Review: 2014-03-08, great fight with four knockdowns and a spectacular finish: Andy Ristie vs Davit Kiria gets three stars. Andy Ristie entered this fight with a pro kickboxing record of 44-3-1 and he is ranked as the No.1 super welterweight in the world, he comes off five consecutive wins, having lost his last fight to Andy Souwer in 2012 (=Souwer vs Ristie), last year Ristie won the Glory lightweight title beating Giorgio Petrosyan in the semifinal (=Petrosyan vs Ristie) and Robin van Roosmalen in the final (=Roosmalen vs Ristie).
His opponent, Davit Kiria, has an official record of 21-9-0 and he entered as the No.4 in the same weight class, last year he fought three times losing only his last fight against Robin van Roosmalen (=Roosmalen vs Kiria). Ristie vs Kiria is valid for the Glory lightweight title (Ristie’s first defense) and it is on the undercard of Mirko “Cro Cop” Filipovic vs Remy Bonjasky 2 – Glory 14. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Event: GLORY 14 Zagreb
Date: 2014-03-08
Where: Arena Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
Division: super welterweight (154 lbs, 69.9 kg)
Title: Glory lightweight title
Ristie’s previous fight: Robin van Roosmalen vs Andy Ristie
Kiria’s previous fight: Robin van Roosmalen vs Davit Kiria
Ristie’s next fight: Andy Ristie vs Ky Hollenbeck
Kiria’s next fight: Davit Kiria vs Robin van Roosmalen 3
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I’ve never commented on this site about any fight before, but i’ll do it for this fight. I really think you should watch this fight again. This was at least a 4 star fight , if not a 5 star one. One of the best kickboxing matches I’ve seen, and that’s saying a lot.
Hi “Thekickboxer”,
we have seen the fight again but we think that just the last round deserves four stars while the other rounds 3,5 stars, so the average is 3.6 and it is not enough to get four stars.
However, you can rate it 4 or 5 stars like the other users and we will add it in the Users’ kickboxing ranking if it will get 4 stars or more.
Thanks for your comment and rating!
ok i can respect that
lool, onely 3 star? :D:D:D
Kiria was awesome and has a lot of guts. In spite of being beaten by Ristie during the previous 4 rounds he knocked Ristie down spectacularly in the final round. Kiria fully deserved the tittle and I’m very glad he won because in my opinion Ristie, which is very good indeed, is too arrogant for my taste.
3 stars? Are you kidding me?