GLORY KICKBOXING DEBUTS ON SPIKE (UK) Watch GLORY 22 on Saturday, June 6...

New York, NY – For the first time ever, Spike (UK) viewers will be able to watch the world’s premier kickboxing league, as GLORY today announced a deal with the channel to broadcast GLORY 22 on Saturday, June 6 at 9 p.m. BST.

“Kickboxing fans have clamoured about our possible debut on the channel for months via social media. We brought that outcry of support to the team at Spike to prove the UK's strong interest in the most exciting combat sport on television," said GLORY Executive Director Ivan Farneti. “Things moved quickly after our first meeting".

GLORY joins Bellator MMA and BAMMA as the combat sports properties currently aired on Spike (UK), part of the Channel 5 family.

Spike Acquisitions & Channel Manager Marie-Claire Dunlop commented:

“We are very excited to add Glory onto our ever expanding roster of international combat events. Now Glory fans in the UK have a destination to view the very best kick boxing promotion in the world – and for FREE!”

GLORY 22 is headlined by Heavyweight World Champion Rico "The Prince of Kickboxing" Verhoeven (45-10, 11 KOs) of the Netherlands defending his belt against powerful Romanian Benjamin "Mister Gentleman" Adegbuyi (18-2, 13 KOs). The card also features GLORY's one-night, four-man Lightweight Contender Tournament, with the winner earning a title shot later this year.

Tickets for GLORY 22 are available starting at stade-pierre-mauroy.com and ticketmaster.com and are priced at €125, €85, €65, €55, €40, €25, and €15.

For more information, visit gloryworldseries.com.

About GLORY:

Founded in 2012, GLORY is owned and operated by GLORY Sports International (GSI), a professional martial arts organization and television content provider that maintains offices in New York, Denver, London, Amsterdam, and Singapore. GLORY programming is seen in over 140 countries. GLORY kickboxing rules are comprised of a mix of several combat disciplines including Karate, Muay Thai, Tae Kwon Do and traditional Boxing. Like us on Facebook, follow us on Twitter @GLORY_WS, and visit us online at gloryworldseries.com.

About Spike UK:

Spike UK is the latest general entertainment channel from the Channel 5 stable, bringing its portfolio of free-to-air UK networks to nine. The channel will be available from launch on 15th April via the main digital TV platforms in the UK, including Freeview (Ch 31), Sky TV (Ch 160), Freesat (Ch 141), BT TV (Ch 31) and Talk Talk (Ch 31). Spike UK offers a mix of original commissions, smash hit acquired drama and blockbuster films, factual library content and adrenalin-fuelled sports blended with a range of reality series from Spike in the US, which is consistently amongst the highest rating basic cable networks. Both Spike in the US and Channel 5 are owned and operated by Viacom International Media Networks, a unit of Viacom (NASDAQ: VIA, VIAB), one of the world’s leading creators of programming and content across all media platforms.  Live It Like Spike by accessing www.spiketv.co.uk and following the channel on social media – twitter.com/spiketvuk and www.facebook.com/SpikeTVUK.