Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2015-02-06, nice and tough battle between Rico Verhoeven and Errol Zimmerman: their third fight gets three stars.Rico Verhoeven entered this fight with a professional kickboxing record of 44-10-1 (10 knockouts) and he is ranked as the No.1 heavyweight in the world but he lost his last fight, against Andrei Herasimchuk at Kunlun Fight 15 (=Verhoeven vs Herasimchuk); before this bout he had fought just once in 2014 beating Daniel Ghita in their rematch (=Verhoeven vs Ghita 2).
His opponent, Errol Zimmerman, has an official record of 79-20-1 (44 knockouts) and he entered as the No.3 in the same weight class, he suffered his last defeat in 2013 when he faced Daniel Ghita in their second bout (=Ghita vs Zimmerman 2); after this fight he has defeated Ben Edwards (=Zimmerman vs Edwards) and Anderson ‘Braddock’ Silva (=Zimmerman vs Silva). In their first bout Zimmerman defeated Verhoeven in less than a minute (on January 28, 2012 Zimmerman vs Verhoeven I) while in their second fight Errol lost by unanimous decision. Verhoeven vs Zimmerman 3, main event of Glory 19, is valid for the Glory heavyweight title (held by Verhoeven). Watch the video and rate this fight!
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Event: Glory 19: Virginia
Date: 2015-02-06
Where: Hampton Coliseum, Hampton, Virginia, USA
Division: heavyweight (over 210 lbs, 95.5 kg)
Title: Glory Heavyweight Championship
Glory 19 fight card (main and best fights):
Rico Verhoeven vs Errol Zimmerman 3
Nieky Holzken vs Raymond Daniels
Joe Schilling vs Robert Thomas
Nieky Holzken vs Alexander Stetsurenko
Raymond Daniels vs Jonatan Oliveira
Andy Ristie vs Steve Moxon
Francois Ambang vs Stephen Richards
Verhoeven’s previous fight: Rico Verhoeven vs Andrei Herasimchuk
Zimmerman’s previous fight: Errol Zimmerman vs Anderson Silva
Verhoeven’s next fight: Rico Verhoeven vs Benjamin Adegbuyi
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Official video:
(Alternative free embeddable video hosted on Youtube)
(Alternative highlights video hosted on Dailymotion)
How long does it usually take for you guys to find the vid? Can’t find it myself anywhere, thanks
This is the real Verhoeven not the one that lost to Herasimchuk at Kunlun Fight, I still don’t understand how he could lose that bout. I feel sorry for Zimmerman’s knee injury, he is a great warrior
Everybody has an off day now and then.
Rico was the better boxer and kicker in this fight. His technics are superior than those from this rival. It will be nice to see him again fighting with Ghita because he is the proper contender for Rico.