Rico Verhoeven

Rico Verhoeven is a Dutch kickboxer, professional boxer and mixed martial artist, born on 10 April 1989 in Bergen op Zoom. He began with Kyokushin karate at the age of one, trained under his father, a karate black belt, and started competing against adults at 16 because of his size. Professional since 2004, he fought in K-1, It's Showtime and Superkombat before joining Glory, where he became the longest-reigning heavyweight champion of the promotion and defended the title a record thirteen times. Combat Press has ranked him the number one heavyweight kickboxer in the world since 2014. This entry is written from the English Wikipedia article on Rico Verhoeven.