After a COVID-19 hiatus the King of Kings returned to Tallinn, Estonia. The event featured boxing. Kickboxing, MMA and Muay Thai and was the premiere of the Estonian promotion on streaming platform DAZN. The King of Kings recently announced an ambition promotion road map for the rest of 2022 – please click here to read […]
The King of Kings events return after a hiatus due to COVID-19. The Lithuanian based mixed events (Muay Thai, Kickboxing and MMA) promotion has announced several events for October and November 2022. KOK World Series 103 in Tallinn, Estonia, October 15th 2022 at the Tondiraba Ice Hall The event features a four-man Grand Prix under […]
Cedric Doumbe, the French former Glory Kickboxing champion, will make his UFC debut in Paris. It took only two professional MMA victories for Doumbe to become a UFC athlete, debuting in his hometown of Paris. Doumbe will square off against Darian Weeks at UFC Fight Night on September 3 at the Accor Arena in Paris. […]
Accusations have once again hindered head of RIZIN, Nobuyuki Sakakibara. This time, it affected a major TV deal, which was scheduled to broadcast kickboxing superstars Tenshin Nasukawa and Takeru Segawa in what has been a fight anticipated for years. It eventually came together for June 19 for Fuji TV, but was announced Tuesday that it […]
The only man who managed to earn a KO victory against Israel Adesanya is likely to join the UFC. Alex Pereira (33-6 in kickboxing, 3-1 in MMA) is reportedly closing in on signing a deal with UFC. He is expected to debut in the 185-pound division sometime soon, but it’s unclear after he dropped his […]
Alex Pereira’s first fight as a defending champ-champ, GLORY Kickboxing’s first, will take place on a grand stage, as he will defend the middleweight title at GLORY: Collision 2 on December 21. Pereira will defend the championship against Ertugrul Bayrak. Pereira enters this contest on a seven-fight win streak (six in GLORY). After defeating Simon […]
GLORY heavyweight champion Rico Verhoeven, one of the most popular figures in the sport, has signed a new, multi-year exclusive agreement with GLORY Kickboxing. Verhoeven made his professional kickboxing debut in April 2005 and has gone on to become arguably the most decorated figure in the sport today, competing for promotions such as GLORY, K-1 […]
Just under two months since making a successful first title defense, Marat Grigorian will once again put the GLORY lightweight championship on the line when he meets Elvis Gashi in the main event of GLORY 73. Grigorian defeated Tyjani Beztati to retain the title at GLORY 69 in October. It marked his first time defending […]