Ultimate Glory Hits Holland Hard In January

Ultimate Glory 7

Major Professional Shooto and Muay Thai Event

   

January 20, 2008

De Flint

Amersfoort, Holland

 

 

Professional Shooto (or Mixed Martial Arts, hereinafter MMA) is a sport that has come into the mainstream

in recent years, the skill of the sport now widely recognized. A combination of kick boxing, wrestling and ju-

jitsu, there are now tens of thousands of people practicing these forms of martial arts in Holland and the rest

of the Europe.

 

The organizers of Ultimate Glory, which takes place on Sunday 20 January at De Flint in Amersfoort,

Holland, have brought together some of the top fighters in the world for what will be a great Shooto event to

be hosted in Holland.

 

UG7 will be a host of international fighters billed to attend from Poland, Belgium, France, Brazil plus the best

of local MMA & Muay Thai fighters from the Netherlands.

 

At Ultimate Glory 7 look out for Golden Glory's finest Oktay Karatas taking on undeated Belgium MMA

champion Tommy Depretz.

 

Tommy is a fearless fighter with knockout power and submission skills. He

defeated all of his 9 opponents by KO or submission. His Ultimate Glory debut of

17 November was impressive. He knocked down his opponent with a right hook and

caught him with a guillotine so tight that his opponent lost consciousness before

they hit the ground!

 

Oktay Karatas on the other hand is a Golden Glory fighter with a lot of experience.

The Muay Thai fighter from origin with vicious ground and pound skills is on a

winning streak defeating Polish Judoka Gregorz Tredowski, Pride and

Shootboxing fighter Brian Lo An Njoe, Deep fighter Yoshitomo Watanabe and

Rings fighter Chico Martinez in a row. He is fighting in his hometown so expect

the audience going crazy and chanting for another KO or TKO victory!

 

Ultimate Glory's PR manager John Buijen says: "Like the previous 6 Ultimate Glories, we will present you

another exciting line up with a mixture of K-1 and Shooto fights". "Because of the tight cooperation between

Team Golden Glory and Ultimate Glory we can present you a high end matchmaking with international

allure!".

 

"You should buy a ticket if it was only for the Oktay Karatas – Tommy Depretz fight, it is going to be a war!!"

 

Golden Glory manager and Ultimate Glory co-promoter Ron Nyqvist says "Don't forget about the other

Golden Glory stand outs. What about future K-1 stars and cousins Errol and Benji Zimmerman ready to

make a mark". "The Dutch Dave Dalgliesh versus Brazilian Vitor Vianna is also going to be a very interesting

match. Dave with far more MMA fights (almost 50!) taking on a BJJ sensation from Brazil!"

 

Ultimate Glory promoter Martijn de Jong says: "This event we will also add a highly

entertaining element called: Ultimate Glory's next ring girl". "The winner of the

competition, which will take place during the 6 Dutch Ultimate Glory shows in 2008,

will be crowned "Ultimate Glory's Ring Girl 2008" and will get a year contract with

event agency "Royal Orchid".

 

"Ultimate Glory will be the host of at least 15 shows in 2008". "Most of the shows will take place in Europe

but we are also looking to do 2 shows in Asia"!

 

"Ultimate Glory 7 will have another special sidenote though, we will celebrate all the Golden Glory's world

titles of 2007: Semmy Schilt became K-1 Heavyweight and K-1 GP Champion, Alistair Overeem became

Strikeforce's first Heavyweight World champion, Afghan Siyar Bahadurzada became Lightheavyweight

Shooto World champion and Krista Fleming became the female WFCA World Champion Muay Thai!". A real

New Years Fight Party!

 

For more info:

martijn@ultimateglory.com

www.ultimateglory.com

www.goldenglory.com


Best regards,

Ultimate Glory / Shooto Europe

Martijn de Jong

 

 

- From Ultimate Glory with a little editing from us (color, etc...)

- Photos courtesy of Ultimate Glory

 

 

 

 Subject to change

 

(12/21/07)