Golden Glory was a Muay Thai , kickboxing and mixed martial arts camp and management team, based in the Netherlands.
4-567: Golden Glory was founded in 1999 by Bas Boon and Frederico Lapenda . Golden Glory's professional MMA and kickboxing roster included Semmy Schilt , Gilbert Yvel , Ilonka Elmont , Ramon Dekkers , Alistair Overeem , Marloes Coenen , Sergei Kharitonov , Gokhan Saki , Errol Zimmerman , Jon Olav Einemo , Ashwin Balrak , Nieky Holzken , Chalid Arrab , Bas Rutten and Alexandru Lungu who have fought in promotions such as K-1 , Shooto , K-1 HERO'S , Pancrase , PRIDE FC , DREAM , Strikeforce , and
8-645: A gym in Pattaya , Thailand . In November 2010 opened in Berlin , Germany a Golden Glory Gym as well as Golden Glory Turkey , Georgia , Moscow , England . In October 2010 Golden Glory announced plans to open a satellite gym in Huntington Beach, California, USA. In the summer of 2011, in the wake of Alistair Overeem 's removal from the Strikeforce Heavyweight Grand Prix a dispute emerged between
12-727: The UFC . The founders of Golden Glory also founded the World Vale Tudo Championships, a tournament which featured champions the likes of Oleg Taktarov , Mark Kerr , Pedro Rizzo , and Marco Ruas . At the beginning of 2009, in January, Golden Glory opened a dojo in Bucharest , Romania in the presence of Bas Boon, Dave Jonkers and Semmy Schilt . After the successful opening of the Golden Glory Romania gym - Golden Glory also opened
16-547: The management of Golden Glory and the Zuffa organization which led to the termination of Valentijn Overeem , Jon Olav Einemo and Marloes Coenen 's contracts with the UFC and Strikeforce. In 2012, Golden Glory was bought and absorbed by the new kickboxing organization Glory . A number of people formerly involved with the Golden Glory team became Glory consultants. Bas Boon Too Many Requests If you report this error to
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