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ormer World Champion, LOUIS NEGLIA, has done it again-putting together another of the best Kickboxing Shows in the New York area as his Combat at the Capitale returned to the landmark Capitale Event Center in the heart of Chinatown on Friday, 3/22/13.

This EVENT, in addition to featuring his exciting Professional and Amateur Kickboxing, Muay Tai and K-1 Bouts, was the venue for the ROAD TO GLORY 170 pound welterweight division tournament.

The ROAD TO GLORY is the premier Kick Boxing League in Europe and Asia and has now come to the United States looking for our best Kickboxers to compete worldwide in their Superfight Tournament Events.

The entire evening featured great matchmaking, a sellout, standing room only, jammed packed crowd and plenty of action to go around. This is how you put on a Show-action, action and more action.  The media in attendance all agreed that this event was one of the absolute premier kickboxing shows ever.

There were so many highlights, one doesn't know where to begin.

The ROAD TO GLORY Bouts featured lightning fast KO's, killer body shot combo's and crazy slugfests as 8 of the top kickboxers in the nation in the 170 pound division fought in a 1 night elimination tournament until 1 winner was left standing at the end of the night.

In the ROAD TO GLORY Championship Bout, the Main Event and Final Bout of the evening, FRANCOIS AMBANG from Virginia was the upset knockout winner over New York's own and world ranked, Brett Halvichek. The Bout was stopped at 41 seconds of the second round when Francois pinned Bret in the corner and unleashed a barrage of left and right punches resulting in the referee moving in and stopping the fight.

An emotional Francois was presented the winner's purse of $21,000. He was visibly humbled by the win-this being the highest purse he has ever won in his professional career. He will now be moving on to the next round of GLORY Superfight Events in their international tournament. Other purses presented that night were $9,000 for 2nd place to Brett Halvichek and $4,000 each to the 3rd and 4th place finishers.

Lou said that the fighters were truly deserving of the prizes for their ability and the sacrifices that brought them into the Ring that evening.

LOUIS NEGLIA was certainly proud that GLORY selected him to be running these tournaments-to find the best United States kickboxers to move on and compete on their worldwide stage.

The other results that evening were as follows:

Combat at the Capitale/Road to Glory, New York, NY, March 23, 2013

 

BLUE CORNER

M

B

WT

W/In

 

RED CORNER

M

B

WT

W/In

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1

3 x 2

JUSTIN MONTALVO

X

 

160-165

161

 

SHANNON HALSTEAD

X

 

160-165

166

 

K-1

LONGO COMP TEAM

 

 

 

 

 

DAMBAKLY MARTIAL ARTS

 

 

 

 

 

Result

UNA DEC

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2

3 x 2

JESS VONDOLLA

X

 

115-120

117

 

JENNA SERIO

X

 

115-120

117

 

MT

PRIDE MMA

 

 

 

 

 

TSK

L

 

 

 

 

Result

 

 

 

 

 

 

UNA DEC

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3

3 x 2

NAZIM SADYKHOV

X

 

150-155

155

 

MIKE TRIZANO

X

 

150-155

155

 

MT

LIONS MARTIAL ARTS

L

 

 

 

 

TSK

 

 

 

 

 

Result

UNA DEC

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4

3 x 2

JENNIE NEDELL

X

 

130-135

134

 

STEPHANIE BUTALA

X

 

130-135

133

 

LK

LONGO COMP TEAM

L

 

 

 

 

NICK CATONE MMA

 

 

 

 

 

Result

UNA DECPO

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5

3 x 2

BRANDON LUX

X

 

180-185

181

 

ANDREW BALL

X

 

180-185

180

 

K-1

DAMAGE INC.

 

 

 

 

 

NEGLIA COMP TEAM

 

 

 

 

 

Result

 

 

 

 

 

 

TKO 3RD (1:21)

 

 

 

 

WKA NEW YORK STATE CHAMPIONSHIP

6

4 x 2

ALEX MELTS

X

 

155-160

181

 

RAUL GONZALEZ

X

 

155-160

160

 

K-1

LIONS MARTIAL ARTS

L

 

 

 

 

ALPHA OMEGA

 

 

 

 

 

Result

 

 

 

 

 

 

MAJ DEC

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

7

3 x 2

TIGER LILY CHARLES

X

 

135-140

133

 

RACHEL KENDELL

X

 

135-140

135

 

MT

THAI HAG TRAINING CAMP

 

 

 

 

 

TSK

 

 

 

 

 

Result

 

 

 

 

 

 

TKO 3RD (1:36)

 

 

 

 

Road to Glory Reserve Bout

8

3 x 3

CYRUS WASHINGTON

 

 

170

168.8

 

CHRIS CLODFELTER

 

 

170

174

 

Pro K-1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Result

WINNER BY DEFAULT

 

 

 

 

 

WITH DREW

 

 

 

 

Road to Glory Quarter-Final Bout 1

9

3 x 3

ANTHONY NIEVES

 

 

170

170.4

 

MARCUS FISCHER

 

 

170

170.8

 

Pro K-1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Result

 

 

 

 

 

 

UNA DEC

 

 

 

 

Road to Glory Quarter-Final Bout 2

10

3 x 3

JEREMY CARPER

 

 

170

168.6

 

FRANCOIS AMBANG

 

 

170

169.4

 

Pro K-1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Result

 

 

 

 

 

 

TKO 2ND (2:05)

 

 

 

 

Road to Glory Quarter-Final Bout 3

11

3 x 3

RYAN PARKER

 

 

170

166.8

 

BRETT HLAVACEK

 

 

170

170.8

 

Pro K-1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Result

 

 

 

 

 

 

KO 1ST (:41)

 

 

 

 

Road to Glory Quart-Final Bout 4

12

3 x 3

ERIC UTSCH

 

 

170

170

 

TAREK RACHED

 

 

170

171

 

Pro K-1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Result

KO 1ST (:18)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

13

3 x 2

LAURA BYRNES

X

 

128

 

 

ANDREA DEANGELO

X

 

128

 

 

K-1

Dawg House Gym

 

 

 

 

 

NEGLIACOMP TEAM

 

 

 

 

 

Result

 

 

 

 

 

 

KO 1ST (1:21)

 

 

 

 

 

WKA NORTHEAST MUAY THAI CHAMPIONSHIP

14

4 x 2

ERIC BELCHER

X

X

172

 

 

STEPHAN REGMAN

X

 

172

 

 

MT

Southern MMA

 

 

 

 

 

NE CHAMP • TSK

 

 

 

 

 

Result

 

 

 

 

 

 

TKO 2ND (1:59)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Defending Title

 

 

 

 

Road to Glory Semi-Final Bout 1

15

3 x 3

FRANCOIS AMBANG

 

 

 

 

 

MARCUS FISHER

 

 

 

 

 

Pro K-1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Result

MAJ DEC

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Road to Glory Semi-Final Bout 2

16

3 x 3

ERIC ETSCH

 

 

 

 

 

BRETT HLAVACEK

 

 

 

 

 

Pro K-1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Result

 

 

 

 

 

 

UNA DEC

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

17

3 x 3

JOHN BOWMAN

X

X

147

148

 

CHRIS MAUCERI

X

X

147

146

 

Pro MT

LONGO COMP TEAM

 

 

 

 

 

BLACK & BLUE

 

 

 

 

 

Result

 

 

 

 

 

 

UNA DEC

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

18

3 x 3

TROY YANIA

X

X

130-135

136

 

LENOX CHANCE

X

X

130-135

130

 

Pro K-1

PA DAMAGE INC.

 

 

 

 

 

AFC

 

 

 

 

 

Result

 

 

 

 

 

 

TKO 1ST (1:13)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

WKA NEW YORK MUAY THAI CHAMPIONSHIP

19

4 x 2

PIANKHAI ZIMMERMAN

X

 

170-175

171

 

MIKE FISCHETTI

X

 

170-175

173

 

MT

CAPITAL PUNISHMENT

L

 

 

 

 

US CHAMP • TSK

 

 

 

 

 

Result

 

 

 

 

 

 

MAJ

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Defending Title

 

 

 

 

Road to Glory Final Bout

20

3 x 3

BRETT HLAVCEK

 

 

 

 

 

FRANCOIS AMBANG

 

 

 

 

 

Pro K-1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Result

 

 

 

 

 

 

KO 2ND (:53)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

                                                                     

 

Road to Glory, New York, NY, March 23, 2013

8-Man Professional 170lb Tournament

 

Fighter

School/City, State

M

B

L

W/In

1

Anthony Nieves

 

X

X

X

170.4

2

Eric Utsch

 

X

X

X

170

3

Marcos Fisher

 

X

X

X

170.8

4

Brett Hlavacek

 

X

X

X

170.8

5

Francois Ambang

 

X

X

X

169.4

6

Tarek Rached

 

X

X

X

171

7

Jeremy Carper

 

X

X

X

168.6

8

Ryan Parker

 

X

X

X

166.8

R

Chris Clodfelter

 

X

X

X

174

R

Cyrus Washington

 

X

X

X

168.8