GLORY: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

The world's premier kickboxing league, Glory World Series maintains six different weight classes and utilizes a year-long tournament format series, comprised of both 8-man 'Slam' and 16-man 'Grand Slam,' one-night, single-elimination tournaments that test the physical and mental fortitude of their competitors. The fight series also includes events consisting of traditional, single bouts featuring superstars and emerging talent. GLORY World Series rules permit the use of punches, kicks and knee strikes. Fighters are ranked according to a thorough point-system maintained by the GLORY World Federation that awards points to fighters based on their performances in tournaments and in single bouts. With live events throughout Europe as well as in the U.S. and Asia; television deals spanning every continent; online live video streaming of all shows; and the world's largest online martial arts library, GLORY World Series is one of the world's most widely distributed sporting organizations.

Glory (stylized as GLORY) and formerly Glory World Series and GLORY Kickboxing is an international kickboxing promotion company founded in 2012 by Glory Sports International Pte Ltd. partners Pierre Andurand, Marcus Luer, Scott Rudmann and Total Sports Asia. The company has its headquarters in Singapore.

Series details

• Title: GLORY
• Format: Sports
• Language: English
• Premiere date: 2012-05-26
• Status in TVmaze: Running
• Network listed by TVmaze: ESPN2
• Network country: United States
• Typical episode runtime: 122 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 6917

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2012-05-26; final listed air date 2012-05-26.
• Season 2: premiered 2013-10-12; final listed air date 2013-12-21.
• Season 3: premiered 2014-03-08; final listed air date 2014-03-08.
• Season 4: premiered 2015-05-08; final listed air date 2015-12-04.
• Season 5: premiered 2016-02-26; final listed air date 2016-12-10.
• Season 6: premiered 2017-01-20; final listed air date 2017-12-09.
• Season 7: premiered 2018-02-16; final listed air date 2018-12-08.
• Season 8: premiered 2019-02-01; final listed air date 2019-12-21.

Source and licence

Adapted from GLORY on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.