Jamal Ben Saddik
Jamal Ben Saddik | |
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Born |
Antwerp, Belgium | March 10, 1990
Other names | Goliath |
Nationality | |
Height | 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) |
Weight | 128.7 kg (284 lb; 20 st 4 lb) |
Division | Super Heavyweight |
Reach | 78.0 in (198 cm) |
Style | Kickboxing |
Team | Golden Glory |
Trainer |
Cor Hemmers
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Years active | 2011 – present |
Kickboxing record | |
Total | 33 |
Wins | 27 |
By knockout | 22 |
Losses | 6 |
By knockout | 3 |
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Jamal Ben Saddik (born October 3, 1990) is a Moroccan-Belgian Super Heavyweight kickboxer signed to the GLORY promotion. He is ranked the #4 heavyweight in the world by LiverKick.com.[1]
Career
Ben Saddik, a Belgian Moroccan, is a product of the Golden Glory gym and is a student of Cor Hemmers.[2]
He made his debut in the It's Showtime promotion on March 6, 2011 at Fightingstars presents: It's Showtime Sporthallen Zuid and beat Rico Verhoeven. He was then scheduled to fight Anderson Silva at Fightclub presents: It's Showtime 2011 on May 21, 2011,[3] but the bout was scrapped when Silva was instead moved to the It's Showtime 2011 Lyon card to fight Daniel Ghiță.[4]
He TKO'd Vitaly Oparin in round one at United Glory 15 on March 23, 2012,[5] and followed this up with a fourth round KO of Nikolaj Falin on June 2, 2012.[6]
Ben Saddik lost a decision to Jahfarr Wilnis at Glory 2: Brussels on October 6, 2012.[7]
But, despite this setback, he was invited to compete at Glory 4: Tokyo - 2012 Heavyweight Grand Slam, the biggest heavyweight tournament in kickboxing history, on December 31, 2012. He upset world #4 Errol Zimmerman at the opening stage, taking a decision. In the quarter-finals, he beat Remy Bonjasky on points, but lost via a quick body kick from Daniel Ghiță in the semis.[8] Despite coming back from the tournament empty-handed, Ben Saddik's stock rose greatly by beating two much higher-rated fighters.[9][10]
Ben Saddik fought Peter Aerts at Glory 8: Tokyo - 2013 65kg Slam on May 3, 2013 in Tokyo.[11][12][13] He started well and floored Aerts in round one, but the Dutchman rallied back and dropped him three times in the second, forcing a referee stoppage.[14][15][16]
He was knocked out late in round three by Ben Edwards in a slugfest at Glory 12: New York - Lightweight World Championship Tournament in New York City on November 23, 2013.[17][18][19][20]
He was expected to fight Benjamin Adegbuyi at Glory 14: Zagreb in Zagreb, Croatia on March 8, 2014. However he broke his hand while training so he was replaced with Dmytro Bezus.[21][22]
He knocked out Nicolas Wamba in round two at Glory 16: Denver in Broomfield, Colorado, US on May 3, 2014.[23][24]
He lost via disqualification when he attacked a downed Hesdy Gerges just seconds into their bout at Qabala Fight Series #1 in Qabala, Azerbaijan on June 29, 2014.[25][26]
Kickboxing record
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27 Wins (22 (T)KO's), 6 Losses, 0 Draw
Legend: Win Loss Draw/No contest Notes |
References
- ↑ LiverKick.com Heavyweight Rankings: August
- ↑ Official Glory profile
- ↑ It's Showtime Announces New May Show
- ↑ It's Showtime Lyon: Anderson Silva Replaces Slowinski Against Daniel Ghita
- ↑ Glory World Series Live Results
- ↑ Weekend Results: Lidon, H. Bennoui, Kulebin, Ben Saddik Win, Bessmertny Draws
- ↑ GLORY 2 Brussels Live Results
- ↑ DREAM 18 / GLORY 4 Tokyo Live Results
- ↑ Whose stock went up at GLORY 4
- ↑ 2012's Breakout Fighters in Kickboxing
- ↑ Peter Aerts vs. Jamal Ben Saddik Set for Glory 8 Tokyo
- ↑ GLORY 8 Tokyo: 65kg Tournament Field Complete, More Fights Added
- ↑ GLORY 8 Tokyo 65kg Tournament Matches Announced
- ↑ GLORY 8 Tokyo Live Results
- ↑ GLORY 8 Tokyo Results and Review: Yuta Kubo Proves Why He is the Number One Japanese Fighter in the World
- ↑ Glory 8 Results: Yuta Kubo wins featherweight tournament
- ↑ Ky Hollenbeck vs. Shemsi Beqiri and Jamal Ben Saddik vs. Ben Edwards official for Glory 12
- ↑ Glory 12 Results and Recap: Andy Ristie shocks the world with two huge knockouts
- ↑ GLORY 12 Live Results and Updates
- ↑ GLORY 12 results: Upsets galore as Giorgio Petrosyan falls short to tourney winner Andy Ristie
- ↑ Benjamin Adegbuyi vs. Jamal Ben Saddik Set for GLORY 14
- ↑
- ↑ UFC Veteran Pat Barry Suffers First-Round Knockout Loss to Zack Mwekassa at Glory 16
- ↑ Glory 16 Results
- ↑ Qabala Fight Series #1 Results
- ↑ Qabala Fight Series #1 Videos
- ↑ A1 World Combat Cup 20(Dutch)