Luis Tavares KOs Florent Kaouachi at GLORY Rivals 1
GLORY Rivals 1 took place last night at Alkmaar, Netherland, and saw a night full of action with five firework fights.
In the main event, multi-time world champion, Luis Tavares, delivered a devastating left hook that put Florent Kaouachi on the canvas, drawing an end to the fight in the third round.
Luis Tavares did THIS at #GLORYRivals1! pic.twitter.com/MLqhkQX68v
— GLORY Kickboxing (@GLORY_WS) June 11, 2022
Prior to the fight, we spoke to Luis Tavares, where he discussed what may be next for him. With the win last night, Tavares stated that he is looking for a light-heavyweight championship bout.
Since returning to GLORY in 2018, Tavares has been eyeing a rematch with the current champion, Artem Vakhitov. With his win last night, it looks like he will get his wish and have the opportunity to avenge a loss against Vakhitov.
In the co-main event of the evening, we saw a back-and-forth war between newly signed Ibrahim El Bouni and Clyde Brunswijk. After three hard-fought rounds, El Bouni walked away with the unanimous decision victory.
Also on the card was a welterweight scrap which ended with Regilio van den Ent landing a body shot that left Joe Johnson face down on the canvas.
Regilio van den Ent with a CRUMBLING body-shot KO! He makes a statement at #GLORYRivals1 pic.twitter.com/sunlaZl2HY
— GLORY Kickboxing (@GLORY_WS) June 11, 2022
The first two fights of the night saw two second-round finishes as heavyweight Martin Terpstra TKO’d Muhammed Balli and welterweight contender Jay Overmeer stopped Rodrigo Mineiro.
Jay Overmeer does it again!
He’s now 2-0 inside the GLORY ring. #GLORYRivals1 pic.twitter.com/c9BoM9uSA1
— GLORY Kickboxing (@GLORY_WS) June 11, 2022
GLORY will be back in action in August with GLORY 81, which will see top 5 heavyweight contenders, Jamal Ben Saddik and Benjamin Adegbuyi face off.
