In the aftermath, Pierre Andurand, Scott Rudmann and TSA decided to start a brand new kickboxing promotion and acquired United Glory, Golden Glory, and It's Showtime to secure a top event production team and contracts to each promotion's top fighters. K-1 was instead sold to Mike Kim and EMCOM Entertainment Inc. When K-1 began suffering from extreme financial difficulties in 2011, Total Sports Asia, TSA CEO Marcus Luer, Pierre Andurand, and Scott Rudmann of Nectar Capital attempted to buy the brand. Major names to have competed for Ultimate Glory included Alistair Overeem, Nieky Holzken and Errol Zimmerman. Glory can actually be traced back to United Glory, which held both MMA and kickboxing events as early as 2006, and operated as a separate promotion from K-1 and It's Showtime. It is owned by Pierre Andurand, Yao Capital, Scott Rudmann and other investors.
Glory, formerly ‘Glory World Series’ is an international combat sports league based in the United Kingdom.
