Alistair
Overeem will make a big splash in his Glory Kickboxing
debut.
The promotion announced Monday that Overeem and Glory heavyweight
champion Rico
Verhoeven will lock horns on Oct. 23 in the Netherlands as part
of the Glory “Collision 3” card. Sherdog.com
previously reported that Glory will return to the GelreDome
with a large-scale event that just gained some additional star
power.
Known as “The Prince of Kickboxing,” Verhoeven has been near
perfect in Glory with a 23-1 mark. His resume includes victories
over the likes of Badr Hari,
Jamal Ben Saddik, Antonio
Silva, Anderson “Braddock” Silva, Benjamin Adegbuyi, Gokhan Saki
and many, many more. Most recently, Verhoeven scored dominant wins
over Hesdy
Gerges and Tarik Khbabez to win the Glory 77 four-man
heavyweight tournament in January.
Overeem
recently signed with Glory after being released by the UFC. The
former Strikeforce, DREAM, and K-1 champion Overeem enjoyed a 12-8
run in the UFC, unsuccessfully challenging for heavyweight gold in
2016.
Tickets for Glory “Collision 3” will go on sale Sept. 14 and will
be available early to those who bought tickets for Glory 78
“Badr
Hari vs. Arkadiusz
Wrzosek ,” which takes placeon Sept. 4.