GLORY 13 IS HEADING BACK TO !

New York, NY – , the world’s premier league, proudly announces its final event of the calendar year, Glory 13, featuring a televised one-night, World Championship Tournament, taking place at the Ariake Colosseum in Tokyo, on Saturday, December 21st.

GLORY’s Welterweight World Championship Tournament will feature the top-ranked kickboxers at 77kg/170lb, including GLORY’s #1 Ranked Welterweight fighter, Nieky Holzken (82-11-0, 43 KOs) of the .

To emerge as the GLORY Welterweight World Champion, given the 4-man tournament structure, a combatant will need to fight and win two bouts in the same night.

While the Welterweight World Championship Tournament will be a focal point of the night, other headline fights will be featured alongside a taping of the GLORY SuperFights Series. Local undercard fights are still to be announced. GLORY has conducted two other events in Japan in its two-year history and crowned a Heavyweight World Champion, Semmy Schilt at Glory 4, and World Champion Yuta Kubo at Glory 8.

For more information, visit www.gloryworldseries.com.

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, Holland, , and Tokyo. GLORY programming is seen in over 170 countries. GLORY kickboxing rules are comprised of a mix of several combat disciplines including , Muay Thai, Tae Kwon Do and traditional . Like us on Facebook, follow us on Twitter @GLORY_WS, and visit us online at www.gloryworldseries.com.