Glory (kickboxing)

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.[11]

In February 2016, Glory CEO Jon J. Franklin announced a new multi-year deal with ESPN.[12]

Glory was broadcast on Veronica TV in the Netherlands from July, 2018 to February, 2020.[13][14][15]

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.[16] 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.[17] 16 August 2022 Glory announced a multi-year broadcast deal with Viaplay in Poland.[18][19] 5 October 2022 Glory announced a multi-year broadcast deal with TV3 in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania.[20]

In January 2022 Glory announced a new series of events called Glory Rivals, jointly promoted with Enfusion and RISE.[21] 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.[22]

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.[23]

Glory Rivals 2 was held on September 17, 2022 in Alkmaar, Netherlands.[24]

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 25th at Ryogoku Sumo Arena in Tokyo, Japan. 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.

Division	Upper weight limit	Champion	Since	Title defenses
Heavyweight	Unlimited	Rico Verhoeven	June 21, 2014	10
		Kevin Tariq Osaro (interim)	June 17, 2023	0
Light Heavyweight	95 kg (209.4 lb)	Donegi Abena	February 11, 2023	0
		Tarik Khbabez (interim)	June 17, 2023	0
Middleweight	85 kg (187.4 lb)	Donovan Wisse	September 4, 2021	2
Welterweight	77 kg (169.8 lb)	Endy Semeleer	November 19, 2022	2
Lightweight	70 kg (154.3 lb)	Tyjani Beztati	September 4, 2021	4
Featherweight	65 kg (143.3 lb)	Petchpanomrung Kiatmookao	September 29, 2018	6
Women's Super Bantamweight	55 kg (121.3 lb)	Vacant

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

Weight limit: Unlimited

No.	Name	Event	Date	Defenses
Interim	Kevin Tariq Osaro def. Antonio Plazibat for interim title	Glory: Collision 5 Rotterdam, Netherlands	June 17, 2023
Current	Rico Verhoeven def. Daniel Ghiță	Glory 17: Los Angeles Inglewood, USA	June 21, 2014	1. def. Errol Zimmerman at Glory 19: Virginia on Feb 6, 2015 in Hampton, Virginia, USA 2. def. Benjamin Adegbuyi at Glory 22: Lille on June 5, 2015 in Lille, France 3. def. Benjamin Adegbuyi at Glory 26: Amsterdam on December 4, 2015 in Amsterdam, Netherlands 4. def. Mladen Brestovac at Glory 28: Paris on March 12, 2016 in Paris, France 5. def. Anderson Braddock at Glory 33: New Jersey on September 9, 2016 in Trenton, New Jersey, USA 6. def. Jamal Ben Saddik at Glory 49: Rotterdam on December 9, 2017 in Rotterdam, Netherlands 7. def. Mladen Brestovac at Glory 54: Birmingham on June 2, 2018 in Birmingham, England 8. def. Guto Inocente at Glory 59: Amsterdam on Septembre 29, 2018 in Amsterdam, Netherlands 9. def. Badr Hari at Glory 74: Arnhem on December 21, 2019 in Arnhem, Netherlands 10. def. Jamal Ben Saddik at Glory: Collision 3 on October 23, 2021 in Arnhem, Netherlands
Schilt vacated the title after retiring due to a heart condition on June 26, 2013.[26]
1	Semmy Schilt def. Errol Zimmerman	Glory 1: Stockholm Stockholm, Sweden	May 26, 2012

Weight limit: 95 kg (209.4 lb)

No.	Name	Event	Date	Defenses
Interim	Tarik Khbabez def. Mohamed Amine for interim title	Glory: Collision 5 Rotterdam, Netherlands	June 17, 2023
Current	Donegi Abena	Glory 83 Essen, Germany	February 11, 2023
6	Sergej Maslobojev def. Tarik Khbabez	Glory: Collision 4 Arnhem, Netherlands	October 8, 2022
Artem Vakhitov was stripped of the title following the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.[27].
5 (2nd reign)	Artem Vakhitov	Glory 78: Rotterdam Rotterdam, Netherlands	September 4, 2021
4	Alex Pereira	Glory 77: Rotterdam Rotterdam, Netherlands	January 30, 2021
Pavel Zhuravlev was stripped of his interim title when he left Glory for the FEA.
Interim	Pavel Zhuravlev def. Saulo Cavalari	Glory 43: New York New York City, USA	July 14, 2017	1. def. Myron Dennis at Glory 52: Los Angeles on March 31, 2018 in Los Angeles, USA
Interim	Zack Mwekassa def. Mourad Bouzidi	Glory 31: Amsterdam Amsterdam, Netherlands	June 25, 2016
3	Artem Vakhitov	Glory 28: Paris Paris, France	March 12, 2016	1. def. interim champion Zack Mwekassa at Glory 35: Nice on November 5, 2016 in Nice, France 2. def. Saulo Cavalari at Glory 38: Chicago on February 24, 2017 in Hoffman Estates, USA 3. def. Ariel Machado at Glory 47: Lyon on October 28, 2017 in Lyon, France 4. def. Danyo Ilunga at Glory 56: Denver on August 10, 2018 in Broomfield, USA 5. def. Donegi Abena at Glory 66: Paris on June 22, 2019 in Paris, France
2	Saulo Cavalari def. Zack Mwekassa	Bellator / Glory: Dynamite 1 San Jose, USA	September 19, 2015
Saki was stripped of the title due to inactivity on July 27, 2015.[28]
1	Gökhan Saki def. Tyrone Spong	Glory 15: Istanbul Istanbul, Turkey	April 12, 2014

Weight limit: 85 kg (187.4 lb)

No.	Name	Event	Date	Defenses
Current	Donovan Wisse def. Yousri Belgaroui	Glory 78: Rotterdam Rotterdam, Netherlands	September 4, 2021	1. def. Juri De Sousa at Glory 81: Ben Saddik vs. Adegbuyi 2 on August 20, 2022 in Düsseldorf, Germany 2. def. Serkan Ozcaglayan at Glory: Collision 5 on June 17, 2023 in Rotterdam, Netherlands
Pereira vacated the title to compete in the Light Heavyweight Division.[29]
5	Alex Pereira	Glory 46: China Guangzhou, China	October 14, 2017	1. def. Yousri Belgaroui at Glory 49: Rotterdam on December 9, 2017 in Rotterdam, Netherlands 2. def. Yousri Belgaroui at Glory 55: New York on July 20, 2018 in New York City, New York, USA 3. def. Simon Marcus at Glory 58: Chicago on September 14, 2018 in Hoffman Estates, Illinois, USA 4. def. Jason Wilnis at Glory 65: Utrecht on May 17, 2019 in Utrecht, Netherlands 5. def. Ertugrul Bayrak at Glory 74: Arnhem on Dec 21, 2019 in Arnhem, Netherlands
4 (2nd reign)	Simon Marcus	Glory 40: Copenhagen Copenhagen, Denmark	April 29, 2017
3	Jason Wilnis	Glory 33: New Jersey Trenton, USA	September 9, 2016	1. def. Israel Adesanya at Glory 37: Los Angeles on January 20, 2017 in Los Angeles, USA
2	Simon Marcus	Glory 27: Chicago Hoffman Estates, USA	February 26, 2016	1. def. Dustin Jacoby at Glory 30: Los Angeles on May 13, 2016 in Ontario, USA
1	Artem Levin def. Joe Schilling	Glory 17: Los Angeles Inglewood, USA	June 21, 2014	1. draw with Simon Marcus at Glory 21: San Diego on May 8, 2015 in San Diego, USA

Weight limit: 77 kg (169.8 lb)

No.	Name	Event	Date	Defenses
Current	Endy Semeleer def. Alim Nabiev	Glory 82 Bonn, Germany	November 19, 2022	1. def. Murthel Groenhart at Glory 85 on April 29, 2023 in Rotterdam, Netherlands 2. def. Jay Overmeer at Glory: Collision 5 on June 17, 2023 in Rotterdam, Netherlands
Glory declared the title vacant on November 16, 2021, following Doumbé's retirement from kickboxing[30].
Interim	Murthel Groenhart def. Troy Jones	Glory 70: Lyon Lyon, France	October 26, 2019
7 (2nd reign)	Cédric Doumbé	Glory 64: Strasbourg Strasbourg, France	March 9, 2019	1. def. Alim Nabiev at Glory 66: Paris on June 22, 2019 in Paris, France 2. def. Karim Ghajji at Glory 76: Rotterdam on December 19, 2020 in Rotterdam, Netherlands 3. def. interim champion Murthel Groenhart at Glory 77: Rotterdam on January 30, 2021 in Rotterdam, Netherlands
6	Harut Grigorian	Glory 50: Chicago Chicago, United States	February 16, 2018	1. def. Alim Nabiev at Glory 54: Birmingham on June 2, 2018 in Birmingham, England
5	Murthel Groenhart	Glory 44: Chicago Hoffman Estates, USA	August 25, 2017
4	Cédric Doumbé	Glory 36: Oberhausen Oberhausen, Germany	December 10, 2016	1. def. Yoann Kongolo at Glory 39: Brussels on March 25, 2017 in Brussels, Belgium 2. def. Nieky Holzken at Glory 42: Paris on June 10, 2017 in Paris, France
3	Nieky Holzken def. Raymond Daniels	Glory 23: Las Vegas Las Vegas, USA	August 7, 2015	1. def. Murthel Groenhart at Glory 26: Amsterdam on December 4, 2015 in Amsterdam, Netherlands 2. def. Yoann Kongolo at Glory 29: Copenhagen on April 16, 2016 in Copenhagen, Denmark 3. def. Murthel Groenhart at Glory 34: Denver on October 21, 2016 in Broomfield, USA
Valtellini vacated the title suffering from Post-Concussion Syndrome on June 4, 2015.[31]
2	Joseph Valtellini	Glory 17: Los Angeles Inglewood, USA	June 21, 2014
1	Marc de Bonte def. Karapet Karapetyan	Glory 16: Denver Broomfield, USA	May 3, 2014

Weight limit: 70 kg (154.3 lb)

No.	Name	Event	Date	Defenses
Current	Tyjani Beztati def. Elvis Gashi	Glory 78: Rotterdam Rotterdam, Netherlands	September 4, 2021	1. def. Josh Jauncey at Glory 80 Studio on May 14,2022 in Arnhem, Netherlands 2. def. Stoyan Koprivlenski at Glory: Collision 4 on October 8, 2022 in Arnhem, Netherlands 3. def. Petpanomrung Kiatmuu9 at Glory 84 on March 11, 2023 in Rotterdam, Netherlands 4. def. Kaito Ono at Glory 87 on August 19, 2023 in Rotterdam, Netherlands
Grigorian vacated the title when he signed for ONE Championship.[32]
4	Marat Grigorian	Glory 65: Utrecht Utrecht, Netherlands	May 17, 2019	1. def. Tyjani Beztati at Glory 69: Düsseldorf on October 12, 2019 in Düsseldorf, Germany 2. def. Elvis Gashi at Glory 73: Shenzhen on December 7, 2019 in Shenzhen, China
3	Sitthichai Sitsongpeenong	Glory 31: Amsterdam Amsterdam, Netherlands	June 25, 2016	1. def. Marat Grigorian at Glory 36: Oberhausen on December 10, 2016 in Oberhausen, Germany 2. def. Dylan Salvador at Glory 39: Brussels on March 25, 2017 in Brussels, Belgium 3. def. Christian Baya at Glory 50: Chicago on February 16, 2018 in Chicago, United States 4. def. Tyjani Beztati at Glory 53: Lille on May 12, 2018 in Lille, France 5. def. Marat Grigorian at Glory 57: Shenzhen on August 25, 2018 in Shenzhen, China 6. def. Josh Jauncey at Glory 61: New York on November 2, 2018 in New York City, United States
2	Robin van Roosmalen	Glory 18: Oklahoma Oklahoma City, USA	November 7, 2014	1. def. Andy Ristie at Glory 20: Dubai on Apr 3, 2015 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates 2. def. Sitthichai Sitsongpeenong at Glory 25: Milan on November 6, 2015 in Monza, Italy
1	Davit Kiria def. Andy Ristie	Glory 14: Zagreb Zagreb, Croatia	March 8, 2014

Weight limit: 65 kg (143.3 lb)

No.	Name	Event	Date	Defenses
Current	Petchpanomrung Kiatmookao	Glory 59: Amsterdam Amsterdam, Netherlands	September 29, 2018	1. def. Serhiy Adamchuk at Glory 63: Houston on February 1, 2019 in Houston, Texas 2. def. Anvar Boynazarov at Glory 67: Orlando on July 5, 2019 in Orlando, Florida 3. draw. Kevin Van Nostrand at Glory 72: Chicago on November 22, 2019 in Chicago, Illinois 4. def. Serhiy Adamchuk at Glory 75: Utrecht on February 29, 2020 in Utrecht, Netherlands 5. def. Abraham Vidales at Glory: Collision 4 on October 8, 2022 in Arnhem, Netherlands 6. def. Ahmad Chikh Mousa at Glory 86 on May 27, 2023 in Essen, Germany 7. def. David Mejia at Glory 89 on October 7, 2023 in Burgas, Bulgaria
Interim	Petchpanomrung Kiatmookao def. Kevin Van Nostrand	Glory 55: New York New York City, USA	July 20, 2018
Interim	Kevin Van Nostrand def. Anvar Boynazarov	Glory 48: New York New York City, USA	December 1, 2017
5 (2nd reign)	Robin van Roosmalen def. Petchpanomrung Kiatmookao	Glory 41: Holland Den Bosch, Netherlands	May 20, 2017	1. def. Serhiy Adamchuk at Glory 45: Amsterdam on September 30, 2017 in Amsterdam, Netherlands 2. def. interim champion Kevin Van Nostrand at Glory 52: Los Angeles on March 31, 2018 in Los Angeles, USA
van Roosmalen was stripped of the title after failing to make weight for a scheduled title defense on January 19, 2017.[33]
4	Robin van Roosmalen	Glory 34: Denver Denver, USA	October 21, 2016
3 (2nd reign)	Gabriel Varga	Glory 32: Virginia Norfolk, USA	July 22, 2016
2	Serhiy Adamchuk	Glory 25: Milan Milan, Italy	November 6, 2015	1. def. Mosab Amrani at Glory 28: Paris on March 12, 2016 in Paris, France
1	Gabriel Varga def. Mosab Amrani	Glory 20: Dubai Dubai, UAE	April 3, 2015

Weight limit: 55 kg (121.3 lb)

No.	Name	Event	Date	Defenses
Title was vacated when van Soest retired from the sport on September 9, 2023.[34]
5 (2nd reign)	Tiffany van Soest	Glory 71: Chicago Chicago, USA	November 22, 2019	1. def. Aline Pereira at Glory 77: Rotterdam on January 30, 2021 in Rotterdam, Netherlands 2. def. Manazo Kobayashi at Glory 80 on March 19, 2022 in Hasselt, Belgium 3. def. Sarah Moussaddak at Glory: Collision 4 On October 8, 2022 in Arnhem, Netherlands
4 (2nd reign)	Anissa Meksen	Glory 61: New York New York City, USA	November 2, 2018	1. def. Tiffany van Soest at Glory 64: Strasbourg on March 9, 2019 in Strasbourg, France 2. def. Sofia Olofsson at Glory 66: Paris on June 22, 2019 in Paris, France
3	Jady Menezes	Glory 56: Denver Broomfield, USA	August 10, 2018
2	Anissa Meksen	Glory 48: New York New York City, USA	December 1, 2017	1. def. Amel Dehby at Glory 53: Lille on May 12, 2018 in Lille, France
1	Tiffany van Soest def. Amel Dehby	Glory 36: Oberhausen Oberhausen, Germany	December 10, 2016	1. def. Meryem Uslu at Glory 44: Chicago on August 25, 2017 in Hoffman Estates, USA