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GLORY 21: Artem Levin to Defend Middleweight Title
By FCF Staff
GLORY has announced that the kickboxing promotion’s middleweight champion, Artem Levin, will defend his title May 8th. The bout will be part of GLORY 21, which will be hosted by the Valley View Casino Center in San… Read More
GLORY 19: Joe Schilling to Face Robert Thomas, Aleksandr Stetcurenko in for Murthel Groenhart
By FCF Staff
One of GLORY’s top American kickboxers has been booked for the promotion’s February 6th card, as the company has announced that Joe Schilling will battle Canada’s Robert Thomas at the event.
The middleweight fight will co-headline GLORY… Read More
Report: GLORY’s “Last Man Standing” PPV Numbers Extremely Low
By FCF Staff
Although GLORY’s “Last Man Standing” featured several, high profile fights, and the preliminary card on SPIKE drew solid ratings, according to a report the pay-per-view struggled in sales.
The kickboxing event featured a thrilling eight man, middleweight… Read More
GLORY’s Wayne Barrett Weighs in on Loss to Joe Schilling, Believes “I Would Give Artem Levin a Much Better Fight”
By Kelsey Mowatt
There was no shortage of compelling story lines that emerged from GLORY’s middleweight tourney at “Last Man Standing”, including Artem Levin’s championship winning night, Joe Schilling’s KO of Simon Marcus, and Wayne Barrett’s first pro… Read More
GLORY 17, “Last Man Standing”: Rico Verhoeven, Mirko “Cro Cop”, Joe Valtellini, and Artem Levin Among Winners
By FCF Staff
Here are the results from GLORY 17, “Last Man Standing”, which saw Rico Verhoeven decision Daniel Ghita to win the promotion’s heavyweight title.
The stacked card also saw Joseph Valtellini lay claim to the welterweight title, Artem… Read More
GLORY 17, “Last Man Standing” Weigh-In Results
By FCF Staff
GLORY will hold its latest event in Inglewood, California, Saturday night, and the card will feature a middleweight tourney, a featherweight tourney, a heavyweight title fight, a welterweight title fight, and Mirko “Cro Cop” taking on Jarrell… Read More
GLORY 17’s Wayne Barrett on Middleweight Tourney: “I Plan to be in the Final”, Believes More MMA Fighters Headed to Kickboxing
By Kelsey Mowatt
Wayne Barrett may be regarded as one of kickboxing’s rising middleweights, but the American striker will face a gauntlet of world class talent when he enters GLORY’s middleweight tourney on June 21st.
The 27 year-old… Read More
Wayne Barrett Believes GLORY is Going to be “Mega Huge”, Discusses “Responsibility” of Representing U.S.
By Kelsey Mowatt
After putting together an impressive 19-1 record as an amateur, it hasn’t taken Wayne Barrett long to capture the spotlight of professional kickboxing, and the middleweight says much of that is thanks to GLORY.
The… Read More
GLORY “Last Man Standing” to Feature Daniel Ghita-Rico Verhhoeven, Marc De Bonte-Joe Valtellini
By FCF Staff
GLORY has confirmed that the kickboxing promotion’s June 21st, pay-per-view event will feature two title fights and an eight man, middleweight tourney to determine its champion.
GLORY “Last Man Standing” will be hosted by the Forum… Read More
GLORY “Last Man Standing”: Joe Schilling, Wayne Barrett and Melvin Manhoef Among Confirmed Competitors
PPV Card to Feature 8-Man Tourney
By GLORY (via press release)
New York, NY – GLORY, the world’s premier kickboxing league, today announced its inaugural Pay-Per-View (PPV) event, GLORY: LAST MAN STANDING, to be broadcast live… Read More
Tyrone Spong Versus Remy Bonkjasky Headlines GLORY 5 London
By Glory Sports International (via press release)
LONDON, England (Jan. 11, 2013) – Tickets, priced from £45, for the highly-anticipated GLORY 5 London: Spong vs. Bonjasky star-studded kickboxing event, taking place at Excel Arena on Saturday, March 23, are on… Read More
All New: Full Contact Fighter’s “Striking News”
By Greg Boasberg
Muay Thai in America is back December 1st, 2012 at Raliegh Studios in Playa Del Rey, CA. The event entitled “In Honor of the King of Thailand’s 85th Birthday” will feature 18 of some of the best… Read More
NSAC Green Lights Winner-Take-All For WBC Muay Thai Fight In Las Vegas
By FCF Staff
The Nevada State Athletic Commission (NSAC) has approved winner-take-all terms for a WBC full-rules Muay Thai fight between WBC light heavyweight (175 pounds) champion Joe Schilling (12-1, 10 KO’s) and undefeated contender Simon Marcus (22-0, 17 KO’s)… Read More
UFC Vegas 84 Results: Magomed Ankalaev Takes Out Johnny Walker
By FCF Staff
The first fight between Magomed Ankalaev and Johnny Walker last year didn’t end in with a definitive result. But, that was certainly not the case for their rematch on Saturday.
The light heavyweight contenders battled in the… Read More
UFC Vegas 84 Weigh-in Results: Kape Misses Weight, Bout With Nicolau Off
By FCF Staff
UFC Vegas 84 is taking place on Saturday night, but the card will proceed minus one of its key match-ups.
Flyweight Manel Kape came in several pounds overweight for a scheduled bout with Matheus Nicolau, and ultimately,… Read More
GLORY 33: Hesdy Gerges – Guto Inocente to Co-Headline, FW Tourney Match-Ups Announced
By Press Release
New York, NY – GLORY, the world’s premier kickboxing league, today announced the co-headline bout and one-night, four-man Featherweight Contender Tournament match-ups for GLORY 33 New Jersey, hosted by Sun National Bank Center in… Read More
GLORY 20: Gabriel Varga to Battle Mosab Amrani for Vacant Featherweight Title, Pat Barry to Face Mourad Bouzidi
By GLORY (via press release)
New York, NY – GLORY, the world’s premier kickboxing league, today announced its first international event for 2015, taking the promotion’s non-stop action to the Middle East. In partnership with EMD… Read More
Glory World Series Responds To K-1 Claims, Confirms Completion of “It’s Showtime” Acquisition
By FCF Staff
World championship kickboxing promotion Glory World Series issued a statement yesterday, confirming that the company’s acquisition of former competitor “It’s Showtime” has been completed. The statement, which came from Glory Managing Director Marcus Luer, also addressed a… Read More
GLORY World Series Acquires Stand-Up Fighting Rival ‘It’s Showtime’
By FCF Staff
GLORY SPORTS INTERNATIONAL (GSI), the owner and rights holder of the GLORY World Series championship kickboxing promotion, announced today that it has has agreed to terms with Dutch-based competitor, ‘It’s Showtime,’ led by kickboxing promoter Simon Rutz.… Read More
Rumble In Rahway A Success
Rumble in Rahway a Success
Report by Jim Genia – Photo by Gaby Genia
Wright (standing) vs. Groves
(June 10th, Rahway, New Jersey) The Rahway Rec Center was packed tonight as hundreds of MMA fans… Read More