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VIDEO | Check out the fastest KO in Glory Kickboxing history
This past weekend’s combat sports schedule produced a number of particularly devastating knockouts. The most notable of those knockouts came on Saturday night, when Deontay Wilder clobbered Luis Ortiz in the seventh-round of their heavyweight boxing rematch. Michael Page also made some noise with another brutal knockout in the Bellator cage. While it didn’t make […]
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EXCLUSIVE | Glory Heavyweight champ Rico Verhoeven eyeing fights with Ngannou and Miocic
Glory kickboxing heavyweight champion Rico Verhoeven has already competed once in mixed martial arts, having authored a first-round TKO of Viktor Bogutzki back in 2015. From the sounds of it, he hopes to compete in MMA again – and at the very highest level. Speaking on the latest stacked episode of BJ Penn Radio, Verhoeven shared […]
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BJPENN.COM Radio Ep. 64 // James Vick | Rico Verhoeven
BJPENN Radio returns tonight at 8PM ET/5PM PT with more of what you crave! 8:15PM ET- We kick things off with “The Texicutioner” James Vick. Arguably a future champion in the UFC’s lightweight division and a very tough matchup for anyone at 155 pounds, Vick has gone 9-1 in the UFC and believes he has […]
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VIDEO | Daniel Cormier talks about the one person he felt had that ‘Oh my goodness’ punching power
There was a lot of back and forth talk with the Conor McGregor and Paulie Malignaggi sparring sessions, especially with their eventual fallout. After their first sparring session, Malignaggi said that McGregor’s punching power was good, but it wasn’t “Oh my god” power that he never felt before. Malignaggi stated that there were only a […]
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VIDEO | Fighters get fight off to early start at GLORY weigh-ins
https://www.facebook.com/GLORYSportsInternationalOfficial/videos/1278311648916866/ GLORY 39 Brussels and the GLORY 39 SuperFight Series is set to take place on Saturday, March 25. The premiere kickboxing league will be making its way back to the Capital of Europe after nearly five years from their sole appearance in Brussels. Those in attendance for the weigh-in on Friday got a little […]
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BREAKING! Badr Hari sentenced to two years in prison
Tuesday afternoon, Kickboxing legend Badr Hari was informed by the Supreme Court of the Netherlands that the court denied his appeal of his 2015 assault, and that he must return to the Netherlands to serve a two-year prison sentence, of which he is expected to serve only six months according to Fightland. Hari served 8 […]
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VIDEO | Rico Verhoeven and Badr Hari have INTENSE weigh-in stare down
We’re now just a day away from a contest that’s being called the biggest fight in kickboxing history. This fight will pit current Glory heavyweight champion Rico Verhoeven against former K-1 heavyweight champion Badr Hari. The two heavyweight stars will take center stage in the main event of Glory: Collision in Oberhausen, Germany on Saturday […]
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VIDEO | ‘UFC Fight Night: Pittsburgh’ open workout highlights
Sunday night in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania, ‘UFC Fight Night: Pittsburgh’ will go down. The event will be headlined by a welterweight scrap between Donald Cerrone and Alex Oliveira. Ahead of the bout, the fighters headed to the local UFC gym for open workouts. Catch the highlights from the event above!
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WATCH NOW! Glory champion nearly finishes Michael Johnson
https://youtu.be/_pHBDE4G6wI This clip may be an older one, but it’s still extremely interesting. Glory Kickboxing welterweight champion Nieky Holzken visited the Blackzilians gym earlier this year to share some knowledge. He taught former UFC champion Vitor Belfort some things, and sparred with UFC lightweight Michael Johnson, nearly finishing Johnson. Check out the clip above!
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Glory 25 to air on ESPN3
Early Thursday morning fans began speculating as to whether Glory Kickboxing had struck a deal with ESPN after Glory 25, which takes place Friday November 6th, appeared on the ‘Watch ESPN’ app’s programming list for Friday evening. We now have confirmation via BloodyElbow that Glory officials announced a partnership with ESPN that will result in […]
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Glory Kickboxing moving to ESPN?
Late last month Glory Kickboxing announced that they had parted ways with Spike TV, and would no longer be airing fights on the network. There was much speculation as to what network would air Glory 25 this Friday, or if the promotion would be forced to show it on their website. News broke Thursday morning […]
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All ‘Bellator: Dynamite’ drug tests come back clean
It’s always a good day when news emerges that drug tests come back clean. All of the fighter’s from ‘Bellator MMA: Dynamite 1,’ which featured MMA bouts as well as Glory kickboxing matches, tested clean according to MMAFighting. The event took place September 19th in San Jose and was headlined by Liam McGeary vs. Tito […]
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Glory CEO issues statement regarding split with Spike TV
It was announced earlier this week that Glory kickboxing would no longer be airing fights on Spike TV. The promotion signed a deal with Spike TV back in June of 2013, and has held 18 events on Spike TV, however not all of them were promoted well. Glory CEO Jon Franklin released a statement through […]
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WATCH! Glory champion Rico Verhoeven makes impressive MMA debut
Glory WS heavyweight champion Rico Verhoeven tried his hand at MMA recently and delivered a surprisingly impressive performance! Surprisingly, Verhoeven stopped his opponent with ground and pound strikes rather than knocking his opponent out on the feet as many would expect. See for yourself in the video above!
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Glory 24 Results
GLORY 24 went down last night and we saw some pretty fun fights. In the heavyweight final Benjamin Adegbuyi def. Jahfarr Wilnis via split decision, while the rest of the main fights were all KO finishes! In the night’s main event we saw Joe Schilling KO Jason Wilnis in the second round, then called out […]
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Special Post To Glory’s New “Big Boobed” Ring Girl… That’s what they’re calling her
Well, GLORY Kickboxing just took an interesting route when marketing their new ring girl. They took to the UG (MMA forum) and put up a thread titled, ‘huge-boobed GLORY ring girl (pic).’ In the post there was in fact a picture of their new ring girl, Alyssa Arce, and here’s what they decided to write underneath […]
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Paul Daley Petitioning For Major Kickboxing Match
Current Bellator MMA welterweight Paul Daley has his eye on gold, but not just MMA gold. The top 170-pound Bellator fighter is at the top of the division and has said before that he wants to win the title before a big rematch with Josh Koscheck takes place. However now he’s added a new goal […]
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Daley Wants Fight With GLORY Champ Nieky Holzken –– ‘I’ll Beat Him In His Own Country’
Bellator MMA welterweight Paul Daley and GLORY kickboxing welterweight champion Nieky Holzken have been linked for a while. Currently, Holzken is waiting for his next challenger, which is supposed to be determined after the GLORY 25 MILAN Welterweight Contender Tournament. However, a fight between himself and Daley was rumored to be set up for the […]
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Major lightweight title fight confirmed for GLORY 25
GLORY announced a major lightweight championship bout for their GLORY 25 event in Milan. Robin “Pokerface” van Roosmalen will be duking it out with GLORY 22 tournament winner Sitthichai Sitsongpeenong. The Dutch title holder is riding a three-fight win streak under the GLORY banner, most recently defeating rival Andy Ristie at GLORY 20 Dubai in […]
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Paul Daley A Two-Sport Champion? –– ‘If They Give Me The Chance I’ll Do It’
Bellator MMA welterweight Paul Daley fought in the GLORY kickboxing ring this past Saturday at ‘Dynamite.’ He took on Fernando Gomez, who put up a tough fight but ultimately lost to Daley via unanimous decision. Daley is already in line for a shot at Bellator’s welterweight title but recently said he’d be more than willing […]
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Bellator Dynamite Results: Saulo Cavalari Earns Majority Decision After War With Mwekassa
In basically the only GLORY kickboxing match that actually featured GLORY kickboxers, Saulo Cavalari took on Zack Mwekassa. Cavalari seemed to be the aggressor, landing some nice kicks to start the fight. The real action started in the second round. Cavalari came out with a bunch go heavy kicks to the body and leg. At […]
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Bellator Dynamite Results: Paul Daley Earns UD Over The Tough Gonzalez
Paul Daley took on Fernando Gonzalez in a GLORY kickboxing match. Daley came out with some hard kicks, to the leg than the body. The round wasn’t too lopsided. Gonzalez held his own, but it most likely went to Daley. His kicks were hard and he seems to be the more active. Daley did his […]
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Bellator Dynamite Results: Serhiy Adamchuck Out-strikes Boynazarov To Grab Unanimous Decision
In the second GLORY kickboxing match we saw lightweights Serhiy Adamchuck and Anvar Boynazarov go to work. There was a big of a feeling out process at the start. Adamchuck landed first, then it was Anvar who landed a heavy body kick. Both of these guys were very technical. It was Anvar who seemed to […]
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Bellator Dynamite Results: Jose Palacios Picks Up The Split Decision Over TJ Arcengal
In the first GLORY kickboxing match of the night we saw Jose Palacios tale on TJ Arcengal. TJ landa a few nice front body kicks early. Both fighters start fast. Jose lands a nice leg kick. These guys really went for it. TJ landed a few teak kicks. Both fighters took turns landing leg kicks. […]
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Artem Levin Hurt, Joe Schilling vs Jason Wilnis Set For Oct. 9
A trilogy bout between Artem Levin and Joe Schilling will have to wait. The Glory middleweight champion, Levin, recently suffered an elbow injury in training that has forced him to pullout of his highly-anticipated fight with “Stitch ’em Up”. Stepping in for Levin against Schilling will be Jason “Psycho” Wilnis (24-5-1). The 24-year-old Wilnis last […]
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Paul Daley vs. Fernando Gonzalez Set For Glory Kickboxing Bout
Bellator’s ground breaking event ‘Dynamite’, which will feature both a GLORY kickboxing ring and a Bellator cage in the same venue, just added another action packed fight. Paul Daley will take on Fernando Gonzalez in a kickboxing match. Both are Bellator Competitors, but will be stepping in the kickboxing ring on Sept. 19 in San […]
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Alistair Overeem Puts GLORY On Blast For Financial Issues
“No. And I will explain why: Because there are no good big promotions. The only big promotion is Glory, and Glory is struggling financially. It’s not what it once used to be with K-1.” “The problem is: there is no heavyweight division”, he says. “It’s only Rico. Because everybody else quit or is retired or […]
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GLORY fighter calls out Paul Daley for “Dynamite”
Bellator and GLORY Kickboxing are joining forces to put together one of the biggest combat sports cards of the year in September. “DYNAMITE” will take place in San Jose, California and will feature a one night, four man light heavyweight tournament as well as a Bellator Light Heavyweight Championship match. Paul Daley will also be […]