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.