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GLORY

Company type	Private
Industry	Kickboxing
Founded	2012
Headquarters	London, United Kingdom
Key people	Pierre Andurand (Chairman), Scott Rudmann (Vice-Chairman), Marshall Zelaznik (CEO), Robbie Timmers, Gyp Tessier (Matchmakers)
Owner	GSUKCO Limited
Website	www.glorykickboxing.com

Glory (formerly Glory World Series) is an international promotion kickboxing promotion founded in 2012. It is owned by Pierre Andurand, Yao Capital, Scott Rudmann and other investors.

Background

When K-1 began suffering from extreme financial difficulties in 2011, Total Sports Asia, TSA CEO Marcus Luer, Pierre Andurand, and Scott Rudmann of Nectar Capital attempted to buy the brand. K-1 was instead sold to Mike Kim and EMCOM Entertainment Inc.

In the aftermath, Pierre Andurand, Scott Rudmann and TSA decided to start a brand new kickboxing promotion and acquired United Glory, Golden Glory, and It's Showtime to secure a top event production team and contracts to each promotion's top fighters. Forming the Glory World Series, Pierre Andurand was named Chairman and Rudmann was named vice-chairman. A number of people formerly involved with these three entities event became Glory consultants.

Glory World Series signed most of the world's top kickboxers, such as Peter Aerts, Remy Bonjasky, Semmy Schilt, Gokhan Saki, Daniel Ghiţă, Albert Kraus, and Giorgio Petrosyan.

History

The company includes a mix of entrepreneurs and senior level executives from different environments. The company's current investors include Pierre Andurand, Scott Rudmann and Nectar Capital and Yao Capital. Former investors have been Liberty Global, and TwinFocus Capital Partners.

In February 2013, Glory announced that former WWE Executive VP Andrew Whitaker had been hired as the global CEO of Glory Sports International. In August, 2014 Andrew Whitaker moved into an advisory role within GLORY and Jon J. Franklin was appointed as the new CEO. Under Franklin's leadership Glory was named the Number one kickboxing league in the world by Combat Press and one of the three most important global combat sports leagues by Fox Sports (along with the UFC and Bellator).

In 2018, Glory announced that former CEO Jon J. Franklin had moved to the role of Chief Development Officer, and former UFC executive Marshall Zelaznik had been hired as the new CEO.

On May 15, 2020, Glory announced Zelaznik had resigned as Glory CEO.

Financial hardships and change of ownership

On May 26, 2020, Glory Sports International went into receivership, and soon after ownership of Glory was transferred to London-based GSUKCO Limited.

Rudmann is the Executive Vice-Chairman, running the league since it was taken over by GSUKCO.

In a press release on October 2, 2023, Glory announced that Maurice Hols was named as the new Executive Director. Citing "different vision of the future of the organization" with Executive Vice Chairman Rudmann, Hols resigned on February 19, 2024, after just a few months as Executive Director.

In March 2024, it was announced by Glory that Zelaznik returned to the company and was appointed again as CEO.

Media coverage

In June 2013, after having its first U.S. event in New York, Glory 9: New York on June 22, 2013, Spike TV signed a multi-year agreement to broadcast Glory kickboxing events; their partnership began with Glory 11: Chicago on October 12 of that year. The broadcast deal with Spike was extended in May 2014 to cover 2015.

In February 2016, Glory CEO Jon J. Franklin announced a new multi-year deal with ESPN.

Glory was broadcast on Veronica TV in the Netherlands from July, 2018 to February, 2020.

Beginning in 2019, Glory initiated a partnership with the UFC for the former's events to be exclusively carried in the U.S by UFC Fight Pass. The first event to be broadcast as part of this partnership was Glory 63: Houston on February 1 and the last event was Glory 75: Utrecht on February 29, 2020.

Events from Glory 76 to Glory 80 Studio were available through pay-per-view.

28 June 2022 Glory announced a multi-year broadcast deal with Videoland in the Netherlands. The deal covers all Glory events starting from Glory 81: Ben Saddik vs. Adegbuyi 2. On 16 February 2024 a multi-year broadcast deal with DAZN covering France and Belgium was announced.

Glory Rivals

In January 2022 Glory announced a new series of events called Glory Rivals, jointly promoted with regional promotions. The first Rivals event with Enfusion was scheduled for May 21, 2022, at the Lotto Arena in Antwerp, Belgium. The event was later cancelled due to the finances of Enfusion's local promoter partner Antwerp Fight Organization catching the attention of Belgian authorities.

Glory Rivals 1 was instead held on June 11, 2022, in Alkmaar, Netherlands. In the main event Luis Tavares defeated Florent Kaouachi by knockout in the third round.

Glory Rivals 2 was held on September 17, 2022, in Alkmaar, Netherlands.

Glory Rivals 3 was organized at Sporthallen Zuid in Amsterdam on November 5, 2022. Ibrahim El Bouni defeated Muhammed Balli by knock-out in the first round.

Glory Rivals 4 took place on December 25 at Ryogoku Sumo Arena in Tokyo, Japan, in collaboration with Rise and Shoot boxing. Kento Haraguchi defeated Serhii Adamchuk by unanimous decision.

GLORY Rivals 5 was organized on January 28, 2023, at Zamna Tulum Hotel in Tulum, Mexico, in collaboration with War of Nations. Abraham Vidales defeated Tomás Aguirre by Unanimous Decision. On January 11, 2024, it was announced that Glory and RISE would hold joint tournaments, combine their rankings and unify their rankings. A few days later, on February 6, the promotion put their lightweight and women's super bantamweight divisions on hold.

Roster

Events

Glory events

United Glory events

#	Event	Date	Venue	Location	Attendance
18	United Glory 15: Glory World Series	March 23, 2012	Dynamo Sports Palace	Moscow, Russia
17	United Glory 14: 2010-2011 World Series Finals	May 28, 2011	Moscow Forum Hall	Moscow, Russia
16	United Glory 13: 2010-2011 World Series Semifinals	March 19, 2011	Spiroudome	Charleroi, Belgium
15	United Glory 12: 2010-2011 World Series Quarterfinals	October 16, 2010	Passenger Terminal	Amsterdam, Netherlands
14	United Glory: Upcoming Glory 7	March 27, 2010	Sportstudio H&A	Deventer, Netherlands
13	United Glory 11: A Decade of Fights	October 17, 2009	Passenger Terminal	Amsterdam, Netherlands
12	United Glory: Upcoming Glory 5	June 27, 2009	Sportstudio H&A	Deventer, Netherlands
11	United Glory 10: The Battle of Arnhem	November 9, 2008	Rijnhal	Arnhem, Netherlands
10	United Glory 9: Swiss Las Vegas	August 2, 2008	Markthalle	Basel, Switzerland
9	United Glory 8	July 6, 2008	Triavium	Nijmegen, Netherlands
8	United Glory: Upcoming Glory 2	February 24, 2008	Zalencentrum de Kei	Ede, Netherlands
7	United Glory 7	January 20, 2008	De Flint	Utrecht, Netherlands
6	United Glory 6: Ede's Best Against the Rest	November 17, 2007	Reehorst Sports Hall	Ede, Netherlands
5	United Glory 5: Stronger	September 9, 2007	De Flint	Utrecht, Netherlands
4	United Glory 4: 20 Year Anniversary	September 2, 2007	Hof van Salland	Diepenveen, Netherlands
3	United Glory 3: Upside Down	May 20, 2007	De Flint	Utrecht, Netherlands
2	United Glory 2	January 21, 2007	De Flint	Utrecht, Netherlands
1	United Glory 1	September 17, 2006	Sporthal de Zielhorst	Utrecht, Netherlands

Champions

Current champions

Division	Upper weight limit	Champion	Since	Title defenses
Heavyweight	Unlimited	Rico Verhoeven	June 21, 2014	12
Light Heavyweight	95 kg (209.4 lb)	Tarik Khbabez	March 9, 2024	1
Middleweight	85 kg (187.4 lb)	Donovan Wisse	September 4, 2021	5
Welterweight	77 kg (169.8 lb)	Chico Kwasi	April 27, 2024	1
Lightweight	70 kg (154.3 lb)	Tyjani Beztati	September 4, 2021	5
Featherweight	65 kg (143.3 lb)	Petchpanomrung Kiatmookao	September 29, 2018	8
Women's Super Bantamweight	55 kg (121.3 lb)	Vacant

  Indicates former interim champions.
  Indicates current lineal and interim champions.

Glory Heavyweight Championship

Weight limit: Unlimited

No.	Name	Event	Date	Reign (total)	Defenses
1	Semmy Schilt def. Errol Zimmerman	Glory 1: Stockholm Stockholm, Sweden	May 26, 2012	396 days
Schilt vacated the title after retiring due to a heart condition on June 26, 2013.
2	Rico Verhoeven def. Daniel Ghiță	Glory 17: Los Angeles Inglewood, CA, U.S.	Jun 21, 2014	3836 days (incumbent)	1. def. Errol Zimmerman at Glory 19: Virginia on Feb 6, 2015 2. def. Benjamin Adegbuyi at Glory 22: Lille on Jun 5, 2015 3. def. Benjamin Adegbuyi at Glory 26: Amsterdam on Dec 4, 2015 4. def. Mladen Brestovac at Glory 28: Paris on March 12, 2016 5. def. Anderson Braddock at Glory 33: New Jersey on Sep 9, 2016 6. def. Jamal Ben Saddik at Glory 49: Rotterdam on Dec 9, 2017 7. def. Mladen Brestovac at Glory 54: Birmingham on Jun 2, 2018 8. def. Guto Inocente at Glory 59: Amsterdam on Sep 29, 2018 9. def. Badr Hari at Glory 74: Arnhem on Dec 21, 2019 10. def. Jamal Ben Saddik at Glory: Collision 3 on Oct 23, 2021 11. def. interim champion Kevin Tariq Osaro at Glory: Collision 6 on Nov 4, 2023 12. def. Levi Rigters at Glory Collision 7 on Dec 7, 2024
–	Kevin Tariq Osaro def. Antonio Plazibat for interim title	Glory: Collision 5 Rotterdam, Netherlands	Jun 17, 2023	–

Glory Light Heavyweight Championship

Weight limit: 95 kg (209.4 lb)

No.	Name	Event	Date	Reign (total)	Defenses
1	Gökhan Saki def. Tyrone Spong	Glory 15: Istanbul Istanbul, Turkey	Apr 12, 2014	471 days
Saki was stripped of the title due to inactivity on July 27, 2015.
2	Saulo Cavalari def. Zack Mwekassa	Bellator / Glory: Dynamite 1 San Jose, CA, U.S.	Sep 19, 2015	175 days
3	Artem Vakhitov	Glory 28: Paris Paris, France	Mar 12, 2016	1,785 days	1. def. interim champion Zack Mwekassa at Glory 35: Nice on Nov 5, 2016 2. def. Saulo Cavalari at Glory 38: Chicago on Feb 24, 2017 3. def. Ariel Machado at Glory 47: Lyon on Oct 28, 2017 4. def. Danyo Ilunga at Glory 56: Denver on Aug 10, 2018 5. def. Donegi Abena at Glory 66: Paris on Jun 22, 2019
–	Zack Mwekassa def. Mourad Bouzidi for interim title	Glory 31: Amsterdam Amsterdam, Netherlands	Jun 25, 2016	–
–	Pavel Zhuravlev def. Saulo Cavalari for interim title	Glory 43: New York New York City, NY, U.S.	Jul 14, 2017	–	1. def. Myron Dennis at Glory 52: Los Angeles on Mar 31, 2018
Zhuravlev was stripped of his interim title when he left Glory for the FEA.
–	Alex Pereira def. Donegi Abena for interim title	Glory 68: Miami Miami, FL, U.S.	Sep 28, 2019	–
4	Alex Pereira	Glory 77: Rotterdam Rotterdam, Netherlands	Jan 30, 2021	217 days
5	Artem Vakhitov (2)	Glory 78: Rotterdam Rotterdam, Netherlands	Sep 4, 2021	286 days (2,071 days)
Vakhitov was stripped of the title on June 17, 2022, following the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine..
6	Sergej Maslobojev def. Tarik Khbabez	Glory: Collision 4 Arnhem, Netherlands	Oct 8, 2022	126 days
7	Donegi Abena	Glory 83 Essen, Germany	Feb 11, 2023	329 days	1. def. Mohamed Touchassie at Glory: Collision 6 on Nov 4, 2023
–	Tarik Khbabez def. Mohamed Amine for interim title	Glory: Collision 5 Rotterdam, Netherlands	Jun 17, 2023	–
8	Tarik Khbabez	Glory Heavyweight Grand Prix Arnhem, Netherlands	Mar 9, 2024	287 days (incumbent)	1. def. Donegi Abena at Glory Collision 7 on Dec 7, 2024

Glory Middleweight Championship

Weight limit: 85 kg (187.4 lb)

No.	Name	Event	Date	Reign (total)	Defenses
1	Artem Levin def. Joe Schilling	Glory 17: Los Angeles Inglewood, CA, U.S.	Jun 21, 2014	615 days	1. draw with Simon Marcus at Glory 21: San Diego on May 8, 2015
2	Simon Marcus	Glory 27: Chicago Hoffman Estates, IL, U.S.	Feb 26, 2016	196 days	1. def. Dustin Jacoby at Glory 30: Los Angeles on May 13, 2016
3	Jason Wilnis	Glory 33: New Jersey Trenton, NJ, U.S.	Sep 9, 2016	232 days	1. def. Israel Adesanya at Glory 37: Los Angeles on Jan 20, 2017
4	Simon Marcus (2)	Glory 40: Copenhagen Copenhagen, Denmark	Apr 29, 2017	168 days (364 days)
5	Alex Pereira	Glory 46: China Guangzhou, China	Oct 14, 2017	1,251 days	1. def. Yousri Belgaroui at Glory 49: Rotterdam on Dec 9, 2017 2. def. Yousri Belgaroui at Glory 55: New York on Jul 20, 2018 3. def. Simon Marcus at Glory 58: Chicago on Sep 14, 2018 4. def. Jason Wilnis at Glory 65: Utrecht on May 17, 2019 5. def. Ertuğrul Bayrak at Glory 74: Arnhem on Dec 21, 2019
Pereira vacated the title to compete in the Light Heavyweight Division.
6	Donovan Wisse def. Yousri Belgaroui	Glory 78: Rotterdam Rotterdam, Netherlands	Sep 4, 2021	1204 days (incumbent)	1. def. Juri De Sousa at Glory 81: Ben Saddik vs. Adegbuyi 2 on Aug 20, 2022 2. def. Serkan Ozcaglayan at Glory: Collision 5 on Jun 17, 2023 3. def. Michael Boapeah at Glory: Collision 6 on Nov 4, 2023 4. def. Ulric Bokeme at Glory 92 on May 18, 2024 5. def. Sergej Braun at Glory 96 on Oct 12, 2024

Glory Welterweight Championship

Weight limit: 77 kg (169.8 lb)

No.	Name	Event	Date	Reign (total)	Defenses
1	Marc de Bonte def. Karapet Karapetyan	Glory 16: Denver Broomfield, CO, U.S.	May 3, 2014	49 days
2	Joseph Valtellini	Glory 17: Los Angeles Inglewood, CA, U.S.	Jun 21, 2014	348 days
Valtellini vacated the title suffering from Post-Concussion Syndrome on June 4, 2015.
3	Nieky Holzken def. Raymond Daniels	Glory 23: Las Vegas Las Vegas, NV, U.S.	Aug 7, 2015	491 days	1. def. Murthel Groenhart at Glory 26: Amsterdam on Dec 4, 2015 2. def. Yoann Kongolo at Glory 29: Copenhagen on Apr 16, 2016 3. def. Murthel Groenhart at Glory 34: Denver on Oct 21, 2016
4	Cédric Doumbé	Glory 36: Oberhausen Oberhausen, Germany	Dec 10, 2016	258 days	1. def. Yoann Kongolo at Glory 39: Brussels on Mar 25, 2017 2. def. Nieky Holzken at Glory 42: Paris on Jun 10, 2017
5	Murthel Groenhart	Glory 44: Chicago Hoffman Estates, IL, U.S.	Aug 25, 2017	175 days
6	Harut Grigorian	Glory 50: Chicago Chicago, IL, U.S.	Feb 16, 2018	386 days	1. def. Alim Nabiev at Glory 54: Birmingham on Jun 2, 2018
7	Cédric Doumbé (2)	Glory 64: Strasbourg Strasbourg, France	Mar 9, 2019	983 days (1,241 days)	1. def. Alim Nabiev at Glory 66: Paris on Jun 22, 2019 2. def. Karim Ghajji at Glory 76: Rotterdam on Dec 19, 2020 3. def. interim champion Murthel Groenhart at Glory 77: Rotterdam on Jan 30, 2021
–	Murthel Groenhart def. Troy Jones for interim title	Glory 70: Lyon Lyon, France	Oct 26, 2019	–
Glory declared the title vacant on November 16, 2021, following Doumbé's retirement from kickboxing.
8	Endy Semeleer def. Alim Nabiev	Glory 82 Bonn, Germany	Nov 19, 2022	525 days	1. def. Murthel Groenhart at Glory 85 on Apr 29, 2023 2. def. Jay Overmeer at Glory: Collision 5 on Jun 17, 2023 3. def. Anwar Ouled-Chaib at Glory 90 on Dec 23, 2023
9	Chico Kwasi	Glory 91 Paris, France	Apr 27, 2024	238 days (incumbent)	1. drew with Tyjani Beztati at Glory 96 on Oct 12, 2024

Glory Lightweight Championship

Weight limit: 70 kg (154.3 lb)

No.	Name	Event	Date	Reign (total)	Defenses
1	Davit Kiria def. Andy Ristie	Glory 14: Zagreb Zagreb, Croatia	Mar 8, 2014	244 days
2	Robin van Roosmalen	Glory 18: Oklahoma Oklahoma City, OK, U.S.	Nov 7, 2014	596 days	1. def. Andy Ristie at Glory 20: Dubai on Apr 3, 2015 2. def. Sitthichai Sitsongpeenong at Glory 25: Milan on Nov 6, 2015
3	Sitthichai Sitsongpeenong	Glory 31: Amsterdam Amsterdam, Netherlands	Jun 25, 2016	1056 days	1. def. Marat Grigorian at Glory 36: Oberhausen on Dec 10, 2016 2. def. Dylan Salvador at Glory 39: Brussels on Mar 25, 2017 3. def. Christian Baya at Glory 50: Chicago on Feb 16, 2018 4. def. Tyjani Beztati at Glory 53: Lille on May 12, 2018 5. def. Marat Grigorian at Glory 57: Shenzhen on Aug 25, 2018 6. def. Josh Jauncey at Glory 61: New York on Nov 2, 2018
4	Marat Grigorian	Glory 65: Utrecht Utrecht, Netherlands	May 17, 2019	464 days	1. def. Tyjani Beztati at Glory 69: Düsseldorf on Oct 12, 2019 2. def. Elvis Gashi at Glory 73: Shenzhen on Dec 7, 2019
Grigorian vacated the title on August 23, 2020, when he signed for ONE Championship.
5	Tyjani Beztati def. Elvis Gashi	Glory 78: Rotterdam Rotterdam, Netherlands	Sep 4, 2021	1204 days (incumbent)	1. def. Josh Jauncey at Glory 80 Studio on May 14, 2022 2. def. Stoyan Koprivlenski at Glory: Collision 4 on Oct 8, 2022 3. def. Petpanomrung Kiatmuu9 at Glory 84 on Mar 11, 2023 4. def. Kaito Ono at Glory 87 on Aug 19, 2023 5. def. Enriko Kehl at Glory Heavyweight Grand Prix on Mar 9, 2024

Glory Featherweight Championship

Weight limit: 65 kg (143.3 lb)

No.	Name	Event	Date	Reign Total	Defenses
1	Gabriel Varga def. Mosab Amrani	Glory 20: Dubai Dubai, United Arab Emirates	Apr 3, 2015	217 days
2	Serhiy Adamchuk	Glory 25: Milan Milan, Italy	Nov 6, 2015	259 days	1. def. Mosab Amrani at Glory 28: Paris on Mar 12, 2016
3	Gabriel Varga (2)	Glory 32: Virginia Norfolk, VA, U.S.	Jul 22, 2016	91 days (308 days)
4	Robin van Roosmalen	Glory 34: Denver Denver, CO, U.S.	Oct 21, 2016	90 days
van Roosmalen was stripped of the title after failing to make weight for a scheduled title defense on January 19, 2017.
5	Robin van Roosmalen (2) def. Petchpanomrung Kiatmookao	Glory 41: Holland 's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands	May 20, 2017	497 days (587 days)	1. def. Serhiy Adamchuk at Glory 45: Amsterdam on Sep 30, 2017 2. def. interim champion Kevin VanNostrand at Glory 52: Los Angeles on Mar 31, 2018
–	Kevin VanNostrand def. Anvar Boynazarov for interim title	Glory 48: New York New York City, NY, U.S.	Dec 1, 2017	–
–	Petchpanomrung Kiatmookao def. Kevin VanNostrand for interim title	Glory 55: New York New York City, NY, U.S.	Jul 20, 2018	–
6	Petchpanomrung Kiatmookao	Glory 59: Amsterdam Amsterdam, Netherlands	Sep 29, 2018	2275 days (incumbent)	1. def. Serhiy Adamchuk at Glory 63: Houston on Feb 1, 2019 2. def. Anvar Boynazarov at Glory 67: Orlando on Jul 5, 2019 3. draw. Kevin VanNostrand at Glory 72: Chicago on Nov 22, 2019 4. def. Serhiy Adamchuk at Glory 75: Utrecht on February 29, 2020 5. def. Abraham Vidales at Glory: Collision 4 on Oct 8, 2022 6. def. Ahmad Chikh Mousa at Glory 86 on May 27, 2023 7. def. David Mejia at Glory 89 on Oct 7, 2023 8. def. Kento Haraguchi at Glory 93 on Jul 20, 2024

Glory Women's Super Bantamweight Championship

Weight limit: 55 kg (121.3 lb)

No.	Name	Event	Date	Reign (total)	Defenses
1	Tiffany van Soest def. Amel Dehby	Glory 36: Oberhausen Oberhausen, Germany	Dec 10, 2016	356 days	1. def. Meryem Uslu at Glory 44: Chicago on Aug 25, 2017
2	Anissa Meksen	Glory 48: New York New York City, NY, U.S.	Dec 1, 2017	252 days	1. def. Amel Dehby at Glory 53: Lille on May 12, 2018
3	Jady Menezes	Glory 56: Denver Broomfield, CO, U.S.	Aug 10, 2018	84 days
4	Anissa Meksen (2)	Glory 61: New York New York City, NY, U.S.	Nov 2, 2018	385 days (637 days)	1. def. Tiffany van Soest at Glory 64: Strasbourg on Mar 9, 2019 2. def. Sofia Olofsson at Glory 66: Paris on Jun 22, 2019
5	Tiffany van Soest (2)	Glory 71: Chicago Chicago, IL, U.S.	Nov 22, 2019	1,387 days (1,743 days)	1. def. Aline Pereira at Glory 77: Rotterdam on Jan 30, 2021 2. def. Manazo Kobayashi at Glory 80 on Mar 19, 2022 3. def. Sarah Moussaddak at Glory: Collision 4 On Oct 8, 2022 4. def. Sarah Moussaddak at Glory 88 on Sep 9, 2023
Title was vacated when van Soest retired from the sport on September 9, 2023.

Tournament champions

Weight Class	Champion	Runner-up	Event	Date	Tournament Bracket
Glory 70 kg Slam Tournament	Giorgio Petrosyan	Robin van Roosmalen	Glory 3: Rome	November 3, 2012	70kg Slam Tournament bracket
Glory Heavyweight Grand Slam Tournament	Semmy Schilt	Daniel Ghiţă	Dream 18/Glory 4: Tokyo	December 31, 2012	Glory Heavyweight Grand Slam Tournament bracket
Glory 65 kg Slam Tournament	Yuta Kubo	Masaaki Noiri	Glory 8: Tokyo	May 3, 2013	Glory 65kg Slam Tournament bracket
Glory 95 kg Slam Tournament	Tyrone Spong	Danyo Ilunga	Glory 9: New York	June 22, 2013	Glory 95kg Slam Tournament bracket
Glory Middleweight Championship Tournament	Joe Schilling	Artem Levin	Glory 10: Los Angeles	September 28, 2013	Middleweight World Championship Tournament bracket
Glory Heavyweight Championship Tournament	Rico Verhoeven	Daniel Ghiță	Glory 11: Chicago	October 12, 2013	Heavyweight World Championship Tournament bracket
Glory Lightweight Championship Tournament	Andy Ristie	Robin van Roosmalen	Glory 12: New York	November 23, 2013	Lightweight World Championship Tournament bracket
Glory Welterweight Championship Tournament	Nieky Holzken	Joseph Valtellini	Glory 13: Tokyo	December 21, 2013	Welterweight World Championship Tournament bracket
Glory Light Heavyweight Championship Tournament	Gökhan Saki	Tyrone Spong	Glory 15: Istanbul	April 12, 2014	Light Heavyweight World Championship Tournament bracket
Glory Middleweight Last Man Standing Tournament	Artem Levin	Joe Schilling	Glory 17: Los Angeles	June 21, 2014	Middleweight Last Man Standing Tournament bracket
Glory Women's Super Bantamweight Grand Prix	Tiffany van Soest	Amel Dehby	Glory 36: Oberhausen	December 10, 2016
Glory Heavyweight Grand Prix	Jamal Ben Saddik	Benjamin Adegbuyi	Glory 62: Rotterdam	December 8, 2018	Glory Heavyweight Tournament bracket
Glory 4-man Heavyweight Tournament	Levi Rigters	Nordine Mahieddine	Glory 76: Rotterdam	December 19, 2020	Glory Heavyweight Tournament bracket
Glory 4-man Heavyweight Tournament	Rico Verhoeven	Tarik Khbabez	Glory 77: Rotterdam	January 30, 2021	Glory Heavyweight Tournament bracket
Glory Heavyweight Grand Prix	Rico Verhoeven	Levi Rigters	Glory Heavyweight Grand Prix	March 9, 2024	Glory Heavyweight Grand Prix bracket
Glory Light Heavyweight Grand Prix	Donegi Abena	Bahram Rajabzadeh	Glory Light Heavyweight Grand Prix	June 8, 2024	Glory Light Heavyweight Grand Prix bracket
Glory RISE Featherweight Grand Prix	Petpanomrung Kiatmuu9	Miguel Trindade	Glory RISE Featherweight Grand Prix	December 21, 2024	GLORY RISE Featherweight Grand Prix bracket

Contender Tournament champions

Weight Class	Champion	Runner-up	Event	Date	Tournament Bracket
2014 Glory Middleweight Contender Tournament	Alex Pereira	Sahak Parparyan	Glory 14: Zagreb	March 8, 2014	2014 Glory Middleweight Contender Tournament bracket
2014 Glory Heavyweight Contender Tournament	Errol Zimmerman	Anderson Braddock	Glory 16: Denver	May 3, 2014	2014 Glory Heavyweight Contender Tournament bracket
2014 Glory Featherweight Contender Tournament	Gabriel Varga	Shane Oblonsky	Glory 17: Los Angeles	June 21, 2014	2014 Glory Featherweight Contender Tournament bracket
2014 Glory Light Heavyweight Contender Tournament	Saulo Cavalari	Zack Mwekassa	Glory 18: Oklahoma	November 7, 2014	2014 Glory Light Heavyweight Contender Tournament bracket
2015 Glory Welterweight Contender Tournament	Nieky Holzken	Raymond Daniels	Glory 19: Virginia	February 6, 2015	2015 Glory Welterweight Contender Tournament bracket
2015 Glory Middleweight Contender Tournament	Simon Marcus	Jason Wilnis	Glory 20: Dubai	April 3, 2015	2015 Glory Middleweight Contender Tournament bracket
2015 Glory Lightweight Contender Tournament	Sitthichai Sitsongpeenong	Josh Jauncey	Glory 22: Lille	June 5, 2015	2015 Glory Lightweight Contender Tournament bracket
2015 Glory Heavyweight Contender Tournament	Benjamin Adegbuyi	Jahfarr Wilnis	Glory 24: Denver	October 9, 2015	2015 Glory Heavyweight Contender Tournament bracket
2015 Glory Welterweight Contender Tournament	Murthel Groenhart	Karim Ghajji	Glory 25: Milan	November 6, 2015	2015 Glory Welterweight Contender Tournament bracket
2015 Glory Featherweight Contender Tournament	Mosab Amrani	Maykol Yurk	Glory 26: Amsterdam	December 4, 2015	2015 Glory Featherweight Contender Tournament bracket
2016 Glory Middleweight Contender Tournament	Dustin Jacoby	Wayne Barrett	Glory 27: Chicago	February 26, 2016	2016 Glory Middleweight Contender Tournament bracket
2016 Glory Lightweight Contender Tournament	Sitthichai Sitsongpeenong	Marat Grigorian	Glory 28: Paris	March 12, 2016	2016 Glory Lightweight Contender Tournament bracket
2016 Glory Heavyweight Contender Tournament	Ismael Londt	Jahfarr Wilnis	Glory 29: Copenhagen	April 16, 2016	2016 Glory Heavyweight Contender Tournament bracket
2016 Glory Welterweight Contender Tournament	Murthel Groenhart	Yoann Kongolo	Glory 31: Amsterdam	June 25, 2016	2016 Glory Welterweight Contender Tournament bracket
2016 Glory Light Heavyweight Contender Tournament	Zinedine Hameur-Lain	Ariel Machado	Glory 32: Virginia	July 22, 2016	2016 Glory Light Heavyweight Contender Tournament bracket
2016 Glory Featherweight Contender Tournament	Matt Embree	Giga Chikadze	Glory 33: New Jersey	September 9, 2016	2016 Glory Featherweight Contender Tournament bracket
2016 Glory Middleweight Contender Tournament	Israel Adesanya	Yousri Belgaroui	Glory 34: Denver	October 21, 2016	2016 Glory Middleweight Contender Tournament bracket
2016 Glory Heavyweight Contender Tournament	Benjamin Adegbuyi	Mladen Brestovac	Glory 35: Nice	November 5, 2016	2016 Glory Heavyweight Contender Tournament bracket
2016 Glory Lightweight Contender Tournament	Dylan Salvador	Hysni Beqiri	Glory 36: Oberhausen	December 10, 2016	2016 Glory Lightweight Contender Tournament bracket
2017 Glory Welterweight Contender Tournament	Yoann Kongolo	Karim Benmansour	Glory 37: Los Angeles	January 20, 2017	2017 Glory Welterweight Contender Tournament bracket
2017 Glory Light Heavyweight Contender Tournament	Ariel Machado	Zinedine Hameur-Lain	Glory 38: Chicago	February 24, 2017	2017 Glory Light Heavyweight Contender Tournament bracket
2017 Glory Featherweight Contender Tournament	Petchpanomrung Kiatmookao	Serhiy Adamchuk	Glory 39: Brussels	March 25, 2017	2017 Glory Featherweight Contender Tournament bracket
2017 Glory Middleweight Contender Tournament	Yousri Belgaroui	Alex Pereira	Glory 40: Copenhagen	April 29, 2017	2017 Glory Middleweight Contender Tournament bracket
2017 Glory Heavyweight Contender Tournament	D'Angelo Marshall	Anderson Braddock	Glory 41: Holland	May 20, 2017	2017 Glory Heavyweight Contender Tournament bracket
2017 Glory Lightweight Contender Tournament	Christian Baya	Massaro Glunder	Glory 42: Paris	June 10, 2017	2017 Glory Lightweight Contender Tournament bracket
2017 Glory Featherweight Contender Tournament	Kevin VanNostrand	Giga Chikadze	Glory 43: New York	July 14, 2017	2017 Glory Featherweight Contender Tournament bracket
2017 Glory Welterweight Contender Tournament	Harut Grigorian	Antoine Pinto	Glory 44: Chicago	August 25, 2017	2017 Glory Welterweight Contender Tournament bracket
2017 Glory Light Heavyweight Contender Tournament	Michael Duut	Manny Mancha	Glory 45: Amsterdam	September 30, 2017	2017 Glory Light Heavyweight Contender Tournament bracket
2017 Glory Featherweight Contender Tournament	Abdellah Ezbiri	Anvar Boynazarov	Glory 47: Lyon	October 28, 2017	2017 Featherweight Contender Tournament bracket
2017 Glory Lightweight Contender Tournament	Stoyan Koprivlenski	Tyjani Beztati	Glory 49: Rotterdam	December 9, 2017	2017 Glory Lightweight Contender Tournament bracket
2018 Glory Heavyweight Contender Tournament	Benjamin Adegbuyi	Junior Tafa	Glory 50: Chicago	February 16, 2018	2018 Glory Heavyweight Contender Tournament bracket
2018 Glory Welterweight Contender Tournament	Eyevan Danenberg	Thongchai Sitsongpeenong	Glory 51: Rotterdam	March 3, 2018	2018 Glory Welterweight Contender Tournament bracket
2018 Glory Featherweight Contender Tournament	Serhiy Adamchuk	Victor Pinto	Glory 53: Lille	May 12, 2018	2018 Glory Featherweight Contender Tournament bracket

Qualification Tournament winners

Weight Class	Champion	Runner-up	Event	Date	Tournament Bracket
2015 Glory Heavyweight Qualification Tournament	Xavier Vigney	Chi Lewis Parry	Glory 21: San Diego	May 8, 2015	2015 Glory Heavyweight Qualification Tournament bracket
2015 Glory Middleweight Qualification Tournament	Dustin Jacoby	Casey Greene	Glory 23: Las Vegas	August 7, 2015	2015 Glory Middleweight Qualification Tournament bracket
2016 Glory Welterweight Qualification Tournament	Richard Abraham	Francois Ambang	Glory 30: Los Angeles	May 13, 2016	2016 Glory Welterweight Qualification Tournament bracket
2017 Glory Featherweight Qualification Tournament	Chenglong Zhang	Masaya Kubo	Glory 46: China	October 14, 2017	2017 Glory Featherweight Qualification Tournament bracket
2017 Glory Middleweight Qualification Tournament	Robert Thomas	Mike Lemaire	Glory 48: New York	December 1, 2017	2017 Middleweight Qualification Tournament bracket
2018 Glory Lightweight Qualification Tournament	Liu Xu	Wensheng Zhang	Glory 57: Shenzhen	August 25, 2018	2018 Glory Lightweight Qualification Tournament bracket

Road to Glory Tournament champions

Weight Class	Champion	Runner-up	Event	Date	Tournament Bracket
Road to Glory USA 95 kg Tournament	Dustin Jacoby	Brian Collette	Road to Glory USA 95 kg Tournament	February 2, 2013
Road to Glory USA 85 kg Tournament	Mike Lemaire	Eddie Walker	Road to Glory USA 85 kg Tournament	February 9, 2013
Road to Glory Japan 65 kg Tournament	Masaaki Noiri	Yuki	Road to Glory Japan 65 kg Tournament	March 10, 2013
Road to Glory USA 77 kg Tournament	Francois Ambang	Brett Hlavacek	Road to Glory USA 77 kg Tournament	March 22, 2013
Road to Glory Japan 85 kg Tournament	Kengo Shimizu	Magnum Sakai	Road to Glory Japan 85 kg Tournament	May 3, 2013
Road to Glory USA 70 kg Tournament	Michael Mananquil	Troy Sheridan	2013 Road to Glory USA 70 kg Tournament	May 11, 2013
Road to Glory USA Heavyweight Tournament	Xavier Vigney	Maurice Green	Road to Glory USA Heavyweight Tournament	June 14, 2013
Road to Glory UK 65 kg Tournament	Mo Abdurahman	Bailey Sugden	Road to Glory UK 65 kg Tournament	March 11, 2017

Multi-division champions

Fighters who have won championships in multiple weight classes (excluding tournament champions).

• Robin van Roosmalen - Won Glory Lightweight Championship on November 7, 2014, then Glory Featherweight Championship on October 21, 2016.
• Alex Pereira - Won Glory Middleweight Championship on October 14, 2017, then Glory Light Heavyweight Championship on January 30, 2021.

Hall of Fame

Image	ISO	Name	Date of Induction	Ref.	Event of Induction	ONE recognized accolades
		Joseph Valtellini	2021			2013 Glory Welterweight World Championship tournament runner-up. Glory Welterweight Champion.
		Semmy Schilt	2022			Glory Heavyweight Championship (One time; First) Glory 2012 Heavyweight Grand Slam Tournament Champion
		Alex Pereira	2023			2021 Glory Light Heavyweight Champion 2019 Glory interim Light Heavyweight Champion 2017 Glory Middleweight Champion (five defenses) 2014 Glory Middleweight Contender Tournament Winner

See also

• Golden Glory
• List of current kickboxing world champions

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External links

• Official website
• Glory's channel on YouTube

• Glory (kickboxing)
• Kickboxing organizations
• Sports organizations established in 2012
• 2012 establishments in Singapore
• Kickboxing in Singapore
• Kickboxing in Europe