Glory 4 Heavyweight Grand Slam to air on CBS Sports

Glory has announced that the Glory 4 Heavyweight Grand Slam that will be held in conjunction with Dream 18 on December 31, 2012 will be aired on CBS Sports. The event which will feature some of the best heavyweight Kickboxers such as Semmy Schilt, Remy Bonjasky, Gokhan Saki, Daniel Ghita, and more will air via tape delay on December 31st at 10 PM EST/7 PM PST.

Glory will look to make a push into the North American market starting in 2013 with its "Road to Glory" series and getting on American television is always a plus.

Below is the full press release from Glory.

CBS Sports Network To Air

GLORY 4 TOKYO – HEAVYWEIGHT GRAND SLAM

ON NEW YEAR’S EVE

Sixteen of the World's Hardest Hitting KO Artists Collide in a One Night Single-Elimination Kickboxing Competition With $600,000 in Prize Money At Stake

NEW YORK, NY (Dec. 26, 2012) -- GLORY 4 Tokyo - Heavyweight Grand Slam, a one night single-elimination kickboxing competition featuring 16 of the world’s hardest hitting KO artists, will be televised on Monday, Dec. 31, 2012 at 10:00 p.m. EST on CBS Sports Network.

Unprecedented and historic in the sport of kickboxing, GLORY 4 is the first-ever 16-man tournament where the winner has to defeat four opponents in one night to be crowned GLORY World Champion and walk away with $400,000.

“We are very excited to provide fight fans in the U.S. with the first real look at GLORY KICKBOXING with the broadcast of our GLORY 4 Tokyo Heavyweight Grand Slam on CBS Sports Network on New Year's Eve,” said Marcus Luer, CEO Glory Sports International. “We have lined up the best heavyweight stand-up fighters from every corner of the globe who come with professional KO records that will astound and excite American fight fans! A world first—there will be no denying that the ’last man standing’ in this tournament will be hailed as the top stand-up fighter on the planet.”

The line-up consists of heavyweight KO superstars such as Peter Aerts (104-30-1, 78 KO's), Remy Bonjasky (77-14, 40 KO's) and Semmy Schilt (39-6, 18 KO's) plus dangerous rising stars such as the explosive Gokhan Saki (77-15, 53 KO's) and the clinical leg-kick specialist Daniel Ghita (44-7-0, 34 KO's), known to his Japanese fans as 'The Savage Samurai.’

Luer added “We have improved the GLORY rules further to allow for amazingly fast, furious and explosive fights. The action will be presented in the tradition of the best Japanese fight shows, with new video mapping technology as seen at the recent Olympics, heart-pounding music, pyro and special effects. It will be a feast for all the senses!”

CBS Sports Network is available across the country through local cable, video and telco providers and via satellite on DirecTV Channel 613 and Dish Network Channel 158. For more information, and to access the CBS Sports Network channel finder, go to www.cbssportsnetwork.com.

For more information go to www.gloryworldseries.com.

About GLORY:

GLORY World Series (www.gloryworldseries.com) is the world's new premier kickboxing league, producing live events across the globe and offering up to $1,000,000 in prize money to the winners of one-night, 16-man ‘Grand Slam’ tournaments, which are open to only the best fighters in each weight class. The fight series also includes 8-man ‘Slam’ tournaments and events with traditional, single bouts.
With television deals spanning every continent, online live video streaming of all shows and the world's largest online martial arts library, GLORY is one of the world's most widely distributed sporting organizations.

Owned and operated by Glory Sports International (GSI), the organization has offices in the UK, Holland, Tokyo, Malaysia, Singapore and soon in the USA. Its personnel include an unprecedented mix of accomplished entrepreneurs and senior level executives from the diverse worlds of finance, sports marketing, television and martial arts fighting.