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GLORY Presents: Greatest Hits

Volume I of the greatest hits in GLORY - this is what kickboxing is all about! 100% high-octane, stand-up Martial Arts.

Next Card Up Fri, NOV.07, LIVE on Spike 9/8 C.

GLORY 18 MAIN EVENT TRAILER - Davit Kiria vs. Robin Van Roosmalen

Published on Oct 16, 2014
Headlining GLORY 18: RETURN TO GLORY is the Lightweight World Title clash between reigning GLORY Lightweight Champion Davit Kiria (22-9-0, 7 KOs) and #2 ranked challenger Robin van Roosmalen (32-6-0, 19 KOs) in the third fight of a trilogy that began in 2011. Van Roosmalen won each of the previous two encounters, with his latest victory coming nearly one year ago at GLORY 12: New York in November of 2013.

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hnnnggggg
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[scooterbrah]

WtH, why isn't the image code working??????

remove the "s" from https





love GLORY. Prefer kickboxing over MMA most of the time, especially when boring humpers like davis, fitch, okami, and shields are "fighting". Its no Prime K-1 but it does the job. they done goofd by doing a PPV(6000 buys lol) and then not doing a show for the next 6 months. stick to basic cable and grow your sport imo.

[Nosje]

too bad glory is lacking seriously lately but still count me in.

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The Glory 18 title fight featuring Davit Kiria was preceded by a one sided battle when he took on former champ Andy Ristie. Andy Ristie entered the Lightweight Championship match at GLORY 14 as the heavy favorite, and he landed equally heavy damage on Davit Kiria for 5 rounds - but Kiria shook off the hurt, dug deep, proving how much heart he really has. After an even opening round where no fighter gained a strong advantage, Ristie floored the Georgian fighter with a knee as he ducked a punch in the second frame. Ristie came after him when the fight resumed, but Kiria managed to get his bearings and press on throughout the fight.

Kiria failed several times to utilize his very unorthodox kicking game that stems from his Ashikara Karate background, missing badly on several spinning back kicks that saw him jumping in mid air, missing and falling on the mat.

During an exchange, Kiria connected with a huge punch that sent Ristie flailing, with ropes saving him from being knocked down, so the referee stepped in to give a standing eight count. As soon as the action continued, Kiria went in for the kill and dropped Ristie clean to the floor this time. After receiving yet another standing eight count, Ristie was given the green light to continue and Kiria delivered the fatal blow. This time it was a devastating left hook that sent Ristie bouncing off the ropes, onto the mat unconscious at the 2:22 mark of the fifth round. Davit becomes the very first GLORY Lightweight Champion, and he plans on holding on to his belt for a long time!

The comeback of the century !!

GLORY 14 Zagreb - Lightweight Title Fight, Davit Kiria vs. Andy Ristie (Full Video)

[Jfern689]

Haven't watched Glory since Joe Shilling won that tournament early this year.

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GLORY Presents: Top 20 Knockouts
Get warmed up for GLORY 18 on November 7th with the GLORY Top 20 Knockouts of all time.

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GLORY RING GIRLS:

Alyssa Arce


Clark Gilmer


Tia Shipman

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GLORY RING GIRLS:


Clark Gilmer

she just got married to KenFlo like 2 weeks ago.

some nudes on google if anyone cares about that sort of thing

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in other amazing news:

Stephen Quadros @StephenQuadros · Oct 31

I will be commentating on GLORY 18 on #SpikeTV w @mauroranallo on Friday 11/7. Check your local… http://instagram.com/p/u1H5PjEyL-/
http://twitter.com/StephenQuadros/st...80219551952897


thank god its not ron kruck doing pbp. that dude blows. and luckily quadros is versatile enough he can do color or pbp

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GLORY Superfight Series cards are where fighters compete to earn the points which will push them up the rankings, new talent looks to make its mark and new contenders begin to emerge. They are usually a mix of established names and debuting or newer fighters who are looking to make their names,

The Superfight Series card taking place in Oklahoma on Friday November 7 is no different. At one end it has a heavyweight contender fight, at the other it has the debut of two fighters who have dominated the American amateur circuit and are now looking to step up onto the sport’s biggest platform.

In this latest installment of the regular Matchmaker’s Notes feature we take a look at the thought process behind the matches on the Superfight Series card. In the second part of the Matchmaker’s Notes for GLORY 18, we will look at the thinking behind the matches on the main card, which airs in the US on Spike TV.

Hesdy Gerges (44-13-1) (Egypt) vs. Benjamin Adegbuyi (17-2-0) (Romania)

Heavyweight (+231lbs/105kg)

This is an important fight. Errol Zimmerman won the recent Heavyweight Contender Tournament and will be the next guy to challenge Rico Verhoeven for the world title. Whoever wins that fight will probably then face the winner of this fight, so this is something of a contender-elimination bout.

Adegbuyi is a guy who has been marked out as a possible contender by pretty much everyone who has been watching him. He has had good performances in GLORY with two stoppage victories but those fights have been in the middle and lower tiers of the rankings. He’s not faced the hardest opposition yet.

Gerges has fought some of the top guys in the sport and he is more experienced at this level. He hasn’t always had the results he wanted but he seems to be in a good position right now as far as his training camp is concerned. He moved from Chakuriki to Vos Gym when Thom Harinck retired and he says it has been a benefit to his game.

Gerges is fully skilled. He has punches, kicks and knees plus a tremendous physical condition. He can go hard for all three rounds if he needs to. He is a very tough test for Adegbuyi and if Adegbuyi wins then he will enter the Top 5 of the rankings. Gerges is on a three-fight win streak so if he wins against Adegbuyi and extends that win streak to four consecutive fights, it places him firmly in the contender conversation.

Josh Jauncey (20-4-0) (Canada) vs Noh Jae Gil (30-12-0) (South Korea)

Lightweight (155lbs/70kg)

South Korea has produced some great fighters over the years. Their guys are always very tough and will never ever give up. Noh is experienced, he has had many more fights at the top level than Jauncey has. He has won national titles in Korea and was the K-1 Asia Max 2008 Finalist.

He’s got power in his punches and he throws good boxing combinations. If I was going to highlight any weakness I see in him, it would be that he doesn't defend low kicks well. I don’t know if that is a hole in his game or if he doesn’t take low kicks seriously. It may be that he has been fighting guys who aren't hard kickers, but that won’t be the case in GLORY.

Jauncey debuted for us in Denver earlier this year against the veteran Warren Stevelmans and we were impressed with his performance. He faced a much more experienced opponent and he really brought the fight to him. Jauncey has been trained by his father from a young age and since his teens he has regularly traveled to Amsterdam for training.

He used to train at Meijiro Gym in Amsterdam a lot and it was there he formed a relationship with Andy Souwer which led to him being drafted onto Team Souwer. The UFC featherweight champion Jose Aldo also trains with those guys, so Jauncey benefits from being surrounded by people who have fought on the biggest stage.

Jauncey did get knocked down by Stevelmans early in their fight but that was possibly loss of concentration due to a combination of nerves and excitement. He’s more well-rounded than Noh but he can’t afford to let Noh let go with clean boxing combinations.

Randy Blake (34-4-0) (USA) vs. Warren Thomson (9-3-1) (USA)

Light-Heavyweight (209lbs/95kg)

Blake is the hometown fighter, he is from Oklahoma so no doubt he will have the crowd support. He comes from a karate background originally. I think people underestimate his boxing though. He has really good punching power, especially in his straight-right.

Thompson made his debut at GLORY 12 NEW YORK in November last year with a fight against Brian Collette. He lost by head-kick KO but that doesn't mean he isn't skilled. In fact he is both skilled and confident. He comes from the Muay Thai team which retired UFC middleweight Brian Stann did his training with and he’s also lately been working with guys from Meijiro Gym in Amsterdam.

Some people may remember him also from season eleven of The Ultimate Fighter reality show. He’s fought at a high level in MMA and in Muay Thai, including fights in Thailand and elsewhere around the world. He has a lot of good experience.

Blake is on a two-fight losing streak; his confidence needs to be high for this fight though. Thompson is also coming off a loss and so now he has the chance to prove that he belongs at this level. I think that the loser of this fight probably leaves GLORY and goes back to the regional circuit to gain more experience before getting another call-up.

Robert Thomas (Canada) (6-1-0) vs. Mike Lemaire (USA) (13-1-0)

Middleweight (187lbs/85kg)

Middleweight champion Artem Levin was owed a fight on his contract prior to taking part in the LAST MAN STANDING tournament in June. All the top middleweights were booked and the only fighter who was available and interesting was Robert Thomas. He had been doing big things in Canada so we were going to give him a fight anyway, we just hadn’t planned on it being against the world #1.

Thomas jumped at the chance though and he surprised everyone with his performance. He wasn’t afraid of Levin or overcome with nerves or anything. He lost a decision but he showed that he has got nice Muay Thai skills and at just 21 years old he is definitely an interesting fighter for the future. He’s already faced the division’s top fighter so this time he has an opponent from his own position in the rankings.

Lemaire has fought for GLORY several times and is one spot below Thomas in the ranks. He was born in France but raised in the USA and that is who he represents when he fights, so we have a US vs. Canada match here. Lemaire lost to Warren Barrett at GLORY 9 but looked good in his decision win over Dustin Jacoby at GLORY 17.

Both of these guys come from Muay Thai and they are having to learn that you need to start a lot quicker in GLORY kickboxing than you do in their other sport. This fight should be interesting, they both have some tricks. Thomas is younger but more decorated - he was the 2013 Thai-Boxing Association of America champion.

Ian Alexander (12-6-0) (USA) vs. Omari Boyd (31-3-0) (USA)

Welterweight (170lbs/77kg)

On each GLORY card now we are going to try and start the night with a match between two guys who have been successful on the amateur circuit, are about to turn professional and who we think have good potential for the future. Kickboxing is not as established as MMA in America right now so guys have less opportunity to get the kind of experience that fighters can get in Europe. So we are going to use this opening slot to try and bridge the gap a little.

These are two of the higher-level amateurs on the US circuit and we think they have a future as professionals. They have won numerous amateur titles between them and Alexander has already fought on the local undercard to our show in Chicago last year. He won a decision with a mix of power and intelligent strategy.

Boyd has been on fire, fighting all over the USA and basically running out of opponents. Last year he went to Italy as part of a team coached by Eric Haycraft, one of our talent scouts in the US, and he took the gold medal in his weight bracket. He is a very aggressive, forward-pressure kind of guy and we like to see that in GLORY. This match will put Alexander’s technical ability up against Boyd’s aggression.

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I wish they'd stop taking such extended breaks between events.

The ratings were growing after each event for a while then would die down everytime they take a 3-5 month break


Can't wait for Friday. Still the best fights on TV. Way more exciting then Boxing or MMA.

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I wish they'd stop taking such extended breaks between events.

The ratings were growing after each event for a while then would die down everytime they take a 3-5 month break


Can't wait for Friday. Still the best fights on TV. Way more exciting then Boxing or MMA.

i cant wait either. its unfortunate there is a UFC on at the same time but it has to help that the UFC is on fight pass and not FS1.

i def agree that the long breaks hurt. if they could do 1 a month I would be happy.


the PPV bombing had to have hurt them big time and they likely had to regroup and restructure. I have no idea what their expectations were as far as PPV buys were concerned but 6,000 was not good for them. But thats good for us fans as it likely means they wont try it again. moving to a PPV model in 2014 is going in the wrong direction as far as i am concerned.

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i cant wait either. its unfortunate there is a UFC on at the same time but it has to help that the UFC is on fight pass and not FS1.

i def agree that the long breaks hurt. if they could do 1 a month I would be happy.


the PPV bombing had to have hurt them big time and they likely had to regroup and restructure. I have no idea what their expectations were as far as PPV buys were concerned but 6,000 was not good for them. But thats good for us fans as it likely means they wont try it again. moving to a PPV model in 2014 is going in the wrong direction as far as i am concerned.

They really jumped the gun on a PPV thing. They need to have steady events for at least like 2/3rds of a year like Bellator does on SPIKE to grow a following. They have spectacular fights and to the non-fight-fan eye are very fun to watch and over a year or two they could grow viewership big time.

They just need to stop having these long breaks of 3-4 months.


MMA and boxing both can grow quite boring in their own ways to the casual person in the USA, at least.

Glory is different and the fights are wild at times and that makes it quite exciting to a person who didn't see it coming. I've had a bunch of people over and threw it on the TV's and my friends were like damn this **** is crazy.

[Nosje]

this upcoming card is one of the baddest cards in a while.

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Anyone without Spike Tv can watch Glory 18: RETURN TO GLORY@

http://www.liverkick.com/index.php/i...e-on-liverkick

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GLORY RANKINGS: HOW DO THEY WORK?
Published on Nov 5, 2014

GLORY’s ranking system is modeled on the one used in international tennis. It provides a clear picture of where fighters are up to in their individual campaigns as they work towards achieving contender status and the ultimate goal of a world title shot.

When you look at the rankings, what you are seeing is essentially a league table of contenders. The champion in each weight class is not ranked - he sits above and outside the rankings in exclusive isolation, awaiting his next challenger.

The 1#-ranked fighter is therefore the top contender and clearly in line for a title shot. But the fighters ranked from #2 to #4 are also in a position to be given a direct shot at the champion, especially where the #1-ranked fighter has recently failed to take the belt from the champion or is sidelined with an injury.

When creating the ranking system, GLORY was careful to ensure that it would not be possible for an inactive fighter to occupy a top ranking spot for years on end based on past achievements. To that end, points have a set lifetime, after which they will expire.

Ranking points lose one third of their value twelve months after they were first earned in a fight. That same amount will be deducted twelve months later and then twelve months later again. This means that in three years, the entire value of the points will be expired.

So if Fighter A was awarded 300 points for a win on New Year’s Eve 2012, on New Year’s Eve 2013 those points will be worth 200. A year later, 100 and a year after that they will have expired entirely and be removed from his account.

Active fighters will hardly notice this process because they will constantly be acquiring new points as they fight several times a year.

But for inactive fighters, the steady expiry will see them drop down the rankings and eventually out of the lists. This keeps the rankings current with what is happening in the GLORY ring.

How are ranking points calculated?

There are several formula, which determine how many points a fighter gets for a bout. If the fight is a tournament bout there are extra points for tournament participation, to reflect the increased difficulty of the endeavor, while superfight or other non-tournament bouts are awarded standard points only,

Where a higher-ranked fighter beats a lower-ranked opponent by decision, he is awarded points equivalent in value to 25% of his opponent’s total ranking points. If he wins by KO, he gets 35%. The lower-ranked fighter suffers no penalty for the loss but earns no points either. His score for the bout is zero.

If a higher-ranked fighter loses to a lower-ranked fighter, the lower-ranked fighter gets the same deal: 25% of the higher-ranked fighter’s points for a decision win, 35% for a KO. But this time there is also a penalty for the higher-ranked fighter: his points are deducted by an amount equivalent to 25% of the difference in points between himself and the lower ranked fighter.

These rules are also applied to fights taking place in the four-man Contender tournaments. But because participation in a tournament is a more fraught affair, some extra allowances are made. A fighter who loses in the semi-final stage is awarded ten points just for participation.

The fighter who loses in the final gets 90 points, in addition to the points he got for winning his semi-final bout. The tournament winner gets points for winning the bout, calculated in the standard fashion, plus a bonus 160 points for winning the competition.

For title fights there is no extra points bonus. The fights are considered ‘Single Fights’ for the purpose of ranking points and calculations are made in the normal fashion. However, that is not to say title fights are without their perks: there are no extra ranking points available, but the fight winner does receive a financial bonus over and above his normal contract fee.

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GLORY 18 - Weigh Ins.

Published on Nov 7, 2014
Watch GLORY 18 live on Spike TV TONIGHT at 9/8c:

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it's time for GLORY bros

[Von Brawn]

Glory's the best promotion in 2014

Someone gif that KO

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[Jfern689]

Missed Mikassa! Fuuuuuuuuuuuuck!

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wayne barrett is getting beat all to hell so far

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Turned out ta be a solid card, started off with a bang, sic title fight, ended with a bang as well.

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Zack Mwekassa vs. Saulo Cavalari



Wayne Barrett vs. Jason Wilnis

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GLORY 18 fully unlocked

http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list...gJ-YLu0J3ch8tb

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