It was the fight that kickboxing fans had been dreaming about, and after the crowd inside Konig Pilsener Arena in Oberhausen, Germany, hit a fever pitch on Saturday (Dec. 10, 2016) afternoon, the GLORY: COLLISION heavyweight mega fight between champion Rico Verhoeven and Badr Hari ended in anti-climactic fashion.
Verhoeven, 27, defeated Hari by technical knockout after Hari suffered an injury to his arm in the second round and was no longer able to continue. The official time of the stoppage came at 1:22 of round two.
"This is not the way I wanted to win," Verhoeven told Ron Kruck after the bout.