Cyril Abidi

Cyril Abidi
Born February 25, 1976 (1976-02-25) (age 36)
Marseille, France
Other names Marseille Bad Boy
Nationality France
Height 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Weight 104.7 kg (231 lb; 16.49 st)
Division Super Heavyweight
Style Kickboxing, Muay Thai
Team Brizon Gym
Years active 1998–2007
Kickboxing record
Total 41
Wins 25
By knockout 17
Losses 16
By knockout 10
Mixed martial arts record
Total 1
Wins 0
Losses 1
By submission 1
Other information
Website http://www.Cyrilabidi.com
Mixed martial arts record from Sherdog

Cyril "Marseille Bad Boy" Abidi (born on February 25, 1976) is a French former super heavyweight kickboxer. His road to fame started in 2000 when he entered K-1 and created a huge upset with a first round knockout win over legendary Peter Aerts.[1]

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Biography and career

Abidi grew up in the north quartiers of Marseille (Consolat), in a modest Moroccan family. When he was 6, his mother took him to judo classes to keep him off the streets. He practiced judo for four years until he was inspired by Bruce Lee, his childhood idol, and started taking karate lessons.[2]

When he was 18, he discovered Thaiboxing and became French champion at the age of 20.[3] A year later he entered K-1, fighting against Petar Majstorovic in Zurich, Switzerland, and winning by a unanimous decision. Later that year, he won two back to back fights in the first round against Dutch fighter Peter Aerts. At their third meeting at the K-1 World Grand Prix 2000 Finals in the Tokyo Dome, Japan, Aerts beat Abidi in a three round unanimous decision.[4]

In his short foray into mixed martial arts, Abidi lost to Nigerian comedian Bobby Ologun in his first fight in MMA. Abidi was a last minute replacement for Mike Bernardo who was injured. The events surrounding the outcome raised suspicion of a fixed fight and Abidi seemed to lend credence to this in a post match interview.[5]

"I didn’t have enough time to prepare for this fight, but I think I did do a good job for my first time. It was really good that my opponent is not so strong…..If he was a really strong fighter, I would have had had a hell of a time."
"Why I am smiling a lot? Even though I lost this fight, I don’t have any feelings that I really lost a realistic fight. Maybe this was as expected."

His fight against fellow Frenchman and rival Jérôme Le Banner at K-1 World Grand Prix 2005 in Paris, on May 27, 2005, is considered to be one of the greatest battles in K-1 history. Abidi lost by a technical knockout.

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Kickboxing record

25 Wins (17 (T)KOs, 8 Decisions), 16 losses (10 (T)KOs, 6 Decisions)
Date Result Opponent Event Method Round Time
03/04/2007 Loss Mitsugu Noda K-1 World GP 2007 in Yokohama Decision 3 3:00
05/03/2006 Loss Hiraku Hori K-1 World Grand Prix 2006 in Auckland, New Zealand TKO (Corner Stoppage) 2 3:00
10/15/2005 Win Stephane Reveillon TK2 World MAX 4ever Edition, Paris KO (Punch) 1 0:11
05/27/2005 Loss Jérôme Le Banner K-1 World Grand Prix 2005 in Paris, France TKO (Referee stoppage) 5 2:53
12/04/2004 Loss Gary Goodridge K-1 World Grand Prix 2004, Japan KO (Punch) 1 3:00
09/25/2004 Loss Musashi K-1 World Grand Prix 2004 Final Elimination, Japan Decision (Unanimous) 3 3:00
04/02/2004 Win Hocine Boutrek TK2 Kickboxing, Marseilles, France Decision 5 2:00
03/27/2004 Win Hiraku Hori K-1 World Grand Prix 2004 in Saitama, Japan TKO (Referee stoppage) 3 2:58
12/16/2003 Loss Remy Bonjasky K-1 World Grand Prix 2003, Japan KO (Flying knee strike) 1 1:46
12/16/2003 Win Francois Botha K-1 World Grand Prix 2003, Japan Decision 3 3:00
10/11/2003 Win Francois Botha K-1 World Grand Prix 2003 Final Elimination, Japan Disqualification 1
07/13/2003 Loss Ernesto Hoost K-1 World Grand Prix 2003 in Fukuoka, Japan Decision (Unanimous) 2 3:00
06/14/2003 Loss Alexey Ignashov K-1 World Grand Prix 2003 in Paris, France TKO (Corner stoppage) 3 0:20
06/14/2003 Win Chalid Arrab K-1 World Grand Prix 2003 in Paris, France KO (Punch) 2 1:32
06/14/2003 Win Aziz Khattou K-1 World Grand Prix 2003 in Paris, France Decision (Unanimous) 3 3:00
05/17/2003 Win Daniel Lentie TK2 Kickboxing, Marseilles, France KO 3
04/06/2003 Win Shingo Koyasu K-1 Beast 2003, Japan Decision (Unanimous) 5 3:00
12/31/2002 Loss Quinton Jackson Inoki Bom-Ba-Ye 2002, Japan Decision 3 3:00
09/22/2002 Loss Bob Sapp K-1 Andy Spirits Japan GP 2002 Final, Japan TKO (Referee Stoppage) 1 1:17
07/14/2002 Loss Quinton Jackson K-1 World Grand Prix 2002 in Fukuoka, Japan KO (Punch) 1 1:55
05/22/2002 Win Nick Murray K-1 World Grand Prix 2002 in Paris, France KO 1 2:05
10/08/2001 Win Tatsufumi Tomihira K-1 World Grand Prix 2001 in Fukuoka, Japan TKO (Referee stoppage) 4 2:30
07/20/2001 Loss Andrew Thomson K-1 World Grand Prix 2001 in Nagoya, Japan TKO (Referee stoppage) 1 1:15
03/17/2001 Win Great Kusatsu K-1 Gladiators 2001, Japan Decision (Split) 5 3:00
12/10/2000 Loss Ray Sefo K-1 World Grand Prix 2000, Japan TKO (Referee stoppage) 1 1:45
12/10/2000 Loss Peter Aerts K-1 World Grand Prix 2000, Japan Decision (Unanimous) 3 3:00
11/10/2000 Win Andrei Zuravkov La Nuit des Champions, Marseille, France
08/20/2000 Loss Francisco Filho K-1 World Grand Prix 2000 in Yokohama, Japan TKO (Corner stoppage) 2 0:25
08/20/2000 Win Ray Sefo K-1 World Grand Prix 2000 in Yokohama, Japan TKO (Corner stoppage) 2 3:00
08/20/2000 Win Peter Aerts K-1 World Grand Prix 2000 in Yokohama, Japan TKO (Corner stoppage) 1 2:42
07/07/2000 Win Peter Aerts K-1 Spirits 2000, Japan KO (Punch) 1 2:13
03/19/2000 Win Nobu Hayashi K-1 Burning 2000, Japan TKO 2 1:52
11/20/1999 Win Jean-Claude Leuyer Kickboxing Gala, Marseilles, France KO
07/18/1999 Loss Stefan Leko K-1 Dream '99 Semi Finals, Nagoya, Japan Decision (Unanimous) 3 3:00
07/18/1999 Win Kirkwood Walker K-1 Dream '99 Quarter Finals, Nagoya, Japan KO (Low kicks) 1 0:33
06/05/1999 Win Petar Majstorovic K-1 Fight Night '99, Zurich, Switzerland Decision (Unanimous) 5 3:00
02/27/1999 Win Nash Urladzic Le Nuit des Champions, Marseilles, France Decision 5 3:00
00/11/1998 Win Gardois de Tholomese Le Nuit des Champions, Marseilles, France KO 4
00/09/1998 Win Alexandre Chvarev Le Nuit des Champions, Marseilles, France KO 1

Mixed martial arts record

Result Record Opponent Method Event Date Round Time Location Notes
Loss 0-2 Bobby Ologun Decision K-1 Premium Dynamite!!, Japan 02004-12-31 December 31, 2004 3 3:00
Loss 0-1 Don Frye Submission (rear naked choke) Inoki Bom-Ba-Ye 2001, Japan 02001-12-31 December 31, 2001 2 0:33

See also

References

  1. ^ "Achievements". Site Officiel de Cyril Abidi. http://reddog.free.fr/cyrilus/cyril_abidi_us.html. Retrieved 2007-10-12. 
  2. ^ "History". Site Officiel de Cyril Abidi. http://reddog.free.fr/cyrilus/cyril_abidi_us.html. Retrieved 2007-10-12. 
  3. ^ "Madman from Marseilles". Kakutougi.info. Archived from the original on 2007-10-30. http://web.archive.org/web/20071030181941/http://kakutougi.info/content/view/136/2/. Retrieved 2007-10-12. 
  4. ^ "K-1 World GP 8 Men Enter 1 Man Survives". ikfkickboxing.com. http://www.ikfkickboxing.com/K1GP2000.htm. Retrieved 2007-10-12. 
  5. ^ K-1 Dynamite - Ironlife Magazine Issue 17

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