IT´S SHOWTIME Edition 57&58 – Peter Aerts vs. Tyron Spong

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
30.06.2012 SATURDAY
BELGIUM / BELGIEN / BRUSSEL
Peter make his retirement fight in the Benelux.
 
FIGHTER LEGION® meet Peter LUMBERJACK Aerts and Tyrone KING OF THE RING Spong
 
 
PICTURE  PART I  PART II
 
 
EVENTMAKER: MUSIC HALL & BFN GROUP PRESENT IT’S SHOWTIME 57 & 58 Simon Rutz
 
 
FIGHTER LEGION®   is on 
 
 
WARM UP PETER AERTS I

 
WARM UP TYRONE SPONG

 
WARM UP PETER AERTS II

 
WARM UP MOUSID GYM

 
WARM UP ROBIN VAN ROOSMALEN

 
 
PETER AERTS’ final fight in the Low Countries ended in disappointment as the Dutch heavyweight legend suffered a third round stoppage defeat to Tyrone Spong in Brussels.

Aerts received a fitting standing ovation for his ring walk as the main atttraction on IT’S SHOWTIME editions 57 and 58 – sponsored by Music Hall and BFN Group – at Forest National.

But victory escaped him on a night when IT’S SHOWTIME announced the groundbreaking news they have sold their company to Glory as Spong recovered from a slow start to drop him with a right hook which landed high to the side of the head.

Aerts rose at the count of six but referee Joop Ubeda waved the contest off after deciding the Dutch Lumberjack was not in a fit state to fight on.

“I had the feeling I could continue,” said Aerts after the fight. “It was the last round and there was maybe one minute left.

“I think I was ahead on points at the time, and in the second round I caught him and he was dizzy.

“Of course it’s not the result I wanted, but I asked straight after for a rematch and hopefully it can be arranged.”

Aerts outworked a sluggish Spong in the first round despite being on the back foot for most of it, although the second session was a lot more competitive.

Spong stepped on the gas in the third and landed a right to the chin which froze Aerts on the spot, then delivered the decisive blow after backing him to the ropes near a neutral corner.

Andy Souwer won widely on points to end Chris Ngimbi’s reign as the IT’S SHOWTIME 70kg MAX champion, although one judge bizarrely scored the five-round fight a draw.

Ngimbi held his own in the first round but Souwer held all of the aces after that, proving the more active and diverse of the two with boxing combinations, knees and low and high kicks.

“I think maybe one round was even and I took every other round, even though one judge didn’t agree,” Souwer said.

“But I don’t care about that , I won and never got into problems. It’s another title for my two sons.”

In the night’s other title fight, Danyo Ilunga retained the IT’S SHOWTIME 95kg MAX belt on points after an entertaining battle with Belgian Filip Verlinden.

Verlinden staggered the defending champion with a first round knee but Ilunga recovered quickly, setting a high tempo with his hands.

Tall and rangy, Verlinden kept pitching in and the crowd got right into the action as he clipped Ilunga with a high kick and the pair went toe to toe in a rousing finale.

Heavyweights banged it out in three of the most enthralling fights, with Daniel Ghita thrilling the Belgian audience with a two-round annihilation of Bosnia’s brave Dzevad Poturak.

Poturak came to fight but Ghita showed exactly why many kicboxing fans think he is the best big man in the world right now with a ruthless display of body kicking.

The Romanian dropped Poturak twice in the opening round with sickening rib kicks and put him down for the count with another booming shin to the midsection.

Ghita’s former teammate Mourad Bouzidi scored the most dramatic single-shot finish of the night – a gruesome second round broken nose stoppage of Rustemi Kreshnik.

New father Bouzidi had lost to Kreshnik previously but made amends big time as the Albanian switch hitter ducked into a right knee which not only flattened his nose, but spread it in about five different directions as well.

Much-improved Rico Verhoeven showed his narrow points win in Romania over Hesdy Gerges was no fluke as he floored the former IT’S SHOWTIME super heavyweight champion with a first round right hand on the way to a unanimous points victory.

Gerges suffered a suspected broken right hand at the end of the second round and had to use his left exclusively in the third.

The last time Robin van Roosmalen fought at Forest National he left the arena as the Fast and Furious tournament champion after three dynamic performances.

But he was on on the wrong end of an upset on this occasion as late replacement Hafid El Boustati ripped open his left eye with a second round knee, forcing a stoppage on the ringside doctor’s advice.

Armenia’s Marat Grigorian produced one of the evening’s most dynamic performances as he outscored Moroccan prospect Aziz Kallah.

Kallah had to be respected in the first round as he let fly with jumping knees, but Grigorian kept the pace and pressure high as he raced away after that, leaving Kallah marked up under his left eye.

Surinam’s Andy Ristie is one of the best up and coming fighters in the 70kg division and supplied further evidence of his potential with a first round mugging of Samir Djabba.

Ristie wasted no time in dropping bombs from all angles on the Frenchman and the fight was all over in about a minute.

Other main card results: Sonny Dagraed beat Fatih Ozkan, points; Duoli Chen beat Vahap Ozdemir points; Robbie Hageman beat Mandela Antone, points.
Pre-programme results – Cankurtaranoglu Cenk beat Vincent Gloris, points; Kirk Krouba beat Bertran Bertoni, third round retirement; Thomas Vanneste beat Yassine Bouanan, tko 2; Cedric de Keirsmaecker beat Perego Leftero, tko 2; Jahfarr Wilnis beat Sam Tevette, ko 3.
 
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ON the Glory deal, IT’S SHOWTIME CEO Simon Rutz said: “For many years our companies have been fighting each other, having a war of words.

“War, most of the time, is never good. The war stops now. We have sold our company to Glory.

“The reson why is that I strongly believe that Glory is the future. Glory has all of the elements to be number one in the world fighting business.

“Everybody wants to see the best fighters in the world in one team, and now we have it.

“It wasn’t good that we had two competing organisations – 50% of the fighters fighting here, 50% there.

“Now we have the best fighters and the best promoters in the world, and the best audience.

“What was also important was that we found good investors, and now we have that.

“I understand that some people will be wondering what is going on with all of this news.

“But believe me, this is the biggest step in kickboxing history.

“From this moment on, we will see the best fighters fighting each other and not in competition.

“I’m really proud that we can form what I believe will be the best company in world kickboxing history.”

Bas Boon, president of Glory Sports and Golden Glory, added: “We have the best fighters, period. Glory will set a new standard in the kickboxing world.

“I have to especially thank Pierre Andrade, the chairman of investors for making all of this possible.

“Watch out for some spectacular fights in future.”
 
(SOURCE ADAM STEEL VIA BEN PONTIER)
 
 


 
 
GLORY WORLD SERIES ACQUIRES KICKBOXING COMPETITOR IT’S SHOWTIME
 
June 30th 2012 Brussels Belgium
 
During the its showtime Belgium event the great fights were overshadowed by a huge announcement.
In an emotional speech Simon Rutz called the founder of Golden Glory and president of Glory Sports Bas Boon to the ring.
After years of rivalry Simon announced he sold his company it’s showtime to Glory Sports.
Simon will work together to build Glory sports into the nbr 1 kickboxing brand in the world and said that
this move is the best for the competition in kickboxing in the history of the sport.
 
 
NEWS ON GLORY WORLD SERIES
 
 
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       RESULT OF COMPLETT MATCHMAKING
 
1. Cankurtaranoglu Cenk  WIN by POINT  vs.  Vincent Gloris
       -73KG / B-class / K1 / 3×3 minutes
 
2. Bertrand Bertoni  vs.  Kirk Krouba  WIN by GIVE UP
       Heavy Weight / B-class / K1 / 3×3 minutes
 
3. Yassine Bousanan  vs.  Thomas Vanneste  WIN by TKO 2. ROUND
       Heavy Weight / B-class / K1 / 3×3 minutes
 
4. Nordin Benmoh  WIN by POINT  vs.  Perego Leftero
       -75KG / A-class / K1 / 3×3 minutes
 
5. Jahfarr Wilnis  WIN by KO 3. ROUND  vs.  Sem Tevette
       Heavy Weight / A-class / K1 / 3×3 minutes
 
       Matchmaking It´s Showtime Edition 57 start at 6 p.m.
 
1. Vahap Özdemir  vs.  Duoli Chen  WIN by POINT
       -77K / K1 / 3×3 minutes
 
2. Mandela Antone  vs.  Robbie Hageman  WIN by POINT
       -70KG / K1 / 3×3 minutes
 
3. Aziz Kallah  vs.  Marat Grigorian  WIN by POINT
       -73KG / K1 / 3×3 minutes
 
4. Rico Verhoeven  WIN by POINT  vs.   Hesdy Gerges FIGHTERHEART
       Heavy Weight / K1 / 3×3 minutes
 
5. Mourad Bouzidi  WIN by POINT   vs.  Rustemi Kreshnik
       Heavy Weight / K1 / 3×3 minutes
 
       IT´S SHOWTIME WORLD TITEL
6. Andy Souwer SOUWER POWER  WIN by POINT  vs.   Chris Ngimbi THE AFRICAN WARRIOR
       -70KG / K1 / 5×3 minutes
 
       Matchmaking It´s Showtime Edition 58 start at 9 p.m.
1. Samir Djabba  vs.  Andy Ristie THE MACHINE  WIN by KO
       -70KG / K1 / 3×3 minutes
 
2. Fatih Ozkan  vs.  Sonny Dagraed  WIN by POINT
       -73KG / K1 / 3×3 minutes
 
       IT´S SHOWTIME WORLD TITEL
3. Filip Verlinden  vs.  Danyo Ilunga DIBUBA  WIN by POINT
          -95KG / K1 / 5×3 minutes
 
4. Hafid El BoustatiTHE ROCKE  WIN by MEDICAL STOP CUT  vs.  Robin van Roosmalen POKERFACE
          -70KG / K1 / 3×3 minutes
 
5. Dzevad Poturak  vs.  Daniel Ghita THE SAVAGE SAMURAI  WIN by KO 2. ROUND LIVER
       Heavy Weight / K1 / 3×3 minutes
 
         Retirement fight in Benelux from Peter Aerts
6. Tyron Spong KING OF THE RING  WIN by TKO 3. ROUND  vs.  Peter Aerts DUTCH LUMBERJACK
          Heavy Weight / K1 / 3×3 minutes
 
 
       Quiz Summary
Number of questions: 3
Number of submissions: 171
Average Points: 2.64
Average Score: 88.11%
 
       Winner
1. Vladimir Ionesco (Italy)
2. André Steffen (Germany)
3. Conny Segers (Belgium)
4. Richard Konu (The Netherlands)
5. Talha Tunc (Germany)
 
 

 
 
Trailer IT´S SHOWTIME EDITION 57&58
 

 
 
The number 1 heavyweight in the world will fight on June 30 in Brussels, Belgium! Also on the fight card: Peter Aerts vs Tyrone Spong, world title fight 70kg between Andy Souwer and champ Chris Ngimbi, world title fight 95kg max between Filip Verlinden and champ Danyo Ilunga and many many more.
 
 
       PRESS RELEASE 20.06.2012
 
In comparison to the fight card we have previously announced for our upcoming event ‚Music Hall & BFN Group present IT’S SHOWTIME 57 & 58‘ on June 30 in Brussels, Belgium, some changes have been made. Most of the dropouts were due to injuries or because fighters didn’t get medical clearance as a result of knockout losses in the past weeks.
 
Jerome Le Banner won’t fight against Rustemi Kreshnik, despite the fact that there was an agreement for this fight, even by Jerome Le Banner himself. However, we have enough of the antics of Team Le Banner and we wish him and his seconds all the best. Rustemi Kreshnik will now face Mourad Bouzidi. Bouzidi defeated Kreshnik by medical intervention in 2010, so Kreshnik gets the change to avenge his loss, with the support of his home crowd.
 
The current number 1 heavyweight in the world, Daniel Ghita, will square off with Dzevad Poturak in Brussels. These fighters have gone to war twice and this rubber match will decide who scores the 2-1 in his favor. Anyone who has seen their two previous fights knows that these were real slugfests.
 
Hafid El Boustati will replace Harut Grigorian. Grigorian didn’t get clearance to fight after his knockout loss in Madrid, May 28. El Boustati is in amazing shape and Robin van Roosmalen will have to bring his A-game to score a victory.
 
There will be 2 IT’S SHOWTIME world title fights on the June 30 card. Filip Verlinden will try to dethrone Danyo Ilunga in the world title fight for the 95kg max belt. Chris Ngimbi will defend his world title in the 70kg max weight division against Andy Souwer.
 
Peter Aerts has been focusing on his fight against Tyrone Spong for the past months. This fight already promises to be a historical fight between the old and the new generation. Despite that this will be the last fight of Peter Aerts in the Benelux, Tyrone Spong will try anything that’s necessary to spoil Aerts’ party.
 
PRESS RELEASE (25.04.2012)
 
Peter Aerts: „I will come to Brussels to knock Spong out“. Nobody missed the fact that Music Hall & BFN Group present IT’S SHOWTIME 57 & 58 will take place on June 30 in Forest National. None other than the living legend PETER „LUMBERJACK“ AERTS will fight his last match for the Benelux fans. Aerts really didn’t want an easy fight for this retirement as he chose TYRONE SPONG.
 
We visited Aerts in his new K1-Aerts-Dojo and asked him about his upcoming fight with TYRONE Spong. Click here to watch the entire interview. Don’t forget to subscribe to our new YouTube channel and make sure you don’t miss a thing!
 
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