Hey bud, I’m doing great, hopefully you too!Hey @BoxerMaurits how you doing bud? What’s the next fights you plan to attend. Do you enjoy traveling? Where is your home base? Have you visited the us? Southeast Asia? What’s your favorite music? Just felt like reaching out across the ocean to say hello.
), but I can enjoy a lot of music. I also like the old classics aka Tuivasa-style walkout songs<45>, what about you?
Hey bud, I’m doing great, hopefully you too!
Yeah I enjoy travelling a lot and I live in the Netherlands.
I’ve never visited the US or Asia, but it’s a plan of my family (my mom, dad, big brother, little brother and me) to go to the US in about 2 years and make a great trip out of it.
Personally I like house/techno music the most (I’m a young guy who likes to go clubbing with his friends so yeah
My next stop is a big GLORY Kickboxing event in a sold out football stadium in my homecountry of the Netherlands.
I also went to their last event, GLORY 81: Jamal Ben Saddik vs Benjamin Adegbuyi
Had a great time in Düsseldorf and I made a thread about my experiences there aswell.
Here it is in case you missed that one:
https://forums.sherdog.com/threads/i-went-to-glory-81-last-week-and-had-a-blast.4253502/
Next up for me is GLORY Collision 4: Badr Hari vs Alistair Overeem, October 8.
Really looking forward to that one, they’ve put together a great fightcard! Are you into kickboxing?
I also made it to the MMA hour 2 days ago, and let Ariel Helwani talk a little bit about the Glory event
Timestamped at my question:
I want to start by saying that the French crowd really exceeded my expectations, wow.
Looked like a London crowd, but in a French sense<45>
Succesful debut in France. I’m sure the UFC will return there.
And I haven’t even talked about the fights yet. What a great night of fights
We arrived in Paris friday afternoon and immediately went to the ceremonial weigh-ins and Q&A featuring GSP. Hotel was at 100 m from the Accor Arena, so luckily that wasn’t a long walk.
The Q&A with GSP was fun. MMA reporters were the first to ask questions. Then it was the fans' turn to ask questions. I also entered the queue to ask a question, but unfortunately they ran out of time and I didn’t make it to the mic.
GSP is so well spoken, a joy to listen to him.
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Followed by the ceremonial weigh-ins.
Here’s a vid of Tuivasa’s and Gane’s weigh-in and staredown:
https://share.icloud.com/photos/0949h1T-Vp5MWh-Jv1_ehkT0w
After this we went to an English-pub to eat something, followed by a lot of beer while enjoying ARES 8 on tv:
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Around 1am we were getting wasted, so we went back to the hotel.
On our way back we walked by the UFC fan-experience so I decided to open the gate and walk inside, while my dad made this blurry ass picture of me standing totally sober at UFC-ground by midnight
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When I woke up I had a little letdown, but after eating a few croissants I was ready to go to the UFC fan-experience
I met Volkan Oezdemir at the fan-experience:
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And almost got into a fight with him:
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He’s a nice dude
I also had the pleasure to meet Brandon Moreno:
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Afterwards Brandon told me he felt honored to meet one of Sherdog’s own:
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What a fun kid he is. You ain’t gonna see him not smiling
I also had a face-off with my dad, just for fun:
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My old man is actually standing a little bit taller than me, but for some reason he looks shorter here (I think he’s kneeling a bit)
The UFC fan-experience was fun. We went to eat something and after that we entered the Accor Arena. It looked like the Arena was almost fully packed before the prelims even started, insane!
Okay so before I start talking fighting I wanna share this:
This fella walked by like 100 times, so he got my attention at some point.
The guy was dressed like a woman, (which is okay imo, I really have no problems with that), not a normal woman but a caveman woman. He got make-up on his face aswell..
He was also built like a god damn bodybuilder and had a lot of tattoos. And as cherry on the cake: His handbag was in the shape of a golden fist.
What a fucking warrior<45>
For some reason he seemed familiar to me. Is he some kind of hardcore/known UFC-fan maybe?
https://share.icloud.com/photos/05cAwb4lQyhm1BdEB2E897H7Q
Allright, so Bruce Buffer kicked the event off:
https://share.icloud.com/photos/0bf07ZgS1oon9AHXl1HtT3L0A
Here Bruce introduced the main card:
https://share.icloud.com/photos/015Onn_D9snvjpFO3Ih6_XryQ
My fellow Dutchman Jarno Errens walked out to some techno music:
https://share.icloud.com/photos/032OjS70O129v_T5VQneNE8UQ
Marvin Vettori brought some fantastic Italian fans with him. Didn’t help him much in the fight, but still pretty sick imo. Check it out:
https://share.icloud.com/photos/0e0b6J32NzHuouoYqJupeDJQA
But Bobby Knuckles had the French crowd on his side:
https://share.icloud.com/photos/091XNFse0kvbUoAEujQMd2diA
Tuivasa’s walkout was fun as always:
https://share.icloud.com/photos/0f7vGZnoWlKfa9zcs5b_lAIjg
Gane got by far the biggest pop:
https://share.icloud.com/photos/014NRylRdWTZI6itovj1eKJ3Q
Here is Buffer’s introduction of the main-event, and the first round of the fight:
https://share.icloud.com/photos/096Bo0IAAZiy8-w0AQFDNquKw
Round 2 right after the knockdown:
https://share.icloud.com/photos/0a7hrGzXDA-JCKp01_rUNb3HQ
Round 3 including the stoppage:
https://share.icloud.com/photos/081PGf-xWuHqW88dodP5Vrbaw
Announcement of the winner and part of Ciryl’s post-fight interview with Michael Bisping:
https://share.icloud.com/photos/010HMqVPkeBciaCfDoJ5FR48Q
BamBam walked out the octagon with his son on his shoulder:
https://share.icloud.com/photos/09bv7TGiDQ9GcH0S5R86I3FBg
I was almost walking outside, but then I saw Gane walking out of the octagon and filmed that aswell:
https://share.icloud.com/photos/0db4ULp8M6UYuFyeDSRkQdJbg
Ngannou walked away and got some pop:
https://share.icloud.com/photos/0a8l50s2qGTgJjqPgRWZNG2Yw
Aswell as Usman:
https://share.icloud.com/photos/014upkiR2HCY0EbNHL1L-dXCw
At the start of the event my boy Skyscraper Steven Struve walked by too:
https://share.icloud.com/photos/096nNF2RrRmkmM_HsmdCH90tw
I forgot something! When we entered the Arena and went down the stairs we immediately bumped into the ESPN+ team featuring Lionheart Anthony Smith
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I hope you enjoyed this read !
Next up for me is GLORY Kickboxing,
Collision 4: Badr Hari vs Alistair Overeem, October 8.
Looking forward to that one, great fightcard!
Thanks man! Yeah and we also have some great kickboxing gyms.
Hey @BoxerMaurits how you doing bud? What’s the next fights you plan to attend. Do you enjoy traveling? Where is your home base? Have you visited the us? Southeast Asia? What’s your favorite music? Just felt like reaching out across the ocean to say hello.
Hey bud, I’m doing great, hopefully you too!
Yeah I enjoy travelling a lot and I live in the Netherlands.
I’ve never visited the US or Asia, but it’s a plan of my family (my mom, dad, big brother, little brother and me) to go to the US together in about 2 years and make a great trip out of it.
Personally I like house/techno music the most (I’m a young guy who likes to go clubbing with his friends so yeah
My next stop is a big GLORY Kickboxing event in a sold out football stadium in my homecountry of the Netherlands.
I also went to their last event, GLORY 81: Jamal Ben Saddik vs Benjamin Adegbuyi
Had a great time in Düsseldorf and I made a thread about my experiences there aswell.
Here it is in case you missed that one:
https://forums.sherdog.com/threads/i-went-to-glory-81-last-week-and-had-a-blast.4253502/
Next up for me is GLORY Collision 4: Badr Hari vs Alistair Overeem, October 8.
Really looking forward to that one, they’ve put together a great fightcard! Are you into kickboxing?
Hey bud, I’ve changed my plans!
The next event I’m attending is LFL 6 (Levels Fight League) on October 2, before I go to GLORY Collision 4 a week later.
Levels Fight League is an Amsterdam-based Mixed Martial Arts promotion who aims to provide up-and-coming prospects a platform to showcase their skills. In time they aim to become one of the bigger promotions in Europe.
They are new to the MMA game, founded in 2021.
LFL 6 got some nice fights on the card! A mix between upcoming fighters and big, well-known names in combat sports, and also 2 amateur fights on the undercard. Should be fun
Thanks man!
Hey bud, I’ve changed my plans!
The next event I’m attending is LFL 6 (Levels Fight League) on October 2, before I go to GLORY Collision 4 a week later.
Levels Fight League is an Amsterdam-based Mixed Martial Arts promotion who aims to provide up-and-coming prospects a platform to showcase their skills. In time they aim to become one of the bigger promotions in Europe.
They are new to the MMA game, founded in 2021.
LFL 6 got some nice fights on the card! A mix between upcoming fighters and big, well-known names in combat sports, and also 2 amateur fights on the undercard. Should be fun
This is a previous post of me in another thread regarding the LFL-event, for your information:
Former Glory Kickboxing middleweight champion Jason Wilnis will make his fourth appearance in MMA vs Ahmed Sami at the Dutch MMA-organization Levels Fight League (LFL 6) on October 2nd in Amsterdam.
Jason Wilnis has wins over Israel Adesanya and Alex Pereira in kickboxing.
At the same event, former Glory Kickboxing welterweight champion Murthel Groenhart will make his third appearance in MMA.
Murthel Groenhart has a win over Cédric Doumbé in kickboxing.
Glory Kickboxing lightweight-contender Massaro Glunder and Gino van Steenis (MMA-fighter), younger brother of Bellator middleweight Costello van Steenis, will also fight on this card.
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PPV, streaming platform (Viaplay) and ticket information:
https://lflmma.com/
I want to start by saying that the French crowd really exceeded my expectations, wow.
Looked like a London crowd, but in a French sense<45>
Succesful debut in France. I’m sure the UFC will return there.
And I haven’t even talked about the fights yet. What a great night of fights
We arrived in Paris friday afternoon and immediately went to the ceremonial weigh-ins and Q&A featuring GSP. Hotel was at 100 m from the Accor Arena, so luckily that wasn’t a long walk.
The Q&A with GSP was fun. MMA reporters were the first to ask questions. Then it was the fans' turn to ask questions. I also entered the queue to ask a question, but unfortunately they ran out of time and I didn’t make it to the mic.
GSP is so well spoken, a joy to listen to him.
View attachment 942061
Followed by the ceremonial weigh-ins.
Here’s a vid of Tuivasa’s and Gane’s weigh-in and staredown:
https://share.icloud.com/photos/0949h1T-Vp5MWh-Jv1_ehkT0w
After this we went to an English-pub to eat something, followed by a lot of beer while enjoying ARES 8 on tv:
View attachment 942062
View attachment 942063
Around 1am we were getting wasted, so we went back to the hotel.
On our way back we walked by the UFC fan-experience so I decided to open the gate and walk inside, while my dad made this blurry ass picture of me standing totally sober at UFC-ground by midnight
View attachment 942066
When I woke up I had a little letdown, but after eating a few croissants I was ready to go to the UFC fan-experience
I met Volkan Oezdemir at the fan-experience:
View attachment 942069
And almost got into a fight with him:
View attachment 942072
He’s a nice dude
I also had the pleasure to meet Brandon Moreno:
View attachment 942073
Afterwards Brandon told me he felt honored to meet one of Sherdog’s own:
View attachment 942074
What a fun kid he is. You ain’t gonna see him not smiling
I also had a face-off with my dad, just for fun:
View attachment 942075
My old man is actually standing a little bit taller than me, but for some reason he looks shorter here (I think he’s kneeling a bit)
The UFC fan-experience was fun. We went to eat something and after that we entered the Accor Arena. It looked like the Arena was almost fully packed before the prelims even started, insane!
Okay so before I start talking fighting I wanna share this:
This fella walked by like 100 times, so he got my attention at some point.
The guy was dressed like a woman, (which is okay imo, I really have no problems with that), not a normal woman but a caveman woman. He got make-up on his face aswell..
He was also built like a god damn bodybuilder and had a lot of tattoos. And as cherry on the cake: His handbag was in the shape of a golden fist.
What a fucking warrior<45>
For some reason he seemed familiar to me. Is he some kind of hardcore/known UFC-fan maybe?
https://share.icloud.com/photos/05cAwb4lQyhm1BdEB2E897H7Q
Allright, so Bruce Buffer kicked the event off:
https://share.icloud.com/photos/0bf07ZgS1oon9AHXl1HtT3L0A
Here Bruce introduced the main card:
https://share.icloud.com/photos/015Onn_D9snvjpFO3Ih6_XryQ
My fellow Dutchman Jarno Errens walked out to some techno music:
https://share.icloud.com/photos/032OjS70O129v_T5VQneNE8UQ
Marvin Vettori brought some fantastic Italian fans with him. Didn’t help him much in the fight, but still pretty sick imo. Check it out:
https://share.icloud.com/photos/0e0b6J32NzHuouoYqJupeDJQA
But Bobby Knuckles had the French crowd on his side:
https://share.icloud.com/photos/091XNFse0kvbUoAEujQMd2diA
Tuivasa’s walkout was fun as always:
https://share.icloud.com/photos/0f7vGZnoWlKfa9zcs5b_lAIjg
Gane got by far the biggest pop:
https://share.icloud.com/photos/014NRylRdWTZI6itovj1eKJ3Q
Here is Buffer’s introduction of the main-event, and the first round of the fight:
https://share.icloud.com/photos/096Bo0IAAZiy8-w0AQFDNquKw
Round 2 right after the knockdown:
https://share.icloud.com/photos/0a7hrGzXDA-JCKp01_rUNb3HQ
Round 3 including the stoppage:
https://share.icloud.com/photos/081PGf-xWuHqW88dodP5Vrbaw
Announcement of the winner and part of Ciryl’s post-fight interview with Michael Bisping:
https://share.icloud.com/photos/010HMqVPkeBciaCfDoJ5FR48Q
BamBam walked out the octagon with his son on his shoulder:
https://share.icloud.com/photos/09bv7TGiDQ9GcH0S5R86I3FBg
I was almost walking outside, but then I saw Gane walking out of the octagon and filmed that aswell:
https://share.icloud.com/photos/0db4ULp8M6UYuFyeDSRkQdJbg
Ngannou walked away and got some pop:
https://share.icloud.com/photos/0a8l50s2qGTgJjqPgRWZNG2Yw
Aswell as Usman:
https://share.icloud.com/photos/014upkiR2HCY0EbNHL1L-dXCw
At the start of the event my boy Skyscraper Steven Struve walked by too:
https://share.icloud.com/photos/096nNF2RrRmkmM_HsmdCH90tw
I forgot something! When we entered the Arena and went down the stairs we immediately bumped into the ESPN+ team featuring Lionheart Anthony Smith
View attachment 942078
I hope you enjoyed this read !
Next up for me is GLORY Kickboxing,
Collision 4: Badr Hari vs Alistair Overeem, October 8.
Looking forward to that one, great fightcard!
Thanks man.
Thanks bud.
Yeah but right now it just says 9,95. It doesn’t specify the currency or various currencies.
Okay nice, that means it will be 9,95 bucks, euro’s, pounds like it was with previous events
Hey bud, I’ve changed my plans!
The next event I’m attending is LFL 6 (Levels Fight League) on October 2, before I go to GLORY Collision 4 a week later.
Levels Fight League is an Amsterdam-based Mixed Martial Arts promotion who aims to provide up-and-coming prospects a platform to showcase their skills. In time they aim to become one of the bigger promotions in Europe.
They are new to the MMA game, founded in 2021.
LFL 6 got some nice fights on the card! A mix between upcoming fighters and big, well-known names in combat sports, and also 2 amateur fights on the undercard. Should be fun
This is a previous post of me in another thread regarding the LFL-event, for your information:
Former Glory Kickboxing middleweight champion Jason Wilnis will make his fourth appearance in MMA vs Ahmed Sami at the Dutch MMA-organization Levels Fight League (LFL 6) on October 2nd in Amsterdam.
Jason Wilnis has wins over Israel Adesanya and Alex Pereira in kickboxing.
At the same event, former Glory Kickboxing welterweight champion Murthel Groenhart will make his third appearance in MMA.
Murthel Groenhart has a win over Cédric Doumbé in kickboxing.
Glory Kickboxing lightweight-contender Massaro Glunder and Gino van Steenis (MMA-fighter), younger brother of Bellator middleweight Costello van Steenis, will also fight on this card.
View attachment 944496
PPV, streaming platform (Viaplay) and ticket information:
https://lflmma.com/
