One of the new GLORY Girls is Alyssa Arce, a 21-year-old Myrtle Beach native who broke out in the modeling world earlier this year when she was named Playboy‘s Miss July 2013*. The half-Honduran beauty played soccer for 15 years, and currently lives in Florida with two cats and three dogs. Get to know her better on Twitter and Facebook, and check out lots more of our favorite Alyssa Arce photos in the gallery below…
One of the new GLORY Girls is Alyssa Arce, a 21-year-old Myrtle Beach native who broke out in the modeling world earlier this year when she was named Playboy‘s Miss July 2013*. The half-Honduran beauty played soccer for 15 years, and currently lives in Florida with two cats and three dogs. Get to know her better on Twitter and Facebook, and check out lots more of our favorite Alyssa Arce photos in the gallery above.
* You know what that means. Hit the “next page” link for some wonderfully NSFW photo highlights on page 2, via Playboy, Terry Richardson, and Carlos Nunez.
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, […]
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
Fans in the United States who were hoping for a chance to catch the upcoming “GSI presents DREAM.18 & Glory 4 Tokyo – Special 2012 – New Year’s Eve” can rejoice with the news that the CBS Sports Network will carry the show via tape delay. The broadcast will be broken into two parts with […]
Fans in the United States who were hoping for a chance to catch the upcoming “GSI presents DREAM.18 & Glory 4 Tokyo – Special 2012 – New Year’s Eve” can rejoice with the news that the CBS Sports Network will carry the show via tape delay.
The broadcast will be broken into two parts with the Glory card airing on Dec. 31 at 10pm EST and the DREAM card airing on Jan. 1 at 10pm EST. Fans looking to watch the entire event live can catch via online pay-per-view for $20 at GloryWorldSeries.com.
News of the NBC Sports broadcast was first announced by MMAFighting.com earlier today.
Also confirmed for the event is an mma women’s bantamweight match between former Strikeforce champ Marloes Coenen (20-5) and Australian fighter Fiona Muxlow (6-1). MMAWeekly.com made the announcement earlier today also.
Coenen hasn’t been in action since this past April when she headlined the inaugural Invicta FC promotion back in April picking up a decision victory over Romy Ruyssen. The victory put her back into the win column after losing the Strikeforce 135-lbs title to Miehsa Tate back in July 2011.
Muxlow has won three straight and had her last fight in October, earning a unanimous decision at a local BFW show. Over her career, she’s earned one win via TKO, three by submission and two by decision.
The GLORY Sports International presents Dream 18 & Glory 4 Tokyo ~ Special 2012 ~ New Year’s Eve event is scheduled for December 31, 2012 at the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan. The event features a mixed martial arts and a one-night, single-elimination 16-man kickboxing heavyweight tournament.
Press Release – Toronto – Fight Network, the world’s premier 24/7 television channel dedicated to complete coverage of combat sports, will be airing three live events on December 31, beginning with a live presentation of DREAM.18 from the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan at 2 a.m. ET. Approximately one hour after the culmination of […]
Press Release – Toronto – Fight Network, the world’s premier 24/7 television channel dedicated to complete coverage of combat sports, will be airing three live events on December 31, beginning with a live presentation of DREAM.18 from the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan at 2 a.m. ET.
Approximately one hour after the culmination of DREAM.18, the GLORY 4 Tokyo Heavyweight Grand Slam will emanate from the same venue, beginning at approximately 6 a.m. ET.
The live action continues later in the day at 4 p.m. ET, as a live broadcast of Cage Warriors Fighting Championship 51 emanates from The Helix in Dublin, Northern Ireland.
“After a major breakthrough year for Fight Network in which we treated our viewers to hundreds of hours of live content, there’s no better way to cap off 2012,” said Chad Midgley, VP of Programming & Production at Fight Network. “The DREAM and GLORY partnership ensures some of the best talent in both mixed martial arts and kickboxing will be on display come New Year’s Eve. In addition to crowning the world’s best heavyweight kickboxer in a star-studded one-night tournament, we’ll also see the return of one of Japan’s most respected organizations. We expect more of the same from Cage Warriors later in the day as some of Europe’s top talent will be on display. We’re proud to broadcast all the international action live as we plan to keep the momentum going in 2013.”
The card for DREAM.18 features a slew of world-class Japanese fighters such as Shinya Aoki, Tatsuya Kawajiri, Hiroyuki Takaya, Satoru Kitaoka and Hayato Sakurai, plus a blend of international prospects and veterans, including Canadian standouts Denis Kang and Bibiano Fernandes, and powerhouses Phil Baroni, Melvin Manhoef and Antonio McKee. The full line-up for DREAM.18 includes:
-Shinya Aoki (31-6) vs. Antonio McKee (28-4-2)
-Bibiano Fernandes (12-3) vs. Yoshiro Maeda (30-11-4)
-Tatsuya Kawajiri (31-7-2) vs. Michihiro Omigawa (13-12-1)
-Melvin Manhoef (26-9-1) vs. Denis Kang (35-15-2)
-Phil Baroni (15-15) vs. Hayato Sakurai (36-12-2)
-Hiroyuki Takaya (17-9-1) vs. Georgi Karakhanyan (19-3-1)
-Satoru Kitaoka (30-11-9) vs. Will Brooks (7-0)
Meanwhile, the GLORY 4 Tokyo Heavyweight Grand Slam tournament, which begins at 6 a.m. ET, will feature eight of the best heavyweight kickboxers on the planet in a one-night tournament reminiscent of the glory days of K-1. Among the standouts featured in the tourney are four-time K-1 World Grand Prix champion Semmy Schilt, mixed martial arts standout Sergei Kharitonov, former GLORY heavyweight tournament champion Gokhan Saki, the resurgent “Flying Gentleman” Remy Bonjasky, former SuperKombat heavyweight tournament champion Errol Zimmerman, 32-year-old kickboxing pioneer Peter Aerts and reigning It’s Showtime! heavyweight champion Daniel Ghita.
The finalized opening round matchups include:
-Semmy Schilt (39-6, 18 KOs) vs. Brice Guidon (28-7, 4 KOs)
-Gokhan Saki (77-15, 53 KOs) vs. Raomoru
-Daniel Ghita (44-7, 34 KOs) vs. Jhonata Diniz (7-2)
-Remy Bonjasky (77-14, 40 KOs) vs. Filip Verlinden (38-6, 17 KOs)
-Peter Aerts (104-30-1, 78 KOs) vs. Mourad Bouzidi (73-19, 33 KOs)
-Errol Zimmerman (76-16-1, 41 KOs) vs. Jamal Ben Saddik (22-0, 19 KOs)
-Anderson ‘Braddock’ Silva (32-8-1, 22 KOs) vs. Igor Jurkovic (44-5, 29 KOs)
-Sergei Kharitonov (22-7, 12 KOs) vs. Rico Verhoeven (37-6-1, 8 KOs)
At 4 p.m. ET on December 31, the live action will pick up again with Cage Warriors 51, headlined by top-ranked European prospect and reigning featherweight champion Conor McGregor against Ivan Buchinger, in a lightweight feature fight for the vacant 155-pound title, plus a middleweight title matchup between Chris Fields and UFC veteran Jesse Taylor.
Additional main card bouts include female standouts Aisling Daly vs. Katja Kankaanpaa, plus John Michael Sheil looks to rebound from his lone professional blemish in an Anglo-Irish welterweight clash with Jack Mason.
The Cage Warriors 51 fight card thus far includes:
-Conor McGregor (11-2) vs. Ivan Buchinger (21-3)
-Chris Fields (10-4) vs. Jesse Taylor (23-9)
-Aisling Daly (13-4) vs. Katja Kankaanpaa (6-0-1)
-John Michael Sheil (8-1) vs. Jack Mason (21-11)
-Liam James (6-4) vs. Alan Philpott (7-3)
-Phillip Mulpeter (5-2) vs. Tommy Quinn (3-1)
-Charlie Watts (3-0) vs. Henry Fadipe (3-4)
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The DREAM promotion has announced opponents for previously announced fighters Hiroyuka Takaya (17-9-1) and Hayato ‘Mach’ Sakurai (36-12-2) for the upcoming end year DREAM 18 & Glory 4 event in Japan. Takaya, the reigning DREAM featherweight champ, will take on Tachi Palace Fights title holder Georgi Karakhanyan (19-3-1) in a non-title bout, while Sakurai takes […]
Phil Baroni
The DREAM promotion has announced opponents for previously announced fighters Hiroyuka Takaya (17-9-1) and Hayato ‘Mach’ Sakurai (36-12-2) for the upcoming end year DREAM 18 & Glory 4 event in Japan.
Takaya, the reigning DREAM featherweight champ, will take on Tachi Palace Fights title holder Georgi Karakhanyan (19-3-1) in a non-title bout, while Sakurai takes on Phil ‘The New York Bad Ass’ Baroni (15-15) in a welterweight bout.
GLORY Sports International presents Dream 18 & Glory 4 Tokyo ~ Special 2012 ~ New Year’s Eve (aka DREAM 18) is scheduled to take place on December 31, 2012 at the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan. The event features a mix of mixed martial arts bouts along with a one-night 16-fighter heavyweight kickboxing tournament.
Takaya is 5-1 in his last six bouts but hasn’t fought in almost a year since the last NYE event. He is riding a two fight win streak having defended his DREAM 145-lbs title by defeating Takeshi Inoue last December and Kazuyuki Miyata in July 2011.
Karakhanyan has won five straight including a recent TPF title defense this past September in California. He competed in the Bellator’s season two and four featherweight tournaments going 2-2 with the promotion.
Sakurai is 1-4 in his last five having had his last fight one year-ago at the NYE Fight for Japan event picking up a win over Ryo Chonan. Losses in that stretch include a submission defeat against Nick Diaz and a KO loss to Marius Zaromskis.
Baroni is on loan from the ONE FC promotion having fought in the Philippines last August picking up a first round TKO win over Rodrigo Ribeiro to end a two fight losing skid. The former UFC fighter was last seen in the Octagon in January 2011.
Press Release – Toronto – Fight Network, the world’s premier 24/7 television channel dedicated to complete coverage of combat sports, will be airing three live events on December 31, beginning with a live presentation of DREAM.18 from the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan at 2 a.m. ET. Approximately one hour after the culmination of […]
Press Release – Toronto – Fight Network, the world’s premier 24/7 television channel dedicated to complete coverage of combat sports, will be airing three live events on December 31, beginning with a live presentation of DREAM.18 from the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan at 2 a.m. ET.
Approximately one hour after the culmination of DREAM.18, the GLORY 4 Tokyo Heavyweight Grand Slam will emanate from the same venue, beginning at approximately 6 a.m. ET.
The live action continues later in the day at 4 p.m. ET, as a live broadcast of Cage Warriors Fighting Championship 51 emanates from The Helix in Dublin, Northern Ireland.
“After a major breakthrough year for Fight Network in which we treated our viewers to hundreds of hours of live content, there’s no better way to cap off 2012,” said Chad Midgley, VP of Programming & Production at Fight Network. “The DREAM and GLORY partnership ensures some of the best talent in both mixed martial arts and kickboxing will be on display come New Year’s Eve. In addition to crowning the world’s best heavyweight kickboxer in a star-studded one-night tournament, we’ll also see the return of one of Japan’s most respected organizations. We expect more of the same from Cage Warriors later in the day as some of Europe’s top talent will be on display. We’re proud to broadcast all the international action live as we plan to keep the momentum going in 2013.”
The card for DREAM.18 is still being finalized, but tentatively slated is a slew of world-class Japanese fighters such as Shinya Aoki, Tatsuya Kawajiri, Hiroyuki Takaya, Satoru Kitaoka and Hayato Sakurai, plus a blend of international prospects and veterans, including Canadian standouts Denis Kang and Bibiano Fernandes, powerhouses Phil Baroni, Melvin Manhoef and Antonio McKee. The full line-up for DREAM.18 will be revealed in the coming weeks. The card thus far includes:
-Shinya Aoki (31-6) vs. Antonio McKee (28-4-2)
-Bibiano Fernandes (12-3) vs. Yoshiro Maeda (30-11-4)
-Melvin Manhoef (26-9-1) vs. Denis Kang (35-15-2)
-Phil Baroni (15-15) vs. Hayato Sakurai (36-12-2)
-Hiroyuki Takaya (17-9-1) vs. TBA
-Tatsuya Kawajiri (31-7-2) vs. TBA
-Satoru Kitaoka (30-11-9) vs. TBA
Meanwhile, the GLORY 4 Tokyo Heavyweight Grand Slam tournament, which begins at 6 a.m. ET, will feature eight of the best heavyweight kickboxers on the planet in a one-night tournament reminiscent of the glory days of K-1. Among the standouts featured in the tourney are four-time K-1 World Grand Prix champion Semmy Schilt, mixed martial arts standout Sergei Kharitonov, former GLORY heavyweight tournament champion Gokhan Saki, the resurgent “Flying Gentleman” Remy Bonjasky, former SuperKombat heavyweight tournament champion Errol Zimmerman, 32-year-old kickboxing pioneer Peter Aerts and reigning It’s Showtime! heavyweight champion Daniel Ghita.
The finalized opening round matchups include:
-Semmy Schilt (39-6, 18 KOs) vs. Brice Guidon (28-7, 4 KOs)
-Gokhan Saki (77-15, 53 KOs) vs. Raomoru
-Daniel Ghita (44-7, 34 KOs) vs. Fabiano ‘Cyclone’ Aoki (27-9, 14 KOs)
-Remy Bonjasky (77-14, 40 KOs) vs. Filip Verlinden (38-6, 17 KOs)
-Peter Aerts (104-30-1, 78 KOs) vs. Mourad Bouzidi (73-19, 33 KOs)
-Errol Zimmerman (76-16-1, 41 KOs) vs. Jamal Ben Saddik (22-0, 19 KOs)
-Anderson ‘Braddock’ Silva (32-8-1, 22 KOs) vs. Igor Jurkovic (44-5, 29 KOs)
-Sergei Kharitonov (22-7, 12 KOs) vs. Rico Verhoeven (37-6-1, 8 KOs)
At 4 p.m. ET on December 31, the live action will pick up again with Cage Warriors 51, headlined by top-ranked European prospect and reigning featherweight champion Conor McGregor against Ivan Buchinger, in a lightweight feature fight.
Additional main card bouts include female standouts Aisling Daly vs. Katja Kankaanpaa, plus John Michael Sheil looks to rebound from his lone professional blemish in an Anglo-Irish welterweight clash with Jack Mason.
The Cage Warriors 51 fight card thus far includes:
-Conor McGregor (11-2) vs. Ivan Buchinger (21-3)
-Aisling Daly (13-4) vs. Katja Kankaanpaa (6-0-1)
-John Michael Sheil (8-1) vs. Jack Mason (21-11)
-Liam James (6-4) vs. Alan Philpott (7-3)
-Phillip Mulpeter (5-2) vs. Tommy Quinn (3-1)
-Charlie Watts (3-0) vs. Henry Fadipe (3-4)
For a full listing of Fight Network’s broadcast schedule, please visit tv.fightnetwork.com.
About Fight Network:
Fight Network (http://www.fightnetwork.com) is the world’s premier 24/7 TV channel dedicated to complete coverage of combat sports, including fights, fighters, fight news and fight lifestyle. The channel is carried in Canada nationally on all major cable, satellite and telco systems in Canada and internationally via YouTube. Fight Network is available on multiple global platforms, including its website, YouTube page, mobile phone apps and radio program ‘Live Audio Wrestling.’
