Sorry guys, I couldn't watch the fight live, was a date night with the wife.
Just finished watching the stream by watching the replay from Triller( a much better improvement from the Glory video player app!) .
Here are my thoughts:
Rico walked through the tournament as expected. Even If he was in the 'harder side' of the tournament I'd reckon he'd still walk through it.
I LOVE Plazibat as commentary. He brought good knowledge and jokes. I love his passion for the sport( compared to Todd...) . I want him and Smokin Joe from now on. Glory please please PLEASE release Todd Grisham as he's a crap commentator( he said during the event that there's no 8 count in Kickboxing... fool) .
Levi Ritgers stock truly went up in this tournament. He performed really well. He deserves a full fight with Rico, I think Rico would like that too.
Rico's fight against Khachab was interesting, Rico fought smart with the clinch but Khachab was holding at the end that prevented Rico from releasing. A fair point deduction for me. Ben Saddik is a thug and should have no business being in Glory anymore. End of the day it's a RESPECT sport.
Khacbab despite being the youngest fighter in the tournament, he showed promise. My fear is that I hope he doesn't associate himself too much with JBS too much. If Said is a good coach he should cut him from the gym.
I was hoping Kehl to pull it off, but Beztati was dominant and shown a lot of improvements. I'm starting to respect him as a legit champ a now as he's not that young inexperienced fighter that fought killers like Marat and Sittichai anymore.
Abena and Khababez fight was a letdown, especially for a title fight. Very sloppy, both the fight and reffing. They should even brought in that Japanese ref Onari or the English dude Paul Nichols to ref. Heck even that tall ponytail guy (Edward Strikert?) who got rocked by Plazibat he was good.
I enjoyed the event, the tournament especially exciting and Rico proved he was GAME, irrespective of people thinking he's playing it safe.
Big shout out to
@BoxerMaurits you're a legend!
I've caught up reading the live posts. Have a good afternoon everyone you've been amazing.
P.s sorry for the long ass post!