Every Monday, the Combat Press staff gathers its thoughts on the previous weekend’s fights and fight news. This feature isn’t a recap and it isn’t an editorial, but rather a bit of both worlds. We’ll scour the best from the combat-sports landscape and deliver it, with some commentary, right here. Let’s get started…
MMA
The UFC’s trip to London for the 127th edition of UFC Fight Night resulted in a new contender within the heavyweight division. Alexander Volkov destroyed former UFC champ Fabricio Werdum. The finish came via strikes in the fourth round, and it sends Volkov to the short list of potential future title challengers within the heavyweight division. The Russian has been perfect through four UFC outings.
GLORY 77 Preview and Predictions
January 25, 2021
GLORY Kickboxing will host its first event of 2021, GLORY 77, from the Rotterdam Ahoy in the Netherlands on Saturday, Jan. 30.
The event was originally slated to feature four title fights, but an injury to heavyweight contender Jamal Ben Saddik forced the promotion to get creative. Rather than find a late-replacement challenger for heavyweight kingpin Rico Verhoeven, the company opted to put together a four-man tournament that includes the champ, along with former Enfusion titleholder Levi Rigters, former K-1 staple Hesdy Gerges, and recent ONE title challenger Tarik Khbabez.
In addition to the tournament, belts will be on the line in the light-heavyweight, welterweight, and women’s super-bantamweight divisions.