Jamal Ben Saddik

Jamal Ben Saddik
Born (1990-10-03) October 3, 1990
Antwerp, Belgium
Other names Goliath
Height 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in)
Weight 122 kg (269 lb; 19 st 3 lb)
Division Super Heavyweight
Reach 80.0 in (203 cm)
Style Kickboxing
Fighting out of Morocco
Team Golden Glory
Trainer Cor Hemmers
Nicky Hemmers
Years active 2011 – present
Kickboxing record
Total 40
Wins 32
By knockout 26
Losses 8
By knockout 4
last updated on: December 10, 2017

Jamal Ben Saddik (born October 3, 1990) is a Belgian Super heavyweight kickboxer of Moroccan descent, signed to the GLORY promotion.

As of 1 September 2018, he is ranked the #5 heavyweight in the world by Combat Press.[1]

Career

Ben Saddik 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]

Jamal lost to Rico Verhoeven by TKO for the Glory World Championship 49 after his won fight in 2011. He was seen spitting in the face of Rico Verhoeven in a prefight press conference for which he was fined after the incident. [27]

Kickboxing record

Professional Kickboxing record

Legend:   Win   Loss   Draw/No contest   Notes

References

  1. ↑ "Combat Press Kickboxing Rankings: September 2018". combatpress.com.
  2. ↑ Official Glory profile
  3. ↑ It's Showtime Announces New May Show
  4. ↑ It's Showtime Lyon: Anderson Silva Replaces Slowinski Against Daniel Ghita
  5. ↑ Glory World Series Live Results
  6. ↑ Weekend Results: Lidon, H. Bennoui, Kulebin, Ben Saddik Win, Bessmertny Draws
  7. ↑ GLORY 2 Brussels Live Results
  8. ↑ DREAM 18 / GLORY 4 Tokyo Live Results
  9. ↑ Whose stock went up at GLORY 4
  10. ↑ 2012's Breakout Fighters in Kickboxing
  11. ↑ Peter Aerts vs. Jamal Ben Saddik Set for Glory 8 Tokyo
  12. ↑ GLORY 8 Tokyo: 65kg Tournament Field Complete, More Fights Added
  13. ↑ GLORY 8 Tokyo 65kg Tournament Matches Announced
  14. ↑ GLORY 8 Tokyo Live Results
  15. ↑ GLORY 8 Tokyo Results and Review: Yuta Kubo Proves Why He is the Number One Japanese Fighter in the World Archived 2013-05-06 at the Wayback Machine.
  16. ↑ Glory 8 Results: Yuta Kubo wins featherweight tournament Archived 2015-07-09 at the Wayback Machine.
  17. ↑ Ky Hollenbeck vs. Shemsi Beqiri and Jamal Ben Saddik vs. Ben Edwards official for Glory 12 Archived 2013-10-21 at the Wayback Machine.
  18. ↑ Glory 12 Results and Recap: Andy Ristie shocks the world with two huge knockouts Archived 2015-04-03 at the Wayback Machine.
  19. ↑ GLORY 12 Live Results and Updates
  20. ↑ GLORY 12 results: Upsets galore as Giorgio Petrosyan falls short to tourney winner Andy Ristie Archived 2013-11-28 at the Wayback Machine.
  21. ↑ Benjamin Adegbuyi vs. Jamal Ben Saddik Set for GLORY 14
  22. ↑
  23. ↑ UFC Veteran Pat Barry Suffers First-Round Knockout Loss to Zack Mwekassa at Glory 16
  24. ↑ Glory 16 Results Archived 2015-03-20 at the Wayback Machine.
  25. ↑ Qabala Fight Series #1 Results Archived 2016-01-29 at the Wayback Machine.
  26. ↑ Qabala Fight Series #1 Videos Archived 2016-01-29 at the Wayback Machine.
  27. ↑ https://www.round1network.com/news/78769/jamal-ben-saddik-krijgt-boete-voor-spugen.html
  28. ↑ A1 World Combat Cup 20(in Dutch)
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