A victorious Petrosyan (photo via Ben Pointier / GLORY)

By FCF Staff

Giorgio Petrosyan demonstrated why he was the favorite heading into GLORY’s 70kg, “Final 8” Tournament Saturday in Rome, as the top ranked kickboxer defeated Ky Hollenbeck, Davit Kiria and Robin Van Roosmalen to win the competition.

Petrosyan, who picked up $300,000 for his efforts, now carries a record of 74-1-2 (1 NC).

Here are the results from the GLORY 3 Rome “Final 8” Tournament.

Finals
Giorgio Petrosyan defeated Robin van Roosmalen by Unanimous Decision

Semifinals
Giorgio Petrosyan def. Davit Kiria by Unanimous Decision
Robin van Roosmalen def. SannyDahlbeck via TKO (Ref Stoppage), R3

Superfights
73kg Alka Matewa def. Marco re by Unanimous Decision
70kg Jordan Watson def. Mustapha Haida by Unanimous Decision

Quarterfinals
Sanny Dahlbeck vs. Yoshihiro Sato by TKO (Ref Stoppage), R2
Robin van Roosmalen def. Tim Thomas TKO (Ref Stoppage), R2
Davit Kiria defeated Shemsi Beqiri via Unanimous Decision
Giorgio Petrosyan def. Ky Hollenbeck TKO (Injury), R2

Tournament Reserve Fights 70kg
Alessandro Campagna def. Fabio Pinca by Unanimous Decision
Warren Stevelmans def. Dzhabar Askerov by Unanimous Decision

Preliminary Card:
MMA: Cesario Di Domenico def. Davide Dolce by submission (rear-naked-choke) at 1:08, R1
72.5g Catchweight: Ricardo Lecca def. Giuseppe D’Amuri by KO, R1
70kg: Julian Imeri def. Emannuele Raini via Unanimous Decision
MMA: Ivan Musardo def. Giorgio Belsanti by submission (rear-naked choke) at 3:00, R1

Results via MMA Weekly.com