UFC veteran Antonio Silva had entered Saturday’s Glory kickboxing match against heavyweight champion Rico Verhoeven with a record of 1-7 in his last eight MMA bouts, seven of which ended by KO or TKO. Also of considerable importance when going up against someone as talented as Verhoeven, “Bigfoot” had a grand total of zero pro kickboxing fights to date. As Bigfoot’s manager Alex Davis admitted, he took the fight because “he needs money.”
Unsurprisingly, Verhoeven won and he did so by TKO. After easily taking the opening round, the Dutchman knocked the Brazilian down with a head kick just seconds into round 2.