The summer is just starting to heat up and GLORY will look to keep their “Summer of GLORY” campaign rolling with a bang during the dog days in Denver on August 10th. The event, already announced, will now feature a GLORY Light Heavyweight Championship bout between long-reigning champion Artem Vakhitov and former It’s Showtime Light Heavyweight Champion Danyo Ilunga. Ilunga has had his ups and downs in his career, even recently considering retirement, yet he’s stuck with it and is on a two-fight win streak heading into his August clash with Vakhitov. The two last met at GLORY 25 in [read more]
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Photo: Badr Hari is Doing Sprints With a Parachute to Prepare for… Something
Let’s not be coy here, it’s confirmed that Rico Verhoeven will be participating in GLORY 59 Amsterdam, which takes place in the Amsterdam Arena (Johan Cruijff Arena). That’s not a small structure by any stretch of the imagination, in fact, the capacity is listed at 54,000. It’s Showtime ran the Amsterdam Arena a number of times over the years — mostly in conjunction with K-1 — where they always claimed 20,000 in attendance. GLORY has to have something up their sleeves for this show. What would sell tickets at a football (soccer to us yanks) stadium in the Netherlands? Probably [read more]
Check Out GLORY’s ‘Summer of GLORY’ Roadmap For Summer 2018
This summer GLORY has something special in store for the world as they unveiled their “Summer of GLORY” campaign at GLORY 54 Birmingham. The “Summer of GLORY” will consist of five numbered events: GLORY 55 New York, GLORY 56 Denver, GLORY 57 Shenzen, GLORY 58 Chicago and GLORY 59 Amsterdam. The idea behind it is GLORY putting forth their best foot for the summer with their biggest fights. Below GLORY gives some insight as to what is planned for each show, with, of course, the later events still in their skeletal stage right now. Here’s to hoping that GLORY puts [read more]
Rico Verhoeven Remains Untouchable at GLORY 54
It’s usually hyperbole when you talk about a combat sports champion being unrivaled. Yet, in the case of Rico Verhoeven in kickboxing, that’s exactly what he is. GLORY has thrown virtually everyone that there is at Verhoeven throughout his world title reign and there have been very few moments where Rico looked human. At GLORY 54 Rico was tasked with a rematch against Mladen Brestovac, who is known for his deadly left high kick. The two met prior in a match that very much went Rico’s way, but Rico refused to underestimate Brestovac for a second fight. While the odds [read more]
GLORY 54 and GLORY 54 SuperFight Series Live Results
After much anticipation, GLORY has finally returned to the UK with GLORY 54. Follow the action live here on LiverKick as we’ll be updating with live results. The action is live on UFC Fight Pass, followed by 4:30pm eastern live on ESPNews in the US. GLORY 54 Birmingham Heavyweight Headline Bout: Rico Verhoeven (R5 – Decision) Mladen Brestovac – Brestovac lasted all five rounds, but Rico’s hands were on a different level here. He was able to nullify virtually anything and everything that Brestovac did, worked over his legs and kept in tight to prevent the head kick. Welterweight Title Co-Headline [read more]
WATCH: GLORY 54 Birmingham Weigh-Ins: Verhoeven vs. Brestovac
GLORY 54 Birmingham goes down tomorrow, with the GLORY 54 SuperFight Series starting at 2pm eastern/11am pacific on UFC Fight Pass and GLORY 54 airing at 4:30pm eastern/1:30pm pacific live on ESPNews.
GLORY 54 Airing Live on ESPNews This Saturday in United States
Following suit from the last GLORY event, GLORY 54 will be airing live on ESPNews. The event will air live at 4:30pm eastern time on ESPNews, with it originally supposed to be airing on the streaming-only ESPN 3. Make sure to check your local listings for this one because ESPNews might not be included in your cable/satellite package and may require an extra charge or even a more expensive package from your provider. The four-fight card from the UK features Rico Verhoeven vs. Mladen Brestovac for the GLORY Heavyweight Championship as well as Harut Grigorian vs. Alim Nabiyev for the [read more]
June 2018: A month to mix kickboxing and football
Glory kickboxing presents some mouth-watering ties for June including Verhoeven VS. Ben Saddik, Groenhart VS. Grigorian, and van Roosmalen VS. VanNostrand. In the very same month, the 2018 FIFA World Cup roars into life with 32 teams from around the world competing to be crowned the best. For a tournament that comes once every four years, it’s always good if you find time to follow the tournament and perhaps indulge a bit in world cup 2018 betting as you might earn some extra bucks. Besides the money, here are some reasons why you should watch the upcoming World Cup. For [read more]
WATCH: Glory Highlights British Talent Heading Into GLORY 54 Birmingham
On June 2nd GLORY returns to the UK for the first time in, well, quite a while. This video, aptly titled “The British Are Coming” highlights some of the British talent that GLORY will be utilizing on this upcoming show, with some solid insight into how the British scene has been evolving and growing since the last time that GLORY was in town. Really, it’s sort of astonishing that GLORY hasn’t made the UK a regular stop as we’ve seen lots of top-tier talent come out of the UK, as well as promotions like MTGP/KGP, Yokkao has been running very [read more]
GLORY 55 New York Announced, Featuring Van Roosmalen vs. Petchpanomrung, Pereira vs. Belgaroui
GLORY will return to New York City and the Theater at MSG — now the Hulu Theater and MSG — with GLORY 55, featuring two big headlining fights for GLORY world titles. The first of which is the much-anticipated, often-booked, hasn’t-been-delivered-yet Alex Pereira vs. Yousri Belgaroui for Pereira’s GLORY Middleweight Championship. The second bout is GLORY Featherweight Champion Robin van Roosmalen defending against Petchpanomrung Kiatmookao once again. Those two fights will absolutely be worth the price of admission alone, especially after seeing both of Belgaroui’s and Petch’s recent performances, they’re absolutely ready for their respective attempts at the titles. No [read more]