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Mo Abdurahman on Bailey Sugden Beef and GLORY Kickboxing “Politics”

Mo Abdurahman opened-up on his beef with fellow Brit and GLORY Kickboxing featherweight, Bailey Sugden and the kickboxing “politics” that he alleges is: hindering his progress within the GLORY featherweight division; and how Bailey Sugden’s Dad and kickboxing coach, Dean Sugden, has a role to play in all of this including, how Bailey Sugden is benefitting from more favourable match-ups than Mo Abdurahman and much more.

Both fighters were finalists in the UK Road to Glory 8-man tournament, securing their initial two-fight GLORY contracts. Mo Abdurahman would beat Bailey Sugden when they clashed in that same final and the beef between both fighters has escalated ever since.

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This clip is taken from a recent episode of, The K1ANOOP Show which, is a podcast about all things happening in Kickboxing and MMA; and provides an interesting perspective on niche combat sports from a UK perspective and much more.

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Mo Abdurahman Interview | The K1ANOOP Show

Mo Abdurahman is a 22 year old GLORY Kickboxing featherweight and British Muay Thai prodigy who, made his GLORY debut in 2017 against, former interim champion, Kevin VanNostrand but as we find out in this interview on, The K1ANOOP Show, Mo Abdurahman has had a rollercoaster of a journey since then including:

  • Going viral for the wrong reasons on his GLORY debut;
  • Overcoming the emotional and mental hurdles of such a devastating setback;
  • Feels he’s being unfairly treated by GLORY due to kickboxing “politics” compared to arch-rival and fellow GLORY featherweight, Bailey Sugden;
  • Wanting to fight Nathan Bendon for the UK number one (63.5kg) Muay Thai ranking;
  • His escalating beef with both, Bailey Sugden and his Dad, Dean Sugden;
  • Why exactly his much anticipated fight with Natty Dodds didn’t happen earlier this year;
  • Being on the verge of signing for EM Legend and fighting more in China;
  • Which three kickboxing fights he wants most in the GLORY featherweight division;
  • His thoughts on the Brits fighting on GLORY 54 Birmingham, headlined by, Rico Verhoeven vs Mladen Vrestovac;
  • And, much more in this K1ANOOP interview

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Skordilis

Road to Glory UK 3 announces Giannis Skordilis in 8-man tournament and more updates

Road to Glory UK 3 promoter, Dean Sugden, announced today that Giannis Skordilis is officially in the 70kg 8-man tournament on October 7, 2017 at, the Grantham Meres Leisure Centre. “Greekboy” is the fourth contestant to be announced in the tournament which, also features: Alex Bublea, Vinny Church and William Goldie-Galloway.

Interestingly, Bublea and Skordilis have previous with one another, having clashed twice before. Both fighters are currently tied at one victory each against each other and a potential trilogy between the two could now happen in the coming months, depending on how both are drawn for the quarter-finals.

The overall match-ups for the quarter-finals are yet to be confirmed and another, Road to Glory UK 3 announcement is expected in due course including, further details as to who, the remaining four contestants are. Both the winner and runner-up of the Road to Glory UK tournament, will secure themselves with a two-fight contract with GLORY Kickboxing.

Previously, Mo Abdurahman defeated Bailey Sugden in the final of, the Road to Glory UK 2 tournament and since then both have made their GLORY debuts at GLORY 43 New York; and Adrian Maxim was also rewarded with a GLORY contract by, GLORY’s Managing Sports Director, Cor Hemmers, after losing a very close (and controversial) decision to Sugden in the semi-finals.

However, any lingering doubts over Sugden’s credentials were put to bed in emphatic fashion with an ‘excellent performance’ against, Arthur Sorsor at GLORY 43 SuperFight Series, winning via unanimous decision.

Unfortunately, Abdurahman would lose his GLORY debut in a 4-man tournament against (the eventual tournament winner), Kevin Vannostrand by round one KO in a lively but short-lived affair. Whilst Maxim is expected to feature on a main card GLORY event in the near future.

Nevertheless, Bailey Sugden is expected to feature on the Road to Glory UK 3 fight card and an opponent for the GLORY featherweight will no doubt be announced soon enough too.

K1ANOOP will report again once the fight card has been updated.