Jamal Ben Saddik on his comeback within Glory, his fight against Sofian Laïdouni and his trial|OP DE BANK
Remy and Marinho host none other than “The Goliath” Jamal Ben Saddik On the Couch. Jamal talks about his comeback within Glory, possible comeback in The Last Heavyweight Standing Tournament and what the real deal is with his lawsuit.
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Remy,
Could you talk to our friend Badr? He was recently spotted at a festival somewhere in Germany, what's going on with him? It would be nice if you could get him on the couch for an honest conversation, man to man.
Alistair and Tyrone also wanted to lend him a helping hand. Our hopes are pinned on you, Remy.
Because he attended a festival, or am I missing something?
Tyrone needs to help Hari ?
Tyrone can't even finish a game standing upright himself
Don't you guys think it's a shame that because of this whole "Heavyweight tournament" so many fighters from the middleweight and welterweight divisions are no longer featured? Since 2025, every event seems to revolve solely around the heavyweights and featherweights....
Fighters like Semeleer, Overmeer, Bokeme, Hamicha, Hadar, Smaili and so many others barely fight anymore. To me, it looks like Glory will just ignore those divisions in 2025 - except for the champions, who still occasionally pick up a match to complement the LHW cards.
Personally, I would like it better if, like the UFC, they would organize smaller events for about 4000 to 5000 people, with those fighters. Just to keep everyone in competitive rhythm. Because at this rate, a lot of them are still barely fighting.
Indeed. This card again only 2 non-heavyweight parties. A shame for all those fighters.
Although it is starting to look more and more like the old K-1. There you more or less also had only 2 real weight classes.
Glory always has eyes only for HW and LHW.
He mentions Hamicha and Hadar in the list. Well they also barely fought when there were plenty of events. Bokeme is my eyes a gatekeeper for Glory. Smaili fought in May. Overmeer and Semeleer have been quiet for a long time though.
Glory makes strange choices anyway by wanting to push a fighter like Hammouche. And then then he leaves Glory just like Hadar did 1 day before against Desouza.
In addition, they did not draw for the tournament which again is very bad. A half injured Jamal against Levi who surely would have wanted a warm-up as well. And the rest of the matchmaking is just bad.
I think everyone should stop comparing with the K1 era. It's not the K1 era anymore. It's the Glory time. K1 had money, Glory didn't. The world watched K1, NL watches Glory. You can't compare. Different stakes, different rules, different fighters. If you are so heavily against this, don't watch. Because money loss is the only thing Glory understands to make course correction.
Glory is also trying very hard to go international, because in NL they have obviously already peaked. Filling a venue in NL already takes effort and they have to throw almost all fighters on 1 card. They now have to look outside NL to grow. So every time the comment the kickbox fanatic falls flat too. They already have all of those and are not going to reach them.
So if you love or want to love Glory, put your ego and what you want aside because Glory has other plans. You they already have and apparently won't get rid of you anyway.
Perhaps useful to post timeplapse on your videos and give guests a gift with them. (So a t-shirt or hoodie from Warriorcode). What could also be nice is that every episode you send to the best commenter such a t-shirt etc or a supplement.
Bahram vs Sina lijkt me een goede match up die viraal kan gaan. Allebei onsportief 😆
