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GLORY is a professional kickboxing promotion founded in 2012 and headquartered in London, United Kingdom. The organization emerged after K-1 fell into financial difficulty in 2011; its founders — including Pierre Andurand and Scott Rudmann of Nectar Capital, alongside Total Sports Asia — acquired It’s Showtime, United Glory, and Golden Glory and signed the majority of the world’s top kickboxers at the time, including Peter Aerts, Remy Bonjasky, Semmy Schilt, Gokhan Saki, and Giorgio Petrosyan. Originally branded as Glory World Series, it later shortened the name to GLORY.

The promotion operates seven championship divisions spanning Heavyweight through Women’s Super Bantamweight. It held a major US television deal with Spike TV from 2013–2015, moved to ESPN in 2016, and entered a period of financial restructuring in 2020 when its parent entity Glory Sports International went into receivership and ownership transferred to GSUKCO Limited. Marshall Zelaznik returned as CEO in 2024; as of 2026 events are broadcast on DAZN and Triller TV globally, with Dutch-language coverage on KIJK.