The Glory Kickboxing Last Man Standing tournament kicked off on Saturday evening, with the winners taking one step closer to the $1m prize.
Not only did the promotion announce the huge 32-man Last Man Standing tournament, but they also announced that Glory heavyweight champion, Rico Verhoeven, will take on Artem Vakhitov at Glory 100.
The news came after Vakhitov allegedly turned down a contract offer from the UFC after winning on Dana White’s Contender Series last year.
The winner of The Last Man Standing tournament, which kicked off the promotion’s partnership with DAZN on Saturday, will subsequently fight the winner of Verhoeven vs Vakhitov.
Colin George scores bizarre first-round finish during $1m tournament
On Friday, the 32 fighters weighed in for the event, with their weights combining to a whopping 8269lbs, which is the equivalent of 14 grizzly bears or 17 silverback gorillas.
One fighter who added 269lbs to that was 6’9″ giant Colin George. The Suriname native came into the tournament as one of the fighters with an extremely unique backstory.
As well as his career as a kickboxer, the giant is also a bodyguard and tour manager for some big-name celebrities such as Tekashi 6nine and Aaron Eckhart.
Coming into the tournament, George was being highlighted as one of the favorites because of his truly unique build.
The striker from Suriname showcased exactly why he is one of the tournament favorites immediately after scoring a first-round finish over Miroslav Vujovic.
The finish came in somewhat of a bizarre fashion as Vujovic couldn’t beat the count after absorbing a huge left kick from the giant George, which seemed to land on the arm.
“It was a left kick, I saw something in his eyes that showed he didn’t want to fight anymore, so I was thinking am I going to go through this? Am I going to hurt him again, but he stopped,” George told Bloody Elbow immediately after the fight.
Colin George takes one step closer to $1m
With his win, George advances in the tournament and takes one step closer to the $1m prize. Following the fight, George was given his bracket for the tournament.
The Suriname fighter rolled number one, which doesn’t have massive bearings as of yet, as he still doesn’t know who his next fight will be against.
“I don’t look at who I want to fight, I just look at who I’m gonna fight, so later on tonight, I’m gonna know who’s in the bracket of mine because I’m number one, so let’s see what happens,” George continued.