Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2015-06-05, nice and tough fight between Rico Verhoeven and Benjamin Adegbuyi: it gets three stars.Rico Verhoeven entered this fight with a professional kickboxing record of 45-10-1 (11 knockouts) and he is ranked as the No.1 heavyweight in the world. He has already fought twice in 2015 losing to Andrei Herasimchuk (=Verhoeven vs Herasimchuk) but then he beat Errol Zimmerman in their third fight (=Verhoeven vs Zimmerman 3).
His opponent, Benjamin Adegbuyi, has an official record of 19-2-0 (13 knockouts) and he entered as the No.4 in the same weight class. He suffered his last loss in 2012 when he faced Pavel Zhuravlev (=Zhuravlev vs Adegbuyi), since then he has collected nine consecutive victories winning the Glory Hw title eliminator against Hesdy Gerges and beating Daniel Lentie in his last fight (=Adegbuyi vs Lentie). Verhoeven vs Adegbuyi, main event of Glory 22, is valid for Glory heavyweight title (held by Verhoeven). Watch the video and rate this fight!
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Event: Glory 22: Lille
Date: 2015-06-05
Where: Stade Pierre-Mauroy, Lille, France
Division: heavyweight (over 210 lbs, 95.5 kg)
Title: Glory Heavyweight Championship
Glory 22 fight card (main card):
Rico Verhoeven vs Benjamin Adegbuyi
Sitthichai Sitsongpeenong vs Josh Jauncey
Zack Mwekassa vs Carlos Brooks
Josh Jauncey vs Djime Coulibaly
Davit Kiria vs Sitthichai Sitsongpeenong
Verhoeven’s previous fight: Rico Verhoeven vs Errol Zimmerman 3
Adegbuyi’s previous fight: Benjamin Adegbuyi vs Daniel Lentie
Verhoeven’s next fight: Rico Verhoeven vs Benjamin Adegbuyi 2
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Official video:
(Alternative free embeddable video hosted on Youtube)
Fight was OK but the action was carried out just from one of the fighters. Good kicks and punches from Rico who in a very technical way dominated the whole match.