Glory WS News
WATCH! Glory champion Rico Verhoeven makes impressive MMA debut
bjpenndotcom - October 20, 2015
Glory WS heavyweight champion Rico Verhoeven tried his hand at MMA recently and delivered a surprisingly impressive performance!
Glory 24 Results
BJPENN.COM News - October 10, 2015
GLORY 24 went down last night and we saw some pretty fun fights. In the heavyweight final Benjamin Adegbuyi def. Jahfarr Wilnis via split decision, while the rest of the main fights were all KO finishes! In the night’s main event we saw Joe Schilling KO Jason Wilnis in the second round, then called out the champ, Artem Levin, saying that he was duking him. Oh and he gave a shout out to #FreeNickDiaz.
Special Post To Glory's New "Big Boobed" Ring Girl... That's what they're calling her
BJPENN.COM News - October 9, 2015
Well, GLORY Kickboxing just took an interesting route when marketing their new ring girl. They took to the UG (MMA forum) and put up a thread titled, ‘huge-boobed GLORY ring girl (pic).’ In the post there was in fact a picture of their new ring girl, Alyssa Arce, and here’s what they decided to write underneath her photo.
Paul Daley Petitioning For Major Kickboxing Match
BJPENN.COM News - October 7, 2015
Current Bellator MMA welterweight Paul Daley has his eye on gold, but not just MMA gold. The top 170-pound Bellator fighter is at the top of the division and has said before that he wants to win the title before a big rematch with Josh Koscheck takes place. However now he’s added a new goal and wants to fight the GLORY Kickboxing welterweight champion, Nieky ‘The Natural’ Holzken, as well. Pauly most recent scrap was in the GLORY ring, although it was as a Bellator contracted fighter during the special ‘Dynamite’ event. Now Daley wants to challenge the champ in an attempt to possibly hold a belt in both promotions. First step? Get both sides to agree on it.
Major lightweight title fight confirmed for GLORY 25
BJPENN.COM News - September 28, 2015
GLORY announced a major lightweight championship bout for their GLORY 25 event in Milan. Robin “Pokerface” van Roosmalen will be duking it out with GLORY 22 tournament winner Sitthichai Sitsongpeenong. The Dutch title holder is riding a three-fight win streak under the GLORY banner, most recently defeating rival Andy Ristie at GLORY 20 Dubai in April.
Paul Daley A Two-Sport Champion? –– 'If They Give Me The Chance I'll Do It'
BJPENN.COM News - September 23, 2015
Bellator MMA welterweight Paul Daley fought in the GLORY kickboxing ring this past Saturday at ‘Dynamite.’ He took on Fernando Gomez, who put up a tough fight but ultimately lost to Daley via unanimous decision. Daley is already in line for a shot at Bellator’s welterweight title but recently said he’d be more than willing to challenge for the GLORY belt as well, if the promotions let him.
Bellator Dynamite Results: Saulo Cavalari Earns Majority Decision After War With Mwekassa
BJPENN.COM News - September 19, 2015
In basically the only GLORY kickboxing match that actually featured GLORY kickboxers, Saulo Cavalari took on Zack Mwekassa. Cavalari seemed to be the aggressor, landing some nice kicks to start the fight. The real action started in the second round. Cavalari came out with a bunch go heavy kicks to the body and leg. At one point it looked like Zack might have gotten hurt. He also dropped him with a big head kick, but that might have been more of a slip. They continued to scrap. Towards the mid point of the round the referee stopped it and took a point from Cavalari, for holding? That was weird.
Bellator Dynamite Results: Paul Daley Earns UD Over The Tough Gonzalez
BJPENN.COM News - September 19, 2015
Paul Daley took on Fernando Gonzalez in a GLORY kickboxing match. Daley came out with some hard kicks, to the leg than the body. The round wasn’t too lopsided. Gonzalez held his own, but it most likely went to Daley. His kicks were hard and he seems to be the more active.
Bellator Dynamite Results: Jose Palacios Picks Up The Split Decision Over TJ Arcengal
BJPENN.COM News - September 19, 2015
In the first GLORY kickboxing match of the night we saw Jose Palacios tale on TJ Arcengal. TJ landa a few nice front body kicks early. Both fighters start fast. Jose lands a nice leg kick. These guys really went for it. TJ landed a few teak kicks. Both fighters took turns landing leg kicks. TJ comes in with a sweeping right hand. Both guys landed some nasty leg kicks. TJ landed with a nice one-two combo. Spinning back fist just missed from Jose before the round ended. It was close that round.
Artem Levin Hurt, Joe Schilling vs Jason Wilnis Set For Oct. 9
Chris Taylor - September 3, 2015
A trilogy bout between Artem Levin and Joe Schilling will have to wait. The Glory middleweight champion, Levin, recently suffered an elbow injury in training that has forced him to pullout of his highly-anticipated fight with “Stitch ’em Up”.
Paul Daley vs. Fernando Gonzalez Set For Glory Kickboxing Bout
BJPENN.COM News - August 11, 2015
Bellator’s ground breaking event ‘Dynamite’, which will feature both a GLORY kickboxing ring and a Bellator cage in the same venue, just added another action packed fight.
Alistair Overeem Puts GLORY On Blast For Financial Issues
BJPENN.COM News - August 6, 2015
“No. And I will explain why: Because there are no good big promotions. The only big promotion is Glory, and Glory is struggling financially. It’s not what it once used to be with K-1.”
KO! GLORY's Zack Mwekassa Puts His Opponent Down
BJPENN.COM News - June 6, 2015
Last night GLORY 22 went down and we saw some entertaining kickboxing taking place.
OUCH! Glory Kickboxer Suffers Horrific Foot Injury -- NSFW!
BJPENN.COM News - June 3, 2015
Sometimes you see things that you wish you could un-see, but you can’t.
GLORY Fighter Niclas Larsen Suffers Gruesome Foot Infection
BJPENN.COM News - June 1, 2015
Niclas Larsen has fallen with a gruesome infection in his foot that has forced him out of fighting in the four-man GLORY lightweight tournament at GLORY 22. The card is set to take place this Friday in Lille, France and Larsen is set to be replaced by Crice Boussoukou.
GLORY Fighter Not Happy With Referees: 'What They Do Is Not Right'
bjpenndotcom - May 10, 2015
"GLORY 21: San Diego" Recap: Xavier Vigney Steals the Show
BJPENN.COM News - May 8, 2015
GLORY 21 took place in San Diego, California and was action packed with knockouts from start to… just before the finish. The middleweight championship bout was an anticlimactic clinch-fest, but luckily the heavyweights delivered in their one-night tournament that saw Xavier Vigney come out on top!