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TWJake
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07.03.2020 | 2:53 PM ET


https://twitter.com/aaronbronsteter/status/1279114039755407360?s=20



FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCK today is a bad day for combat sports

* Edited at 07.03.2020, 2:54 PM ET *

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07.03.2020 | 2:56 PM ET

I think a lot of their top talent might go to ONE Super Series.
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07.03.2020 | 2:59 PM ET

IDK tepid, I believe I heard a rumor that chatri has hired a hitman to eliminate everyone under a GLORY contract

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07.03.2020 | 3:45 PM ET

Saw this news today, very unfortunate to see. Glory has been a favorite of mine in the past. I've been a little up and down these past couple years but it was always a good product. I certainly hope another organization can step in and fill the shoes.

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07.03.2020 | 3:52 PM ET

yeah, this sucks. GLORY was an icon.
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07.03.2020 | 4:52 PM ET

@TWJake

ONE Super Series is the only real option, because they have kickboxing bouts, whereas a promotion such as Lion Fight only does Muay Thai.

* Edited at 07.03.2020, 5:02 PM ET *

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07.03.2020 | 6:00 PM ET



Many painful eliminations in Glory.


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07.03.2020 | 9:44 PM ET

**** its been a while since I watched Glory but it was a nice fresh Kickboxing ORG.
Seemed well run and never heard too much *****ing about pay backed by pros for 40 yrs of combat.
Some of the older glory guys are already at ONE but I'm with fish they seem plenty shady.
Maybe we will see some fresh kickbox/mma converts they may do ok in LFA,LMAO,PFL etc.
I've heard about Bellator KB that is another option if its true not seen any.
Or Dana can get off his checkbook and go multi sport finally!

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07.03.2020 | 10:33 PM ET

I watched GLORY when it was on Paramount Network.
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07.03.2020 | 11:00 PM ET

Damn rip, a friend of mine was telling me about them probably going under this year. The pandemic def didn’t help, sounds like chatri’s doing to me

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07.03.2020 | 11:00 PM ET

What’s worse k-bobs dad passing or glory folding?

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07.03.2020 | 11:29 PM ET

Well that sucks

When k1 went down, glory picked up so many fighters 

Hopefully they land somewhere that can produce some good shows
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07.03.2020 | 11:35 PM ET

What promotion do you guys think will bite the dust next? My guess is PFL

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07.04.2020 | 12:16 AM ET


INVICTA  almost certainly would have gone bust if it weren't for whatever relationship it has with the UFC. Maybe it has a deal with UFC to serve as an exclusive feeder promotion? I don't know. Don't have the facts. Regardless, it's a bad product that would never have survived the free market on its own terms, especially under the direction of Knapp who is a total passion fingers 9 everything she touches she ****s). Even Bellator struggles to keep its head above water despite Legends fights and the backing of Viacom. There's simply not much volume in MMA. It's amazing we have as many little players as we do TBH.

Fight promotions will be relatively insulated during this crisis. The emphasis on 'relatively'. But yeah, they're not going to take it up the bracket like restaurant owners and airlines are.

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07.04.2020 | 11:15 PM ET

Rip the sport of kickboxing

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07.05.2020 | 3:23 AM ET

Well this is unfortunate but not necessarily unforeseen.  GLORY's inability to gain mainstream attention in the US killed them. Hopefully someone can put the pieces together from the ruble.

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07.05.2020 | 9:21 AM ET

I want to know where Rico Verhoeven and some of the other bigger stars go to now. Many of these top kickboxers will start trying MMA hopefully, we started to see this a bit with Gokhan Saki.

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07.05.2020 | 10:15 AM ET

@xconchris

I don't think a lot of kickboxers have the other skills necessary to be effective in MMA.
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07.05.2020 | 10:19 AM ET

It's really a crapshoot if they will do well and be effective. Israel Adesanya transitioned well. Same thing for high level wrestlers. Some transition well to fighting, some just dont. Really unpredictable. 

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07.06.2020 | 7:43 PM ET

Enfusion Kickboxing is a pretty killer league check them out

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07.07.2020 | 2:23 PM ET

Seagalski watched Enfusion before. King of Kings is pretty good Kickboxing promotion. Not as good as Glory though. There is Kunlun Fight too.

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