Bill Goldberg had his hands full at the official GLORY 21 SAN DIEGO weigh-ins.
The newcomer to the GLORY team is working his first event this week and had his hands full straight away. He had to jump out of his front-row seat to separate heavyweight tournament participants ‘Chopper’ Chi Lewis-Parry and Xavier Vigney as a nose-to-nose staredown turned into a shoving match.
Demoreo Dennis, who faces ‘Chopper’ in the semi-finals, then jumped into the middle of it all and started dancing. The room erupted into laughter but there were no smiles from Vigney and ‘Chopper’; they stayed locked into a black scowl until their teams were able to lead them away and restore calm.
Main event fighters Artem ‘The Lion’ Levin and Simon ‘Bad Bwoy’ Marcus have history but their face-off was ice cold compared to what preceded it.
Levin is the GLORY World Middleweight Champion but has a 2013 loss to Marcus under Muay Thai rules which he wants to avenge on Friday night. He and Marcus made weight for their five-round contest with no issues.
Co-main event fighters Raymond ‘Real Deal’ Daniels and the Bellator MMA veteran Justin Baesman were also on weight for their welterweight showdown. Daniels is looking to get back on the title trail after coming second in the recent Welterweight Contender Tournament and Baesman wants his Bellator debut to go with a bang.
GLORY 21 SAN DIEGO
Artem Levin (185.8lbs/84.3kgs) vs. Simon Marcus (184.6lbs/83.7kgs)
Middleweight Championship Fight
Raymond Daniels (169.4lbs/76.8kgs) vs. Justin Baesman (169.4lbs/76.8kgs)
Co-Main Event, Welterweight
Xavier Vigney (252.8lbs/114.7kgs) vs. Maurice Jackson (273.4lbs/124.0kgs)
Heavyweight Qualification Tournament Bout
Chi Lewis-Parry (248.6lbs/112.8kgs) vs. Demoreo Dennis (248.4lbs/112.7kgs)
Heavyweight Qualification Tournament Bout
Devin Goodale (183lbs/83.0kgs) vs. Kyle Stewart (185.4lbs/84.1kgs)
Military Exhibition Bout, Middleweight
SUPERFIGHT SERIES 21
Omari Boyd (171lbs/77.6kgs) vs. Chris Carradus (169.6lbs/76.9kgs)
Welterweight Bout
Andre Walker (204lbs/92.5kgs) vs. Manny Mancha (205lbs/93.0kgs)
Light-Heavyweight Bout
Ashley Epps (249.6lbs/113.2kgs) vs. Maurice Green (241.2lbs/109.4kgs)
Heavyweight Bout
Giga Chikadze (159.2lbs/72.2kgs) vs. Ken Tran (159.4lbs/72.3kgs)
Catchweight Bout
Mike Lemaire (187.0lbs/85.0kgs)** vs. Casey Greene (186.2lbs/ 84.5kgs)
Middleweight Bout
(** Lemaire made weight on the second attempt after being 0.4 over the limit on first weighing)
GLORY 21 SAN DIEGO takes place this Friday, May 8 at the Valley View Casino Center in San Diego, California and features Artem ‘The Lion’ Levin defending his World Middleweight Championship against Simon ‘Bad Bwoy’ Marcus in the main event.
Raymond ‘Real Deal’ Daniel features in the co-main as he takes on Bellator veteran Justin Baesman and the card is rounded out by a four-man Heavyweight Contender Tournament, with the winner moving forward to the next Heavyweight Contender Tournament and potentially earning a title shot.
The event airs in the US on Spike TV at 11pm ET, 10pm CT and is preceded by the Superfight Series 21 card, which airs via online pay-per-view priced at $9.99
