Glory World Series will be offered live on YouTube pay-per-view on May 28, officials announced on Thursday.
According to a press release issued by the organization, this would mark the first combat sports pay-per-view offered live on YouTube pay-per-view. The event will cost $7.95 (USD) and can be ordered here.
Glory World Series will showcase both MMA and kickboxing fights. The event will feature two tournament finals: Siyar Bahadurzada vs. Tommy Depret in a MMA welterweight final and Gohkan Saki vs. Brice Guidon in a heavyweight kickboxing final. The winners of each tournament will earn $150,000 (USD) respectively.
Also, former UFC fighter Houston Alexander will meet Jason Jones in a light heavyweight MMA bout and current Strikeforce heavyweight Sergei Kharitonov will meet Mighty Mo in a heavyweight kickboxing bout.
Another interesting fight on the card involves Mark Miller, who will be returning to kickboxing for the first time since undergoing open heart surgery in 2007. "The Fight Shark" will meet Nikolaj Falin in a heavyweight kickboxing bout.
In total, there will be six MMA fights and six kickboxing fights on the card, which will be held in Moscow.
Card as it stands:
Line up GLORY World Series Finals (in right order / sequence)
3 x 5 min MMA CW
Rasul Mirzaev (Rus) - vs - TBA
3 x 3 min KB HW
KB HW: Igor Jurkovic (Croatia) - vs - Pavel Zuravliov (Russia/Ukrain)
3 x 5 min MMA HW
Dennis Stojnic (Bosnia) - vs - TBA
3 x 3 min KB HW
Nicolaj Filan (Russia) - vs - Mark "Fightshark" Miller (USA)
3 x 5 min MMA HW
Dion Staring (Holland) - vs - Roman Savochka (RUS)
3 x 3 min KB HW
Errol Zimmerman (Holland) - vs - Mourad Bouzidi (Holland/Tunesia)
3 x 5 min MMA CW
Chalid Arrab (Holland/Marrocco) - vs - Zabit Samedov (Belarus)
3 x 3 min KB WW
Nieky Holzken (Holland) - vs - Arthur Kyshenko (Russia)
3 x 5 min MMA CW
Jason Jones (Holland)
- vs -
Houston Alexander (USA)
3 x 3 min KB HW
Sergei Kharitonov (Russia)
- vs -
Mighty Mo (USA)
Tournament Fights
3 x 5 min MMA WW
Tommy Depret (Belgium) - vs - Siyar Bahadurzada (Holland/Afghanistan)
3 x 3 min KB HW
Brice Guidon (France) - vs - Gokhan Saki (Holland/Turkey)
Source: http://www.mmafighting.com/2011/05/19/glory-world-series-to-air-live-on-youtube-pay-per-view/
