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GLORY 20: Gabriel Varga Outlines Why he Wanted to Face Mosab Amrani for Featherweight Belt
By Kelsey Mowatt
On April 3rd, not only will Gabriel Varga compete for GLORY’s vacant featherweight championship, but he’ll do so against the man he’s been hoping to battle all along. After Varga won the kickboxing promotion’s contender… Read More
GLORY’s New CEO Outlines 2015 Schedule, Plans for Championship Fights
By FCF Staff
As GLORY prepares for its upcoming, November 7th event in Oklahoma, it is doing so under the guidance of its new CEO, Jon Franklin.
In August, the kickboxing promotion announced Franklin was taking over as CEO, not… Read More
GLORY 15: Gokhan Saki Takes Championship After Tyrone Spong Breaks Leg
By FCF Staff
Tyrone Spong will not be competing in the MMA cage anytime soon, as the decorated striker broke his leg at GLORY 15 last night in Istanbul, Turkey.
The gruesome injury occurred in Spong’s light-heavyweight tournament final with… Read More
GLORY 14: Kiria, Bonjasky and Pereira Discuss Victories
By FCF Staff
GLORY 14 went down in Zagreb, Croatia yesterday, and the event saw Remy Bonjasky defeat Mirko “Cro Cop”, Davit Kiria take home the lightweight belt, and Alex Pereira win the middleweight contender tourney.
Here is some of… Read More
GLORY 15 Istanbul Line-Up Includes Tyrone Spong, Gokhan Saki And Errol Zimmerman
By GLORY (via press release)
New York, NY – GLORY, the world’s premier kickboxing league, today announced the fight card for GLORY 15 ISTANBUL, featuring a one-night, four-man Light Heavyweight World Championship Tournament, to be broadcast on SPIKE… Read More
GLORY 14: Full Card Announced For March 8th Event
By GLORY (via press release)
New York, NY – GLORY, the world’s premier kickboxing league, today announced the fight card for GLORY 14 ZAGREB, featuring a Lightweight World Title fight and one-night, four-man Middleweight Contender Tournament, to be… Read More
GLORY 12 Results: Andy Ristie Takes Lightweight Tourney
By FCF Staff
Here are the results from last night’s GLORY 12 kickboxing card at New York’s Madison Square Garden, which saw Andy Ristie win the night’s lightweight tournament.
The event also saw Wayne Barrett… Read More
GLORY 12 New York Line-Up Announced
By GLORY (via press release)
New York, NY – GLORY, the world’s premier kickboxing league, today announced the full fight card for GLORY 12 NEW YORK, featuring a one-night, four-man Lightweight World Championship Tournament and a headline match-up between two rising… Read More
GLORY 7 Milan: Giorgio Petrosyan Outscores Hafid El Boustati
By GLORY (via press release)
MILAN, Italy (April 20, 2013) –Giorgio “The Doctor” Petrosyan (78-1-1, 35 KOs) of Italy showed the fight world why he is the planet’s No. 1 ranked lightweight (70 kilograms/154 pounds) kickboxer, scoring at… Read More
Fighters on Weight for GLORY 7 Milan, Giorgio Petrosyan Promises to Make Hafid El Boustati “Eat His Words”
By GLORY (via press release)
Milan, Italy (April 19, 2013) – Giorgio Petrosyan (77-1-1, 35 KO’s) and Hafid El Boustati (67-7-3, 19 KO’s) came face to face at today’s official GLORY 7 MILAN weigh-ins, which saw all the fighters make… Read More
‘It’s Showtime’ Promoter Simon Rutz Retires From Kickboxing Business
Courtesy of GLORY
Glory Sports International (GSI), the parent company of the world’s new premiere kickboxing league, GLORY World Series, today announced that Simon Rutz, the founder and former owner of ‘It’s Showtime,’ the world championship kickboxing league that GSI… Read More
GLORY 7 Milan: Giorgio Petrosyan Collides With Hafid El Boustati on April 20
By Glory Sports International (via press release)
SINGAPORE (March 19, 2013) — World No. 1 lightweight (70 kilograms/154 pounds)Giorgio Petrosyan (75-1, 35 KOs) of Italy will headline the GLORY 7 Milankickboxing mega-event against fellow sensation Hafid El Boustati (67-7-3, 18… Read More
GLORY 4: Semmy Schilt Blasts Way to Grand Slam Tourney Win
By FCF Staff
Semmy Schilt continued to pad his decorated resume today in Tokyo, Japan, as the massive Dutch heavyweight won four fights at GLORY 4 to take the promotion’s Grand Slam Tournament. As a result of his multiple wins,… Read More
Weigh In Results: GLORY 4 Tokyo – Heavyweight Grand Slam
Courtesy of GLORY
All 16 of the superstar heavyweights taking part in the highly-anticipated GLORY 4 Tokyo – Heavyweight Grand Slam, one-night, single-elimination kickboxing tournament hit the scales today, one day before the event at Saitama Super Arena, live on… Read More
GLORY CEO Says New Year’s Eve Show Will Launch Glory Kickboxing Into The American Mainstream
Says GLORY is in discussion with Showtime about a future TV deal in The U.S.
“These are the biggest, baddest guys in the world in stand-up fighting.”
By Joshua Molina
Monday’s big New Year’s Eve show from Saitama Super Arena… Read More
Full Contact Fighter’s “The Daily Takedown:” DREAM Glory New Year’s Eve Show a True Mega Event
By Joshua Molina
If you love fighting, suspense and drama, there’s only one place to be on New Year’s Eve.
Watching DREAM 18 and Glory 4 live on Internet Pay Per View, or, for the first time ever, on the… Read More
Full Contact Fighter’s “Striking News:” K-1 Max Hits Greece, But Is Anyone Paying Attention? GLORY Adds Superfights to New Year’s Eve Card and Welcomes American Stars Kevin Ross and Eddie Walker To Its Roster, Badr Hari Has Lost 50 Pounds In Prison?
By Wayne “The Pain” Clark
There’s been little to no buzz about K-1 amongst fight fans and in the media since the new incarnation of the legendary stand-up fight promotion announced that it would be doing business with Spike TV… Read More
Georgio Petrosyan Wins GLORY’s Rome 3 “Final 8” Tourney
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,… Read More
All Fighters on Weight for GLORY 3 Rome “Final 8”
Via Press Release / Glory Sports International
Rome, Italy (Nov. 2, 2012) – All fighters made weight at the first attempt during today’s official weigh-ins for the GLORY 3 Rome ‘Final 8’ championship kickboxing event tomorrow, Saturday, Nov. 3, at… Read More
Frank Shamrock, Muay Thai Legend Ramon Dekkers and Stephen Quadros To Call GLORY ‘Final 8’ Fights Saturday
By FCF Staff
Fight legends Frank Shamrock and Ramon Dekkers will team up with former PRIDE Fighting Championships and Showtime MMA commentator Stephen Quadros to call the GLORY 3 Rome ‘Final 8’ kickboxing event headlined by a one-night, single-elimination 154pound… Read More