TSA and GG get world’s best K-1
fighters back into Moscow ring
First event in 12 months live on air worldwide on March 23rd
Source: Total Sports Asia, Golden Glory
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Golden Glory (GG) and Total Sports Asia (TSA) lock up superstar K1
fighters for 'Glory World Series', March 23th Moscow Russia.
March 23, 2012,Glory World Series Airs live Worldwide From Moscow, Russia.
Golden Glory (G.G) and Total Sports Asia (TSA) have partnered to sign
K1 superstars Semmy Schilt, Gokhan Saki, Errol Zimmerman and Sergey
Kharitonov to exclusive long term contracts. All fighters received
signing bonuses to ease the pressure created by the outstanding
payments by former K-1 promoters FEG in Japan. TSA and G.G decided to
focus on the athletes who have dedicated their lives and careers to
reach unmatched levels of martial arts skill in K1 and MMA and the
world’s fastest growing sport.
Golden Glory and TSA are delighted to announce their cooperation with
the event in Moscow on March 23rd 2012 under the Glory World Series
brand using K-1 rules. K-1 has been off the air now for over 12 months
and while discussions about acquiring and reviving the K-1 brand
continue, TSA and Golden Glory believe that the time has come to put
the fighters back into the ring.
GLORY is known as one of the top MMA and stand-up fight promotions in
the world in viewership, production quality, and fighter level. The
shows are broadcast in the US by HD Net and in over 80 other countries
and have been held in Holland, Belgium, Switzerland, and Moscow. Total
Sports Asia will be distributing the TV rights of the GLORY Moscow
event worldwide.
The main event will be a tribute to 4 x K-1 Champion Semmy Schilt who
will make his return to the ring in Moscow. Besides Semmy fighting in
the main event, the following fights are already confirmed: Sergey
Kharitonov from Moscow (who KO’d Mighty Mo in the Glory World Series
finals in 2011) versus Mark “Fight Shark” Miller (who holds the Glory
record of fastest KO in less then 10 sec) in a classical Russia vs USA
match up. Another thriller will be Errol Zimmerman vs Jerome Le
Banner.
GLORY Moscow will feature fighters from many different countries
including MMA fighters Dennis Stojnic (Bosnia), Dion Staring
(Holland), Tommy Depret ( Belgium) and Kickboxers Robin van Roosmalen
(Holland) Igor Jurkovic (Croatia), Maxim Vorovski (Estonia), Mark
"Fightshark" Miller (USA), Errol Zimmerman (Surinam), Sergei
Kharitonov (Russia), Jerome Le Banner (France), Semmy Schilt
(Holland), and more.
Last year’s Glory World Series finals event from Moscow was described
as one of the top 3 fighting events of the year by the international
MMA press. Golden Glory fighters Gokhan Saki and Siyar Bahadurzada
both won the big cash prize of $150.000.- in the K1 and the MMA
tournament.
About Golden Glory – Golden Glory was founded in 1999, and throughout
its existence it has produced many elite international fighting
champions .Co-founder Bas Boon was born and raised in Holland, and has
been promoting and producing fight events for the past 28 years. Today
he is the owner of Golden Glory, the strongest and most feared fight
team in the Globe. As an agent, Mr Boon has represented Pride, K1, and
Too Hot To Handle champions. While still a teenager Boon became the
youngest promoter of professional martial arts competitions sponsoring
Thai Fighting and Kick Boxing events throughout Europe, promoting and
producing more than 300 shows world-wide. As a television producer
Boon was responsible for conceiving and creating 22 episodes of the
series Oriental Fight Promotions which was broadcast by the Super
Channel across Europe, he also produced 20 martial arts programs
broadcast by Euro-Sport, and several free martial arts fighting events
for the FOX TV Network in Holland and SBS6
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About Total Sports Asia – Since 1997, Total Sports Asia (TSA) is one
of the leading independent sports marketing agencies in the world with
core focus on Asia and has five strategic offices in Kuala Lumpur,
Singapore, Beijing, Mumbai and Delhi. Our core business is media
rights distribution, TV production, sponsorship/licensing, events
management and consulting. We represent major international rights in
Asia and worldwide including the US Open Tennis, BWF Super Series
(Badminton), ITTF (Table Tennis), PSA Pro Tour (Squash), French League
and the current EURO/WORLD CUP Winner Spain. TSA works closely with
the top English Football clubs, Formula 1 Teams on sponsorship and
licensing sales in Asia. TSA is also provides activation and
consulting services to a host of blue chip corporate clients. For more
information please visit
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About Federico Lapenda from Fight Game and Bas Boon from Golden Glory
This team has been breaking new ground around the world since 1994.
They were in the top five producers to introduce MMA Pay Per View in
the US and co-producers of the first MMA event in Holland and Japan.
They introduced MMA on PPV in Brazil, and now They are taking it to
the next level with GLORY World Series. Glory World Series made
headlines around the world as it was the first live event on youtube
PPV via fightgame. We aim to reach the widest possible audience by
distributing the Glory World Series event through TSA. For more
information please visit
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For more information, please see Glory World Series trailer.
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