Other names Goliath Weight 129 kg Nationality MoroccanBelgian Team Golden Glory | Name Jamal Saddik Losses 5 Reach 78.0 in (198 cm) Height 2.06 m | |
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Jamal Ben Saddik (born October 3, 1990) is a Belgian Super Heavyweight kickboxer signed to the GLORY promotion. As of 24 July 2017, he is ranked the #5 heavyweight in the world by LiverKick.com.
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Jamal Ben Saddik winner of the Eight-Man Heavyweight Tournament@ glory 62
Career
Ben Saddik is a product of the Golden Glory gym and is a student of Cor Hemmers.
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, but the bout was scrapped when Silva was instead moved to the It's Showtime 2011 Lyon card to fight Daniel Ghiță.
He TKO'd Vitaly Oparin in round one at United Glory 15 on March 23, 2012, and followed this up with a fourth round KO of Nikolaj Falin on June 2, 2012.
Ben Saddik lost a decision to Jahfarr Wilnis at Glory 2: Brussels on October 6, 2012.
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. Despite coming back from the tournament empty-handed, Ben Saddik's stock rose greatly by beating two much higher-rated fighters.
Ben Saddik fought Peter Aerts at Glory 8: Tokyo - 2013 65kg Slam on May 3, 2013 in Tokyo. 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.
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.
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.
He knocked out Nicolas Wamba in round two at Glory 16: Denver in Broomfield, Colorado, US on May 3, 2014.
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.