2013 in Glory

The year 2013 was the second year in the history of Glory, an international kickboxing event. 2013 starts with 2013 Road to Glory USA 95 kg Tournament, and ends with Glory 13: Tokyo. The events were broadcast through television agreements with Spike TV and other regional channels around the world.

Road to Glory USA 95 kg Tournament
Road to Glory USA 95 kg Tournament was a kickboxing event held on February 2, 2013 at the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Tulsa, Oklahoma, US.

Road to Glory USA 85 kg Tournament
Road to Glory USA 85 kg Tournament was a kickboxing event held on February 9, 2013 at the Hollywood Park Casino in Los Angeles, California, US.

Road to Glory Japan 65 kg Tournament
Road to Glory Japan 65 kg Tournament was a kickboxing event held on March 10, 2013 at the Differ Ariake Arena in Tokyo, Japan.

Road to Glory USA 77 kg Tournament
Road to Glory USA 77 kg Tournament was a kickboxing event held on March 22, 2013 at the Capitale in New York City, New York, US.

Glory 5: London
Glory 5: London was a kickboxing event held on March 23, 2013 at the ExCeL Arena in London, England.

Background
This event featured a super fight between Tyrone Spong and Remy Bonjasky as headliner; this event also featured non-tournament super fight series.

Glory 6: Istanbul
Glory 6: Istanbul was a kickboxing event held on April 6, 2013 at the Ülker Arena in Istanbul, Turkey.

Background
This event featured a super fight between Gökhan Saki and Daniel Ghiță as headliner, this event also featured non-tournament super fight series.

Glory 7: Milan
Glory 7: Milan was a kickboxing event held on April 20, 2013 at the Mediolanum Forum in Milan, Italy. This event featured non-tournament super fight series.

Background
This event featured a super fight between Giorgio Petrosyan and Hafid El Boustati as headliner. In co-main event, Murthel Groenhart had to battle with fellow superstar Robin van Roosmalen, this event also featured non-tournament super fight series.

Glory 8: Tokyo
Glory 8: Tokyo was a kickboxing event held on May 3, 2013 at the Ariake Coliseum in Tokyo, Japan. This event featured a Glory 65kg Slam Tournament.

Glory 9: New York
Glory 9: New York was a kickboxing event held on June 22, 2013 at the Hammerstein Ballroom in New York City, New York. This event featured a Glory 95kg Slam Tournament.

Results

 * Final : Tyrone Spong def. Danyo Ilunga via KO at 0:16 of Round 1
 * Super Fight : Rico Verhoeven def. Errol Zimmerman via majority decision
 * Super Fight : Wayne Barrett def. Mike Lemaire via KO at 1:12 of Round 2
 * Semi-final : Tyrone Spong def. Filip Verlinden via unanimous decision
 * Semi-final : Danyo Ilunga def. Dustin Jacoby via unanimous decision
 * Super Fight : Daniel Ghiță def. Brice Guidon via KO at 0:49 of Round 1
 * Super Fight : Joseph Valtellini def. Francois Ambang via TKO at 1:04 of Round 3
 * Quarter-final : Tyrone Spong def. Michael Duut via KO at 0:31 of Round 1
 * Quarter-final : Filip Verlinden def. Steve McKinnon via majority decision
 * Quarter-final : Dustin Jacoby def. Brian Collette via split decision
 * Quarter-final : Danyo Ilunga def. Mourad Bouzidi via unanimous decision
 * Super Fight : Anderson Silva def. Daniel Sam via unanimous decision
 * Reserve Fight : Randy Blake def. Koichi Watanabe via unanimous decision
 * Reserve Fight : Artem Vakhitov def. Luis Tavares via KO at 1:06 of Round 1

Glory 10: Los Angeles
Glory 10: Los Angeles was a kickboxing event held on September 28, 2013 at the Citizens Business Bank Arena in Ontario, California.

Background
The highlight of the event featured a Glory Middleweight World Championship Tournament. Two tournament matches were held, with a third match as reserve. The winners of the two semi-final bouts, proceeded to the finals for the championship main-event. The event also featured eight other non-tournament bouts.

2013 Glory Middleweight World Championship Tournament bracket
1 Extra round decision.

Glory 11: Chicago
Glory 11: Chicago was a kickboxing event held on October 12, 2013 at the Sears Centre at Hoffman Estates, Illinois.

Background
The highlight of the event featured a Glory Heavyweight World Championship Tournament. Two tournament matches were held, with a third match as reserve. The winners of the two semi-final bouts, proceeded to the finals for the championship main-event. The event also featured other non-tournament bouts.

It was Glory's first event broadcast on Spike, had average of 381,000 and peak of 782,000 viewers.

Glory 12: New York
Glory 12: New York was a kickboxing event held on November 23, 2013 at The Theater at Madison Square Garden at New York City, New York.

Background
The highlight of the event featured a Glory Lightweight World Championship Tournament. Two tournament matches were held, with a third match as reserve. The winners of the two semi-final bouts, proceeded to the finals for the championship main-event. The event also featured other non-tournament bouts.

It had average of 476,000 and peak of 665,000 viewers on Spike TV.

Glory 13: Tokyo
Glory 13: Tokyo was a kickboxing event held on December 21, 2013 at the Ariake Coliseum in Tokyo, Japan.

Background
The highlight of the event was a Glory Welterweight World Championship Tournament. Two tournament matches were held, with a third match as reserve. The winners of the two semi-final bouts proceeded to the finals for the championship main-event. The event also featured other non-tournament bouts, including the retirement match of the legendary Peter Aerts, against Rico Verhoeven, and Daniel Ghiță vs. Errol Zimmerman II.

Glory 13 had average of 659,000 and peak of 905,000 viewers on Spike TV.