Review: 2014-06-21, disappointing fight between Rico Verhoeven and Daniel Ghita: it gets two stars. Rico Verhoeven entered this fight with a professional kickboxing record of 43-7-1 (8 knockouts) and he is ranked as the No.1 heavyweight in the world, he is 25 years old (8 years younger than Ghita) and he suffered his last defeat in 2012 when he faced Semmy Schilt, since then he has fought five times winning the Glory Hw tournament at the end of 2013 beating Daniel Ghita in the final (=Ghita vs Verhoeven).
His opponent, Daniel Ghita, has an official record of 50-10-0 (39 KOs=78%) and he entered as the No.2 in the same weight class, after his last loss against Verhoeven he fought once defeating Errol Zimmerman (=Ghita vs Zimmerman 2). Ghita vs Verhoeven 2, main event of Glory 17, is valid for the Glory heavyweight title. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Event: GLORY 17 Los Angeles: Last Man Standing
Date: 2014-06-21
Where: The Forum, Inglewood, California, USA
Division: heavyweight (over 210 lbs, 95.5 kg)
Title: Glory heavyweight championship title
Glory 17 fight card (main fights):
Rico Verhoeven vs Daniel Ghita 2
Joe Schilling vs Artem Levin 2 final
Marc de Bonte vs Joseph Valtellini
Simon Marcus vs Joe Schilling 3 quarterfinal
Mirko “Cro Cop” Filipovic vs Jarrell Miller 2
Andy Ristie vs Ky Hollenbeck
Verhoeven’s previous fight: Peter Aerts vs Rico Verhoeven
Ghita’s previous fight: Daniel Ghita vs Errol Zimmerman 2
Verhoeven’s next fight: Rico Verhoeven vs Andrei Herasimchuk
Ghita’s next fight: Daniel Ghita vs Dzevad Poturak 4
Video:
Official video
I don’t think so.