GLORY's future uncertain..?

[K1power]

Translation of something that just hit MixFight

GLORY future uncertain!

GLORY 17 Los Angeles (Last Man Standing) is scheduled for June 21st. Elite matchups like Andy Ristie vs Ky Hollenbeck and K-1 champion Mirko CroCop Filipovic vs Sergey Kharitonov have been announced. For every kickboxing fan GLORY is the absolute Champions League.

We hear that while from a sportsman point of view things are looking up for the organisation, financially they're the least bit succesfull. Reliable sources report that staff and other people working for GLORY still haven't been paid and/or have been asked for postponed payment. "I worry if GLORY will even see the end of the year. If they can't even pay their own staff, how are they going to finance events?" one of the sources states to Mixfight.com.

The question is will GLORY Los Angeles still happen? And if so will it see a continuation? GLORY's future seems uncertain.

Source: mixfight.com/2014/05/Toekomst-GLORY-onzeker

[themagi]

I wonder if our man in the field, Walshie, has heard anything about this?

[dvewlsh]

Yeah, so, this is not true at all.

This, no surprise, is coming from one of the few Dutch employees left within GLORY who had a slight delay on a pay check. It doesn't surprise me at all as they buy ads on LK and were a little bit late in their payment, but still paid me (which is more than I can say for some others).

Basically, someone at MixFight went with one, kind of lower-level source on something that isn't entirely true.

GLORY's future is *not* uncertain, GLORY 17 is not the last show, the "success" of the show won't be how the company decides to fold up or continue.

With this kind of shit just try to remember that a guy like Andurand got famous for investing in oil futures. That means that he had the ability to do thorough analysis and projections on the oil industry to invest his money and make huge returns on it. For Andurand and the other investors to go into this without doing their due diligence would be silly and unlike them. They know that these shows aren't going to turn a profit for a few years, why would they say that they've planned for five years and then give up in the middle of year two?

[bero]

Not true, apparently this story is coming from Saki's manager.

[themagi]

Who is Saki's manager, out of interest?

[dvewlsh]

May 20, 2014 9:59:57 GMT 1 bero said:

Not true, apparently this story is coming from Saki's manager.

hahahaha, dear god.

Saki has been such a problem for GLORY since he lost at GLORY 11. Such a fucking problem. Love watching him fight, but man.