Tariq Osaro “Cookie”

Tariq "Cookie" Osaro is a Nigerian-Dutch heavyweight kickboxer born in Zwolle, Netherlands. Standing around 6 ft 6 in, he transitioned from football to combat sports and turned professional in 2018, joining Glory in 2022 and quickly building a reputation as a knockout threat.

His breakout came in 2023, when he won the Glory Heavyweight Tournament with wins over Jahfarr Wilnis and Murat Aygun, then captured the Glory Interim Heavyweight title with a knockout of the heavily favored Antonio Plazibat at Glory Collision 5 in June 2023.

That earned him a unification bout with Rico Verhoeven at Glory Collision 6 in November 2023, which Osaro lost by unanimous decision. He fell short again in the 2024 Heavyweight Grand Prix but remains one of the division's most dangerous strikers.

His most recent bout was GLORY 109 on 5 September 2026 at the RTM Stage in Rotterdam, where he stopped Errol Zimmerman at 1:54 of round two after four knockdowns (sources: GLORY's official results report and the fight table on English Wikipedia; checked 18 September 2026).

His career kickboxing record is 31-5-2 with 18 KOs. GLORY's own fighter page lists 32-5-1 (18 KO) — the promotion counts one of the draws differently — and this site keeps the tally that matches the Wikipedia fight table.