Even with the shortage of MMA in the course of the vacation season, there was no scarcity of bloody brawls and brutal knockouts at GLORY Kickboxing’s newest occasion.
On December 21, Glory’s RISE World Sequence 2024 Last delivered a slew of highlight-reel finishes, maybe none greater than the one which Yutaro Asahi scored in opposition to Jan Kaffa of their reserve bout for the featherweight grand prix match.
On the 1:15 mark of the third spherical, Asahi caught Kaffa with a horrifying flying knee that despatched the Dutchman crashing to the canvas. In some way, Kaffa climbed again to his toes and saved throwing his palms till getting hit with one other knee that put him on the mat for a second and last time.
Whereas the end did include a touch of controversy, each fighters let their fists fly for almost three full rounds earlier than the dueling knees introduced an finish to the motion.
As thrilling as Asahi vs. Kaffa was, they had been proven up just some fights later when Sung Hyun Lee and Berjan Peposhi delivered a lovely back-and-forth brawl that noticed each fighters eat the canvas within the second stanza.
Lee went on to win the bout by way of majority resolution however misplaced to eventual grand prix match winner Petchpanomrung Kiatmoo9 within the semifinals.
Miguel Trindade Shines at GLORY Kickboxing’s last card of 2024
Although he didn’t go on to win the match, Portugal’s Miguel Trindade delivered a pair of knockouts within the quarter and semifinal rounds that made him the MVP of the occasion.
Trindade received his night time began with a brutal knockout of Kento Haraguchi after catching his opponent with a large overhand proper with one second left within the opening spherical.
He adopted that up with a 62-second KO in opposition to Chadd Collins with a brutal knee in opposition to the ropes.
Try a full recap of GLORY’s featherweight grand prix match beneath:
