SINGAPORE
(April 17, 2013) –Glory Sports International and CBS Sports Network
have reached an agreement to showcase action from the world’s premier
kickboxing league,
beginning with the star-studded GLORY 7 event in Milan, Italy on
Saturday, April 20.
The CBS Sports Network telecast of the
nine-bout GLORY 7 Milan kickboxing event from Mediolanum Forum,
headlined by a showdown between world No. 1 ranked lightweight (154
pounds/70 kilograms) Giorgio Petrosyan (75-1, 35 KOs) of Italy and fellow sensation Hafid El
Boustati (67-7-3, 18 KOs) of The Netherlands, will air at 1:00 a.m. ET/10:00 p.m. PT on Sunday, April 21 (Same day delay).
“We
look forward to expanding our relationship with CBS Sports Network, a
tremendous national sports television platform, and bringing U.S.
sports fans some of the hardest-hitting, world-class kickboxing action
featuring elite martial arts fighters from around the world,” said GLORY
Sports International CEO Andrew Whitaker.
GLORY
action on CBS Sports Network continues from Ariake Coliseum in
Tokyo, Japan with a one-night, eight-man, single-elimination tournament
in GLORY’s featherweight (143 pounds/65 kilograms) division that airs
Sunday, May 5 at 2:00 a.m. ET/11:00 p.m. PT (Same day delay). In
addition to the tournament, several Superfights, including a heavyweight
rematch
between all-time great Jerome Le Banner (73-21-2, 59 KOs) of France and Muay Thai champion Koichi (26-8-1, 15 KOs) highlight the card.
Additional CBS Sports Network telecast dates of GLORY events will be announced
soon.
GLORY made its debut on CBS Sports Network from
Tokyo on December 31, 2012 with GLORY 4 Tokyo, a one-night, 16-man
‘Grand Slam’ tournament loaded with an unprecedented lineup of the
world’s greatest heavyweight fighters.
CBS Sports
Network is available across the country through local cable, video and
telco providers and via satellite on DirecTV Channel 613 and Dish
Network Channel 158. For more information, and to access the CBS Sports
Network channel finder, go to www.cbssportsnetwork.com.
For more information, visit www.gloryworldseries.com.