Tonight at 9:00 p.m. on Spike TV, Glory promotions will welcome mixed martial arts legend Mirko "Cro Cop" Filipovic into the fold as he will main event the Glory 14 fight card in Zagreb, Croatia against "The Flying Gentleman" Remy Bonjasky. Live stream the event free by clicking this link.
Bonjasky is 2-3-0 in Glory, while this is Flilipovic's debut. He is 22-7-0 in his kickboxing career, but Bonjasky has far more kickboxing experience; his record all-time stands at 98-12-0. He earned his "Flying Gentleman" moniker by perfecting the craft of flying roundhouse kicks and knees, and without question poses a stiff challenge to Cro Cop.
Both men are beyond their prime years; Cro Cop is 39 years old and Bonjasky is 38. Cro Cop's MMA career had hit a wall, but since entering kickboxing the proud owner of "the kick of death" has gone 6-0 while earning a World Grand Prix title. Bonjasky is a three-time K-1 champion in his own right, but has contemplated retirement previously because of repeated eye injuries and retina surgeries.
In fact, this Glory 14 bout will be the last of Bonjasky's career after he announced his retirement earlier this week. He plans on focusing on building up his fighting academy, and even opening up a new gym in Holland.
Many of the experts feel like Cro Cop's high kick will be a deciding factor, but if Bonjasky can combat it has a great opportunity to win on points. Tyrone Spong said, "I think Cro Cop will win just because he's fighting at home but never count Remy out he might be able to win the fight by points."
Ernesto Hoost predicts, "We all know that Cro Cop has that famous high kick, which is a dangerous weapon. If Remy can avoid those, I think he will win on points. But if the fight ends in a (T)KO, I will go with CroCop."
This is the rest of the Spike TV card:
MIRKO CRO COP VS. REMY BONJASKY
Anthony Ristie vs. Davit Kiria
Sahak Parparyan vs. Jason Wilnis
Dustin Jacoby vs. Alex Pereira
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