Filip Verlinden returns to the ring at Glory 22 for a Superfight Series clash with Mourad Bouzidi on June 5 at Stade Pierre-Mauroy in Lille, France. Their bout will take place at light heavyweight and represents Verlinden’s first outing under the Glory banner since the eight-man “Last Man Standing” middleweight tournament a year ago. That gap between appearances explains why Verlinden (43-12-1, 16 KOs) has returned to light heavyweight.
“I just took the fight because it was available,” he told Sherdog.com. “It’s not that I have left middleweight behind; that is still my main goal. I want that title in the middleweight division and I want to fight there, but when there is a good fight available at light heavyweight, then I will take it.