GLORY - Japan Kickboxing Grandprix: Dec 2012
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TOKYO, Japan (July 23, 2012) –The world’s best heavyweights are set to return to Tokyo at last.

GLORY Sports International (GSI) today announced "GLORY Grand Slam – Heavyweight", which will take place in the Japanese capital this December.

The event will feature GLORY's top fighters battling in a new and exciting format and promises the Japanese fans something they have been missing for a long time - a truly world-class kickboxing event featuring the sport's most decorated superstars.

Additional details concerning "GLORY Grand Slam - Heavyweight" - including the date and venue plus invited fighters and match-ups - will be announced soon.

The event is being staged with the assistance of local partners G-Entertainment, a brand new agency focused on fighting sports, formed by some of the most experienced people in Japan’s fight event production industry.

"This is a very exciting time for us. Bringing GLORY to the home of the martial arts, and taking our top fighters who are idolised by the Japanese fans, is a crucial moment for us", commented Marcus Luer, Managing Director of GSI.

"We are delighted by the partnership with G-Entertainment. They have a team of top professionals behind them and we have no doubt that, together, we will produce a world-class spectacle."

About GLORY:
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The GLORY World Series (www.gloryworldseries.com) is the world’s premier stand-up fighting league, staging events across the globe and offering up to $1,000,000 in prize money to successful fighters in 16-man grand prix tournaments which are open to only the very best fighters in each weight class.

With television deals spanning every continent plus a groundbreaking online video streaming system, GLORY is one of the world’s most widely-broadcast sporting organizations already.

Owned and operated by Glory Sports International (GSI), the organization has offices in Holland, the UK, Thailand, Malaysia and Singapore. Its personnel include prominent hedge-fund investors, the pioneering sports marketing agency Total Sport Asia and several executives from the Golden Glory and It’s Showtime team.

source:
http://www.gloryworldseries.com/news/33-glory-grand-slam-heavyweight-kickboxing-mega-event-to-tokyo-in-december

GLORY recently announced their "GLORY Grand Slam" event, which is their heavyweight tournament consisting of 16 of some of the world's top heavyweights.

Today they announced most of the competitors in the heavyweight tournament, 13 of them to be exact. The fighters announced for the tournament so are are as follows:

Semmy Schilt

Peter Aerts

Remy Bonjasky

Jerome Le Banner

Errol Zimmerman

Gokhan Saki

Sergei Kharitonov

Filip Verlinden

Igor Jurkovic

Ismael Londt

Anderson "Braddock" Silva

Brice Guidon

Jamal Ben Saddik


GLORY WORLD SERIES ANNOUNCES
UNPRECEDENTED LINEUP OF
WORLD’S GREATEST KICKBOXERS FOR GLORY GRAND SLAM – HEAVYWEIGHT’
16-MAN TOURNAMENT IN TOKYO, JAPAN IN DECEMBER

No. 1 ranked Semmy Schilt joined by legends Remy Bonjasky, Peter Aerts, Jerome LeBanner and 9 other champions and rising stars


TOKYO, Japan (Aug. 7, 2012) –Glory Sports International, the parent company of world championship kickboxing league GLORY World Series, has today revealed the names of the first 13 fighters who have accepted an invitation to compete in the 'GLORY Grand Slam – Heavyweight,' 16-man, one-night, single-elimination tournament event in Tokyo, Japan in December.

World No.1 ranked heavyweight Semmy Schilt of The Netherlands tops the list and is joined by legendary icons Remy Bonjasky of Suriname, Peter Aerts of The Netherlands and Jerome LeBanner of France as well as decorated champions Errol Zimmerman of Curacao, Gokhan Saki of Turkey, Sergei Kharitonov of Russia and rising stars Filip Verlinden of Belgium, Ismael Londt of The Netherlands and Suriname, Braddock Silva of Brazil, Brice Guidon of France, Jamal Ben Saddik of Morocco and Igor Jurkovic of Croatia.

The nearly complete tournament field marks an unprecedented assembly of the world’s most outstanding kickboxing talent. The three fighters who will fill the remaining spots in the tournament draw will be announced soon, with Japanese fighters expected in the line-up.

The December date and Tokyo venue for the event will also be announced soon.

Only fighters in the upper echelon of the stand-up fighting world were invited and their names underline GLORY’s position as the world’s No. 1 kickboxing league. Never in the history of the sport has there been such a convention of top-ranked fighters in a single night.

”We are thrilled to be able to bring such a high-caliber group of talent to Tokyo as part of our mission to usher in a new dynasty in stand-up fighting,” said Marcus Luer, Managing Director of GLORY World Series.

“GLORY is the premier league of kickboxing and the tournaments are open only to those fighters who have proved themselves to be worthy,” explained Cor Hemmers, kickboxing icon and GLORY ambassador.

“The fighters we have invited to the Grand Slam are either household names in the sport already or are the future Champions. They represent more than 10 nations spanning 4 continents”

“The fights will be spectacular and the tournament will be dramatic. The winner will be the unquestioned king of the heavyweight division.”

The Grand Slam event will debut a new tournament format devised by Hemmers. The sixteen fighters will battle it out over four stages in one night to determine an overall winner.

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glad that Filip Verlinden is in this, he looked awesome in his fight with Ilunga at the showtime event. Should raise his stock a bit being in a tournament with the big-name fighters

It is a shame that Badr Hari and Alister Overeem are not on this show though!

This should still be an amazing event though!

My money for this would be on Semmy Schilt.

It is going to be interesting to see Bonjesky back in the ring too!

badr hari's on remand..apparently it serious as they usually only remand for 90 days max when they have a strong case...looks like he'll be in a wee while

Announced today the line up for the Grand-Slam tournament

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Semmy Schilt -V- Brice Guidon.

Rico Verhoeven -V- Sergei Kharitonov.

Gokhan Saki -V- Raomoru.

Anderson Silva -V- Igor Jurkovic.


Remy Bonjasky -V- Filip Verlinden.

Errol Zimmerman -V- Jamal Ben Saddick.

Peter Aerts -V - Mourad Bouzidi.

Daniel Ghita -V- Fabiano Aoki.

Wasn't aware of the rules thought it was pretty much the same as k1. Those few small differences gonna stand the bad co boys on better ground. Would have loved to be in uk for this bad boy. All the best uk fighters xo

Badr Hari is un for attempted manslaughter, looking at 10 years from what I've read

ooooh...any links to the case?
always thought he was a bit naughty

meantime i thought a lot of those guys were retired last time i looked! Though Bonjasky had terrible eye problems, Aerts retiremenet fight was against Sapp? JLB has taken way too many shots over the years and i am sure that Schilt retired from k 1 years before it finished?

Not long now!