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Verhoeven recently asked for Rogan’s suggestion about competing inside the Octagon during an appearance on the UFC commentator’s podcast.
Joe Rogan says boxing makes the ‘most sense’ as next career move for Rico Verhoeven
The former Glory Kickboxing champion noted that Conor McGregor had reportedly earned a massive payday for his return fight last month, which lasted 69 seconds. However, Rogan advised the 37-year-old against signing with the UFC at this point in his career.
Rogan believes Verhoeven can earn more money in boxing. He also claimed that Verhoeven’s friend and training partner Tom Aspinall could have a career in boxing in the future and that the Brit will benefit from working with Eddie Hearn.
“For you, boxing makes the most sense, especially at this point in your life, financially,” Rogan told Verhoeven. “For Tom, he has a potential career in boxing as well. And now that Eddie Hearn is managing him, which is very exciting because Matchroom being behind him is gonna have a gigantic hype machine, gigantic promotion. They are at odds with the UFC. For me, I care about the fighters making the most money possible, and that’s how [Tom] is gonna make the most money possible.”
Verhoeven vacated his Glory heavyweight title last year after defending it against Artem Vakhitov, the last man to beat Alex Pereira in kickboxing. The Dutchman then challenged former champ Oleksandr Usyk this past May. While Verhoeven was a massive underdog, he led the dance for the most part before slowing down in the later rounds.
Seemingly en route to a potentially monumental upset win, he was knocked down late in the 11th round. While Verhoeven returned to his feet, Usyk followed up and the referee bizarrely stopped the fight with a second left in the stanza.
This article first appeared at Recent News on Sherdog.com
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