Verhoeven (photo via GLORY)

By FCF Staff

Rico Verhoeven remains GLORY’s heavyweight champ, following the promotion’s event in Birmingham, England.

The renowned striker took on Mladen Brestovac at GLORY 54, and Verhoeven walked away with a clear cut, decision win.

The event also saw Harut Grigorian defend the welterweight title via a unanimous decision win over Alim Nabiyev.

Here are the complete results for the card (via Combat Press).

Rico Verhoeven def. Mladen Brestovac by unanimous decision (50-45, 50-45, 50-45, 50-45, 50-45)
Harut Grigorian def. Alim Nabiyev by unanimous decision (48-47, 49-46, 49-46, 50-45, 50-45)
Bailey Sugden vs. Aleksei Ulianov ruled a no-contest (accidental head butt). Round 2, 1:10
Chenglong Zhang def. Adrian Maxim by unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 30-27, 30-27, 30-27)
Danyo Ilunga def. Fraser Weightman by unanimous decision (29-28, 30-27, 30-27, 30-27, 30-27)
Josh Jauncey def. Christian Baya by split decision (29-28, 28-29, 29-28, 29-28, 29-28)
Adam Hadfield def. Richard Abraham by split decision (29-28, 28-29, 29-28, 29-28, 30-27)
Marat Grigorian def. Liu Xu by unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27, 30-27, 30-27)
Elvis Gashi def. William Goldie-Galloway by unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27, 30-27, 30-27)
Mark Timms def. Dawid Blaszke by unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 30-27, 30-27, 30-27) – welterweight tournament semifinal
Jamie Bates def. Tommie King by unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27, 30-27, 30-27) – welterweight tournament semifinal
Kevin Ward def. Wilker Barros by split decision (28-29, 29-28, 29-28, 29-28, 29-28)
Christi Brereton def. Nicola Kaye by unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28, 29-28, 30-27)
Vinny Church def. Ben Woolliss by split decision (28-29, 30-27, 29-28, 29-28, 29-28)