Alistair Overeem has been forced to pull out of his heavyweight title fight with Rico Verhoeven at Glory: Collision 3 due to injury. Glory announced on Wednesday that the heavyweight superfight will not go down at the Oct. 23 event.
Rico Verhoeven will still remain on the card, according to the promotion, and a replacement for Overeem will be revealed in the near future. Overeem released a statement regarding his withdrawal via Instagram.
“I deeply regret that I have to pull out of the fight against Rico Verhoeven Oct.