GLORY CEO issues statement on kickboxing promotion no longer airing on Spike TV

Earlier this afternoon, MMAFighting's Luke Thomas confirmed what has been speculated for quite some time: Spike TV will no longer broadcast GLORY kickboxing after a two-year television partnership.

The Viacom-owned network aired 14 GLORY fight cards starting with GLORY 11 back in Oct. 2013 and ending with GLORY 24 in Oct. 2015, averaging little more than 418,000 viewers.

Rumors have swirled the past several months that GLORY and Spike TV would eventually part ways, with GLORY CEO Jon J. Franklin meeting with Showtime executives back in August. In addition, there are rumored plans for Spike TV to eventually start its own kickboxing promotion. In other words, it's safe to say the writing has…