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Wheelie
27-10-2015, 23:23
GLORY kickboxing to no longer air on Spike TV

Confirming long-standing rumors, GLORY kickboxing events will no longer air on Spike TV. After a run of more than a dozen events dating back to 2013, Spike will no longer air the top kickboxing organization's shows. The network confirmed the news with MMA Fighting on Tuesday.

GLORY events first began airing on Spike in November of 2013 with GLORY 12 in Chicago, Illinois. The Viacom-owned station would eventually air thirteen GLORY-specific events as well as Bellator Dynamite 1 in September, which featured a number of GLORY kickboxing bouts.

The leading kickboxing organization also ran their Last Man Standing middleweight tournament during their tenure on Spike, but this event aired solely on pay-per-view. GLORY 17, however, was the lead-in programming for this event and aired live on Spike TV.

The most recent GLORY event to broadcast on Spike was GLORY 24 from Denver, Colorado, an event headlined by Joe Schilling, who also fights for Bellator MMA. That event aired on Friday, October 9th, beginning at 11pm ET and drew only 283,000 average viewers. While GLORY events have largely drawn praise from consumers and viewers, ratings for the programming underperformed during their run on the national network.

According to representatives with the network, the decision to no longer air GLORY is not sudden. Talks between GLORY and Spike were ongoing, but no agreement could be reached before the existing arrangement expired. In conjunction with PBC boxing and Bellator MMA, GLORY kickboxing has a component of the network's 'Friday Night Lights Out', a call to viewers to rely on Spike to provide combat sports action at a designated time on Friday evenings.

MMA Fighting has reached out to GLORY representatives and will add their comments if and when they respond.

While its future on U.S. television is unknown at this time, the kickboxing organization has a number of international television distribution deals. They stage their next event, GLORY 25, on November 6th in Milan, Italy and will air those bouts on the organization's website.

Klassikl
28-10-2015, 00:17
Geen grote verrassing. Misschien dat Glory nu nog iets kan worden.

largo0
28-10-2015, 01:26
Nu kunnen ze tenminste 8mans toernooien organiseren, gezien er nu geen uitzendtijd van 2 uur is wat Spiketv hanteerde.

Betere matchmaking maken met meer Nederlandse vechters.

BIG Lebowski
28-10-2015, 02:00
Nu kunnen ze tenminste 8mans toernooien organiseren, gezien er nu geen uitzendtijd van 2 uur is wat Spiketv hanteerde .

Geschiedenis herhaalt zich. De deal met Fuji TV toentertijd was een van de oorzaken van de ondergang van K-1. Nu Spike weer met Glory. Eerst de boel verzieken door alles op Amerikaanse leest te schoeien, en dan eruit stappen. Onvoorstelbaar dat de heren van Glory dit hebben laten gebeuren. Maar ja, het draait weer eens om de poen ipv de sport.

Het goede nieuws is dat het de weg vrij kan maken naar een organisatie die de grootste fanbase bedient: Azië en Europa. Zoiets als een combi K-1 en Showtime. Dan herleven de oude tijden weer van rondom kerst de K-1 GP bekijken. Daar keek ik maanden vantevoren al naar uit. Ik ben benieuwd.

BaZZeHH
28-10-2015, 07:30
The news of Spike TV and GLORY's rift hit the internet today and while many of us had been talking about it for a while now, there was never an official word that came down. That was, in part, due to the fact that there was still a possibility for GLORY and Spike to work out a last minute extension and remain in business together. As we saw today, that was not to be. Instead Spike TV commented publicly on them no longer being in business with GLORY.
We reached out to GLORY for comment and CEO Jon Franklin passed this along;
"Spike was a solid platform to introduce GLORY and kickboxing as a whole in the US. We of course leave the door open to working with Spike again, but for right now, the fit isn't perfect.
GLORY needs a partnership with a dedicated sports broadcaster, an established destination for the world's greatest athletic events. With more original content, shoulder programming, and a view to brand building for the organization and our athletes coming up, GLORY will be able to take its next step as a global sports property.
We want to elevate the sport further and moving from a men's entertainment network to a dedicated sports network with broadcast affiliates will best serve this goal.
Since we began, GLORY has delivered the most exciting stand-up fighting available and our fans worldwide will not miss that opportunity. Our next card, GLORY 25 Milan will air on US television, as will every card after that. We'll have an update on where to watch shortly. Stay tuned."

Bron: Liverkick