When K-1 began suffering from extreme financial difficulties in 2011, Total Sports Asia, TSA CEO Marcus Luer, Pierre Andurand, and Scott Rudmann of Nectar Capital attempted to buy the brand.

In the aftermath, Pierre Andurand, Scott Rudmann and TSA decided to start a brand new kickboxing promotion and acquired United Glory, Golden Glory,[1] and It's Showtime to secure a top event production team and contracts to each promotion's top fighters.

[3] Glory World Series signed most of the world's top kickboxers, such as Peter Aerts, Remy Bonjasky, Semmy Schilt, Gokhan Saki, Daniel Ghiţă, Albert Kraus, and Giorgio Petrosyan.

[6] In August, 2014 Andrew Whitaker moved into an advisory role within GLORY and Jon J. Franklin was appointed as the new CEO.

Under Franklin's leadership Glory was named the Number one kickboxing league in the world by Combat Press and one of the three most important global combat sports leagues by Fox Sports (along with the UFC and Bellator).

[citation needed] In a press release on October 2, 2023, Glory announced that Maurice Hols was named as the new Executive Director.

[14] In February 2016, Glory CEO Jon J. Franklin announced a new multi-year deal with ESPN.

28 June 2022 Glory announced a multi-year broadcast deal with Videoland in the Netherlands.

[20] On 16 February 2024 a multi-year broadcast deal with DAZN covering France and Belgium was announced.

[22] The first Rivals event with Enfusion was scheduled for May 21, 2022, at the Lotto Arena in Antwerp, Belgium.

The event was later cancelled due to the finances of Enfusion's local promoter partner Antwerp Fight Organization catching the attention of Belgian authorities.

In the main event Luis Tavares defeated Florent Kaouachi by knockout in the third round.

Ibrahim El Bouni defeated Muhammed Balli by knock-out in the first round.

Glory Rivals 4 took place on December 25 at Ryogoku Sumo Arena in Tokyo, Japan, in collaboration with Rise and Shoot boxing.

[26] A few days later, on February 6, the promotion put their lightweight and women's super bantamweight divisions on hold.

interim champion Kevin Tariq Osaro at Glory: Collision 6 on Nov 4, 2023 12. def.

Levi Rigters at Glory Collision 7 on Dec 7, 2024 Weight limit: 95 kg (209.4 lb) 1. def.

Juri De Sousa at Glory 81: Ben Saddik vs. Adegbuyi 2 on Aug 20, 2022 2. def.

Sergej Braun at Glory 96 on Oct 12, 2024 Weight limit: 77 kg (169.8 lb) 1. def.

interim champion Murthel Groenhart at Glory 77: Rotterdam on Jan 30, 2021 1. def.

Teodor Hristov at Glory 98 on Feb 22, 2025 Weight limit: 70 kg (154.3 lb) 1. def.

Enriko Kehl at Glory Heavyweight Grand Prix on Mar 9, 2024 Weight limit: 65 kg (143.3 lb) 1. def.

interim champion Kevin VanNostrand at Glory 52: Los Angeles on Mar 31, 2018 1. def.

Kento Haraguchi at Glory 93 on Jul 20, 2024 Weight limit: 55 kg (121.3 lb) 1. def.

Sarah Moussaddak at Glory 88 on Sep 9, 2023 Fighters who have won championships in multiple weight classes (excluding tournament champions).