Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2015-04-03, very nice and tough fight between Robin van Roosmalen and Andy Ristie: it is close to get four stars!Robin van Roosmalen entered this fight with a professional kickboxing record of 44-14-3 (14 knockouts) and he is ranked as the No.1 super welterweight in the world, he suffered his last defeat at the end of 2013 when he faced for the first time Ristie (final of the Glory lightweight tournament, Roosmalen vs Ristie I). Since then he has fought twice beating Marat Grigorian (=Roosmalen vs Grigorian) and Davit Kiria (=Kiria vs Roosmalen 3), bout in which ‘Pokerface’ Roosmalen won the Glory Lw belt.
His opponent, Andy Ristie, has an official record of 47-4-1 (28 knockouts) and he entered as the No.2 in the same weight class, he lost the Glory title at the beginning of 2014, against Davit Kiria (=Ristie vs Kiria), but then he came back to win defeating Ky Hollenbeck (=Ristie vs Hollenbeck), Samuel Paiva and Steve Moxon (=Ristie vs Moxon). Roosmalen vs Ristie 2, main event of Glory 20 Dubai, is valid for the Glory lightweight title (Roosmalen’s first defense). Watch the video and rate this fight!
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Event: Glory 20: Dubai
Date: 2015-04-03
Where: Hampton Coliseum, Hampton, Virginia, USA
Division: super welterweight (154 lbs, 69.9 kg)
Title: Glory Lightweight Championship
Glory 20 fight card (main and best fights):
Robin van Roosmalen vs Andy Ristie 2
Simon Marcus vs Jason Wilnis final
Gabriel Varga vs Mosab Amrani
Jason Wilnis vs Alex Pereira 2
Simon Marcus vs Wayne Barrett
Anatoly Moiseev vs Max Baumert
Roosmalen’s previous fight: Davit Kiria vs Robin van Roosmalen 3
Ristie’s previous fight: Andy Ristie vs Steve Moxon
Roosmalen’s next fight: Robin van Roosmalen vs Steve Moxon
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Official video:
Alternative video – Highlights
Very good fight but the stronger kick boxer prevailed. Ristie did a big mistake when he tried to interchange punches at close range with Robin. Should Ristie keep the proper distance the final result of this fight could has been different.
Totally agree. And also thumbs up for Robin who learned from their last fight and was able to neutralize Andy’s strong points.
I really like Roosmalen but where is Giorgio Petrosyan? He was the champion and I think he could defeat Robin again….does anyone know if Glory wants Petrosyan back?