Glory 13: Tokyo

Glory 13: Tokyo
A poster or logo for Glory 13: Tokyo.
Information
Promotion	Glory
Date	December 21, 2013
Venue	Ariake Coliseum
City	Tokyo, Japan
Attendance	7,897
Event chronology
Glory 12: New York Glory 13: Tokyo Glory 14: Zagreb

Glory 13: Tokyo was a kickboxing event held on December 21, 2013 at the Ariake Coliseum in Tokyo, Japan.

Background

The highlight of the event was a Glory Welterweight World Championship Tournament. Two tournament matches were held, with a third match as reserve. The winners of the two semi-final bouts proceeded to the finals for the championship main-event. The event also featured other non-tournament bouts, including the retirement match of the legendary Peter Aerts, against Rico Verhoeven, and Daniel Ghiță vs. Errol Zimmerman II.

Glory 13 had average of 659,000 and peak of 905,000 viewers on Spike TV.^[1]

Results

Main Card (Spike)
Weight Class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
Heavyweight	Rico Verhoeven	def.	Peter Aerts	Decision (split)	3	3:00
Welterweight	Nieky Holzken	def.	Joseph Valtellini	KO (right hook)	3	2:44	Welterweight Championship Tournament Final
Heavyweight	Daniel Ghiță	def.	Errol Zimmerman	KO (left hook)	1	0:35
90kg Catchweight	Makoto Uehara	def.	Dustin Jacoby	Decision (split)	3	3:00
Welterweight	Joseph Valtellini	def.	Raymond Daniels	KO (high kick)	3	1:20	Welterweight Championship Tournament Semi Final
Welterweight	Nieky Holzken	def.	Karapet Karapetyan	Decision (unanimous)	3	3:00	Welterweight Championship Tournament Semi Final
Superfight Series
Featherweight	Mosab Amrani	def.	Yuta Kubo	Decision (unanimous)	3	3:00
Welterweight	Artur Kyshenko	def.	Masayuki Kenmun	Decision (unanimous)	3	3:00
Welterweight	Alexander Stetsurenko	def.	Karim Ghajji	Decision (unanimous)	3	3:00	Welterweight Championship Tournament Reserve Bout
Heavyweight	Anderson Silva	def.	Remy Bonjasky	Decision (unanimous)	3	3:00
Heavyweight	Hesdy Gerges	def.	Ewerton Teixeira	Decision (unanimous)	3	3:00
Heavyweight	Sergey Kharitonov	def.	Jerome Le Banner	Decision (unanimous)	3	3:00

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2013 Glory Welterweight World Championship Tournament bracket

	Semi-finals					Final
	Nieky Holzken		DEC
	Karapet Karapetyan		3-0
						Nieky Holzken		KO
						Joseph Valtellini		R3.
	Joseph Valtellini		KO
	Raymond Daniels		R3.

References

1. Jason Cruz (December 26, 2013). "Glory 13: 659,000 viewers". MMAPayout.com. Retrieved February 12, 2015.
2. "Glory 13 Tokyo". Glory. Retrieved 2014-01-04.
3. "Tokyo SuperFight Series". Glory. Retrieved 2014-01-04.