Fighters of the Week

  1. Robin van Roosmalen: Is now a the first-ever two-division champion in Glory history with a stoppage win over Gabriel Varga on the (IDIOTIC) Superfight Series.
  2. Nieky Holzken: In the main event of Glory 34, Nieky took advantage of Murthel Groenhart taking his sweet time and did enough early to retain his Glory welterweight championship.
    3. Eva Voraberger: In the only world title bout in all of boxing over the weekend, it was Voraberger claiming the IBF, IBO, AND GBU women’s junior bantamweight titles with a win over Eileen Olszewski at the Wimberger Hotel in Vienna.
  4. Jo Nattawut: Nattawut stepped in on mere days’ notice and became a two-division Lion Fight champion, dethroning Malaipet Sasiprapa by unanimous decision at Lion Fight 32.
  5. Israel Adesanya: Is on deck for a shot at the Glory middleweight championship after winning the middleweight contender’s tournament.

 
6. Leandro Lo: Won the 2016 Copa Podio Heavyweight Grand Prix, winning four bouts in one day.

7. Alexander Shlemenko: Storm made his triumphant return to Bellator in a familiar way, TKOing someone, this time, it was Kendall Grove.

8. Tomoyuki Hashimoto/Tiago Bravo/Roberto Satoshi/Gabriel Arges/Felipe Pena/Jose Junior/Rikako Yuasa/Mackenzie Dern/Nathiely de Jesus: In the UAEJJF Tokyo Grand Slam over the weekend, these were your gold medalists.

9. Abdul Aziz Abdulvakhabov: In the main event and namesake of ACB “Revenge”, Abdul picked up his second win over Oleg Bagov to retain his title.

10. Askar Askarov: In the championship rounds, submitted long-time Brazilian veteran Jose Maria Tome to claim the vacant ACB flyweight title and may have punched his ticket to the bigs.

11. Viktor Nemkov: Took down former Bellator light heavyweight kingpin Attila Vegh in the main event of M-1 Challenge 71.

12. Dustin Akbari: Upset Bill Cooper in the main event of Fight To Win Pro 16.

13. Stanislav Kazantsev: Earned an impressive UD win over Warren Stevelmans in the main event of W5’s latest offering.

14. Bobby Lashley: The dual-threat took care of business at Bellator, subbing Josh Appelt in the second round in the co-main event.

15. Goiti Yamauchi: Made very quick work of Ryan Couture at Bellator 162, in just over a hundred seconds, slapped on an armbar and that was a wrap.