Rico Verhoeven
Ricardo (Rico) Verhoeven, born in Bergen op Zoom on April 10, 1989, is
a Dutch kickboxer and actor. Verhoeven started at the age of five with the
practicing martial arts. Verhoeven became active in kickboxing in 2004
professional level and was part of the franchises K-1, It's Showtime and
Superkombat. In 2012 he made his spectacular debut at Glory, where he won the 21st
June 2014 world heavyweight champion. In 2017 his biography Rico,
written by Leon Verdonschot. In 2022 the four-part documentary series RICO was released:
Dream Big in which Verhoeven is followed in the run-up to his fight against Badr Hari and
his attempts to break through in Hollywood. The impressive Dutchman is still
always a class apart in the dynamic martial art.