious knockouts.

For great pictures of the fights make sure to check out Combat Captured on Facebook.

Results: 

Shane Campbell def. Justin Greskiewicz via (T)KO at 1:08 of Rd. 1

Joey Pagliuso def. Mukai Maromo via KO at 2:05 of Rd.2
Joe George def. Benn Henry via (T)KO at 2:04 Rd. 1
Robert Thomas def. Ali Youssef via (T)KO at 1:19 of Rd. 2

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Updated fight card for Muaythai Superfight on June 14 in Bangkok

Since the announcement that the Muaythai Superfight event in Bangkok, Thailand was moved to June 14th there have been some changes to the fight card. Riddick Bowe is still expected to headline the event against Levgen Golovin, but a few of the other fights are no longer taking place or have seen some changes.

Chike Lindsay was expected to fight Saiyok Pumpanmuang, but instead he will now fight Yodsanklai Fairtex at Lion Fight 10 in July. Simon Marcus remains on the card, but will be fighting Suriya Prasarthinphimai instead of Kaoklai Kaennorsing. Singmanee Kaewsamrit will now be fighting Salardine Etnaker and Sean Kearney is now expected to fight Petrungroth Kaewsamrit.

Fight Card:

Riddick Bowe vs. Levgen Golovin
Simon Marcus vs. Suriya Prasarthinphimai
Sean Kearney vs.  Petrungroth Kaewsamrit

Salardine Etnaker vs. Singmanee Kaewsamrit
Marvin Eastman vs. Ricardo Van De Boss
Dewey Cooper vs. Fred Sikking

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