GLORY 100’s planned two-day format appears to be scrapped in favor of a single-day event, following disappointing ticket sales for both cards, according to kickboxing veteran Tayfun Özcan in a recent TikTok post. Özcan was scheduled to face Ismail Ouzgni in a welterweight bout.
"I was supposed to fight at the event on Friday the 13th, but I just heard that the event has been cancelled because ticket sales didn’t go as they had hoped. As a result, my fight is off, along with several others. Some of the other fights will still take place on Saturday. I think it’s a real shame... I’ll probably fight at the end of the year."
Although Day 1 ticket sales were reportedly stronger than Day 2’s, GLORY appears to have moved the Friday card to Saturday to avoid spreading sales thin across two consecutive events—opting instead for a more traditional one-day format. Although it is unconfirmed which fights will resume, it is likely that the Heavyweight tournament fights and title fights will proceed as usual. The event is still expected to take place at the Rotterdam Ahoy on June 14th.
The news comes as a blow to Europe’s biggest kickboxing promotion, as it comes on the heels of the disastrous GLORY Underground card in Miami earlier this month, where poor production soured the promotion's return to the States.
