GLORY 100 is reportedly being consolidated into a single-day event, a decision driven by poor ticket sales for the planned two-day format.
According to kickboxing veteran Tayfun Özcan, who shared the information in a recent TikTok post, the initial two-day plan for GLORY 100 has been cancelled. The shift to a single-day structure is a result of disappointing ticket sales for both originally scheduled cards. Özcan himself was slated to compete against Ismail Ouzgni in a welterweight bout on one of the days.
Sources suggest that while ticket sales for the first day were relatively stronger, GLORY decided to combine the Friday and Saturday events into a single day to avoid diluting attendance across two consecutive shows, opting for a more conventional format instead. Although the final fight card for the consolidated event is not yet fully confirmed, it is widely expected that the key Heavyweight tournament bouts and title fights will still take place. The event is still planned to be held at the Rotterdam Ahoy on June 14th.
This news represents another challenge for Europe`s premier kickboxing promotion, coming shortly after the widely criticized GLORY Underground event in Miami earlier this month. That show faced significant production issues, casting a shadow over the promotion`s return to the United States market.
Ellis Thorne