Glory 4/Dream 18 To Air On CBS Sports Network

December 31, 2012

Glory 4 fightcard:

• Semmy Schilt vs Brice Guidon
• Sergey Kharitonov vs Rico Verhoeven
• Gokhan Saki vs J. Raomaru
• Anderson Da Silva vs Igor Jurkovic
• Remy Bonjasky vs Filip Verlinden
• Errol Zimmerman vs Jamal Ben Saddik
• Peter Aerts vs Mourad Bouzidi
• Daniel Ghita vs Johnathan Diniz
• Quarterfinals (eight winners)
• Ebata Mutsaki vs Kim A.
• Semifinals (four quarterfinal winners)
• Matsumoto Toshio vs Jason Wilnis
• Nagashima Jiensotsu vs Robin Van Roosmalin
• Glory 4 Heavyweight Championship (semifinal winners)

Dream 18 fightcard:

• Marloes Coenen (20-5) vs Fiona Muxlow (6-1)
• Denis Kang (35-15-2) vs Melvin Manhoef (26-9-1)
• Phil Baroni (15-15) vs Hayato Sakurai (36-12-2)
• Will Brooks (7-0) vs Satoro Kitaoka (30-11-9)
• Georgi Karakhanyan (19-3-1) vs Hiroyuki Takaya (17-9-1)
• Bibiano Fernandes (12-3) vs Yoshiro Maeda (30-11-4)
• Shinya Aoki (31-6) vs Antonio McKee (18-4-2)

Schilt Crowned K-1 World Grand Prix Champion

Early this morning, Semmy Schilt became the second fighter (Ernesto Hoost was the first) to win a fourth K-1 World Grand Prix title by winning three bouts in the first round early.  Schilt recorded KO victories over Jerome LeBanner, defending champion Remy Bonjasky, and K-1 bad boy Badr Hari.

Schilt also broke the record for fastest K-1 Grand Prix victory, winning his three bouts in a total of 5 minutes, 52 seconds.  The previous record was held by Peter Aerts, who won the 1998 Grand Prix in a total of 6 minutes, 43 seconds.

Reserve Bout:
-Peter Aerts d. Gokhan Saki by unanimous decision.

Quarterfinals:
-Badr Hari d. Ruslan Kaev by 1R TKO (0:38).
-Alistair Overeem d. Ewerton Teixiera by 1R KO (1:06)
-Semmy Schilt d. Jerome LeBanner by 1R TKO (1:27)
-Remy Bonjasky d. Errol Zimmerman by decision.

Semifinals:
-Badr Hari d. Alistair Overeem by 1R TKO (2:14).
-Semi Schilt d. Remy Bonjasky by 1R TKO (2:38).

Final:
-Semi Schilt d. Badr Hari by 1R TKO (1:48).

Undercard:
-Tyrone Spong d. Kyotaro by unanimous decision.
-Daniel Ghita d. Sergey Kharitonov by 3R TKO (0:36).
-Jan Soukup d. Tsutomu Takahaji by unanimous decision.
-Jai "Heart" Singh d. Makoto Uehara by 2R KO (1:36).
-Ryugi Kajiwara d. Keiichi Samukawa by unanimous decision.