Ouch! GLORY fighter loses two front teeth at Collision 5

GLORY fight ends after kickboxer’s front teeth are knocked out

Check the video below as, after an innocuous looking exchange, Ulric Bokeme turns away from Michael Boapeah and signals to the referee that something is wrong.

Then, Bokeme takes out his mouth guard and teeth fall to the canvas (don’t worry the production got a nice close up for you).

TKO – FRONT TEETH KNOCKED OUT 😱

Michael Boapeah wins in unique fashion at #COLLISION5 pic.twitter.com/z5WVWFY3K8
— GLORY Kickboxing (@GLORY_WS) June 17, 2023

After the chiclets hit the ground the referee stopped the bout giving Boapeah a TKO at the 2:08 mark of round 1. Bokeme looked frustrated that the fight had been called off. However, he has little grounds for argument given he (understandably) turned away from his opponent after his teeth got busted.

GLORY Collision 5 results

Main card

Interim Heavyweight Title: Kevin Tariq Osaro def. Antonio Plazibat via KO (punches and knees), round 5 (2:08).

The ref went down during the #COLLISION5 main event 😳 pic.twitter.com/04Bo5Iur3O
— GLORY Kickboxing (@GLORY_WS) June 17, 2023

Interim Light Heavyweight Title: Tarik Khbabez via Mohamed Amine by KO (strikes), round 4, (2:02).
Middleweight Title: Donovan Wisse def. Serkan Özçağlayan via unanimous decision (50-45 x 5).
Welterweight Title: EEndy Semeleer def. Jay Overmeer via unanimous decision (49-47, 49-46, 49-46, 50-45, 50-45).
Light Heavyweight: Ibrahim El Bouni def. Felipe Micheletti via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 29-28, 29-28, 29-28).

Light Heavyweight action at #COLLISION5! pic.twitter.com/BWtid44mYY
— GLORY Kickboxing (@GLORY_WS) June 17, 2023

Middleweight: Michael Boapeah def. Ulric Bokeme via TKO (referee stoppage), round 1 (2:08).

TKO – FRONT TEETH KNOCKED OUT 😱

Michael Boapeah wins in unique fashion at #COLLISION5 pic.twitter.com/z5WVWFY3K8
— GLORY Kickboxing (@GLORY_WS) June 17, 2023

Brutal start to the main card.

Ulric Bokeme just got his front row of teeth knocked out against Michael Boapeah. He told his corner he couldn't continue because some went down his throat. #COLLISION5 pic.twitter.com/Kqc4JGY6Ck
— Beyond Kickboxing (@Beyond_Kick) June 17, 2023

Prelim card

Heavyweight: Nabil Khachab def. Vladimir Toktasynov via unanimous decision (30-27 x 5).

Nabil Khachab’s low-kicks are on point tonight! #COLLISION5 pic.twitter.com/XJx1Z5mjwd

— GLORY Kickboxing (@GLORY_WS) June 17, 2023

Middleweight: Diaguely Camara def. Eduard Gafencu via TKO (punches and knees), round 2 (2:24).

Diaguely Camara delivered a NASTY standing TKO in his GLORY debut! #COLLISION5 pic.twitter.com/kIIeJgM215
— GLORY Kickboxing (@GLORY_WS) June 17, 2023

Lightweight: Andrei Kedves def. Mareks Pelcis via unanimous decision (29-28, 30-27, 30-27, 30-27, 30-27).

Luke Rockhold knows Bokeme’s pain

In April former UFC middleweight champion Luke Rockhold decided to give bareknuckle boxing a go. In his debut he was matched up against Mike Perry at BKFC 41.

That contest ended after Rockhold’s teeth were mangled by Perry at the beginning of round 2.

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