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Mike Tyson’s Countdown to GLORY 19 on February 6th

Mike Tyson joins the GLORY team to interview and preview the heavyweight championship main event of GLORY 19. The fight between GLORY heavyweight champ Rico Verhoeven (44-10-1) and challenger Errol Zimmerman (103-11-1) takes place this Friday, February 6th. The event will air live at 9pm EST on Spike TV, but the fights will be broadcast […]

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Video: Raymond Daniels’ impeccable knockout of Francois Ambang at GLORY 16

There’s a reason why Raymond Daniels has black belts in American kempo and shotokan, as well as a fifth degree black belt in taekwondo. And if he ever needed an excuse to showcase his flamboyant traits in the striking game, he certainly got one in his tussle with Francois Ambang in the preliminary Super Fight Series of the GLORY […]

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GLORY 16 Results/Pictures: De Bonte, Zimmerman win big

There was a lot to absorb after the thrilling spectacle, that was GLORY 16, went down this past weekend at the 1STBANK Center in Denver, Colorado. GLORY’s events have always been known to produce something special and out of the blue, and once again, fans, both in attendance and at home, got their pennies well spent. As […]

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GLORY 15 Results/Pictures: Saki wins title, Spong suffers horrific leg injury

On Saturday night, in GLORY’s return to Istanbul, Turkey for its fifteenth installment, the promotion looked set on crowning a Light Heavyweight champion on the final bout of the SPIKE TV-broadcast line-up. And as predicted by many, kickboxing greats Gokhan Saki and Tyrone Spong ended up facing each other in the tournament final. Unfortunately though, another […]

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GLORY 15 Weigh-In Results/Pictures: Headliners Roosmalen, Grigorian hit marks

All scheduled contests for GLORY’s fifteenth installment are good to go, as planned on Saturday night, with all combatants making weight after the official fighter weigh-ins held today. Yodkhunpon Sitmonchai came in over the limit on his first attempt, but passed on his second. Headliners Robin van Roosmalen and Marat Grigorian hit their marks seamlessly, coming in at 69.5 kg/153.22-lbs […]

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Video: GLORY 15 pre-fight press conference

The traditional pre-fight press conference was held by GLORY this week, prior to its 15th installment which takes place this Saturday. GLORY 15 goes down at the Ülker Sports Arena in Istanbul, Turkey. The main card airs on SPIKE TV at 8/7c following its Super Fight Series preliminary line-up. The main event sees the return of Robin van Roosmalen […]

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Video: GLORY 15 Pre-Fight Interviews

GLORY 15 goes down this weekend, April 12th, at the Ülker Sports Arena in Istanbul, Turkey.  As we build-up to the event, be sure to get acquainted with the fighters on the line-up by watching their pre-fight interviews below. Robin van Roosmalen vs. Marat Grigorian at Lightweight headlines the running order, with Andrei Stoica vs. Danyo Ilunga taking up the […]

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Shoulder injury forces Nieky Holzken out of GLORY 16 title fight

The running order for GLORY 16 was originally set to be highlighted by a Welterweight championship title bout between Nieky Holzken (84-11-0, 44 KOs) and Marc de Bonte (86-11-1, 28 KOs). But on Tuesday evening, officials confirmed that Holzken will no longer be involved in the championship match-up, after a lingering shoulder injury forced the 30-year-old to withdraw from the […]

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Welterweight title fight and Heavyweight tourney make up GLORY 16 line-up

The full fight card is out for GLORY 16 in Denver and as with previous events, there’s a stacked line-up in store for kickboxing fanatics worldwide. GLORY 16 takes place May 3rd at the 1STBANK Arena in Denver, Colorado. This will be the promotion’s first event in Denver following past visits to Oklahoma, California, New York, […]

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Nieky Holzken vs. Marc de Bonte on tap for GLORY 16 in Denver

Kickboxing’s leading promotion, GLORY takes center stage later this year when the organization touches down in Denver, Colorado. A match-up pitting two Welterweights together will see Nieky Holzken defend his 170-lb strap for the first time against Belgium’s Marc de Bonte. Both men were scheduled to meet back at GLORY 13 in Tokyo, Japan for […]

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