{"id":39696,"date":"2014-06-22T18:17:34","date_gmt":"2014-06-23T01:17:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/?p=39696"},"modified":"2014-06-22T18:35:27","modified_gmt":"2014-06-23T01:35:27","slug":"levin-takes-middleweight-crown-schilling-shines","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/?p=39696","title":{"rendered":"Levin takes Middleweight Crown; Schilling Shines"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Artem<\/a>

Artem Levin in semi final action (Photo by Ray Martinez – Cage Side Photos)<\/p><\/div>\n

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By George Hernandez<\/p>\n

(Inglewood) – Los Angeles Last Man Standing\u00a0lived up to the hype for everyone in attendance and on television. The\u00a0finals of the middleweight tournament\u00a0saw #1 Artem Levin facing off against #2 Joe Schilling. There were also two other world titles finding\u00a0homes.<\/p>\n

Glory 17 Results:<\/p>\n

Semi Final: Gabriel Varga beats Yodkhunpon Sitmonchai via unanimous decision.<\/p>\n

Semi Final: Shane Oblonksy victorious over Marcus Vincius via unanimous decision.<\/p>\n

Lightweight # 1 Contender: Andy Ristie made short work of always dangerous Ky Hollenbeck. After rocking Hollenbeck seconds into the fight he connected on a left hand that dropped Hollenbeck. With the referree at the count of eight\u00a0it didn’t look like Hollenbeck was going to make it to his feet and he didn’t. Ristie\u00a0got the first round knockout in 39 seconds and will now get a shot at the lightweight title.<\/p>\n

Featherweight Challenger Title: After a tough start for\u00a0Oblonsky\u00a0he faced the fresher\u00a0Varga to see who will get a spot in the eight man tournament for the world title. Oblonksy took it to Varga in the first round with his boxing rocking Varga. In the second and third rounds Varga took control landing solid combos and finished them with leg kicks. Oblonksy\u00a0had flurries here and there but it wasn’t enough. Varga got the unanimous decision victory and a spot in the featherweight tournament.<\/p>\n

\"Joe<\/a>

Joe Schilling in Quarter Finals (Photo by Ray Martinez -Cage side photos)<\/p><\/div>\n

Heaveyweight Headliner: Jarrell “Big Baby” got a rematch with Mirko “Cro Cop”, the only man to defeat him. It was mostly the same as the\u00a0slicker and faster “Cro Cop”\u00a0landed the more solid strikes missed his signature left head kicks three times rocking Miller\u00a0once. Miller gets his second loss by decision both to “Cro Cop”.<\/p>\n

Glory Last Man Standing:<\/p>\n

Quarter Final: Artem Levin made it look easy against Brazilian Alex Pereira with a unanimous decision victory.<\/p>\n

Quarter Final: Filip Verlinden out points Melvin Manhoef for a decision victory.<\/p>\n

Quarter Final: On the other side of the bracket was what everybody considered the fight of the night\u00a0when Los Angeles’ own Joe Schilling faced Simon Marcus of Canada for the third time in their\u00a0careers. Schilling took the first round with punches that looked like\u00a0they were rocking Marcus but Marcus was able to withstand the onslaught. In the second round Marcus hit Schilling with a shot that dropped him to the canvas. Schilling got back to his feet and survived the round.\u00a0The third round was more of the same for Schilling as he landed the more powerful punches.\u00a0At the end of three the judges had it a 28-28 draw and it called for a sudden death fourth round to declare the winner. The round was going back and forth\u00a0but after Marcus’ mouthpiece fell out for the third time in the fight, referee John McCarthy took a point from Marcus for spitting it out. Marcus,\u00a0knowing he needed a knockout, rushed Schilling with a flurry of punches. Schilling threw a right hand that hit its mark and put\u00a0Marcus to sleep with just seconds left and handed him the first loss of his 40 plus fight career. Schilling advanced to the semi finals.<\/p>\n

Quarter Final: Wayne Barrett puts Bogdon Stoica to sleep in the third\u00a0with an overhand right while Stoica attempts a flying knee.<\/p>\n

Welterweight World Title Bout: Joseph Valtellini\u00a0and Marc de Bonte put on a show\u00a0for five rounds. After a close first round Valtellini took control in the second and third\u00a0even dropping Bonte with a headkick. That seemed to wake up\u00a0Bonte as he controlled the final two rounds dropping\u00a0Vatellini in the\u00a0fourth round with a flying knee. With the match in the judges hands\u00a0all three judges scored the bout 47-46 in favor of the new welterweight champ “Bazooka” Joe Vatellini.<\/p>\n

Semi Final:\u00a0Levin was too much for\u00a0his opponent. Verlinden never gave up\u00a0but Levin gets another unanimous decision victory and advances to the finals.<\/p>\n

Semi Final: After a brutal first fight for Schilling\u00a0he faced off against the last man to defeat him\u00a0in Barrett. The undefeated Barrett had his moments\u00a0but Schilling’s experience and heavy hands got him a split decision victory.<\/p>\n

Heavyweight World Title: Rico Verhoeven and Daniel Ghita\u00a0went for the inaugural\u00a0heavyweight world title. Both fighters knew each other well\u00a0and tried to avoid each others’ power. Ghita landed solid body kicks but\u00a0Verhoeven did his damage with Ghita on the ropes. The judges got to pick the winner in this one and crowned Verhoeven the World\u00a0Heavyweight Champion by unanimous decision.<\/p>\n

Middleweight World Title Final: Levin got his first crack at Schilling after losing to him in the first meeting last September. Levin dropped Schilling in the first round with a spinning back fist\u00a0but he survived and finished the round strong. In the second round Levin\u00a0used his slick boxing skills to land effective strikes. In the third round he had a point taken away\u00a0after landing an illegal spinning back forearm\/elbow. Schilling applied the pressure in the last half of the round\u00a0but it wasn’t enough. Levin avenged his earlier defeat and is the Last Man Standing to be crowned Glory middleweight world world champion.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

  By George Hernandez (Inglewood) – Los Angeles Last Man Standing\u00a0lived up to the hype for everyone in attendance and on television. The\u00a0finals of the middleweight tournament\u00a0saw #1 Artem Levin facing off against #2 Joe Schilling. There were also two other world titles finding\u00a0homes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[9887,9886,9883,9884,9885],"class_list":["post-39696","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-andy-ristie","tag-daniel-ghita","tag-glory-17","tag-joe-schilling","tag-last-man-standing"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39696","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=39696"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39696\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":39702,"href":"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39696\/revisions\/39702"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=39696"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=39696"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=39696"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}