A month has passed in the blink of an eye, and there are still nearly two months left before the super battle on November 28. On this day, Xiang Yingying personally went to the airport to greet the Hero Camp to help him train, Glory Heavyweight Champion Rico Verhoeven.

This is his fourth time in China, and he has a very deep impression of this ancient land, where he has reaped painful defeats.

His first visit to China was in 2015 for a fight between Kunlun and Kunlun Heavyweight World Champion Andre Henrasenchuk, known as the "Eastern European Cannon".

Prior to this matchup, Verhoeven "The Prince of Kickboxing" was in the limelight, with a 44-9-1 draw and 10 knockouts. He is the superpower of today's Glory Hall of Glory, named the 2013 Fighter of the Year by the famous American "Bloody Elbow Network", and ranked Verhoeven as the heavyweight world No. 1 in the professional voting of the mainstream fighting media "Kick Stomach Network", which can be said to be a true king of the world.

With a height of 196 cm, an arm span of 2 meters, a weight of 119 kg, and a skillful and all-round kickboxing technique, he is simply a terrifying monster in the ring. However, in a showdown with Hen Rasenchuk, who was then the Kunlun Heavyweight World Champion, the world lead kickboxer thought he had been counterattacked.

In the middle of the match, Henrasenchuck gradually adapted to Verhoeven's style of play, and the exquisite combination of punches and legs repeatedly performed miraculous feats, hooks and low kicks were used many times, and a wonderful backhand hit the air through a wonderful arc, smashing firmly on Verhoeven's head, and with 15 seconds left, André smashed into Verhoeven's chin with a backhand run, causing his powerful opponent to fall to the ground! The audience was in an uproar!

In the end, Henlarsenchuck defeated Verhoeven with a disparity of 30-27, 30-27, 29-26 and successfully counterattacked the "King of the World". This has also become an eternal pain in Verhoeven's career.

However, as Rico Verhoeven grew rapidly, he defeated Daniel "The King of Low Kicks" twice. Kita, who defeated Peter Azzig, the "Greatest Kickboxer of the 20th Century," and defeated Turkish sensation Khan Saki and K-1 sensation Iru Zimmerman, among many other great fighters, has gradually become the absolute king of kickboxing.

So much so that now, Andre Henrasenchuk, who had defeated him in the Kunlun duel, did not take it to heart. He once said directly: "If the opportunity comes, I won't do anything deliberately." At the time, I accepted the competition at a very bad time. My baby was about to be born and a lot was going on. I also spent Chinese New Year's Eve alone in China, which is really not fun. Of course, I don't use that as an excuse, he played better that night. ”

Xiang Yingying constantly despised him for this, always saying that he was making excuses for losing, which made Verhoeven's teeth itch, but he was helpless. He knew that under the rules of mixed martial arts, he couldn't possibly be a match for Xiang Hero, and even on the feet, he couldn't be sure of victory.

It's also interesting to talk about the story of him and Xiang Yingying becoming friends. Xiang Hero watched Verhoeven's title defense last year. And after the game, Xiang Yingying went directly to the locker room to meet with Verhoeven, and the next day he also had a discussion in a local training hall, but because it was closed, only the head coaches of both sides were present, and the others did not know what the result of the two was to fight.

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When the reporters who heard the news saw that the person who picked up Xiang Yingying turned out to be Verhoeven, they were so excited that they seemed to surround the two of them to ask questions, and they had the posture of not giving way without answering a few questions.

Verhoeven looked at Xiang Hero speechlessly, and said very unhappily: "What are you doing at the airport?" Isn't that looking for something to do? ”

Verhoeven's coach was also very unhappy to look at Xiang Hero, originally Verhoeven wanted to help Xiang Hero and his coach was not very happy, although the coach also knew that it was definitely good for Verhowin to help a master like Xiang Hero train together, but Xiang Hero had to say that Verhoeven was here to be a sparring partner, which made the coach very speechless.

However, Verhoeven didn't care too much, anyway, Xiang Yingying also promised him that as long as he needed it, Xiang Yingying would also be a free sparring partner.

In the face of reporters' questions, Xiang Yingying rushed in front of Verhoeven and directly told the reporters present: "Verhoeven came to China this time to help me prepare for training. To be precise, I'm here to be my sparring partner. After Xiang Yingying finished speaking very proudly, he also smiled at Verhoeven, leaving Verhoeven speechless.

This guy is so shameless, you must find a chance to beat him hard.

After finally waiting for Xiang Hero and Verhoeven and his party to get rid of the reporter and return to the hero camp, Stipp Miocchi, who was far away across the ocean, had already received the news.

And his head coach frowned when he received the news, and his expression was a little solemn, he never thought that Xiang Yingying would actually invite Verhoeven to be a sparring partner.

What are you kidding, Verhoeven as a sparring partner! This is definitely not good news. So the head coach couldn't wait to call Miocchi and ask him to come to the gym.

While waiting for Miocchi, he went online to take a closer look at Verhoeven, and watched several Verhoeven fights, including one in Guangzhou, China, between Verhoeven and former UFC titan "Bigfoot" Silva.

Before Verhoeven faced Bigfoot, he said he was going to knock out his opponent in the second round. Everyone doesn't believe it, after all, Bigfoot is by no means a good type, with a super high KO rate of 74%. But Big Foot is now a dead man, having been knocked out seven times in the past few years, winning just once in his last 10 MMA fights and never fighting a kickboxing bout before.

The first round was a bit of a scorching one, but Verhoeven clearly dominated and inflicted very visible damage on Silva with a steady stream of low kicks.

When the bout came to the second round, Bigfoot Silva suddenly pinned Verhoeven into a corner and was about to punch hard. But Verhoeven's sideways slid in front of Silva, leaving Silva in the corner. Without saying a word, he first distracted Big Foot with a straight punch, followed by a high leg kick that went straight to the head, knocking Big Foot to the ground. Bigfoot struggled to get up, hoping to continue the fight, but Rico didn't give him any chance, and directly stepped forward and launched a general attack on Bigfoot. Bigfoot was powerless, and the referee quickly stopped the game.

After watching these games, the head coach has a more comprehensive understanding of Verhoeven's technique. It has to be said that as the heavyweight champion of Glory Martial Arts, Van Hoeven, who was born in the martial arts kingdom of the Netherlands, is very good at striking skills.

With a height of nearly two meters and a weight of more than 110 kilograms, it is very terrifying to be able to make such a coherent three-dimensional attack. With a hero's already excellent striking skills, it would be a huge hassle to have such a world-class kickboxing expert to help you prepare for the fight.