Heavyweight champion Rico Verhoeven faces Levi Rigters in an all-Dutch rematch headlining GLORY Collision 7. The kickboxing event airs live from the GelreDome in Arnhem, Netherlands on December 7.
The pair first met in the final of the Heavyweight Grand Prix in March. Verhoeven (64-10, 21 KO) defeated Rigters (19-2, 10) by TKO in the second round.
In the co-main event, Tarik Khbabez (51-11-1, 28 KO) of Morocco defends his light heavyweight title against former champion Donegi Abena (30-10, 10 KO) of Suriname. The pair squares off in a trilogy fight. Both fighters have a win over one another.
Also on the GLORY Collision 7 fight card are four other matchups at light heavyweight. Bahram Rajabzadeh (69-4, 61 KO) of Azerbaijan goes up against Daniel Stefanovski (34-5, 25 KO) of Macedonia. Former champion Sergej Maslobojev (39-7, 24 KO) meets Stefan Latescu (17-4, 8 KO) of Romania. Cem Caceres (17-1, 14 KO) of Turkey takes on Pascal Toure (20-7, 7 KO) of France. Mory Kromah (30-2-1, 18 KO) of Guinea battles Milos Cvjeticanin (11-2, 8 KO) of Serbia.
In addition, Ionut Iancu (30-9, 12 KO) of Romania and Sofian Laidouni (36-4-1, 18 KO) of France go head-to-head at heavyweight.
GLORY Collision 7: Verhoeven vs Rigters results
Get GLORY Collision 7: Verhoeven vs Rigters full fight card results below.
Main card
- Rico Verhoeven def. Levi Rigters by unanimous decision (47-46, 47-46, 48-45, 48-45, 48-45) – retains Glory heavyweight title | Watch video
- Tarik Khbabez def . Donegi Abena by split decision (48-47, 47-48, 49-46, 49-46, 50-45) – retains Glory light heavyweight title
- Bahram Rajabzadeh def. Daniel Stefanovski by TKO (R1 at 2:30)
- Sergej Maslobojev def. Stefan Latescu by unanimous decision (29-28, 30-27, 30-27, 30-27, 30-27)
- Cem Caceres def. Pascal Toure by unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27, 30-27, 30-27)
- Sofian Laidouni def. Ionut Iancu by unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27, 30-27, 30-27)
- Mory Kromah def. Milos Cvjeticanin by unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28, 29-28, 29-28)
Prelims
- Younes Smaili def. Tayfun Ozcan by split decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28, 29-28, 28-29)
- Serkan Ozcaglayan def. Ramy Deghir by unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 30-27, 30-27,30-27)
- Endy Semeleer def. Jay Overmeer by unanimous decision (29-28, 30-27, 30-27, 30-27, 30-27)
- Oleh Pryimachov def. Abderrahman Barkouch by unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27, 30-27, 30-27)
- Ayoub Bourass def. Anass Ahmidouch-Fatah by split decision (29-28, 28-29, 30-27, 30-27, 30-27)