Glory (martial arts organization)

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Glory
sport Kickboxing
Founded 2012
Place of foundation SingaporeSingapore Singapore
president Pierre Andurand
Chairman Jon J Franklin
Association headquarters SingaporeSingapore Singapore
Homepage http://www.glorykickboxing.com/

Glory is an international kickboxing organizer . The organization was founded in 2012 and is headquartered in Singapore . It also has branches in Malaysia , New York , London , Amsterdam and Tokyo .

There are six weight classes : heavyweight , light heavyweight , middleweight , welterweight , lightweight , featherweight .

The first heavyweight champion was Semmy Schilt from the Netherlands . Rico Verhoeven (also Dutch) currently holds the title .

Glory has acquired the majority of rights in the K-1 program and organized 57 kickboxing events in various countries up to December 1, 2017. Glory events were broadcast on Spike TV and ESPN .

Reigning world champions

Weight class champion since Title defenses
Heavyweight NetherlandsNetherlands Rico Verhoeven June 21, 2014 6th
Light heavyweight RussiaRussia Artem Vakhitov March 12, 2016 3
medium weight BrazilBrazil Álex Pereira October 14, 2017 1
Welterweight SurinameSuriname Cedric Doumbe 26th August 2017 0
lightweight ThailandThailand Sitthichai Sitsongpeenong June 25, 2016 2016 2
Featherweight NetherlandsNetherlands Robin van Roosmalen 20th May 2017 1

Heavyweight world champion

No. champion From To
1 NetherlandsNetherlands Semmy Schilt May 26, 2012 June 26, 2013
2 NetherlandsNetherlands Rico Verhoeven June 21, 2014 current

Light heavyweight world champion

No. champion From To
1 TurkeyTurkey Gokhan Saki April 12, 2014 July 27, 2015
2 BrazilBrazil Saulo Cavalari 19th September 2015 March 12, 2016
3 RussiaRussia Artem Vakhitov March 12, 2016 current

Middleweight world champion

No. champion From To
1 RussiaRussia Artem Levin June 21, 2014 February 26, 2015
2 CanadaCanada Simon Marcus February 25, 2015 September 9, 2016
3 NetherlandsNetherlands Jason Wilnis September 9, 2016 April 29, 2017
4th CanadaCanada Simon Marcus (2) April 29, 2017 October 14, 2017
5 BrazilBrazil Álex Pereira October 14, 2017 current

Welterweight world champion

No. champion From To
1 BelgiumBelgium Marc de Bonte May 3, 2014 June 21, 2014
2 CanadaCanada Joseph Valtellini June 21, 2014 4th June 2015
3 NetherlandsNetherlands Nieky Holzken 7th August 2015 December 10, 2016
4th FranceFrance Cedric Doumbe December 10, 2016 August 25, 2017
5 SurinameSuriname Murthel Groenhart August 25, 2017 current

Lightweight world champion

No. champion From To
1 GeorgiaGeorgia Davit Kiria March 8, 2014 November 7, 2014
2 NetherlandsNetherlands Robin van Roosmalen November 7, 2014 June 25, 2016
3 ThailandThailand Sitthichai Sitsongpeenong June 25, 2016 current

Featherweight world champion

No. champion From To
1 CanadaCanada Gabriel Varga 3rd April 2015 November 6, 2015
2 UkraineUkraine Serhiy Adamchuk November 6, 2015 July 22, 201
3 CanadaCanada Gabriel Varga (2) November 6, 2015 October 21, 2016
4th NetherlandsNetherlands Robin van Roosmalen October 21, 2016 19th January 2017
5 NetherlandsNetherlands Robin van Roosmalen (2) 20th May 2017 current

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ GLORY Sports International acquires rights to K-1 video library
  2. ↑ Glory Kickboxing Events. In: glorykickboxing.com. Retrieved December 3, 2017 .
  3. ↑ GLORY, Spike TV and the divide between sports and entertainment. Retrieved December 3, 2017