Glory 13: Tokyo

Glory 13: Tokyo
Information
Promotion Glory
Date December 21, 2013
Venue Ariake Coliseum
City Tokyo, Japan
Event chronology

Glory 12: New York Glory 13: Tokyo Glory 14: Zagreb

Glory 13: Tokyo was a kickboxing event held on December 21, 2013 at the Ariake Coliseum in Tokyo, Japan.

Background

The highlight of the event was a Glory Welterweight World Championship Tournament. Two tournament matches were held, with a third match as reserve. The winners of the two semi-final bouts proceeded to the finals for the championship main-event. The event also featured other non-tournament bouts, including the retirement match of the legendary Peter Aerts, against Rico Verhoeven, and Daniel Ghiță vs. Errol Zimmerman II.

Glory 13 had average of 657,000 and peak of 905,000 viewers on Spike TV.[1]

Results

Main Card (Spike)
Weight Class Method Round Time Notes
Heavyweight Netherlands Rico Verhoeven def. Netherlands Peter Aerts Decision (split) 3 3:00
Welterweight Netherlands Nieky Holzken def. Canada Joseph Valtellini KO (right hook) 3 2:44 Welterweight Championship Tournament Final
Heavyweight Romania Daniel Ghiță def. Curaçao Errol Zimmerman KO (left hook) 1 0:35
90kg Catchweight Japan Makoto Uehara def. United States Dustin Jacoby Decision (split) 3 3:00
Welterweight Canada Joseph Valtellini def. United States Raymond Daniels KO (high kick) 3 1:20 Welterweight Championship Tournament Semi Final
Welterweight Netherlands Nieky Holzken def. Armenia Karapet Karapetyan Decision (unanimous) 3 3:00 Welterweight Championship Tournament Semi Final
Superfight Series
Featherweight Morocco Mosab Amrani def. Japan Yuta Kubo Decision (unanimous) 3 3:00
Welterweight Ukraine Artur Kyshenko def. Japan Masayuki Kenmun Decision (unanimous) 3 3:00
Welterweight Russia Alexander Stetsurenko def. France Karim Ghajji Decision (unanimous) 3 3:00 Welterweight Championship Tournament Reserve Bout
Heavyweight Brazil Anderson Silva def. Netherlands Remy Bonjasky Decision (unanimous) 3 3:00
Heavyweight Egypt Hesdy Gerges def. Brazil Ewerton Teixeira Decision (unanimous) 3 3:00
Heavyweight Russia Sergey Kharitonov def. France Jerome Le Banner Decision (unanimous) 3 3:00

    [2] [3]

    2013 Glory Welterweight World Championship Tournament bracket

    Semi-finals Final
          
    Netherlands Nieky Holzken DEC
    Armenia Karapet Karapetyan 3-0
    Netherlands Nieky Holzken KO
    Canada Joseph Valtellini R3.
    Canada Joseph Valtellini KO
    United States Raymond Daniels R3.

    References

    1. ↑ Jason Cruz (December 26, 2013). "Glory 13: 659,000 viewers". MMAPayout.com. Retrieved February 12, 2015.
    2. ↑ "Glory 13 Tokyo". Glory. Retrieved 2014-01-04.
    3. ↑ "Tokyo SuperFight Series". Glory. Retrieved 2014-01-04.