News Verhoeven holds talks with the UFC.

[Prince Nephilim]

why would an mma debutant face a top 5 fighter in his first fight? silly ass goose

Then why would you think he’d get Derrick Lewis with your contradicting silly ass?! Don’t be mad because it can easily happen at HW.

Silly statements deserve silly responses. You replied to me first, silly buns.

 

[Prince Nephilim]

Like poatan?

Poaton was guided to the title just for eventual Izzy showdown. UFC kept him away from anyone that was going grapple him at MW. Ricco doesn’t have too many places to hide and no Izzy type showdown is waiting for him.

Only thing waiting for Ricco is a bunch of overweight grappling walrus

 

[chiefwiggum]

If hes ever going to fight in the UFC it needs to be now as he turns 37 in April so he wont have a long run even at HW.

I thought he was much older. Inhavent seen him fight the last couple years.
It feels like I watched him 20 years ago.

He will tear the division up. . A bunch of unathletic Frankensteins walking face first into whatever the guy throws

 

[RockyLockridge]

Then why would you think he’d get Derrick Lewis with your contradicting silly ass?! Don’t be mad because it can easily happen at HW.

Silly statements deserve silly responses. You replied to me first, silly buns.

The point is, Anyone "lewis level" or lower cant grapple, and mostly they are fat slobs

 

[andgonsil]

Rico vs Poatan, 1 kickboxing and 1 mma fight

 

[Prince Nephilim]

The point is, Anyone "lewis level" or lower cant grapple, and mostly they are fat slobs

Okay Rock, you a fair dude too. I get it and we really don't know Ricco's grappling level. He may come out defending TD's like Prime Crocop....we have to wait and see

 

[RockyLockridge]

Okay Rock, you a fair dude too. I get it and we really don't know Ricco's grappling level. He may come out defending TD's like Prime Crocop....we have to wait and see

Im only imagining it's bad. that is true

 

[Dorkman]

He's 36, but selfishly, I'd love to see him fight in the UFC. I've seen him mess around with some MMA training, so I reckon he is somewhat familiar with the grappling side.

He is. But HW is an ancient division by traditional standards, and very unathletic on average. Rico is highly skilled and athletic, while being big and super experienced. So there's a realistic path to a title shot if he can make himself not a fish out of water if he happens to get grappled at some point.

 

[swarrrm]

Tough one, lmao. What’s this dude’s name?

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[Mmmmmmma1234]

What about Vs Francis in boxing? Francis seems to be struggling for noteworthy opponents.

It's wild Francis passed on Jake Paul, only for AJ to take the fight.

 

[Xanzito]

Remember when Alex Pereira called out Rico Verhoeven to become GLORY triple champ, right after winning the LHW-belt against Artem Vakhitov?



Poatan vs King of Kickboxing, in MMA. Let’s run it baby!!

Imagine if we got Poatan by sub, the ultimate betrayal

 

[FriskyRandy]

Poaton was guided to the title just for eventual Izzy showdown. UFC kept him away from anyone that was going grapple him at MW. Ricco doesn’t have too many places to hide and no Izzy type showdown is waiting for him.

Only thing waiting for Ricco is a bunch of overweight grappling walrus

Ya potan wasnt an underdog against Strickland at all!

 

[Prince Nephilim]

Ya potan wasnt an underdog against Strickland at all!

Ya...Strickland loves to take people down and not stand and bang. Derpity...derp

 

[MMAddict21]

Saw somewhere that Turki has already hinted that he’s signed Rico to box Joshua in February. Whether it’s true or not remains to be seen but I don’t think there’s a shot in hell he ends up in the UFC. They won’t pay him what he’s worth.

 

[KBE6EKCTAH_CCP]

I am not sure that his style will translate well to MMA. Even in striking. Durch K1 is horrible with small gloves.

 

[fendertach]

After training with Aspinall he's probably like " If this bum can be UFC champ, so can I"

 

[Streeter]

If 15 years ago then he would be great. Its a grappling sport now which sucks for most fans but it is what it is .

 

[JKS]

Poaton was guided to the title just for eventual Izzy showdown. UFC kept him away from anyone that was going grapple him at MW. Ricco doesn’t have too many places to hide and no Izzy type showdown is waiting for him.

Only thing waiting for Ricco is a bunch of overweight grappling walrus

They gave him a grappler in his first fight and Poatan KO'd him. Aside from that, there were no grapplers for him to fight. People say that the UFC didn't make fight any grapplers, well yah, there wasn't anyone during that time.

 

[swarrrm]

Is that Errol Zimmermann from way back in the day? That was the end of the golden era I guess.

Yes, buddy posts a gif of Rico losing 13 years ago for absolutely no reason lol. What a fucking creep.

 

[Prince Nephilim]

They gave him a grappler in his first fight and Poatan KO'd him. Aside from that, there were no grapplers for him to fight. People say that the UFC didn't make fight any grapplers, well yah, there wasn't anyone during that time.

Well…Izzy knocked him dead out so in the end all it took was an another seasoned striker.

Alex looks better at LHW anyways. I prefer him at his natural weight. His chin and base are more solid.