Ariake Colliseum Hosts One Night Tournament
Saturday, December 21st on SPIKE TV
New York, NY – GLORY, the world’s premier kickboxing league, today announced thrilling kickboxing action for its year-end event, featuring a one-night, four-man Welterweight World Championship Tournament and headlined by a veteran Heavyweight clash, from Ariake Coliseum in Tokyo, Japan on Saturday, December 21st.
The world's top-ranked Welterweights square off in GLORY's World Championship Tournament, as #1 ranked Nieky ‘The Natural’ Holzken (82-11-0, 43 KOs) faces Belgium’s Marc de Bonte (86-11-1, 28 KOs) and surging ‘Bazooka’ Joe Valtellini (10-1-10, 9 KOs) meets #4 ranked Karapet Karapetyan (42-8-2, 4 KOs) of Armenia.
GLORY 13 TOKYO, broadcast on SPIKE TV, is headlined by #3 ranked Romanian tactician Daniel Ghita (49-10-0, 38 KOs), taking on the revitalized and hard-hitting Errol Zimmerman (101-10-1, 42 KOs). In the co-headline event, UFC veteran Dustin Jacoby (4-2-0, 3 KOs) battles local fighter and GLORY newcomer Makoto Uehara (15-4-1, 9 KOs).
GLORY 13 TOKYO card below:
Headline Bout: Daniel Ghita vs. Errol Zimmerman
Co-Headline Bout: Makoto Uehara vs. Dustin Jacoby
Tournament Reserve Bout: Aleksandr Stetcurenko vs. Karim Ghajji
Tournament Bout: Joseph Valtellini vs. Karapet Karapetyan
Tournament Bout: Nieky Holzken vs. Marc de Bonte
About GLORY:Founded in 2012, GLORY is owned and operated by GLORY Sports International (GSI), a professional martial arts organization and television content provider, and maintains offices in New York, London, Amsterdam, Singapore, and Tokyo. GLORY programming is seen in over 170 territories. 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.
