John Joe O'Regan
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Video: Rico Verhoeven backstage after GLORY 26 knockout win
Rico Verhoeven backstage at GLORY 26 AMSTERDAM talking about his year-ending KO of Benjamin Adegbuyi → Read More
Video: Nieky Holzken declares end to beef with Groenhart
Nieky Holzken says his win over Murthel Groenhart at GLORY 26 AMSTERDAM brings their "unfinished business" to a close. → Read More
Aftermath: Panel breakdown of the GLORY 26 AMSTERDAM fallout
GLORY 26 AMSTERDAM was a behemoth event which brought the sport of kickboxing back to its spiritual home in style. Two title fights and a Featherweight Contender Tournament made the ESPN card the most stacked line-up of 2015 → Read More
Bloodlines: GLORY 26 AMSTERDAM and Kickboxing's own 'Gracie Family'
GLORY 26 AMSTERDAM takes place today in Amsterdam, Netherlands and is a homecoming for the sport. For Nick Hemmers, scion of the sport's most accomplished family, it is a landmark career moment. → Read More
GLORY 26 to air live on ESPN 3, replay Sunday evening on ESPN 2
GLORY today confirmed that this Friday's event will air both live and on tape-delay via ESPN platforms. The Amsterdam card features two world title fights plus a contenders tournament and is widely described as kickboxing's 'card of the year'. → Read More
Full Video: Countdown to GLORY 26 AMSTERDAM
Friday night sees GLORY bring a major kickboxing event to the sport's spiritual home of Amsterdam for the first time in over five years. The ESPN card features two world title fights and a contender tournament plus some standout undercard bouts. → Read More
Che Mills: I'd love to fight for GLORY in 2016
Che Mills’ stand-up skills made him a fan favorite during his UFC run and now the British welterweight is keen to show them off on another platform. → Read More
Kickboxing Panel: Predictions and opinions for GLORY 25 MILAN
Friday night's GLORY 25 MILAN event might be the most stacked kickboxing card of 2015. Four of the sport's top writers weigh in on the fights which will be shaking things up in the second-to-last event of 2015. → Read More
Jauncey: 'We've got the antidote for 'The Doctor' Petrosyan'
Josh Jauncey takes on former world #1 Giorgio Petrosyan at GLORY 25 MILAN on Friday night and believes he can become just the third ever fighter to beat 'The Doctor', considered by some to be perhaps the pound-for-pound best fighter in the sport. → Read More
Kickboxing Panel: GLORY 24 Heavyweight Contender Tournament
A four-man Heavyweight Contender Tournament forms the centerpiece of tonight’s show at GLORY 24 DENVER as Benjamin Adegbuyi, Mladen Brestovac, Ben Edwards and Jahfarr Wilnis battle it out for the chance to face heavyweight champion Rico Verhoeven. → Read More
Kickboxing Panel: Predictions for Schilling vs Wilnis at GLORY 24 DENVER
Bloody Elbow has compiled an expert panel to offer some opinion and predictions on tonight's GLORY card, starting with the main event middleweight contender fight between Joe Schilling and Jason Wilnis. → Read More
'Mr Gentleman' Adegbuyi on training with Tyson Fury for GLORY 24 tournament
Tonight, Romanian prospect Benjamin ‘Mr Gentleman’ Adegbuyi is one of four fighters competing in the GLORY 24 DENVER Heavyweight Contender Tournament. The winner will get a title shot against Rico Verhoeven at GLORY 26 AMSTERDAM in December. → Read More
Barrett reflects on road travelled ahead of Jacoby showdown
Wayne Barrett (5-3, 4 KO’s) will step in the ring on Friday night to face Dustin Jacoby (6-6, 5 KO’s) in the co-main event of GLORY 24 DENVER. It will be the New York middleweight's first fight since GLORY 20 DUBAI in April. → Read More
Daley petitioning Scott Coker and GLORY for Holzken title fight
Talk of a fight between GLORY welterweight champion Nieky ‘The Natural Holzken and British knockout specialist Paul ‘Semtex’ Daley first surfaced when the recent ‘Dynamite’ hybrid card was being put together. Daley still wants the fight. → Read More
Joe Schilling on "bittersweet" Nick Diaz situation, GLORY 24 contender fight
This Friday's GLORY 24 headliner Joe Schilling has been gratified by the support Diaz is receiving since being hit with a disproportionately heavy penalty by the Nevada Athletic Commission. → Read More
'F--k Nieky Holzken!'
Nieky Holzken is booked for GLORY 26 AMSTERDAM in December but is waiting for news of who his challenger will be. Paul Daley wants the slot and he is not holding back in his efforts to get it. → Read More
GLORY confirms two title fights for Amsterdam event in December
Premier kickboxing league GLORY today announced an event for Amsterdam, Netherlands for December, with two world title fights in the headline slots. → Read More
UFC appoints new head of EMEA operations
The UFC has today announced a new Vice President and General Manager of its operations in Europe, Middle East and Africa. → Read More
Mwekassa goes in on 'disrespectful' former champion Saki
The ongoing beef between former GLORY champion Gokhan Saki and recent title challenger Zack Mwekassa shows no signs of abating as Mwekassa slams ‘The Rebel’ for comments he made in the run-up to last week’s ‘Dynamite’ event. → Read More
Paul Daley aiming for twin champion status with Bellator and GLORY
British banger Paul ‘Semtex’ Daley likes the idea of holding the world welterweight title both in Bellator MMA and GLORY Kickboxing and hopes the two organizations can collaborate to make that happen. → Read More