| 2012 in Glory | ||||
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| Information | ||||
| First date | May 26, 2012 | |||
| Last date | December 31, 2012 | |||
| Events | ||||
| Total events | 4 | |||
| Fights | ||||
| Chronology | ||||
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The year 2012 was the first year in the history of Glory, an international kickboxing event. 2012 starts with Glory 1: Stockholm, and ends with Dream 18 & Glory 4: Tokyo. The events were broadcast through television agreements with regional channels around the world.
| # | Event title | Date | Arena | Location |
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| 1 | Glory 1: Stockholm | May 26, 2012 | Ericsson Globe |  Stockholm, Sweden |
| 2 | Glory 2: Brussels | October 6, 2012 | Forest National |  Brussels, Belgium |
| 3 | Glory 3: Rome | November 3, 2012 | PalaLottomatica |  Rome, Italy |
| 4 | Dream 18/Glory 4: Tokyo | December 31, 2012 | Saitama Super Arena |  Saitama, Japan |
| Glory 1: Stockholm | ||||
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| Promotion | Glory | |||
| Date | May 26, 2012 | |||
| Venue | Ericsson Globe | |||
| City | Stockholm, Sweden | |||
| Attendance | 11,300 | |||
| Event chronology | ||||
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Glory 1: Stockholm was a kickboxing event held on May 26, 2012 at the Ericsson Globe in Stockholm, Sweden.
This event featured the world title fight for the inaugural Glory Heavyweight championship between Semmy Schilt and Errol Zimmerman as headliner. The event also featured qualification bouts for the Glory 70kg Slam Tournament.
| Glory 1 | |||||||
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| Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
| Heavyweight 120 kg |  Semmy Schilt | def. |  Errol Zimmerman | TKO (Corner Stopage) | 3 | 2:20 | For the inaugural Glory Heavyweight Championship |
| Heavyweight 120 kg |  Gokhan Saki | def. |  Carter Williams | KO (Punch) | 1 | 1:05 | |
| Welterweight 77 kg | Nieky Holzken | def. | Alex Harris | KO (Punch to the Body) | 2 | 2:44 | |
| Lightweight 70 kg | Robin van Roosmalen | def. |  Dzhabar Askerov | Decision (Unanimous) | 3 | 3:00 | 70 kg Slam Qualification |
| Lightweight 70 kg |  Davit Kiria | def. |  Kem Sitsongpeenong | Decision (Unanimous) | 3 | 3:00 | 70 kg Slam Qualification |
| Lightweight 70 kg | Ky Hollenbeck | def. | Michael Corley | TKO (Referee Stopage) | 1 | 0:46 | 70 kg Slam Qualification |
| Lightweight 70 kg | Sanny Dahlbeck | def. |  Warren Stevelmans | Decision (Unanimous) | 3 | 3:00 | 70 kg Slam Qualification |
| Lightweight 70 kg | Albert Kraus | def. |  Mohammed El Mir | Decision (Unanimous) | 3 | 3:00 | 70 kg Slam Qualification |
| Lightweight 70 kg | Giorgio Petrosyan | def. |  Fabio Pinca | Decision (Unanimous) | 3 | 3:00 | 70 kg Slam Qualification |
| Lightweight 70 kg |  Tim Thomas | def. |  Dennis Schneidmiller | Decision (Unanimous) | 3 | 3:00 | 70 kg Slam Qualification |
| Lightweight 70 kg |  Shemsi Beqiri | def. | Yoshihiro Sato | Decision (Split) | 3 | 3:00 | 70 kg Slam Qualification |
| MMA Light Heavyweight 93 kg | Ilir Latifi | def. | Tony Lopez | Decision (Unanimous) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| MMA Light Heavyweight 93 kg | Jason Jones | def. |  Dritan Barjamaj | Submission (Armbar) | 1 | 1:09 | |
| Glory 2: Brussels | ||||
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| Promotion | Glory | |||
| Date | October 6, 2012 | |||
| Venue | Forest National | |||
| City | Brussels, Belgium | |||
| Attendance | 5,367 | |||
| Event chronology | ||||
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Glory 2: Brussels was a kickboxing event held on October 6, 2012 at the Forest National in Brussels, Belgium.
This event featured a super fight between Remy Bonjasky and Anderson Silva as headliner, Also this event featured non-tournament super fight series.
| Glory 2 | |||||||
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| Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
| Heavyweight 120 kg | Remy Bonjasky | def. |  Anderson Silva | Decision (Majority Ext. Round) | 4 | 3:00 | |
| Heavyweight 120 kg | Gokhan Saki | def. |  Mourad Bouzidi | Decision (Unanimous) | 3 | 3:00 | |
| Welterweight 77 kg | Nieky Holzken | def. | Murat Direkci | TKO (Cut) | 2 | 2:49 | |
| Heavyweight 120 kg | Filip Verlinden | def. | Fabiano Cyclone | Decision (Unanimous) | 3 | 3:00 | |
| Welterweight 77 kg |  Murthel Groenhart | def. | Marc de Bonte | KO (Knee) | 2 | 0:50 | |
| Heavyweight 120 kg |  Igor Jurkovic | def. | Gregory Tony | TKO (3 Knockdowns/Liver Shot) | 2 | 2:30 | |
| Heavyweight 120 kg | Koichi Pettas | def. | Mark Miller | KO (Punch) | 2 | 0:41 | |
| Heavyweight 120 kg | Jhonata Diniz | def. | Sebastian van Thielen | Decision (Unanimous) | 3 | 3:00 | |
| Heavyweight 120 kg | Jahfarr Wilnis | def. | Jamal Ben Saddik | Decision (Unanimous) | 3 | 3:00 | |
| Lightweight 70 kg |  Marat Grigorian | def. | Alex Vogel | TKO (Low Kick) | 2 | 2:45 | |
| Light Heavyweight 95 kg |  Danyo Ilunga | def. | Ali Cenik | Decision (Unanimous) | 3 | 3:00 | Welterweight 76 kg |
| Lightweight 70 kg | Andy Ristie | def. |  Nordin Benmoh | KO (Punch) | 1 | 2:31 | |
| MMA Welterweight 70 kg | Tommy Depret | def. | Yuya Shirai | TKO (punches) | 3 | ||
| MMA Light Heavyweight 93 kg | Jason Jones | def. | Tatsuya Mizuno | Decision (Unanimous) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Glory 3: Rome | ||||
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| Promotion | Glory | |||
| Date | November 3, 2012 | |||
| Venue | PalaLottomatica | |||
| City | Rome, Italy | |||
| Attendance | 7,483 | |||
| Event chronology | ||||
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Glory 3: Rome was a kickboxing event held on November 3, 2012 at the PalaLottomatica in Rome, Italy.
This event featured the Glory 70kg Slam Tournament final 8 Quarter-finals, Semifinals and final. Albert Kraus withdrew from the tournament due to the flu and was replaced by Yoshihiro Sato.
| Glory 3 | |||||||
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| Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
| Lightweight 70 kg | Giorgio Petrosyan | def. | Robin van Roosmalen | Decision (Unanimous) | 3 | 3:00 | 70 kg Slam Final |
| Lightweight 70 kg | Jordan Watson | def. | Mustapha Haida | Decision (Unanimous) | 3 | 3:00 | |
| Lightweight 70 kg | Robin van Roosmalen | def. | Sanny Dahlbeck | TKO (Punch to the Body) | 3 | 0:46 | 70 kg Slam Semi-finals |
| Lightweight 70 kg | Giorgio Petrosyan | def. | Davit Kiria | Decision (Unanimous) | 3 | 3:00 | 70 kg Slam Semi-finals |
| Lightweight 70 kg | Alka Matewa | def. | Marco Re | Decision (Unanimous) | 3 | 3:00 | |
| Lightweight 70 kg | Sanny Dahlbeck | def. | Yoshihiro Sato | TKO (Knee to the Body) | 2 | 2:56 | 70 kg Slam Quarter-finals |
| Lightweight 70 kg | Robin van Roosmalen | def. | Tim Thomas | TKO (Ref Stoppage) | 2 | 2:27 | 70 kg Slam Quarter-finals |
| Lightweight 70 kg | Davit Kiria | def. | Shemsi Beqiri | Decision (Unanimous) | 3 | 3:00 | 70 kg Slam Quarter-finals |
| Lightweight 70 kg | Giorgio Petrosyan | def. | Ky Hollenbeck | TKO (Injury) | 2 | 0:30 | 70 kg Slam Quarter-finals |
| Lightweight 70 kg | Alessandro Campagna | def. | Fabio Pinca | Decision (Unanimous) | 3 | 3:00 | 70 kg Slam Reserve Fight |
| Lightweight 70 kg | Warren Stevelmans | def. | Dzhabar Askerov | Decision (Unanimous) | 3 | 3:00 | 70 kg Slam Reserve Fight |
| MMA Lightweight 70 kg | Cesario di Domenico | def. | David Dolce | Submission (Rear Naked Choke) | 1 | 1:08 | |
| MMA Lightweight 70 kg |  Ivan Musardo | def. | Giorgio Belsanti | Submission (Rear Naked Choke) | 1 | 3:00 | |
| First 16 Glory 1: Stockholm | Quarter-finals Glory 3: Rome | Semi-finals Glory 3: Rome | Final Glory 3: Rome | ||||||||||||||||
| Giorgio Petrosyan | DEC | ||||||||||||||||||
| Fabio Pinca | 3-0 | Giorgio Petrosyan | TKO | ||||||||||||||||
| Ky Hollenbeck | TKO | Ky Hollenbeck | R2. | ||||||||||||||||
| Michael Corley | R1. | Giorgio Petrosyan | DEC | ||||||||||||||||
| Shemsi Beqiri | DEC | Davit Kiria | 3-0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Yoshihiro Sato | 2-1 | Shemsi Beqiri | 3-0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Davit Kiria | DEC | Davit Kiria | DEC | ||||||||||||||||
| Kem Sitsongpeenong | 3-0 | Giorgio Petrosyan | DEC | ||||||||||||||||
| Dzhabar Askerov | 3-0 | Robin van Roosmalen | 3-0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Robin van Roosmalen | DEC | Robin van Roosmalen | TKO | ||||||||||||||||
 Tim Thomas | DEC | Tim Thomas | R2. | ||||||||||||||||
| Dennis Schneidmiller | 3-0 | Robin van Roosmalen | TKO | ||||||||||||||||
| Albert Kraus | DEC | Sanny Dahlbeck | R3. | ||||||||||||||||
| Mohammed El Mir | 3-0 | Yoshihiro Sato 1 | R2. | ||||||||||||||||
| Sanny Dahlbeck | DEC | Sanny Dahlbeck | TKO | ||||||||||||||||
| Warren Stevelmans | 3-0 | ||||||||||||||||||
1 Albert Kraus withdrew from the tournament due to the flu and was replaced by Yoshihiro Sato. [7]
| Dream 18/Glory 4: Tokyo | |||
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| Date | December 31, 2012 | ||
| City | Saitama, Japan | ||
| Venue | Saitama Super Arena | ||
| Attendance | 10,651 | ||
| Dream event chronology | |||
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| Glory event chronology | |||
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GLORY Sports International presents Dream 18 & Glory 4 Tokyo ~ Special 2012 ~ New Year's Eve was a mixed martial arts and kickboxing hybrid event held on December 31, 2012 at the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan. [8] [9]
Dream partnered with Glory Sports International for this event. [10] [11]
The GLORY kickboxing event featured a one-night, single-elimination 16-man Glory Heavyweight Grand Slam Tournament. The winner brought home a $400,000 first-place prize and the runner-up a $100,000 second-place prize. [12] Semmy Schilt, the number one seed, defeated Daniel Ghiță, the number three seed, in the first round via knockout to win the tournament. [13]
| Glory 4 | |||||||
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| Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
| Heavyweight 120 kg | Semmy Schilt | def. |  Daniel Ghiță | TKO (Head Kick) | 1 | 2:54 | Heavyweight Grand Slam Final |
| Lightweight 70 kg | Robin van Roosmalen | def. | Yuichiro Nagashima | Decision (Unanimous) | 3 | 3:00 | |
| Strawweight 53 kg | Mutsuki Ebata | def. |  Sang-Jae Kim | Decision (Unanimous) | 3 | 3:00 | |
| Heavyweight 120 kg | Daniel Ghiță | def. | Jamal Ben Saddik | KO (Liver Kick) | 1 | 0:25 | Heavyweight Grand Slam Semi-finals |
| Heavyweight 120 kg | Semmy Schilt | def. | Gökhan Saki | Decision (Unanimous) | 2 | 3:00 | Heavyweight Grand Slam Semi-finals |
| Middleweight 85 kg | Jason Wilnis | def. | Toshio Matsumoto | Decision (Unanimous) | 3 | 3:00 | |
| Heavyweight 120 kg | Daniel Ghiță | def. | Mourad Bouzidi | TKO (Arm Injury) | 2 | 1:37 | Heavyweight Grand Slam Quarter-finals |
| Heavyweight 120 kg | Jamal Ben Saddik | def. | Remy Bonjasky | Decision (Unanimous) | 2 | 3:00 | Heavyweight Grand Slam Quarter-finals |
| Heavyweight 120 kg | Gökhan Saki | def. | Anderson Silva | TKO (Left Hook) | 1 | 3:00 | Heavyweight Grand Slam Quarter-finals |
| Heavyweight 120 kg | Semmy Schilt | def. | Rico Verhoeven | Decision (Unanimous) | 2 | 3:00 | Heavyweight Grand Slam Quarter-finals |
| Heavyweight 120 kg | Daniel Ghiță | def. | Jhonata Diniz | Ext.R Decision (Unanimous) | 3 | 3:00 | Heavyweight Grand Slam Opening Round |
| Heavyweight 120 kg | Mourad Bouzidi | def. | Peter Aerts | TKO (Hand Injury) | 1 | 3:00 | Heavyweight Grand Slam Opening Round |
| Heavyweight 120 kg | Jamal Ben Saddik | def. | Errol Zimmerman | Decision (Unanimous) | 2 | 3:00 | Heavyweight Grand Slam Opening Round |
| Heavyweight 120 kg | Remy Bonjasky | def. | Filip Verlinden | Decision (Split Extra Round) | 3 | 3:00 | Heavyweight Grand Slam Opening Round |
| Heavyweight 120 kg | Anderson Silva | def. | Igor Jurković | TKO (2 Knockdowns) | 1 | Heavyweight Grand Slam Opening Round | |
| Heavyweight 120 kg | Gökhan Saki | def. | Raoumaru | TKO (2 Knockdowns) | 1 | 2:06 | Heavyweight Grand Slam Opening Round |
| Heavyweight 120 kg | Rico Verhoeven | def. | Sergei Kharitonov | Decision (Unanimous) | 2 | 3:00 | Heavyweight Grand Slam Opening Round |
| Heavyweight 120 kg | Semmy Schilt | def. | Brice Guidon | TKO (2 Knockdowns) | 2 | 1:53 | Heavyweight Grand Slam Opening Round |
| Heavyweight 120 kg | Jérôme Le Banner | def. | Koichi Pettas | KO (Punch) | 3 | 2:48 | |
| Dream 18 | |||||||
| Featherweight 66 kg | Tatsuya Kawajiri | def. | Michihiro Omigawa | Decision (Unanimous) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Featherweight 66 kg | Georgi Karakhanyan | def. | Hiroyuki Takaya | Decision (Split) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Lightweight 70 kg | Shinya Aoki | def. | Antonio McKee | Submission (Punch) | 2 | 0:24 | |
| Bantamweight 61 kg | Bibiano Fernandes | def. | Yoshiro Maeda | Submission (Triangle Choke) | 1 | 1:46 | |
| Middleweight 84 kg | Melvin Manhoef | def. |  Denis Kang | TKO (Knee to the body and Punches) | 1 | 0:50 | |
| Welterweight 77 kg | Hayato Sakurai | def. | Phil Baroni | Decision (Unanimous) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Women's Featherweight 66 kg | Marloes Coenen | def. |  Fiona Muxlow | Submission (Armbar) | 1 | 2:29 | |
| Lightweight 70 kg | Will Brooks | def. | Satoru Kitaoka | TKO (Punches) | 2 | 3:46 | |
| First 16 | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||||||||||
| Semmy Schilt (1) | KO | ||||||||||||||||||
| Brice Guidon | R2. | Semmy Schilt | DEC | ||||||||||||||||
| Sergei Kharitonov (8) | 3-0 | Rico Verhoeven | 3-0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Rico Verhoeven | DEC | Semmy Schilt | DEC | ||||||||||||||||
| Gökhan Saki (2) | KO | Gökhan Saki | 3-0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Raoumaru | R1. | Gökhan Saki | TKO | ||||||||||||||||
| Anderson Silva (7) | TKO | Anderson Silva | R1. | ||||||||||||||||
| Igor Jurković | R1. | Semmy Schilt | TKO | ||||||||||||||||
| Remy Bonjasky (4) | DEC | Daniel Ghiță | R1. | ||||||||||||||||
| Filip Verlinden | 2-1 | Remy Bonjasky | 3-0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Errol Zimmerman (6) | 3-0 | Jamal Ben Saddik | DEC | ||||||||||||||||
| Jamal Ben Saddik | DEC | Jamal Ben Saddik | R1. | ||||||||||||||||
| Peter Aerts (5) | R2. | Daniel Ghiță | KO | ||||||||||||||||
| Mourad Bouzidi | TKO | Mourad Bouzidi | R2. | ||||||||||||||||
| Daniel Ghiță (3) | DEC | Daniel Ghiță | TKO | ||||||||||||||||
| Jhonata Diniz | 3-0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Country | Broadcaster |
|---|---|
| Brazil | BandSports |
| Canada | Fight Network |
| Croatia | Fight Channel |
| Japan | TBS |
 Poland | Orange Sport |
| Romania | Sport.ro |
| Russia | Rossiya 2 |
| United Kingdom | Premier Sports |
| United States | CBS Sports |
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