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new glory ceo jon j. franklin says kickboxing promotion will return to spike in late october
new glory ceo jon j. franklin says kickboxing promotion will return to spike in late october - urltoken
that' s how glory ceo jon j. franklin sees it now that bellator kickboxing has been launched .
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glory ceo jon j. franklin talks spike departure, bellator kickboxing, and future with espn and ufc fight pass
glory ceo jon j. franklin: a title fight has been offered to joe schilling for his last fight on contract
glory ceo jon j. franklin talks spike departure, bellator kickboxing, and future with espn and ufc fight pass - urltoken
glory ceo jon j. franklin: a title fight has been offered to joe schilling for his last fight on contract - urltoken
at the glory 29 post - fight press conference, cor hemmers and jon j franklin expresses their disappointment with the co - main event and niclas larsen and his future in glory .
glory ceo jon. j. franklin gives his reaction to the launch of bellator kickboxing, and opens up about glory' s deal with ufc fight pass, and future plans with espn .
what makes things all the more interesting is that glory ceo jon j. franklin informed urltoken that a title fight has been offered to schilling for his last fight on his current contract with the promotion .
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glory ceo jon franklin told urltoken that a deal is being finalized and that details will be revealed before the show takes place .
/ prnewswire / - - glory sports international and its board of directors today appointed jon j. franklin as chief executive officer, effective immediately. in this role, franklin will oversee management of the world' s premier kickboxing league, with coverage in over 170 global territories .
has mapped out most of its event calendar for 2015 and is planning to stage an event “every four to six weeks, ” according to ceo jon franklin .
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glory sports international and its board of directors have announced on tuesday morning (aug. 19, 2014) that sports - entco founder and president, jon j. franklin, has been appointed as the new chief executive officer (ceo) for the global kickboxing promotion. franklin replaces andrew whitaker, who will remain with the promotion as a business consultant .
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jon franklin, who spent 15 years as an executive with sports marketing giant img, has been involved in glory' s logistical operation since 2012. the backstage observations he has made since that time will be applied in his new role .
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earlier this week glory installed sports marketing veteran jon franklin as chief executive officer. a 15 - year veteran of img, franklin takes up the ceo role at a crucial juncture in glory' s operation. having been involved with the company since late 2012, he has plenty of ideas he wants to implement and is hitting the ground running .
adding the franklin closure to the mix will add even more challenges, o' connell said .
when it comes to changes, franklin says that glory' s core ethos will remain the same .
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i look forward to working with jon in this new capacity. he has been a big part of our incredible success thus far and is uniquely suited to lead glory into the next phase of development ,
said pierre andurand, glory chairman and co - founder .
with jon at the helm, we are confident that 2015 will be a banner year in the evolution of our brand as a leading combat sports league in
traffic flowed fairly smoothly on the first morning of the franklin avenue bridge closure, but the potential for big snarls still exists .
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in summing up, franklin says that glory' s goal in the immediate future is
to deliver to fans whatever they are looking for .
franklin said the focus will be continuing
to build ratings in the u. s. , distribute programming internationally and have a great following in both .
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and with losing daniels, franklin didn' t seem too upset the high - flying fighter won' t be playing his trade in the glory ring any longer .
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franklin understands viacom will most likely push their own product much harder than they did with glory. he touched on some of the hardships glory dealt with over the last year .
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glory’s next event takes place feb. 6 and is headlined by a heavyweight title fight between rico verhoeven and errol zimmerman. franklin revealed earlier this week that boxing icon mike tyson is
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moving forward, though, franklin has no regrets with the promotion' s tenure at spike and is ultimately looking forward to the future as the promotion heads into its twenty seventh event .
previously, franklin spent 15 years in senior roles at img - media and has also served as president of golden gloves boxing llc and ap - x, a division of america presents boxing .
now that glory is with espn, franklin feels the the mindsets of both parties are harmonious with one another as they head into their third fight card working with the worldwide leader in sports .
franklin took over as glory ceo late in 2014. with a background in television production, he has been concentrating on that side of glory’s operation and says there are several developments in the pipeline .
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franklin said the organization will likely revisit u. s. cities such as chicago and los angeles in the fall, and that a “very big, special event with a partner” is also in the works .
glory
respects their athletes and the choices they make ,
said franklin, on if he' d be upset at watching schilling walk away .
we wouldn' t hold any athlete back .
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spike tv senior vice president of sports, jon slusser told mmamania after last thursday' s (february 18, 2016) bellator kickboxing press conference that they was no issue with glory per se, they just felt confident that launching their own kickboxing promotion with scott coker at the helm and under the existing viacom / spike / bellator umbrella was the best way to go .
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with glory and spike tv having just renewed their broadcasting deal for 2015 it seems both sides are happy with what they have achieved thus far. franklin says that, going forward, the television content is likely to be expanded .
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most of those events will be in the united states, franklin told urltoken over the weekend, but events are also planned for locations in europe and elsewhere, catering both to international demand and the interests of spike tv, glory’s stateside broadcaster .
americans have started to make some noise in the sport, which has long been dominated by european talent. franklin helped produce the
road to glory
shows in the u. s. , which helped to develop and discover american talent .
the company recently made its first venture in pay - per - view. according to several reports the numbers of units sold were not cause for celebration, yet franklin points out that - just like the ufc - there are no official numbers released .
but first and foremost all energies are being focused on glory' s next live event. the last was on june 21 in los angeles and fans have been crying out for the next installment. franklin assures them they will not have long to wait .
franklin mentioned that glory has been
looking at beefing up the superfight series for a very long time ,
and now that it will be featured on fight pass, they will do so by making big matchups as well as title fights from now on .
talk of a reality show has swirled. franklin is open to the idea but would like to see such a project produced in conjunction with a television partner rather than being self - funded. however, there will be more countdown - style preview shows for numbered events .
a new date and venue have not yet been chosen, but franklin confirmed that glory would indeed be returning to action this coming fall and that the renewal clauses with their spike tv contract have been exercised and spike will be their television partner
ongoing
into 2015 .
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more kickboxing on tv is great for the sport ,
franklin told mmamania. it' s good for all of us and great that promoters see the value of kickboxing. it will help us sell more tickets wherever we go. the future of kickboxing is bright .
one aspect of production which seems certain to change is the fighter walk - ins. franklin notes that it is only the arena audience which gets to see these in full effect and thus a huge production spend is being allocated to something which doesn' t even reach the television audience .
franklin had a great feeling about 2016 and the promotion' s first event of the year, glory 27, which takes place on friday february 26, 2016) and was headlined by a middleweight title bout between champion artem levin and no. 3 - ranked contender, simon marcus .
aside from that, franklin says
the central ethos is a focus on the spectacular - that means fighters who dominate, who fight hard, who have the special moves and the big finishes, fighters who are big characters but who also follow through and don' t just talk the talk .
franklin also said he' d
love to see him take a title fight. in los angeles ,
which is schilling' s hometown and the rumored city for glory' s next u. s. card after the promotion heads to paris for glory 28 on march 12, 2016 .
franklin has been the president of the sports entertainment firm, sports - entco, since 2002. prior to that, he was the vice president and managing director of img media for 15 years. the denver - based sports executive has also served terms as president for golden gloves marketing and american presents boxing .
franklin has his finger on the pulse american sports and is well aware that popular athletes can transcend a sport and make fans gravitate to them rather quickly. he said there will continue to be a heavy emphasis on building up the american talent along with a heavy importance of growing glory' s stateside popularity .
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the rest of the 2016 glory schedule will being to roll out soon, franklin said. the promotion is still finalizing details of future events with arenas, athletic commissions and international governing bodies. but once the i' s are dotted and the t' s are crossed, the upcoming events will be announced .
franklin saw firsthand how well that night of combat sports went on the 2012 new year' s eve in japan with glory 4 and dream 18. with bellator mma being a part of the spike programming family, the glory ceo sees no reason a glory / bellator double dip couldn' t be a possibility .
“so the goal right now is to close a deal for that, ” franklin continued. “the plan is to bring that show to the u. s. fans; it’s already on television in more than 30 countries, so there’s no reason u. s. fans shouldn’t be able to see it as well. ”
they definitely were very involved in the process ,
franklin explained .
if you look at the ‘dynamite' event, they were pushing us in one direction. we were trying to come up with the best plan in conjunction with spike to make the evening work properly and it wasn' t always easy .
glory' s last stop overseas was in istanbul, turkey, for glory 15, which saw gokhan saki win the light heavyweight title due to a nasty injury suffered by tyrone spong. franklin did mention a couple of cities that have been bandied about for upcoming glory events that the kickboxing promotion has not yet traveled to .
through to his fight with brian nielsen, we were his promoter of record, ” said franklin. “then, more recently, my tv production company produced the television broadcast for his last few ‘iron mike production’ fights. so briar [ schreiber, head of operations ] and i have been seeing a lot of mike over the years .
“we’re excited about the plans for 2015. we’ve got a very steady live event calendar lined up, taking the show around the u. s. and to international locations, ” franklin said. “we are a global brand, and actually, that’s one thing spike tv really likes about us. we bring some exotic locations to the table .
one could get the impression that coker will continue to raid the cupboard, so to speak, and poach some of the roster. franklin said he is
never concerned ,
about that, before adding ,
we do what we do and they do what they do. anything good for the athletes is ultimately good for the sport .
as far as schilling is concerned, franklin said he
wishes joe the best .
and stated he would like to see him
fight for a glory belt ,
and would make that fight if
stitch' em up
would accept it .
it' s up to him ,
he said. (more on that here) .
when the end of october hits, it will be the longest drought between cards since the first two glory events in may and october of 2012. franklin has been part of the glory team since right before glory 4 took place. now he is in the driver' s seat and ecstatic to take the promotion through the end of this year, into 2015 and beyond .
in 2001, franklin returned to the university of maryland as the first merrill chair in journalism. “he is one of the greatest practitioners and teachers of feature writing in all of journalism, ” said professor gene roberts at the time. “having him return to maryland is another great step in making the university of maryland college of journalism one of the finest in the nation. ”
he is certainly an extremely exciting fighter and he had a couple of knockouts in glory that have gone viral, but is he the up and coming guy for the next title ?
franklin asked .
i don' t know? glory is all about the best fighters in the world fighting for a belt. does raymond still fit in there? maybe he does .
i don' t have any problem with them either ,
franklin said, when asked about slusser' s comments .
i' m happy to say we had a great run at spike. they were a great place for us to get going in the united states. i' m a combat sports fan and i watch fights on every network and i still watch fights on spike ,
he said .
i' m honored to have been a part of glory' s growth into one of the top fight promotions worldwide, but the work is not done ,
said franklin .
i truly believe that we have the best athletes in the world, with production for both live audiences and home viewers that is second to none. as we move into the new year, i can' t wait to share glory' s global vision for kickboxing with our fans .
every option is open ,
said franklin .
scott coker has said he would be open to anything. we would certainly listen to spike as a partner on ideas on doing shows on the same night and having massive combat evenings. the door is open and all ideas and thoughts are on the table. that' s pretty exciting because i think with scott and with spike, you have a team that is really open to anything to create incredible evenings and incredible packages .
we’ve offered that already ,
said franklin on a title fight .
we mapped a plan out for him including a title fight. with a title includes responsibility. he’s gotta come back and defend it. what’s he going to go for a title and then walk away? we’ll see what he wants to do. it’s totally up to him. he has a contract for another fight. he can take a title fight or another fight, whatever he wants. it’s his call .
in fairness to schilling, he did say
i don' t know what the future holds ,
at one point, which left the glory door slightly cracked, but he left the impression bellator kickboxing was going to be his future. the legalities and contract info on both sides isn' t fully disclosed. franklin said ,
we are okay with him fighting for bellator ,
but added ,
i don' t know ,
when asked if bellator was okay with sharing the american kickboxing star .
“what we’ve been able to do - - and we think this is really cool - - is set up a match between two fighters from rival branches of the armed forces. there will be a fight between a navy and air force member, ” franklin said. “for security reasons, we are only able to refer to them by their first names, mitch and cedric, but these are both experienced fighters. they compete regularly under mma rules, and one of them also has a boxing background. they are also involved in their service’s combatives programs. ”
we are going to be back in the end of october ,
revealed franklin .
we are still sorting the television date and the location. we have talked with spike and we are going to clear a date at the end of october to be back at it, that will be in the united states. and then the plan from there is to announce a few more dates in the next 12 months, going forward from there. we are very excited. we think spike is a great partner and we look forward to a very long - term relationship with them .
glory is currently available in over 170 countries worldwide. yes, they did test the pay - per - view (ppv) waters with
last man standing ,
but franklin explained that there were
strategic reasons
for that. he also said the promotion will revisit that market
when the time is right ,
but the immediate future points toward their spike return in october. ratings for the seven shows that have aired on the network that features cops, and bar rescue, have averaged around 500, 000 viewers with peak viewership sometimes reaching into the 900, 000 territory .
he, along with his team, have worked with glory since glory 4 :
tokyo
- - the promotion' s first u. s. televised show on cbs sports - - in programming, television rights, sponsorships, and logistics. the japan card took place on new years eve back in 2012, and it was held in conjunction with a dream mma card. franklin said he spent eight hours in the tv truck that day and they were the
fastest
of his career, calling glory 4 his first
indoctrination into all the things glory is and all the possibilities of what glory could be .
looking at 2016, we want to make the superfight series into the premier property that it should be and it is now, with two title fights in paris ,
said franklin, in reference to the next superfight series, which takes place on march 12, 2016, ahead of glory 28 .
it' s all seeming to come together. we can put some title fights on the superfight series. we' ve got a lot of fighters that need to fight. we have 120 fighters under contract. we' ve got to keep them busy. that is one of the reasons we made the superfight series. it just seemed opportune and appropriate to put that series on fight pass .
i think that the time had come for a little bit of a different approach and the goal was to take what we built from strength to strength and build it further ,
franklin told mmamania. com .
scott rudman (director), pierre andurand (chairman / majority shareholder) and a couple of the board members asked if i would be interested. i said' absolutely.' andrew is staying on to help do some consulting and help with some of the television stuff, so i think everything is super copacetic. i' m thrilled and honored to do this. it' s such a great organization and i' m pleased to be a part of it. i' m looking forward to putting on some great fights, continuing the relationship with spike and looking toward bigger and better .
with espn it' s totally different ,
franklin stated .
their philosophy is 100 percent aligned with ours. they want to see the best fighters in the world go for the belt. the best competition. they don' t care if roger federer is winning the u. s. open. i' m sure there is someone over there that would love to see an american win it, but if roger federer wins it, he' s the best guy. he deserves the trophy. likewise, they haven' t ever said to us, ‘you need more americans. why don' t you match these guys up?' they don' t tell the ncaa how to run their tournaments and they don' t tell us how to run ours. we feel like we are given a free hand to do what we do best .
glory appointed a new chief executive officer earlier this week and he is wasting no time in pushing things forward .
i' ve been involved with glory from just prior to glory 4 tokyo and i have seen from the grind floor right up to the boardroom how things are done: logistics - wise, production - wise, presentation - wise. i see some efficiencies that can be made and there will definitely be some changes ,
he tells bloody elbow .
we' re looking to do events on a monthly or six - weekly basis so that we are doing at least ten events a year. we' re going to start with that with our next event, which takes place in late october ,
he says .
as we released earlier this week, spike tv has signed off on the next season of programming so we' ve got the best television partner we could have here in the united states. and around the world things are in very good shape, television - wise, so we are in a good position now to bring the best content to our television partners and not have the long hiatuses .
the recent spike airing of the last man standing pay - per - view did very well and we' ve got some shoulder programming to announce which we think will be very well received, then late october we are back into our live event calendar and taking it from there .
[ the spike deal has ] been extended through 2015 which is perfect for both us and them. right now we' re in the process of closing in on venues which everyone will be very pleased with, we are in 100 per cent ‘go' mode .
we have great fights. they make glory what it is and we will continue our tradition of having the best in the world fight the best in the world. that won' t change. what will change is areas such as presentation and how we plan our event calendar and locations .
we' ve been in los angeles and new york twice each, now we' re looking into bringing our events to other locations in the us and around the world. if you take the analogy of being on tour - and i have worked on a number of tours in my career with img - well, going to new york every few months is not a tour .
you have to take the show on the road, all over the country - and all over the world. glory is an international brand in an international sport and we have to maintain that international operation for sure .
there will be some changes production - wise. for example, most of our fighter walkouts are never seen on television because of time constraints. so that' s a whole area of production which has a certain amount of time and cost involved but which doesn' t necessarily have the impact we want it to ,
he explains .
the main thing is making a great show for our audience and keeping the audience excited. that' s who glory is aimed at and that is who supports glory, our fans, our sponsors, our television networks. those are the people we are out to deliver a spectacular show for .
we just signed off on a ‘best of glory knockouts show' and we are also continuing the tradition of the countdown shows on spike before our events. on a reality show we are open to all possibilities, depending what our television partners want and what our audience is clamoring for ,
he says .
we will definitely revisit pay - per - view when the time is right. it could be argued that it was too early for us to enter that market but there were some strategic reasons behind that and some of the results were great ,
he says .
i can say that some of the speculation about the [ ppv sales ] numbers was wrong, nobody has gotten it right when it comes to the numbers. and everybody who bought that ppv was thrilled with it, which will hopefully drive more revenue in the future .
but right now in the short term the plan is to do what we do best, which is to put great fights on television networks all over the world .
at this point everything is on the table. i am just getting going in the ceo role and there' s a lot of things to discuss ,
he says .
i' ve been part of glory almost since its inception so i have seen it grow and seen it from the inside, yet i' m also in a position now to take a fresh look at things and see what we need to do to take glory to the next stage .
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has a new television deal in the works which will see its superfight series cards - - essentially the prelims to the numbered - event main cards - - air either live or on tape delay in the united states .
“glory superfight series 19 will be on television in the u. s. exactly how i can’t announce yet, but i can say it will be on tv in the u. s. , ” he said. “the glory superfight series 18 card [ which took place in oklahoma in november ] will air on u. s. television in the next few weeks, and we’re currently talking to potential broadcast partners about having the glory superfight series 19 card aired either live or on a tape - delay basis .
“we’re airing a television special as a lead - in to glory 19 that will air on jan. 30 on spike tv, and it’s a look behind the scenes of this heavyweight championship fight. we plan to do one of those before each event, ” he said. “then before glory 18 we did a ‘knockout special’ highlight show, and we’ve got more features in the works from a new production company we are using. they work on big pay - per - view boxing events for one of the world’s top combat sports figures. they will be helping us produce our show .
“we will have more details to announce on our shoulder - programming, as well as confirmation on the superfight series broadcast. we’re also in the process of renewing and expanding our international television deals, so it’s an exciting time for the company right now. ”
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“we’ve got a complete calendar for 2015 with almost one event per month from april, though we are taking july off. on feb. 6, we are in virginia with
last week, glory revealed that mike tyson will join the commentary team for glory 19. the former heavyweight boxing champion is known to be a fan of every type of fight sport - - he’s been cageside for several ufc events - - and he nearly fought under kickboxing rules himself .
back in 2003, japanese kickboxing organization k - 1 was attempting to make headway in the u. s. they wanted to sign tyson to fight
- - at that point a terrifying entity - - but the deal fell through. regardless, this will not be tyson’s first encounter with the sport .
“i worked with mike back in the days of ‘america presents. ’ from his fight with
“we did some shoots with mike in the last six months and he mentioned that he thought glory was a cool promotion and that he would like to see a live show some time. we said, ‘for sure, we’d love to get you out there, ’ so we’re bringing him out to virginia. and i think it’s nice to have a heavyweight champion there to watch our own heavyweight championship fight. ”
the heavyweight title fight pits defending champion rico verhoeven against errol “the bonecrusher” zimmerman. it is both a championship fight and a rubber match: zimmerman won their 2012 encounter via knockout, and verhoeven won their 2013 rematch by way of unanimous decision .
, alexander stetcurenko and jonathan oliveira will battle it out for a shot at welterweight champion “bazooka” joe valtellini .
the event is taking place in hampton, va. , home to the largest concentration of military bases in the u. s. , and that has led to a unique bout being added to the card .
“spike tv are going to air this fight and, with a crowd of navy and a crowd of air force in the arena, i think there will be some real noise for that one. we’re presenting that bout in association with veteran operation wellness (vow), a non - profit charitable organization focused on health and wellness for veterans. ”
, who served as ceo previously, will assume an advisory role with glory as a consultant for business development .
glory also jointly announced with spike tv that they have extended their agreement to provide original kickboxing programming through 2015, with a full fall schedule to be released in the coming weeks .
. glory programming is seen in over 170 territories. glory kickboxing rules are comprised of a mix of several combat disciplines including karate ,
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glory is now far removed from its two - year tenure on spike tv, which came to an end in october of 2015. since then, the world' s leading kickboxing promotion has struck a deal with espn to broadcast their fight cards live on espn3 and on delay on espn2 and espn deportes .
most recently, glory reached a deal to broadcast their preliminary fight cards - - the superfight series - - exclusively on ufc fight pass .
we still talk to the glory guys ,
slusser said .
it' s all good. we see an opportunity with the infrastructure and the platform we are already on. here we are sitting on assets and great people and infrastructure that is really first class and why not take advantage of it to squeeze more efficiency out of it in a sport that we know has potential and we know has a future for the u. s. audience that it just doesn' t have today .
we talk to some of their fighters and we talk to some of their executives and i think the relationship is very cordial and certainly positive at things. anyone that wants to make it out into some rivalry is just wrong. we are all measured and positive executives and we all want the best for the industry ,
he added .
truly, i think getting more kickboxing on tv is just going to be better for everyone in the kickboxing industry. like i said, we aren' t going to be in the same city at the same time trying to sell tickets against one another and people who watch kickboxing on tv are going to want to come to live fights and they are going to want to watch more kickboxing because they are going to be excited when kickboxing is on television. so, the more people that are exposed to our sport, the better it is going to be for everyone in the sport .
it is accurate to say that glory was not heavily promoted on spike and ratings often suffered due to that very fact and due to being placed on late time slots, or inconsistent ones like glory 22, which aired live from france at 4 p. m et .
nobody wants to invest money building someone else' s brand ,
he said .
you can see that they would want to, perhaps, take it a little further than they were with us. we were getting pushed around to odd time slots and they owned bellator and pbc was paying them a lot to be on the air so they were times they were asking us to move and go later on night and do other things and it made it really tough to establish a consistent ratings driver for them. and with scott (coker) there they were interesting in having him help with our match making and changing some things around .
frankly, we talked to them about doing some special events with guys like kimbo slice and they encouraged us to bring mike tyson to events, which we did, we had him in virginia. all these things are great ratings drivers, but they' re not really the direction that we felt was proper. we were trying to put the best fighters in the world to fight for the belt. you don' t always get the most charismatic winners in those cases .
we were happy over there for a time and i think they were happy to have us ,
he said .
at the appropriate time we moved on to the worldwide leader in sports, espn, and we are getting run on three platforms of espn for each show. now we are on ufc fight pass. we are partnering with the number one mma promotion in the world. so, i mean, you can analyze that yourself, where we came from and where we' ve gotten to ,
he added .
right now the relationship with ufc has started out all roses. we are happy to be with them. we are exclusive kickboxing on fight pass for a long time. we are looking forward to a great run with those guys .
what could be difficult is the fact that glory stands a good chance to lose some of its roster to bellator kickboxing. no. 1 - ranked glory middleweight, joe schilling and former glory welterweight title contender raymond daniels have both signed on with bellator kickboxing. schilling had two fights left on his contract, one of which he completed at the superfight series last friday against mike lemaire, which he won via unanimous decision .
after his next bout is fulfilled, he said he intends to
fight for bellator kickboxing .
we' ve got a great roster of fighters ,
he continued .
we are on one of the best networks in the world. we are partnering with the ufc on things. we have to worry about doing our business. for us, the future is bright. we' ve got a lot of great stuff going on. we are signing more and more international broadcasts around the world. we are looking good. we are very well positioned for 2016 from an athletic standpoint, from an exposure standpoint, from a television standpoint, from planning a calendar out in advance. we are really building from strength to strength going into 2016 .
glory' s leading man also had some promising news about future events, saying
the plan going forward ,
is for the u. s. events to be shown live on espn2 and espn3 simultaneously, and then the european events would be live on espn3 and replayed on delay on espn2, which would give glory much larger exposure .
we are really happy they chose us to put kickboxing on the network ,
he said.
jon j franklin ( aka " jon franklin " ) is a sports marketing and sports television business executive who is currently chief executive officer of glory sports international , the parent company of glory kickboxing seen on espn tv and cbs in the usa along with ufc fightpass ( in a major deal announced in 2016 ) and on major networks including eurosport , ziggo sports holland , le tv china and others in more than 170 countries . since franklin joined glory as ceo in 2014 , glory kickboxing has undergone a complete strategic remake and seen solid advances in ratings , attendance and following culminating in john malone 's liberty global and yao ming 's yao capital joining glory as investors and partners . in the final months of 2016 , glory produced events in trenton , new jersey , denver , colorado , nice , france and on december 10 , a sold out major global ppv event in conjunction with the ufc , collision , rico v badr , the fight no one thought could be made , in oberhausen , germany . further glory events for 2017 have included glory la live , january 20 and a sold out show at sears center chicago , february 24th . in europe brussels belgium hosted glory on march 25th , copenhagen in april , holland in may , paris in june and a sold out show from new york , madison square garden theatre on july 14 . franklin has stated his intent to bring glory to toronto canada , to san paulo , brazil and also to china in 2017 . 
jon j franklin (aka " jon franklin ") is a sports marketing and sports television business executive who is currently chief executive officer of glory sports international, the parent company of glory kickboxing seen on espn tv and cbs in the usa along with ufc fightpass (in a major deal announced in 2016) and on major networks including eurosport, ziggo sports holland, le tv china and others in more than 170 countries. since franklin joined glory as ceo in 2014, glory kickboxing has undergone a complete strategic remake and seen solid advances in ratings, attendance and following culminating in john malone's liberty global and yao ming's yao capital joining glory as investors and partners. in the final months of 2016, glory produced events in trenton, new jersey, denver, colorado, nice, france and on december 10, a sold out major global ppv event in conjunction with the ufc, collision, rico v badr, the fight no one thought could be made, in oberhausen, germany. further glory events for 2017 have included glory la live, january 20 and a sold out show at sears center chicago, february 24th. in europe brussels belgium hosted glory on march 25th, copenhagen in april, holland in may, paris in june and a sold out show from new york, madison square garden theatre on july 14. franklin has stated his intent to bring glory to toronto canada, to san paulo, brazil and also to china in 2017.
jon j franklin (aka " jon franklin ") is a sports marketing and sports television business executive who is currently chief executive officer of glory sports international, the parent company of glory kickboxing seen on espn tv and cbs in the usa along with ufc fightpass (in a major deal announced in 2016) and on major networks including eurosport, ziggo sports holland, le tv china and others in more than 170 countries. since franklin joined glory as ceo in 2014, glory kickboxing has undergone a complete strategic remake and seen solid advances in ratings, attendance and following culminating in john malone's liberty global and yao ming's yao capital joining glory as investors and partners. in the final months of 2016, glory produced events in trenton, new jersey, denver, colorado, nice, france and on december 10, a sold out major global ppv event in conjunction with the ufc, collision, rico v badr, the fight no one thought could be made, in oberhausen, germany. further glory events for 2017 have included glory la live, january 20 and a sold out show at sears center chicago, february 24th. in europe brussels belgium hosted glory on march 25th, copenhagen in april, holland in may, paris in june and a sold out show from new york, madison square garden theatre on july 14. franklin has stated his intent to bring glory to toronto canada, to san paulo, brazil and also to china in 2017.