The Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan played host to the double-header mega-fight card featuring mixed martial arts bouts with the DREAM.18 card, and a sixteen-man, one-night, single-elimination kickboxing Heavyweight Grand Slam tournament in GLORY 4.
The New Year’s Eve event kicked off at 2am EST (11pm PST Sunday) North America time on December 31, 2012 due to the difference in time-zones.
Both the DREAM.18 card and GLORY 4 show’s will air via replay on the CBS Sports Network beginning tonight.
Fans who are looking for a recap of the event should check out MMAMania.com’s ‘Play-by-Play’ coverage by hitting the link.
Updated: Check out the GLORY 4 Heavyweight Grand Slam tournament results below with the tournament displayed in bracket form. All credit goes to MMAMania.com for the image.
Check out the ‘Quick Results’ for the DREAM.18 card below
Lightweight bout: : Shinya Aoki def. Antonio McKee viasubmission (punch) – R2
Featherweight bout: Tatsuya Kawajiri def. Michihiro Omigawa via Unanimous Decision
Bantamweight bout: Bibiano Fernandes def. Yoshiro Maeda via Submission (Triangle choke) – R1
Featherweight bout: Georgi Karakhanyan def. Hiroyuki Takaya via Split Decision
Middleweight bout: Melvin Manhoef def. Denis Kang via TKO (Knee to the Body) – R1
Welterweight bout: Hayato Sakurai def. Phil Baroni via Unanimous Decision
Lightweight bout: Will Brooks def. Satoru Kitaoka via TKO (Punches) – R2
Women’s bantamweight bout: Marloes Coenen def. Fiona Muxlow via Submission (Armbar) – R1
GLORY 4 Grand Slam winner was Semmy Schilt who defeated Daniel Ghita via TKO (Head kick)
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GLORY 4 Heavyweight Grand Slam tournament results – image credit to MMAMania.com