The trainer working with kickboxer Jamal Ben Saddik, Said El Badaoui, thinks that commentators and journalists have already said all that can be said about his pupil kicking at Rico Verhoeven's head after a match during Saturday's Glory Grand Prix tournament in the GelreDome. Verhoeven, from the Netherlands, won the tournament held in a single evening, and collected a 500,000 dollar pay day.
Rico Verhoeven feared he would not be victorious before the Glory Grand Prix for heavyweights. But after two easy victories over the Frenchman Sofian Laïdouni and Nabil Khachab, born in Amersfoort but representing Morocco, he defeated his compatriot Levi Rigters in the final within two rounds.