Ricardo Verhoeven (born 10 April 1989) is a Dutch professional

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who currently competes in the heavyweight division of GLORY, where he is the reigning Glory Heavyweight Champion. A professional since 2004, he also competed in the K-1, It's Showtime and SUPERKOMBAT promotions. He is currently ranked the number one

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in the world by Combat Press. Verhoeven has been continually ranked as the number one heavyweight kickboxer in the world by Combat Press since September 2014, when the rankings were first established.

Early life

Rico Verhoeven was born in

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, Netherlands. He began learning

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at age five, starting with

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. He was trained by his father, a karate black belt. After transitioning into kickboxing, Verhoeven began training at the age of seven and started competing against adults when he was only 16 years old, due to his large size. He has trained mainly in

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under Dennis Krauweel at Superpro Sportcenter, with fellow kickboxers

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and

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Professional kickboxing career

Glory

After competing in K-1, It's Showtime and SUPERKOMBAT, Verhoeven signed with

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. He was drawn against Russian

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at the opening round of the sixteen-man 2012 Glory Heavyweight Grand Slam held at '' Glory 4: Tokyo - 2012 Heavyweight Grand Slam'' in Saitama, Japan on 31 December 2012. As he was leading the judges' scorecards after the first two, two-minute rounds, he advanced to the quarter-finals where he lost out to the eventual tournament winner

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by the same margin. He defeated Jhonata Diniz via unanimous decision at '' Glory 7: Milan'' in Milan, Italy on 20 April 2013. He rematched

Errol Zimmerman Errol Zimmerman (born April 20, 1986) is a Curaçaoan-Dutch kickboxer, representing the Hemmers Gym in Breda, Netherlands. He is K-1 World Grand Prix 2008 in Amsterdam and SUPERKOMBAT Fight Club tournaments champion. Zimmerman is also former Glo ...

at '' Glory 9: New York - 2013 95kg Slam'' in

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on 22 June 2013. Despite being deducted a point for

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ing in round one, he outworked and outstruck Zimmerman for three rounds and won by unanimous decision.

Ghiță rivalry

He caused a major upset to win the '' Glory 11: Chicago - Heavyweight World Championship Tournament'' in Hoffman Estates, Illinois, United States in October 2013. After taking a majority decision over

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by unanimous decision in the final. Rico further established himself by defeating kickboxing legend

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by split decision in the tightly contested main event of '' Glory 13: Tokyo - Welterweight World Championship Tournament'' in Tokyo, Japan on 21 December 2013. Verhoeven was scheduled to make his

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debut against Nikolaj Falin at ''Mix Fight Gala XV'' in Darmstadt, Germany on 26 April 2014 but his opponent was changed to János Finfera for undisclosed reasons. Verhoeven defeated the Hungarian by second-round knockout. He rematched and defeated Daniel Ghiță via unanimous decision in a bout for the vacant Glory Heavyweight (+95 kg/209 lb) Championship at '' Glory 17: Los Angeles'' in Inglewood, California, US on June 21, 2014.

Zimmerman trilogy

Verhoeven was scheduled to make the first defense of his Glory Heavyweight title against

at Glory 19: Virginia, in what would be their trilogy match. Each fighter had previously won once, Verhoeven by decision, and Zimmerman by knockout. Verhoeven kept to out fighting, looking to deal damage with body kicks and straight shots, while keeping his opponent at distance with snap kicks and teep kicks. With a minute left in the first round, both fighters engaged in a wild exchange, with Errol being dropped at the end of it. He was once again dropped with a front kick, with half a minute left in the round. The fight ended in a technical knockout, as Zimmerman injured his left knee, following a missed spinning back kick.

Adegbuyi fights

For his second title defense, Verhoeven was scheduled to fight the former SUPERKOMBAT Heavyweight GP winner

at Glory 22: Lille. Adegebuyi managed to stun the champion in the first round, before Verhoeven took over in the second. He dominated the rest of the affair, picking up in both volume and pace as the fight went on, while Adegbuyi slowed down. Rico won the fight by unanimous decision (49–47, 49–47 and 50–45). After this loss, Adegbuyi won the 2015 Glory Heavyweight Contender Tournament, to once again earn a title shot at Glory 26: Amsterdam, six months after their first fight. The second fight ended with a first-round KO, with Verhoeven quickly overwhelming his opponent and knocking him out with right hook. After this fight, Verhoeven changed his nickname from "Prince of Kickboxing" to "King of Kickboxing". Verhoeven was scheduled to defend his title for the fourth time just three months later, at Glory 28: Paris, against the newly crowned FFC Heavyweight champion

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. Just as with his two previous title bouts against

, Verhoeven was thoroughly dominant, despite a slow first round which he lost with one of the judges. He won the fight by unanimous decision (49–46, 50–45, 50–45). For his fifth consecutive title defense, Verhoeven was to face the Brazilian Anderson Braddock Silva at Glory 33: New Jersey. Verhoeven began the fight with several leg kicks, which he would keep throwing for the duration of the bout, landing 16 kicks from 22 attempts in the first round alone. Early in the second round, he knocked Silva down with an inside right leg kick. After 40 seconds in the second round, Verhoeven once again knocked Silva down, this time with a left leg head kick. He would knock Silva down for the third time with five seconds left in the second round, forcing the referee to wave the fight off.

Verhoeven vs. Hari

The 10 December 2016 bout against former world champion

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at GLORY Collision in

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, Germany, was considered a watershed moment for Verhoeven's career, with Hari being a very entertaining, albeit controversial fighter, who had been a dominant force in the kickboxing community, while also being taller (1.98 to 1.96 m) with a reach advantage over Verhoeven. Competing for the first time in over a year, Hari promised he would knock out Verhoeven in the first round. Intending to keep his promise, Hari came out aggressively in the first round, opening a cut on Verhoeven's nose early in the fight. Hari won the first round. The GLORY heavyweight champion returned more aggressive in the second round, but the fight ended by an injury at Hari's arm after which he couldn't continue the fight. Verhoeven scored the 50th victory of his kickboxing career with a TKO. After defeating Hari, Glory was unable to find an appropriate opponent for Verhoeven, and so arranged for him to fight the reigning

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Super Heavyweight champion Ismael Lazaar in a non-title fight at Glory 41: Holland. Verhoeven dominated the fight, with Lazaar being unable to cover the distance, being six inches shorter than the champion. He won the fight by unanimous decision. Lazaar would later fail a

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and was suspended for four years. Glory would once again book Verhoeven in a non-title match against Antônio Silva, in what the website Bloody Elbow called a "gross mismatch". Silva was given a 35-1 odds to win. Verhoeven abandoned his usual strategy of outfighting, unleashing several combinations on the

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fighter. The fight ended in a technical knockout, after Rico knocked Silva down with a head kick 43 seconds into the second round.

Verhoeven vs. Ben Saddik

Verhoeven fought

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in defense of Glory heavyweight title, on 9 December 2017. In a fight that has been called the ''biggest fight in kickboxing history'' due to the size of the contestants, with Jamal being 6' 9", 280 lbs and Rico himself at 6' 5", 260 lbs. Jamal defeated a young Rico in their first meeting in 2011, but since then has had a record of 11 wins to 6 losses, while Rico climbed the P4P rankings and established himself as a kickboxing world champion. Ben Saddik found success early on in the fight, before Verhoeven took over as the fight went on, winning by a fifth-round TKO. Verhoeven was again scheduled to defend his title at Glory 54: Birmingham, in a rematch with

. Verhoeven had won five straight fights since their first meeting, while Brestovac came into the fight on a three fight winning streak. The champion stuck to his patented outfighting, damaging the challenger with low kicks and front kicks from distance early, and unleashing hand combinations later in the fight. Verhoeven won a comfortable unanimous decision with 50–45 on all five scorecards. He was scheduled to defend his title for a record setting eighth time at Glory 59: Amsterdam, when he faced the WGP Heavyweight champion

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. Inocente would use several illegal moves during the fight, such as a

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and a

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throw, however, Verhoeven would again dominate the bout, winning all five rounds on each of the judges scorecards.

Verhoeven vs. Hari II

For his ninth title defense, Verhoeven was set to fight a rematch with

at Glory 74: Arnhem. Since their first fight, Hari had served a prison sentence, and had only fought once in the meantime, he won against

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by unanimous decision but later turned into a no-contest. The fight itself took place in the sold out

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, in front of 30 000 fans. Verhoeven began the fight in an uncharacteristically aggressive fashion, and was knocked down at the 1:40 minute mark of the first round. He found more success in the second round, but was once again knocked down with a head kick in the third round. The fight ended in the third round, with Verhoeven winning by TKO, after Hari broke his ankle with a missed kick. Aside from selling out the arena, the rematch also drew 3.5 million viewers, an estimated 53% of the live television audience in the Netherlands, which was the second highest viewership of a live sports broadcast, in Dutch television history.

Glory 77

It was revealed by Glory in October 2020 that Verhoeven would fight a trilogy match with

in early 2021, although the exact date and event weren't announced. Their fight was a rubber match, as both fighters held a TKO win over the other. Their fight was later scheduled for Glory 77 on 30 January 2021. 11 days before the event, Ben Saddik withdrew due to a back injury. Accordingly, Verhoeven was scheduled to take part in a four-man heavyweight tournament, facing

in the semifinals, after Gerges called Verhoeven out. He won the semifinal bout against

by unanimous decision, and the final bout against

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by TKO, after Khbabez retired at the end of the first round.

Verhoeven vs. Ben Saddik III

It was announced on August 23, 2021 that Verhoeven would make the tenth defense of his Glory Heavyweight Championship against the 2010 K-1 World Grand Prix winner

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. The fight was scheduled for Glory: Collision 3 on October 23, 2021. On October 7, it was revealed that Overeem had suffered an injury in training and was forced to withdraw from the bout. Overeem was replaced by

, who stepped in on two-weeks notice. Verhoeven defeated Ben Saddik by TKO in the fourth round.

Verhoeven vs. Gerges IV

On April 12, 2022, it was announced that Verhoeeven's next fight would take place at the inaugural "HIT IT" event, a sports and live entertainment show. Although it was initially assumed that the fight would be an exhibition bout, on June 2 it was revealed that he would face the former It's Showtime World Heavyweight champion

for the fourth time in his professional career and who he had beaten in all three of their previous meetings. The quadrilogy bout headlined the "HIT IT" event, which took place on October 29, 2022, at the

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. Verhoeven won the fight by a fifth-round technical knockout.

Verhoeven vs. Plazibat

Verhoeven is expected to make his eleventh Glory heavyweight title defense against

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. The title bout was initially supposed to take place in spring 2023, but was postponed after Verhoeven suffered a knee injury in training.

Professional mixed martial arts career

Verhoeven made his

pro debut at RXF 20: Verhoeven vs. Bogutzki in

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on 19 October 2015 defeating Viktor Bogutzki by TKO in the 1st round due to punches. Prior to his MMA debut he trained in San Jose,

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at the

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, where he trained with fighters like

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and

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Fighting style

Verhoeven is tall and very athletic for a fighter his size. Besides his physical gifts, he is an intelligent fighter. He has a wide arsenal of attacks, most notably his powerful low kicks, and a tight defense. He also worked closely with WBC and Lineal heavyweight world champion

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, whom he credits with turning his jab into the highly effective weapon it is now.

Championships and accomplishments

Kickboxing

* Glory ** 2014 Glory Heavyweight (+95 kg/209 lb) World Championship Tournament Champion ** Glory Heavyweight (+95 kg/209 lb) Championship (one time; current) ***Ten successful title defenses **2017 Glory Fighter of the Year **2017 Glory Knockout of the Year **2019 Glory Highlight of the Year **2021 Glory 77 Heavyweight Tournament Winner *Liverkick.com **2017 Fighter of the Year *Kickboxingplanet.com **2016 Kickboxer of the Year *Bloody Elbow.com **2013 Kickboxer of the Year

Kickboxing record (incomplete)

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Boxing record

{, class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:95%" , - ! !Result !Record !Opponent !Type !Round, time !Date !Location !Notes , - , 1 , Win , 1–0 , style="text-align:left;", János Finfera , , 2 (4), , 26 Apr 2014 , style="text-align:left;", ,

Mixed martial arts record

, Win , align=center, 1–0 , Viktor Bogutzki , TKO (punches) , RXF 20: Verhoeven vs. Bogutzki , , align=center, 1 , align=center, 2:11 ,

, Romania ,

Filmography

{, class="wikitable sortable" summary="List of Television appearances and roles" , + Television , - ! Year ! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" , Notes , - , 2015 , ''Bluf'' , Davey , , - , 2019 , ''Hotboxin' with Mike Tyson'' , Himself , Episode: "Champions Henry Cejudo, Kamaru Usman, & Rico Verhoeven" , - , 2019 , ''Makkelijk Scoren'' , Huisdichter , , - , 2022 , '' RICO: Dream Big'' , Himself , Documentary , , - {, class="wikitable sortable" summary="List of Film appearances and roles" , + Film , - ! Year ! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" , Notes , - , 2015 , ''Vechtershart'' , Tony Corella , , - , 2018 , ''De Film van Dylan Haegens'' , Diederik-Jan , , - , 2018 , '' Kickboxer: Retaliation'' , Moss , , - , 2019 , ''Don Diego Poeder - Fight, Honor, Legacy'' , Glory Heavy Weight Champion , , -

Personal life

Verhoeven and his ex-wife, Jacky Duchenne, have together two daughters (b. 2011 & 2015) and a son (b. 2017).

Acting

Verhoeven made his film debut in a small role opposite

Alain Moussi Alain Moussi is a Canadian actor, stuntman and martial artist. He plays the lead role of Kurt Sloane in the reboot of Kickboxer (film series), ''Kickboxer'' series, ''Kickboxer: Vengeance'' (2016) and ''Kickboxer: Retaliation'' (2018), a role tha ...

in the sequel '' Kickboxer: Retaliation''.

Documentary

In 2022, the four-part docu-series RICO: Dream Big followed Verhoeven in the run-up to his fight against Badr Hari and his attempts to break through in Hollywood.

References

External links

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