Tag: Glory

Friday Link Dump: Dave Herman’s Do-Or-Die Drug Test, Spike TV to Add ‘Glory’ Events, Cats Puking to Techno, Exploding Actresses + More

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UFC 162: Herb Dean Assigned as Ref for Anderson Silva vs. Chris Weidman; Questionable Judges Also Get the Call (BloodyElbow)

After NSAC Grills Dave Herman, UFC 162 License Depends on Clean Drug Test (MMAJunkie)

UFC 162 Primer: Roger Gracie Mini-Documentary (FightDay)

The Fit 5: Johny Hendricks and Jamie Varner Talk MMA (MensFitness)

June 2013 MMA Babe of the Month: Ericka Kristen (BabesofMMA)

Re-Living Every UFC Champ’s First Fight in the Octagon (BleacherReport)

Onetime Bellator Fighter Ururahy Rodrigues Captures Murder Suspect Seconds After Crime (MMAFighting)

Spike TV to Broadcast Live ‘Glory’ Kickboxing Events Starting This Fall (MMAWeekly)

The 20 Funniest “Challenge Accepted” Photos Ever (WorldWideInterweb)

100 of the All-Time Greatest Viral Videos in 3 Minutes (DoubleViking)

NBA Draft Commentary That Didn’t Come True (Complex)

Lucas ‘Bebe’ Nogueira Won The NBA Draft Last Night (TerezOwens)

Pics: 20 Incredibly Awkward Parties (EgoTV)

Lance Armstrong: Tour De France “Impossible To Win Without Doping” (Deadspin)

The 15 Hottest Facebook Pages (MadeMan)

“Exploding Actresses”: Exactly What It Sounds Like, But Funnier (ScreenJunkies)

Interactive Video: You Choose How Drunk This Band Is (Break)


(Absafuckinlutely genius. Props: Minecraftsuper2)

UFC 162: Herb Dean Assigned as Ref for Anderson Silva vs. Chris Weidman; Questionable Judges Also Get the Call (BloodyElbow)

After NSAC Grills Dave Herman, UFC 162 License Depends on Clean Drug Test (MMAJunkie)

UFC 162 Primer: Roger Gracie Mini-Documentary (FightDay)

The Fit 5: Johny Hendricks and Jamie Varner Talk MMA (MensFitness)

June 2013 MMA Babe of the Month: Ericka Kristen (BabesofMMA)

Re-Living Every UFC Champ’s First Fight in the Octagon (BleacherReport)

Onetime Bellator Fighter Ururahy Rodrigues Captures Murder Suspect Seconds After Crime (MMAFighting)

Spike TV to Broadcast Live ‘Glory’ Kickboxing Events Starting This Fall (MMAWeekly)

The 20 Funniest “Challenge Accepted” Photos Ever (WorldWideInterweb)

100 of the All-Time Greatest Viral Videos in 3 Minutes (DoubleViking)

NBA Draft Commentary That Didn’t Come True (Complex)

Lucas ‘Bebe’ Nogueira Won The NBA Draft Last Night (TerezOwens)

Pics: 20 Incredibly Awkward Parties (EgoTV)

Lance Armstrong: Tour De France “Impossible To Win Without Doping” (Deadspin)

The 15 Hottest Facebook Pages (MadeMan)

“Exploding Actresses”: Exactly What It Sounds Like, But Funnier (ScreenJunkies)

Interactive Video: You Choose How Drunk This Band Is (Break)

Tyrone Spong on Glory 9 95Kg Tournament: ‘You have to have endurance’

The Glory Kickboxing promotion makes it way to The Hammerstein Ballroom in New York City on Saturday June 22, and will be broadcast early Sunday morning on the CBS Sports channel. The Glory 9 card will feature an eight-man, one-night, light-heavyweight tournament aka the 95Kg Slam.  The favorite to win it is Tyrone Spong. Known […]

The Glory Kickboxing promotion makes it way to The Hammerstein Ballroom in New York City on Saturday June 22, and will be broadcast early Sunday morning on the CBS Sports channel. The Glory 9 card will feature an eight-man, one-night, light-heavyweight tournament aka the 95Kg Slam.  The favorite to win it is Tyrone Spong. Known […]

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Metamoris Founder Ralek Gracie: ‘Submission Is the Ultimate Glory’

Metamoris Pro Jiu-Jitsu Invitational II takes place this Sunday afternoon in Los Angeles at the Pauley Pavilion and will stream live on Metamoris.com for just under $20.  It will feature 20-minute grappling matches between 12 of the best grappling practitioners on the planet, including the main event between Kron Gracie and Shinya Aoki, as well […]

Metamoris Pro Jiu-Jitsu Invitational II takes place this Sunday afternoon in Los Angeles at the Pauley Pavilion and will stream live on Metamoris.com for just under $20.  It will feature 20-minute grappling matches between 12 of the best grappling practitioners on the planet, including the main event between Kron Gracie and Shinya Aoki, as well […]

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Fight of the Day: Tyrone Spong Knocks Out Remy Bonjasky at GLORY 5

You remember how earlier, we were listing everything that was wrong with The Blackzilians while simultaneously stating that not everything is wrong with The Blackzilians? Case in point: Tyrone Spong, the world-renowned kickboxing powerhouse who joined the Florida-based camp prior to his successful MMA debut at World Series of Fighting 1. Given The Blackzilians “you are your own coach” philosophy, one could not ask for a better striker to spar with on a daily basis than Spong, who showcased his skills last Saturday by knocking out kickboxing legend Remy Bonjasky in the second round of their headlining bout at GLORY 5.

In the first round, Spong was content to take the lengthy Bonjasky’s legs out from under him with a series of punishing low kicks. Luckily, judges in the kickboxing world view leg kicks as something other than an annoyance, so Spong was awarded the round unanimously. The second round was an entirely different story, however, as both men opted to throw the kitchen sink at one another until one of them fell over. That man was Bonjasky, who crumbled to the mat following a vicious right hook by Spong. And just like that, it was good night my anus Irene, and another win for Spong over one of kickboxing’s greatest fighters.

We’ve thrown a full video of the fight above, so check it out if you get your jollies watching legends fall from grace. I’m going to go have a good cry.

–J. Jones

You remember how earlier, we were listing everything that was wrong with The Blackzilians while simultaneously stating that not everything is wrong with The Blackzilians? Case in point: Tyrone Spong, the world-renowned kickboxing powerhouse who joined the Florida-based camp prior to his successful MMA debut at World Series of Fighting 1. Given The Blackzilians “you are your own coach” philosophy, one could not ask for a better striker to spar with on a daily basis than Spong, who showcased his skills last Saturday by knocking out kickboxing legend Remy Bonjasky in the second round of their headlining bout at GLORY 5.

In the first round, Spong was content to take the lengthy Bonjasky’s legs out from under him with a series of punishing low kicks. Luckily, judges in the kickboxing world view leg kicks as something other than an annoyance, so Spong was awarded the round unanimously. The second round was an entirely different story, however, as both men opted to throw the kitchen sink at one another until one of them fell over. That man was Bonjasky, who crumbled to the mat following a vicious right hook by Spong. And just like that, it was good night my anus Irene, and another win for Spong over one of kickboxing’s greatest fighters.

We’ve thrown a full video of the fight above, so check it out if you get your jollies watching legends fall from grace. I’m going to go have a good cry.

–J. Jones

UFC Veteran Dustin Jacoby Wins Road To GLORY Tournament on Less than 48 Hours Notice

Highlights of Jacoby’s run through the tournament via Chris Gregory

To say that UFC veteran Dustin Jacoby was a gigantic underdog heading into last night’s Road for Glory USA tournament overstates the obvious. A victim of the UFC’s “0-2, sucks to be you” policy, Jacoby was stepping in for injured heavyweight boxer Manuel Quezada with less than two days to prepare for what would be his professional kickboxing debut. Combined with the fact that Jacoby’s first matchup was against ISKA Heavyweight Champion Randy “Boom Boom” Blake (who you may remember as the guy who cheap-shotted Cro Cop last October), the expectations for Jacoby were pretty damn low.

For the majority of Jacoby’s fight against Randy Blake, Jacoby performed exactly as expected. Blake outworked him throughout the fight, effectively chopping away at Jacoby with leg kicks. But in the third round, Dustin Jacoby let his hands go, realizing that he needed a knockout to advance in the tournament. After stunning Blake with a left hook, Jacoby tagged him with a right cross that caused the referee to stop the fight.


Highlights of Jacoby’s run through the tournament via Chris Gregory

To say that UFC veteran Dustin Jacoby was a gigantic underdog heading into last night’s Road for Glory USA tournament overstates the obvious. A victim of the UFC’s “0-2, sucks to be you” policy, Jacoby was stepping in for injured heavyweight boxer Manuel Quezada with less than two days to prepare for what would be his professional kickboxing debut. Combined with the fact that Jacoby’s first matchup was against ISKA Heavyweight Champion Randy “Boom Boom” Blake (who you may remember as the guy who cheap-shotted Cro Cop last October), the expectations for Jacoby were pretty damn low.

For the majority of Jacoby’s fight against Randy Blake, Jacoby performed exactly as expected. Blake outworked him throughout the fight, effectively chopping away at Jacoby with leg kicks. But in the third round, Dustin Jacoby let his hands go, realizing that he needed a knockout to advance in the tournament. After stunning Blake with a left hook, Jacoby tagged him with a right cross that caused the referee to stop the fight.

Jacoby’s run wouldn’t end there, though. He also earned knockouts over Bellator veteran Roy Boughton and Brian Collette to win the tournament. For his efforts, Jacoby earned $20,000 and a spot on a future GLORY card.

So after watching the highlights, will Dustin Jacoby be just as forgettable in GLORY as he was in the UFC, or will lightening strike twice?

Full Results, via Fighters Only:

Quarterfinal Round:

Roy Boughton def. Daniel Brison via unanimous decision
Dustin Jacoby def. Randy Blake via TKO, Round 3 (1:43)
Kyle Martin def. Myron Dennis via unanimous decision
Brian Collette def. Jeremy Freitag via KO, Round 2 (:14)

Semifinal Round:

Dustin Jacoby def. Roy Boughton via TKO, Round 1 (2:47)
Brian Collette def. Kyle Martin via TKO, Round 1 (1:29)

Grand Final:

Dustin Jacoby def. Brian Collette via KO, Round 1 (3:00)

DREAM18 Glory 4 Live Results and Play by Play

Watching Japanese New Year’s Eve fights has become a bit of a tradition for me. I haven’t missed one since 2007 when I saw Yarennoka! which featured Fedor Emelianenko fighting Hong Man Choi in a real-life David versus Goliath match up.  With the Japanese MMA scene’s future in question, I had doubts that I would […]

Watching Japanese New Year’s Eve fights has become a bit of a tradition for me. I haven’t missed one since 2007 when I saw Yarennoka! which featured Fedor Emelianenko fighting Hong Man Choi in a real-life David versus Goliath match up.  With the Japanese MMA scene’s future in question, I had doubts that I would […]