The GLORY heavyweight champion will face Benny Adegbuyi at GLORY 22 on June 5, 2015. "The Prince" opened up about life lessons, being focused and fighting close to his home in the Netherlands for the first time in several years.
Prior to Rico Verhoeven's successful title defense against Errol Zimmerman at GLORY 19 this past February, there was a noticeable fire in his eyes. The smiles and charismatic personality were conspicuously absent. Seeing him in the fighter's hotel in Hampton, Va., the Dutch champion -- known as "The Prince" -- had a steely focus and intense demeanor ahead of the highly-touted rematch.