GLORY Possibly Looking to Expand into MMA Waters in 2015

[K1power]

The year 2014 was an interesting one for kickboxing and 2015 is looking to be just as crazy by the looks of it. GLORY 19 will kick off GLORY's 2015 with a GLORY Heavyweight Championship bout between champion Rico Verhoeven and challenger Errol Zimmerman in Virginia. The rest of the year we'll have to wait and see. In Jon J. Franklin's holiday address he gave some insight into what to expect from 2015 and surprisingly enough the term "MMA" appeared.

GLORY 19 will be held in Virginia with the team behind Spartyka Fight League assisting in promoting the event, meaning to expect the local undercard to feature some MMA bouts for sure. Is that a sign of things to come? Here's a passage from Franklin's statement.

2015 will be a year of great fight nights, spectacular new promotions and new exotic locations. We will be in Dubai, UAE and we will welcome international superstars to our events. Glory also looks forward to amazing evenings in conjunction with with top MMA promotions and to new television networks all over the world joining the Glory juggernaut. Stay tuned for the many exciting surprises that are on tap for 2015.
It seems to point to possibly seeing co-promotional events much like GLORY 4 Tokyo was with DREAM. The question is; will they work with Bellator? Will GLORY hold their own MMA fights? I guess we'll have to wait and see.

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More awesome ideas at GLORY headquarters..

[rictor]

"Juggernaut" is just hilarious.

Going mma route in US is definitely what they need :facepalm:

[dvewlsh]

Dec 31, 2014 17:23:26 GMT 1 rictor said:

"Juggernaut" is just hilarious.

Going mma route in US is definitely what they need :facepalm:

I have to make myself laugh now and then, right?

They don't want to publicly comment on this but they are looking to introduce MMA fights on their cards in the near future. They think combining the two will win over the fans who aren't sold yet. 

I'm at the point where my give-a-shit levels are at a record low. 

[fartsmeller]

Sounds like a great idea, maybe to reflect the new direction they could call it something like "Ultimate Glory" and have a bunch of weird violin concerts and Tina Turner tribute acts in between bad MMA fights in, say, the passenger terminal building at Amsterdam

[themagi]

They've already tried this, at GLORY.1 certainly and maybe even GLORY.2. A few MMA rules fights were on the televised portion of the undercard at the debut event and a handful of untelevised bouts at the second show. Jason Jones beating Tatsuya Mizuno by decision springs to mind as one of the "dark" matches at G.2.

[silence]

oh dear

[ecky]

LOL

I knew after reading that first interview with this new CEO guy that he didnt have a clue and was going to make a mess of it. Just a matter of time til the whole thing falls apart imo.