He would have had no chance against Andrei Stoica or Cozmanca. He had no legs. But he was American and that was enough. Of Congolese... Nowadays it"s enough to be Frenchie to be in Glory, and especially Dutch!
The only 2 matchmakers are Dutch, and Andurand is French. Did you know Zinedine Hameur-Lain was knocked out by the two Stoicas in R1 and R2?
Or do you know Andrei and Bogdan Stoica knocked Fred Sikking of the Netherlands, ranked #5 in the world in FIRST ROUND? Sikking knocked Michael Duut out.
Like a fly... Both Sikking and Hameur-Lain!
BUT BECAUSE THEY ARE NOT DUTCH, THEY FED THE WOLVES WITH THEM. When Ilunga met Andrei, he was number 1 in the world coming out after the It"s Showtime title. While Wayne Barrett was ranked #2. And honestly the much younger brothers didn"t look worse than them, just unexperienced. In the case of Bogdan, it would have easily gone on decision but got injured (head butt) and risked it.
Dutch heavyweights and light-heavyweights are not better than the Romanians: Ghita, Adegbuyi, Catinas, Morosanu, Andrei Stoica, Bogdan Stoica, Sebastian Cozmanca, etc.
For example Raul Catinas is spectacular but Glory wants bums like Inocente. I am pretty much more convinced Tavares and others have nothing over.
Hemmers and the other one, what do they do? They only promote their gyms. And trust me there also non-Romanian fighters who would deserve to be in Glory. Like El Bouni for example. Fabio Kwasi didn"t get a single fight in Glory.
Snubnoze, your knowledges seem to be odd or just Muay Thai? Because most of the light/heavyweight fighters who are now in the top 10 rankings fought in Romania. Or who were in the past 2-3 years. Adegbuyi, Londt, Brestovac, Kryklia, Zhuravlev, Bugaenko, El Bouni, Kwasi, Belgaroui, Jorge Loren, etc. Just from the current top, not to add also Stoics and others. Verhoeven also had 3 fights in Romania. Bouzidi also fought in Local Kombat but let"s say he was no discovered.
Put Raul Catinas to beat some bums in Glory and he will rise up big the ratings.
Bring youngsters and care about them, not just care about the Dutchies. How many chances got the Wilnis bros, Ben Saddik, even RvR, surely Groenhart, Duut, Ilunga and others? Even the Grigorians, the same.