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51-536: As of December 13, 2022, he is #5 in the Combat Press heavyweight rankings. Combat Press has ranked him in the top 5 since November 2014. As of 1 January 2023, he is also ranked the #5 heavyweight in the world by Beyond Kick. Adegbuyi has beaten Jahfarr Wilnis and Mladen Brestovac three times, Hesdy Gerges and D'Angelo Marshall twice, and Badr Hari , Pavel Zhuravlev , Ismael Londt , Sergei Lashchenko , Anderson Silva and Jairzinho Rozenstruik once. Adegbuyi

102-435: A flurry of punches. The Romanian dropped, but beat the count and survived the round. Adegbuyi finished the round standing. At the beginning of the final round, Hari again tried to put the pressure on his opponent but he was caught by an Adegbuyi right hand thrown from a southpaw stance. The Dutch-Moroccan was in trouble and was given a standing count. Hari did eventually stand up and the fight resumed, but only to be finished in

153-474: A good left, his opponent taking a step back. Hari looked affected. Adegbuyi pressed, using again kicks to keep the Dutch-Moroccan away. At the end of a balanced round, two judges scored the round for Hari while one gave it to Adegbuyi. In round two, Hari slowed down. Adegbuyi kept stepping forward and continued throwing kicks. With 45 seconds left in the round, Hari tagged Adegbuyi with a right hook followed by

204-497: A jumping switch knee, before he floored him with a right hook. Wilnis faced Michał Bławdziewicz at Glory 82 on 19 November 2022, following a two-year break from the sport. He won the fight by unanimous decision. Wilnis faced Tariq Osaro in the semifinals of a four-man Glory heavyweight tournament at Glory 85 on 29 April 2023. He lost the fight by a second-round technical knockout. Glory (kickboxing)#Glory Heavyweight Championship Glory (formerly Glory World Series )

255-469: A multi-year broadcast deal with Videoland in the Netherlands. The deal covers all Glory events starting from Glory 81: Ben Saddik vs. Adegbuyi 2 . On 16 February 2024 a multi-year broadcast deal with DAZN covering France and Belgium was announced. In January 2022 Glory announced a new series of events called Glory Rivals, jointly promoted with regional promotions. The first Rivals event with Enfusion

306-598: A new multi-year deal with ESPN . Glory was broadcast on Veronica TV in the Netherlands from July, 2018 to February, 2020. Beginning in 2019, Glory initiated a partnership with the UFC for the former's events to be exclusively carried in the U.S by UFC Fight Pass . The first event to be broadcast as part of this partnership was Glory 63: Houston on February 1 and the last event was Glory 75: Utrecht on February 29, 2020. Events from Glory 76 to Glory 80 Studio were available through pay-per-view. 28 June 2022 Glory announced

357-601: A non-tournament bout at the K-1 World Grand Prix 2012 in Tokyo final 16 on October 14. Adegbuyi won via TKO early in the first round after Ahmadi seemingly broke his left arm upon impact with Benny’s upper leg as he landed a middle kick on Jafar. After winning the title of the SUPERKOMBAT World Grand Prix III 2012 tournament (in which he defeated the highly rated and experienced Croat Mladen Brestovac ), he

408-511: A right overhand, to knock Marshall out in just half a minute. He advanced to the finals, where he met Junior Tafa. Tafa lost his fight to Inocente, but advanced due to Inocente suffering a cut during their bout. Adegbuyi focused on landing leg kicks, and won the fight in the second round by TKO, after dropping Tafa three times with leg kicks. Following his contender tournament win, Adegbuyi fought Jahfarr Wilnis during Glory 58 in Chicago. Benjamin won

459-429: A shocking split-decision to Guto Inocente in the main event of Glory 43: New York , after appearing to dominate two of the three rounds they had fought. The result was met with boos from the crowd when it was announced and Adegbuyi looked nonplussed. Having visibly rocked Inocente in the first and third rounds, he had been certain the decision was going his way. Unexpectedly, the judges saw the fight very differently from

510-423: A split-decision victory over Jahfarr Wilnis to claim the tournament finals championship. In the first round, Adegbuyi looked to do some great work with leg kicks, but Wilnis' combination punches were a factor as well. The ebb and flow was gone in the second round. It looked to be all Wilnis. He had more energy and his level of activity seemed to shut Adegbuyi down. Just when it seemed as if Wilnis would run away with

561-421: Is an international promotion kickboxing promotion founded in 2012. It is owned by Pierre Andurand , Yao Capital, Scott Rudmann and other investors. When K-1 began suffering from extreme financial difficulties in 2011, Total Sports Asia, TSA CEO Marcus Luer, Pierre Andurand , and Scott Rudmann of Nectar Capital attempted to buy the brand. K-1 was instead sold to Mike Kim and EMCOM Entertainment Inc. In

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612-568: Is currently the dean of a polytechnic university in Nigeria. He appeared playing the role of a fighter in action-oriented underground fighting film Forced to Fight (2011), starring Gary Daniels and Peter Weller . In May 2013, Adegbuyi was found not guilty by the Supreme Court of Romania in the Yax nightclub brawl where a man was severely beaten. However, three people were sentenced after assaulting

663-510: The Glory 24: Denver tournament and against Wladimir Klitschko respectively. Previously, in 2014, he helped prepare Alexander Gustafsson for his fight against Jimi Manuwa . Adegbuyi and Gustafsson praised each other. He has power, fluidity and athleticism. In the last fights, he demonstrated the ability to explore a more diverse range of techniques, from vicious body-shots to devastating low kicks. Adegbuyi claims Yoruba as his father's roots who

714-410: The bouncer . Being married to Elena, he became a father in 2015 when his son Patrick was born. Jahfarr Wilnis Jahfarr Wilnis (born 26 February 1986) is a Dutch Surinamese kickboxer , currently competing in the heavyweight division of Glory . He is the 2015 Kunlun Fight Super Heavyweight Tournament winner and the former Enfusion Heavyweight World Champion . Combat Press ranked him in

765-644: The Dutchman with one good shot. Verhoeven countered with great kicks in the second round, forcing Adegbuyi to move more and negate the jab. Adegbuyi missed several big shots, and his punching rate dropped considerably. Adegbuyi tired quickly in the third, as Verhoeven started finding his range and speeding up. His corner urged him on to keep moving, taking advantage of Adegbuyi's relative inexperience and evening's tendency to rely on his boxing too much. He fought mixed martial artist Alexandr Soldatkin at Tatneft Cup 2015 Final on September 4, 2015. Adegbuyi defeated Soldatkin in

816-598: The SUPERKOMBAT World Grand Prix 2013 Final in Galați, Romania on December 21, 2013, winning by third-round KO. Adegbuyi prompted GLORY to pick him up and give him a shot on the best stage, after tearing it up on SUPERKOMBAT. He was scheduled to face Jamal Ben Saddik at Glory 14: Zagreb in Zagreb, Croatia on March 8, 2014. However, Ben Saddik broke his hand while training and was replaced by Dmytro Bezus . Prior to

867-506: The Stars on 29 August 2010, but failed to build on this success as he lost by decision to Brian Douwes at Top Team Gala on 16 October 2011. Wilnis faced Marco Vlieger at Battle Arena (K-1) on 4 February 2012. He won the fight by decision. Wilnis next faced Antonis Tzoros at The Battle 3 on 9 June 2012. He once again won by decision. Three weeks later, at Music Hall & BFN Group present: It's Showtime 57&58, Wilnis faced Sam Tevette. He won

918-552: The aftermath, Pierre Andurand, Scott Rudmann and TSA decided to start a brand new kickboxing promotion and acquired United Glory, Golden Glory , and It's Showtime to secure a top event production team and contracts to each promotion's top fighters. Forming the Glory World Series , Pierre Andurand was named Chairman and Rudmann was named vice-chairman. A number of people formerly involved with these three entities event became Glory consultants. Glory World Series signed most of

969-1128: The bout. Despite entering as the tournament favourite, Adegbuyi was exposed by eventual champion Pavel Zhuravlev when the Ukrainian KOed him in first round in the semi-finals at the SUPERKOMBAT World Grand Prix 2012 Final on December 22 in Bucharest. He defeated Mohamed Belazaar via first-round TKO due to an injury a SUPERKOMBAT World Grand Prix I 2013 in Oradea, Romania on April 6. He rematched Jairzinho Rozenstruik at SUPERKOMBAT World Grand Prix II 2013 in Craiova, Romania on May 18, and won by unanimous decision. He beat Ismael Londt by unanimous decision at Slamm!! Soema Na Basi IV in Paramaribo, Suriname on August 8, 2013. He defeat Reamon Welboren by unanimous decision at SUPERKOMBAT World Grand Prix III 2013 in Botoșani, Romania on September 28. He rematched Pavel Zhuravlev at

1020-468: The event, Adegbuyi was defeated by unanimous decision (49-46, 49–46, 50–45). Verhoeven showed his superior technique after a difficult first round and was hardly bothered by Adegbuyi. Adegbuyi shocked the fans in France during the first round, dominating the champion with excellent power punches and a great jab. He showed no fear whatsoever for Verhoeven and used his advantage in reach to perfection, even rocking

1071-413: The fight by a third-round knockout. Wilnis faced D'Angelo Marshall at Glory 67: Orlando on 5 July 2019. He lost the fight by unanimous decision. Wilnis next faced Antonio Plazibat at Glory Collision 2 . He lost the fight by split decision. Wilnis faced Georgil Fibic at Yangames Fight Night 8 on 27 August 2020. He won the fight by a third-round knockout. Wilnis first staggered his opponent with

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1122-525: The fight by a third-round knockout. Wilnis made his Glory debut against Jamal Ben Saddik at Glory 2: Brussels on 6 October 2012. He won the fight by unanimous decision. He would notch two more victories, stoppages of Oguz Ovguer at Glory 6: Istanbul on 6 April 2013 and Brice Guidon at Glory 10: Los Angeles on 28 September 2013, before his winning streak was snapped by Tomáš Hron at FFC08: Zelg vs. Rodriguez on 25 October 2013. Wilnis faced Roman Kryklia at Kunlun Fight 21 on 17 March 2015, in

1173-448: The fight by a unanimous decision. Adegbuyi then took part in the eight man Heavyweight Grand Prix. In the quarter finals he faced Arkadiusz Wrzosek. Adegbuyi dominated the entire fight, managing to drop the Polish fighter in round two, and a second time in round three. He won a unanimous decision (30-25, 30–25, 30–25). Advancing to the semifinals, he once again fought Jahfarr Wilnis . While

1224-463: The fight by an extra round decision. Wilnis faced Valentin Slavikovski at Kunlun Fight 29 on 18 August 2015. He won the fight by unanimous decision. Following this victory, Wilnis returned to Glory to take part in the 2015 Glory Heavyweight Contender tournament and was booked to face Ben Edwards in the tournament semifinals, which took place at Glory 24: Denver on 9 October 2015. Although he

1275-444: The fight by unanimous decision and faced Ismael Londt in the finals. He lost the fight by split decision.. Wilnis took part in another contender tournament at Glory 35: Nice on 5 November 2016, but suffered a first-round technical knockout at the hands of Mladen Brestovac in the tournament semifinals. Wilnis made his first Enfusion Heavyweight title defense against Luis Tavares at Enfusion 53 on 30 September 2017. Tavares won

1326-492: The fight by unanimous decision. Wilnis faced Jamal Ben Saddik at Glory 53: Lille on 12 May 2018. He won the fight by unanimous decision. Wilnis faced Tomáš Možný in the quarterfinals of the 2018 Glory Heavyweight tournament, which took place at Glory 62: Rotterdam on December 8, 2018. He won the fight by unanimous decision and advanced to the semifinals of the one-day tournament, where he faced Benjamin Adegbuyi . He lost

1377-404: The fight was rescheduled for Glory 76 on November 7, but fell through again, as Badr Hari contracted COVID-19 . The fight was rescheduled for December 19. Adegbuyi won the fight by KO in the third round, finishing Hari with a kick to the body. Hari started aggressively, looking for a knockout with heavy punches. Adegbuyi attempted to cover the shots and was countering. Mid round, Adegbuyi caught

1428-590: The fight, Adegbuyi and Andrei Stoica spent time as sparring partners of Alexander Gustafsson at the Allstars Training Center in Stockholm , Sweden . Adegbuyi knocked down Bezus three times winning by second-round TKO. He scored a second-round KO over Daniel Sam at Glory 16: Denver in Broomfield, Colorado, United States on May 3, 2014. In September, Adegbuyi was voted runner-up "Best New Talent" in

1479-440: The final round, Adegbuyi began to find a home for his straight right hand. The punch repeatedly slowed Wilnis down and apparently did enough to convince two judges that Adegbuyi deserved the third and decisive round, winning the heavyweight brawl in an impressive fight. Adegbuyi lost by first-round KO in a rematch with Rico Verhoeven for the heavyweight title in the main event of Glory 26: Amsterdam on December 4, 2015. He lost

1530-413: The finals of the 2018 Glory Heavyweight Contender tournament, with Ben Saddik winning by a first-round knockout. Adegbuyi was later rescheduled to face Antonio Plazibat at the same event. He lost the fight via knockout in round two. Adegbuyi faced Jamal Ben Saddik in a rematch and an eliminator for the interim Glory heavyweight championship at Glory 81: Ben Saddik vs. Adegbuyi 2 on August 20, 2022. He

1581-516: The first exchange, courtesy of left body kick thrown by the Romanian, which sent Hari to the canvas for the second time, and this time bleeding from his nose he would not get up. The next day, Glory vice-chairman Scott Rudmann revealed that Hari suffered a double break in his nose on knockout. Adegbuyi was scheduled to fight a rematch with Jamal Ben Saddik at Glory: Collision 3 on October 23, 2021. The two previously fought at Glory 62: Rotterdam , in

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1632-429: The first round featured outfighting and probing kicks, Adegbuyi looked to pressure in the second round, and managed to stagger Wilnis with an uppercut during one of the exchanges. In the third round, he knocked Jahfarr out with a head kick. In the finals, Adegbuyi fought Jamal Ben Saddik . Ben Saddik pressured from the opening bell, and halfway through the first round, dropped Benjamin with a series of uppercuts. Adegbuyi

1683-609: The global CEO of Glory Sports International. In August, 2014 Andrew Whitaker moved into an advisory role within GLORY and Jon J. Franklin was appointed as the new CEO. Under Franklin's leadership Glory was named the Number one kickboxing league in the world by Combat Press and one of the three most important global combat sports leagues by Fox Sports (along with the UFC and Bellator). In 2018, Glory announced that former CEO Jon J. Franklin had moved to

1734-425: The heavyweight top ten between July 2015 and December 2017. Winis faced Jairzinho Rozenstruik at K-1 World MAX 2010 West Europe Tournament on 21 March 2010. The fight was ruled a decision draw. He split wins and losses over his next three appearances, as he suffered a stoppage loss to Mitchell de Ligny at Kickbox gala Amstelveen on 16 May 2010, rebounded with a decision victory over Rowan Tol at Slamm Fighting with

1785-474: The majority of viewers, leaving Adegbuyi speechless at the official announcement and venting fury on Twitter shortly afterwards. Adegbuyi participated in the 2018 Glory four man heavyweight tournament, alongside D'Angelo Marshall , Guto Inocente and Junior Tafa. In the semi-final bout he faced D'Angelo Marshall . Marshall looked to pressure and threw several flurries. Adegbuyi timed him coming into his range, during one of these flurries, and countered him with

1836-493: The official GLORY Half-Year Awards. Adegbuyi beat Hesdy Gerges in November at Glory 18: Oklahoma on Spike , and became the mandatory challenger for a shot at the heavyweight title. He faced Daniel Lentie on 7 March 2015 at SUPERKOMBAT World Grand Prix I 2015. Adegbuyi dominated his opponent, winning via unanimous decision. Adegbuyi faced GLORY Heavyweight Champion Rico Verhoeven at Glory 22: Lille on June 5, 2015. At

1887-433: The quarterfinals of the 2015 Kunlun Fight Super Heavyweight tournament. He won the fight by decision, after an extra fourth round was contested. The final two bouts of the tournament took place on the same day, at Kunlun Fight 26 on 7 June 2015. Wilnis overcame Asihati by a second-round knockout and advanced to the tournament finals, where he faced the former It's Showtime World Heavyweight champion Hesdy Gerges . He won

1938-478: The role of Chief Development Officer, and former UFC executive Marshall Zelaznik had been hired as the new CEO. On May 15, 2020, Glory announced Zelaznik had resigned as Glory CEO. On May 26, 2020, Glory Sports International went into receivership, and soon after ownership of Glory was transferred to London-based GSUKCO Limited. Rudmann is the Executive Vice-Chairman, running the league since it

1989-525: The third round via TKO. On October 9, 2015, Benjamin Adegbuyi defeated Jahfarr Wilnis by split decision and Mladen Brestovac by TKO to earn the Ramon Dekkers memorial trophy and get a second crack at GLORY heavyweight champion Rico Verhoeven . In the semifinal, Adegbuyi chopped down Mladen Brestovac using a relentless leg-kick attack on him to take his bout. Adegbuyi landed 65 leg kicks and systematically wore down his opponent before stopping him in

2040-459: The third round. A hard whacking kick to Brestovac's left thigh sent him to the canvas. Brestovac tried to rise to his feet, but he wasn't there long. Adegbuyi relentlessly attacked Brestovac's injured lower half until his opponent took a knee and gave up the fight. Undercard Superstar complimented Brestovac's effort but acknowledged Adegbuyi's skill level and physical prowess. In one of the best heavyweight kickboxing bouts of 2015, Adegbuyi pulled out

2091-551: The world's top kickboxers, such as Peter Aerts , Remy Bonjasky , Semmy Schilt , Gokhan Saki , Daniel Ghiţă , Albert Kraus , and Giorgio Petrosyan . The company includes a mix of entrepreneurs and senior level executives from different environments. The company's current investors include Pierre Andurand , Scott Rudmann and Nectar Capital and Yao Capital . Former investors have been Liberty Global , and TwinFocus Capital Partners . In February 2013, Glory announced that former WWE Executive VP Andrew Whitaker had been hired as

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2142-550: Was able to beat Edwards by a second-round technical knockout, he lost to Benjamin Adegbuyi by split decision in the finals of the one-day tournament. Wilnis challenged the Enfusion Heavyweight World champion , Ismael Lazaar at Enfusion Live 37 on 27 February 2016. He won the fight by unanimous decision. Wilnis faced Kirill Kornilov in the semifinals of the 2016 Glory Heavyweight Contender tournament, which took place at Glory 29: Copenhagen on 16 April 2016. He won

2193-511: Was appointed again as CEO. In June 2013, after having its first U.S. event in New York, Glory 9: New York on June 22, 2013, Spike TV signed a multi-year agreement to broadcast Glory kickboxing events; their partnership began with Glory 11: Chicago on October 12 of that year. The broadcast deal with Spike was extended in May 2014 to cover 2015. In February 2016, Glory CEO Jon J. Franklin announced

2244-575: Was born in Cluj-Napoca , Romania to a Romanian mother and Nigerian father. Since the age of eight, he spent his childhood together with his mother and newborn sister in Aiud, Transylvania . As a child, he competed in sports like shotokan karate , boxing and basketball . Adegbuyi made his kickboxing debut as a professional on March 18, 2011. He signed with K-1 in August 2012. Adegbuyi faced Jafar Ahmadi in

2295-568: Was defeated by knockout in the first round. On February 8, 2023, it was announced that Ben Saddik had tested positive for performance enhancing drugs. As a result, his victory over Adegbuyi was overturned to a no contest. Ben Saddik was also suspended for 15 months, beginning with August 20. Adegbuyi has been training in his native Romania for the most part of his career, currently still in the capital Bucharest but also at Superpro Team in Sibiu, Transylvania for boxing. He first went to Respect Gym, which

2346-530: Was held on September 17, 2022, in Alkmaar, Netherlands. Glory Rivals 3 was organized at Sporthallen Zuid in Amsterdam on November 5, 2022. Ibrahim El Bouni defeated Muhammed Balli by knock-out in the first round. Glory Rivals 4 took place on December 25 at Ryogoku Sumo Arena in Tokyo, Japan, in collaboration with Rise and Shoot boxing . Kento Haraguchi defeated Serhii Adamchuk by unanimous decision. GLORY Rivals 5

2397-663: Was run by Alin Panaite, where he trained with fellow kickboxers Andrei Stoica , Bogdan Stoica , Claudiu Bădoi, Ciprian Șchiopu and Florin Lupu. Since 2015, Adegbuyi has been training mainly in Zevenbergen, Netherlands under Dennis Krauweel at Superpro Sportcenter, with fellow kickboxers Rico Verhoeven , Dexter Suisse and Max van Gelder. In 2015, Adegbuyi and Tyson Fury trained together in Manchester, England , in preparation for their fights at

2448-522: Was scheduled for May 21, 2022, at the Lotto Arena in Antwerp , Belgium. The event was later cancelled due to the finances of Enfusion's local promoter partner Antwerp Fight Organization catching the attention of Belgian authorities. Glory Rivals 1 was instead held on June 11, 2022, in Alkmaar, Netherlands. In the main event Luis Tavares defeated Florent Kaouachi by knockout in the third round. Glory Rivals 2

2499-452: Was scheduled to fight Alexey Ignashov in the tournament on November 10 in Craiova , Romania at the SUPERKOMBAT World Grand Prix 2012 Final Elimination. However, Ignashov could not fight due to injury and was replaced by the previous year's SUPERKOMBAT World Grand Prix Champion, Sergei Lascenko . Adegbuyi battered Lascenko, flooring him twice in the first round before the referee called a halt to

2550-410: Was taken over by GSUKCO. In a press release on October 2, 2023, Glory announced that Maurice Hols was named as the new Executive Director. Citing "different vision of the future of the organization" with Executive Vice Chairman Rudmann, Hols resigned on February 19, 2024, after just a few months as Executive Director. In March 2024, it was announced by Glory that Zelaznik returned to the company and

2601-564: Was unable to stand in time to beat the ten count. After losing the Grand Prix final, Adegbuyi returned to Glory after 11 months to fight a rematch with D'Angelo Marshall . He won the fight by a unanimous decision. Adegbuyi was scheduled to fight Badr Hari on 20 June 2020 in Rotterdam. The fight was set to be a title eliminator. The bout was subsequently cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic , and

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