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Rico Verhoeven explains why he chose boxing Oleksandr Usyk over UFC offer, plans to ‘shock the world’ - MMA Fighting

By Damon Martin

Rico Verhoeven had a lot of options after leaving GLORY but the chance to fight Oleksandr Usyk was too good to pass up.

When Rico Verhoeven vacated his GLORY heavyweight title and left the kickboxing promotion in free agency, he didnt have to wait long for the offers to start piling up.
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Rico Verhoeven explains why he chose boxing Oleksandr Usyk over UFC offer, plans to ‘shock the world’ - MMA Fighting

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