The year 2012 was the first year in the history of Glory, an international kickboxing event. 2012 starts with Glory 1: Stockholm, and ends with Dream 18 & Glory 4: Tokyo. The events were broadcast through television agreements with regional channels around the world.

Glory 1: Stockholm was a kickboxing event held on May 26, 2012, at the Ericsson Globe in Stockholm, Sweden.

This event featured the world title fight for the inaugural Glory Heavyweight championship between Semmy Schilt and Errol Zimmerman as headliner. The event also featured qualification bouts for the Glory 70kg Slam Tournament.

Glory 2: Brussels was a kickboxing event held on October 6, 2012, at the Forest National in Brussels, Belgium.

This event featured a super fight between Remy Bonjasky and Anderson Silva as headliner, Also this event featured non-tournament super fight series.

Glory 3: Rome was a kickboxing event held on November 3, 2012, at the PalaLottomatica in Rome, Italy.

This event featured the Glory 70kg Slam Tournament final 8 Quarter-finals, Semifinals and final. Albert Kraus withdrew from the tournament due to the flu and was replaced by Yoshihiro Sato.

¹ Albert Kraus withdrew from the tournament due to the flu and was replaced by Yoshihiro Sato.