Jamal Ben Saddik

Jamal Ben Saddik (born October 3, 1990) is a Moroccan-Belgian Super Heavyweight kickboxer signed to the GLORY promotion, where he is ranked the #10 Heavyweight as of February 6, 2015.^[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

Professional Kickboxing record

25 Wins (20 (T)KO's), 5 Losses, 0 Draw Date Result Opponent Event Location Method Round Time 2015-06-05 N/A Freddy Kemayo Glory 22: Lille Lille, France, N/A N/A N/A 2014-06-29 Loss Hesdy Gerges Qabala Fight Series #1 Qabala, Azerbaijan DQ (attack on a downed opponent) 1 0:20 2014-05-03 Win Nicolas Wamba Glory 16: Denver Broomfield, Colorado, USA TKO (left hook) 2 1:24 2013-11-23 Loss Ben Edwards Glory 12: New York New York City, New York, USA KO (right hook) 3 2:52 2013-05-03 Loss Peter Aerts Glory 8: Tokyo Tokyo, Japan TKO (referee stoppage) 2 2012-12-31 Loss Daniel Ghiță Glory 4: Tokyo - Heavyweight Grand Slam Tournament, Semi Finals Saitama, Japan KO (Liver kick) 1 0:35 2012-12-31 Win Remy Bonjasky Glory 4: Tokyo - Heavyweight Grand Slam Tournament, Quarter Finals Saitama, Japan Decision (Unanimous) 2 2:00 2012-12-31 Win Errol Zimmerman Glory 4: Tokyo - Heavyweight Grand Slam Tournament, First 16 Saitama, Japan Decision (Unanimous) 2 2:00 2012-10-06 Loss Jahfarr Wilnis Glory 2: Brussels Brussels, Belgium Decision (Unanimous) 3 3:00 2012-06-02 Win Nikolaj Falin The Netherlands KO (punches) 2 2012-03-23 Win Vitaliy Oparin United Glory 15 Moscow, Russia TKO 1 2011-03-06 Win Rico Verhoeven It's Showtime Sporthallen Zuid Amsterdam, Netherlands TKO (Corner Stop) 2 1:00 Legend:       Win       Loss       Draw/No contest       Notes

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