Before joining the organization he had racked up wins over experienced international opposition such as Hesdy Gerges, Ben Edwards and Filip Verlinden. Verhoeven was marked out as a prospect several years before his 2012 debut for GLORY. At 16 years old he was so big that he couldn’t find opponents his own age in competitions, and had to face adults. At the same time, it became clear that he was a natural heavyweight who would grow to a considerable size. After school his friends would head to the park to play football or ride bikes while Verhoeven would accompany his father to the dojo for training.Īs he got older he moved into kickboxing.

Training was a consistent part of Verhoeven’s life growing up and his father was strict about it. His father, a karate black belt, brought young Rico to the dojo and started him on a path which, years later, would take him around the world and to the top of the heavyweight pile. Rico Verhoeven was five years old when he first entered the martial arts.

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