Golden Glory
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| Est. | 1999 |
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| Founded by | Bas Boon Ron Nyqvist Frederico Lapenda |
| Past titleholders | Semmy Schilt 9th King of Pancrase (1999)
Marloes Coenen (Former Strikeforce Women's Welterweight Champion)[2] |
| Training Facility Locations |  Breda, Netherlands Pattaya, Thailand |
| Official Website | Golden Glory Homepage |
Golden Glory is a Muay Thai, kickboxing, and mixed martial arts camp, as well as a management team based in the Netherlands. Golden Glory has managed fighters from all over the world, such as American former team member, Heath Herring.
Golden Glory's professional MMA and kickboxing roster includes Marloes Coenen, Semmy Schilt, Sergei Kharitonov, Michał Kita, Gokhan Saki, Errol Zimmerman, Jon Olav Einemo, Jacob Roach, Ashwin Balrak, Nieky Holzken, Chalid Die Faust and Denis Stojnić who have fought in promotions such as K-1, Shooto, K-1 HERO'S, Pancrase, PRIDE FC, DREAM , Strikeforce, and 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.[3]
In early October 2010 Golden Glory announced plans to open a satellite gym in Huntington Beach, California, USA.[4]
In the summer of 2011, in the wake of Alistair Overeem's removal from the Strikeforce Heavyweight Grand Prix a dispute emerged between 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.[5]
[edit] Notable Fighters
Semmy Schilt - K-1 super heavyweight Champion, 4x K-1 Grand Prix champion, UFC- Marloes Coenen - Former Strikeforce women's 135lb. champion
Sergei Kharitonov - Strikeforce and PRIDE FC heavyweight veteran
Errol Zimmerman - K-1 veteran
Chalid Die Faust- Jason Jones
- Ruslan Karaev - K-1 veteran
Gokhan Saki - K-1 World Grand Prix 2010 finalist
[edit] References
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- ^ "Golden Glory team/association search". Sherdog. 2007. http://www.sherdog.com/fightfinder/fightfinder.asp?search=yes&Association=Golden+Glory. Retrieved 2007-09-01.
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- ^ "Golden Glory Homepage". Golden Glory. 2007. http://www.goldenglory.com/index.html. Retrieved 2007-09-01.
- ^ http://bleacherreport.com/articles/487341-golden-glory-to-open-satellite-gym-in-huntington-beach
- ^ http://sports.yahoo.com/mma/blog/cagewriter/post/Overeem-fallout-Coenen-Einemo-and-older-bro-cu?urn=mma-wp5302
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