If you’ve got DAZN for Boxing, you’re already set, because GLORY Kickboxing is back this Saturday with the most stacked event in the organization’s history. GLORY 100 goes down today on June 14, live from Rotterdam Ahoy and features FOUR world title fights, FOUR separate 4-man Heavyweight Tournaments, and 20 fights total on a single night. The main event is a Heavyweight clash between two legends: Rico Verhoeven — GLORY’s long-reigning king. vs Artem Vakhitov — The most decorated Light-Heavyweight in GLORY history, and the last man to beat UFC star Alex Pereira in Kickboxing. Vakhitov turned down a UFC contract to make this fight happen. You also get: – Light-Heavyweight champ Tarik Khbabez vs Sergej Maslobojev in a grudge rematch – Middleweight champ Donovan Wisse vs Michael Boapeah in a rematch to break Alex Pereira’s title defense record – Featherweight champ Petch defends in a razor-thin rematch vs Miguel Trindade And then there’s the Last Heavyweight Standing Tournament — four separate 4-man brackets, all in one night. Names like Jamal Ben Saddik, Tariq Osaro, Bahram Rajabzadeh, Sofian Laïdouni, and Miloš Cvjetićanin are all in. The winners will qualify for a one-night, 8-man Grand Prix later this year to determine the next Heavyweight title challenger. If you’ve ever been curious about elite Kickboxing, this is the card to watch. GLORY 100 airs live on DAZN. If you already have DAZN for Boxing and want to check it out: The Prelims/Superfights will stream live on GLORY's YouTube channel aswell as GLORY's Fast Channels at 9am ET / 6am PT / 3pm CET. The GLORY 100 main card streams live at 12pm ET / 9am PT / 6pm CET. You can find your local broadcast partner(s) below: https://glorykickboxing.com/events/glory-100 Now you know This content is protected This content is protected This content is protected This content is protected
Here’s the GLORY 100 RBR-Thread with everything you need to know about the milestone event: https://www.boxingforum24.com/threa...en-vs-artem-vakhitov-6-14-9am-et-dazn.737814/
A few years ago I tried starting to watch glory. I'm not a kickboxing expert so I could be wrong about this, but as dominant as Rico has been at heavyweight he hasn't had top fighters to beat like the guys who fought in k1. It always seemed to me like there weren't any really tough fights for him, so he could never reach the status of a Ernesto Boost, but please someone tell me if I'm mistaken.
HW kickboxing certainly isn't what it was in the 90s/00s, but Rico has beaten some good fighters and has the longevity/constancy to place him alongside many of the greats of that era. He's definitely had to deal with some tough moments to keep his title.
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He's the best of right now. Very tough, good skills but no he doesn't compare to the K1 era guys. The Ben Sadik fights show this pretty clearly. Sadik got KO'd by 45 year old Aerts btw.
42-43. He also got brutally KO'd by Edwards around the time. He definitely improved a lot over the years so I wouldn't hold that against Ricos standing. Could definitely see prime Ben Sadik causing some of k-1 legends issues in their primes.
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Huge fan of Rico’s! He’s going to be the goat when all is said and done. Still has a little ways to go to overtake Semmy but he’s close
