Golden Glory Announced United Glory’s MMA & Kickboxing “World Series” Details

According to United Glory, Team Golden Glory’s fight promotion which produces the likes of K-1 and MMA superstars Semmy Schilt, Alistair Overeem, Marloes Coenen, Gokhan Saki, Errol Zimmerman, Ramon Dekkers, Siyar Bahadurzada and Stefan Leko has announced the details of their upcoming Kickboxing and MMA “World Series” show (Grand Prix) which starts in October 16. Here are the said contestants:

Kickboxing:

Errol Zimmerman
Ruslan Karaev
Mourad Bouzidi
Gokhan Saki
Stefan Leko
Brice Guidon
Anderson “Braddock” Silva
Ashwin Balrak

MMA:

Siyar Bahadurzada
Diego Gonzalez
Tommy Depret
Paul Daley
Roan Carneiro
Shinya Aoki
Nick Thompson
Marius Zaromskis

Sorry mate, i'm completely clueless about this. What is it, some sort of TUF-Style thing?

United Glory is the promoting arm of golden glory gym,who were the guys behind the world vale tudo championships originally,they later got into management and created golden glory.
They have and have had a pretty good stable of fighters on there team,mostly top Muay Thai kickboxers.

There will be two separate 8-man tournaments, one for kickboxing and one for MMA, held over 3 events. The quarter final rounds will take place at the October event; semi-finals in February in Belgium, and finals in April in The Netherlands.

Zimmerman and Saki,two teammates should be the favs in the kickboxing GP.
Golden glory are a team of fighters that won't hold back or be bothered if they end up fighting one another,unlike some teams out there(I don't think Drug tests will be an issue either )

The MMA side will be a WW event.
Daley vs Zaromskis should be a good one if it happens.
I'm a bit doubtful on Aoki being on this,if he is they have done a great job of keeping a name like him so quite,plus I don't think it would be a smart move for him fighting at WW against some of these huge strikers.

Saki is a beast but Ruslan Karaev is my favourite K1 fighter and my money is on him to win it.

Daley's hands vs Zaromskis's headkicks.

Gotta fancy Daley, better chin, more explosive. Zaromskis should really drop to 155.

Yeah,i'd think Daley would take that one pretty comfortably,though I imagine while the fight lasted the action would be great.

Aoki has some fucking balls if he goes through with this tournament!!

(despite evidence to the contrary!)

yeah without a doubt.
I don't like the guy and will call him many things but a coward isn't one of them.

so the FIRST ROUND of the tournaments are tonight!!!
LIVE and on Eurosport!

too bad its on the same time as the UFC...but i will be recording it and watching it immediatley afterwards

here is the lineup:



Derrick Noble vs. Siyar Bahadurzada

At stake in this opening round matchup is Siyar Bahadurzada (17-4-1)'s momentum as he heads towards his Strikeforce debut. The Golden Glory middleweight recently signed with Strikeforce and is the current 183-pound Shooto world champion. He's on a three-fight win streak, but has struggled against higher competition. As a member of the Sengoku roster in 2008, the Afghan striker suffered losses to Kazuo Misaki and Jorge Santiago with a freak accident win over Evangelista "Cyborg" Santos (broken arm).

Meanwhile, former MFC lightweight champ Derrick Noble (25-14-1) looks to break a streak of losses against Yves Edwards and Drew Fickett. Noble, who is entering this fight on one week's notice and is stepping in for Minnesota Martial Arts Academy teammate Nick "The Goat" Thompson, is a gritty veteran journeyman who holds wins over current UFC fighters Thiago Alves and Jake Ellenberger.

Sergey Golyaev vs. John Alessio

Russian Sergey Golyaev (17-7)'s claim to fame thus far was his upset win over Takanori Gomi at Sengoku 6 in November 2008. Golyaev lost his following Sengoku fight and was sent packing. Here is his chance to put his name back on the map with a win over the resurging Alessio. Golyaev will enter the fight with more preparation but will give up size as he's a natural lightweight.

Xtreme Couture's John Alessio (28-13) is a surprise competitor in this tournament. With a Tachi Palace fight title shot in the horizon and a five-fight win streak, he's taking this fight on a week's notice. Over the last couple of years, Alessio has revamped his career following key losses in 2008-2009 to Paul Daley and Andre Galvao and is on his way to making a UFC comeback.

Roan "Jucao" Carneiro vs. Luis Ramos

Roan "Jucao" Carneiro (13- will need to fight off ring rust as he's only had one fight since his release from the UFC in 2008. The American Top Team fighter's last match was a win over Jorge Patino at Shine Fights 2 in September 2009.

Fighting practically his entire career at home, Brazilian Luis Ramos (16-5) is looking at a chance to breakout internationally. Currently the 167-pound Shooto South American champ, his last three fights were all decision wins in Brazil.

Tommy Depret vs. David Bielkheden

David Bielkheden (16-7) is a UFC and PRIDE veteran who returned to the European MMA scene after his loss to Mark Bocek at UFC 97. The Swede fights out of the Brazilian Top Team and is a BJJ black belt.

Tommy Depret (7-3) doesn't have any notable wins and his fighting here due to his affiliation with Golden Glory.


Also, newly-crowned Strikeforce champion Marloes Coenen is expected to compete in the Golden Glory-affiliated event.




the kickboxing lineup: (a much better comparitive lineup)


Gokhan Saki vs Bruce Guidon
Errol Zimmerman vs Adam Redzovic
Stefan Leko vs Wendell Roche
Anderson Silva vs Mourad Bouzidi


the second round will be in february

sound like an interesting concept. woth keeping an eye on.

Can anyone recomend a good stream that I could watch this on?

If you do it will be much appreciated,It'll work out great for me,to watch this first and then get the UFC on delay later.

iv watched a few streams since joing this site and justintv is popular seems to have everything.

Yeah I checked JustinTV and loads of others but couldn't find anything,I gave up after an hour or so of looking.

Found videos after it finished though,so you've all got something good to watch when you wake up

cheers for the payne.