Toronto – Fight Network, the world’s premier 24/7 television channel dedicated to complete coverage of combat sports, presents Canadian broadcasts of stacked mixed martial arts and kickboxing cards this Friday, Nov. 7, beginning at 6 a.m. ET with ONE Fighting Championship 22: Battle of Lions from Kallang, Singapore, followed later by a 9 p.m. ET broadcast of GLORY 18 from Shawnee, Oklahoma.
Emanating from Kallang’s Singapore Indoor Arena with prelims kicking off at 6 a.m. ET, ONE FC 22: Battle of Lions features the inaugural ONE FC middleweight champion being crowned, as Leandro Ataides faces top Kazakh star Igor Svirid for the title.
Plus, top welterweights will clash as Bakhtiyar Abbasov takes on Luis Santos, while undefeated Dwayne Hinds takes on fellow unbeaten Warren De Reuck.
Rounding out the card, fast rising star Aung La N Saung takes on Japanese veteran Tatsuya Mizuno in a middleweight contest, featherweights Cary Bullos and Major Overall square off, lightweight contender Zorobabel Moreira returns to take on streaking Japanese star Koji Ando, while Amir Khan and Kirstie Gannaway will represent Singapore against Waqar Umar and Adek Omar, respectively. Other bouts include Rocky Barolbatol vs. Martin Nguyen and Jeff Huang vs. Zuli Silawanto.
At 9 p.m. ET, the world’s premier kickboxing league GLORY takes over the primetime airwaves with GLORY 18: Return to GLORY from Grand Casino Hotel & Resort in Shawnee, Okla.
Headlining the event is a GLORY world title showdown between reigning lightweight champion Davit Kiria and No. 2 ranked challenger Robin van Roosmalen, marking the third fight of a trilogy that began in 2011. Van Roosmalen won each of their previous two encounters with his latest victory coming nearly one year ago at GLORY 12 New York in November 2013.
In the co-feature, worlds collide as American knockout artist and No. 2 ranked middleweight Wayne Barrett meets Dutch kickboxing specialist Jason Wilnis, currently ranked No. 9.
GLORY’s one-night, four-man tournament format returns with power punchers Brian Collette and Zack Mwekassa squaring off, along with rising Brazilian prospect Saulo Cavalari and seasoned Dutchman Danyo Ilunga battling on the other side of the bracket. The winners of each semifinal bout will then face off to earn the right to fight for the GLORY light heavyweight title at a later date.
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Chad Midgley
VP Programming & Production
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Fight Network
Ariel Shnerer
Programming & Communications Manager
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About Fight Network:
Fight Network (www.fightnetwork.com) is the world’s premier combat sports network dedicated to complete coverage of combat sports, including fights, fighters, fight news and fight lifestyle. The channel is available on all major carriers in Canada, select countries in Europe, across the Middle East and North Africa on OSN, on select U.S. carriers including a programming block on Pursuit Channel (www.pursuitchannel.com), and on TSN Radio in Canada via its program “Live Audio Wrestling,” and its programming on Sirius XM Channel 167, as well as its recent acquisition of My Combat Channel. Fight Network’s parent company Anthem Media Group Inc. also owns a significant interest in the Pursuit Channel and launched Fantasy Sports Network (FNTSY) across North America in March 2014.
