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Video: Rico Verhoeven backstage after GLORY 26 knockout win

Rico Verhoeven retained the GLORY World Heavyweight Championship last Friday as he stopped Benjamin Adegbuyi in the first round of their GLORY 26 AMSTERDAM card. The victory was a dream come true for the young Dutch champion.

"Think of anywhere that this [first round KO] scenario could happen, and it happens right here in Amsterdam? Yeah it's crazy man. I still have goosebumps," he says.

"Everybody went crazy. I could feel the whole crowd was right behind me, pushing me and supporting me, giving me their love and energy."

"I stood on that catwalk [on the way to the ring] and all the iPhone lights.