Rico Verhoeven (49-10, 13 KO's) is the GLORY heavyweight champion and holds the organization's record for successful title defenses. He's a popular figure with Dutch sports press and even some mainstream outlets, being a regular guest on late-night talk shows. But it was Badr Hari, whose notoriety and air of menace makes him a subject of fascination to fans and media alike, who was the center of attention for this press conference.
First questions came from Dutch mainstream news outlets and included hard-hitting enquiries as to how training was going and whether each fighter was confident that he could beat the other.