(PRESS RELEASE) -- London, England (March 14, 2013) - Tyrone Spong (68-6-1 42 KO’s) of Boca Raton, Fla., USA via The Netherlands and ‘The Flying Gentleman’ Remy Bonjasky (77-15, 40 KO’s) of The Netherlands will take centre stage at Hard Rock Cafe London for the GLORY 5 London final press conference, beginning at 14:00 London time on Thursday, March 21.
Bonjasky and Spong, who will be cornered by ‘Blackzilians’ teammate Rashad Evans at GLORY 5, will be joined by British standouts Liam ‘Hitman’ Harrison (67-13-2, 38 KO’s) and his Bad Company teammate Jordan Watson (29-5-1, 14 KO's) along with their respective opponents, Dutch-Moroccan featherweight Mosab ‘Jaguar’ Amrani (48-7-4, 14 KO’s)and Australian KO artist ‘Stone Cold’ Steve Moxon (29-4-1, 16 KO's).
The press conference will be chaired by Glory Sports International CEO Andrew Whitaker and emceed by veteran commentator and combat sports personality Stephen ‘Fight Professor’ Quadros. Also on hand will be GLORY Ambassador and legendary trainer Cor Hemmers, who will discuss the GLORY 5 card and the GLORY title fight picture.
WHAT: GLORY 5 London Final Press Conference
WHERE: Hard Rock Cafe London
150 Old Park Lane
London, W1K 1QZ
WHEN: Thursday, March 21 at 14:00
WHO: Tyrone Spong, Remy Bonjasky, Liam Harrison, Jordan Watson, Mosab Amrani, Steve Moxon
About GLORY: GLORY World Series (www.gloryworldseries.com) is the world's new premiere kickboxing league, producing live events across the globe and offering up to $2 million in prize money to the winners of one-night, 16-man ‘Grand Slam’ tournaments, which are open to only the best fighters in each of six different weight classes. The fight series also includes 8-man ‘Slam’ tournaments and events with traditional single bouts.
With television deals spanning every continent, online live video streaming of all shows and the world's largest online martial arts library, GLORY is one of the world's most widely distributed sporting organizations.
Owned and operated by Glory Sports International (GSI), the organization has offices in the UK, Netherlands, Japan, Malaysia, Singapore and soon in the US. Its personnel include an unprecedented mix of accomplished entrepreneurs and senior level executives from the diverse worlds of finance, sports marketing, television and martial arts fighting.
In 2013, GLORY launched the ROAD TO GLORY tournament fight series to identify and develop new kickboxing talent in the United States, Japan and elsewhere around the globe into future champions and superstars of the sport.