Description
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, Alexandru Lungu 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.
At the beginning of 2009, in January, Golden Glory opened a dojo in Bucharest, Romania in the presence of Bas Boon, Dave Jonkers and Semmy Schilt. After the successful opening of the Golden Glory Romania gym - Golden Glory also opened a gym in Pattaya, Thailand. In November 2010 opened in Berlin, Germany a Golden Glory Gym.
In early October 2010 Golden Glory announced plans to open a satellite gym in Huntington Beach, California, USA.
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.
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