Tarik Khbabez

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Tarik Khbabez
Born (1992-04-20) 20 April 1992 (age 32)
Salé, Morocco
NicknameThe Tank
Height184 cm (6 ft 0 in) [1]
Weight94.9 kg (209 lb; 15 st)
Division Heavyweight (2005–2018, 2020–2022)
Light heavyweight (2018–2019, 2022-Present)
Reach74 in (190 cm)
Style Kickboxing
Stance Orthodox
Fighting out of The Hague, Netherlands
TeamARJ Trainingen
TrainerMaikel Polanen
Years active2005 - present
Kickboxing record
Total63
Wins51
By knockout28
Losses11
By knockout7
Draws1

Tarik Khbabez (born 20 April 1992) is a Moroccan-Dutch kickboxer currently signed to Glory, where he is the Glory Light Heavyweight Champion. [2] He formerly competed SUPERKOMBAT Fighting Championship, having won the SUPERKOMBAT World Grand Prix Heavyweight Tournament in 2015. Khbabez has also competed in ONE Championship is a former ONE Light Heavyweight Kickboxing world title challenger. In 2021, he was the runner up for the Glory 77: Rotterdam Heavyweight Tournament.

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He is ranked as the ninth best heavyweight by Combat Press as of September 2022, [3] and sixth best by Beyond Kickboxing as of October 2022. [4]

Career

SUPERKOMBAT

Khbabez took part in the 2014 SUPERKOMBAT Qualification tournament. In the semifinals he beat Gurhan Degirmenci through a first round TKO. He defeated Dexter Suisse in the finals by unanimous decision. [5]

He participated in the 2015 SUPERKOMBAT World Grand Prix. In the semifinals he defeated Nicolas Wamba by decision. Tarik won the final bout against Roman Kryklia by decision as well. [6]

ONE Championship

Tarik Khbabez made his ONE Championship debut on June 23, 2018 at ONE Championship: Pinnacle of Power, where he defeated Alain Ngalani by TKO at 1:43 of the third round. [7]

On August 27, 2018, Khbabez signed a multi-fight contract with ONE Championship, where he would compete in the organization's all-striking ONE Super Series. [8]

On October 26, 2018, he faced Ibrahim El Bouni at ONE Championship: Pursuit of Greatness. Khbabez won the fight by TKO via referee stoppage. [9] On March 9, 2019, he picked up a unanimous decision victory over Andrei Stoica at ONE Championship: Reign of Valor. [10] On June 15, 2019, he defeated Anderson Silva by unanimous decision at ONE Championship: Legendary Quest. [11] At this point, Khbabez was 4–0 in ONE Super Series.

On November 16, 2019, Tarik Khbabez faced Roman Kryklia for the inaugural ONE Light Heavyweight Kickboxing World Championship. Going into the fight as a favorite, Khbabez lost by TKO in the second round. [12]

GLORY

On October 30, 2020, it was announced that Tarik Khbabez signed with Glory. [13] [14] Khbabez will make his promotional debut at Glory 77, against Antonio Plazibat. [15] Khbabez was later rescheduled to face Levi Rigters in a four man heavyweight tournament. [16] He beat Rigters by split decision, but lost the final bout against Rico Verhoeven by TKO. [17] Three months prior to the tournament, Khbabez underwent hand surgery. He later revealed he had re-injured his hand during the final bout with Verhoeven. [18]

Khbabez was scheduled to fight the #6 ranked Glory heavyweight Antonio Plazibat at Glory 78: Rotterdam. [19] [20] The pair was originally scheduled to fight at GLORY 77, before Plazibat withdrew due to injuries sustained in training. [21]

Khbabaez was booked to face the Glory Light Heavyweight champion Artem Vakhitov in a catchweight non-title bout at Glory 80 on March 19, 2022. [22] Vakhitov withdrew from the bout on March 12. [23]

Khbabez fought a rematch with Antonio Plazibat at Glory 80 Studio on May 14, 2022. [24] He lost the fight by a third-round knockout. [25]

Move to light-heavyweight

Khbabez faced Sergej Maslobojev for the vacant Glory Light Heavyweight Championship at Glory: Collision 4 on October 8, 2022. [26] He lost the fight by split decision. [27]

Khbabez was expected to face Kristpas Zile at Glory 84 on March 11, 2023. [28] Zile later withdrew from the bout and was replaced by Daniel Toledo. Khbabez won the fight by a second-round technical knockout. [29]

Khbabez was expected to challenge Donegi Abena for the Glory Light Heavyweight Championship at Glory: Collision 5 on June 17, 2023. [30] Abena withdrew from the fight with food poisoning on June 14 and was replaced by Mohamed Amine, who faced Khbabez for the interim Glory Light Heavyweight Championship. [31] Khbabez won the fight by a fourth-round knockout. [32]

Khbabez was expected to challenge Donegi Abena for the Glory Light Heavyweight Championship at Glory: Collision 6 on November 4, 2023. [33] Khbabez withdrew from the fight with a hand injury on October 31, and was replaced by Mohamed Touchassie. [34]

Khbabez challenged the Glory Light Heavyweight champion Donegi Abena at Glory Heavyweight Grand Prix on March 9, 2024. [35] He won the fight by split decision. [36]

Khbabez faced Pascal Touré in the quarterfinals of the Glory Light Heavyweight Grand Prix, held on June 8, 2024, in Rotterdam, Netherlands. He won the fight by unanimous decision. [37] Khbabez suffered a second-round stoppage loss to the eventual tournament winner Donegi Abena in the tournament semifinals. [38]

Personal life

Khbabez was born in Salé, Morocco. At a young age his family moved to the Netherlands, where he grew up in The Hague.

Titles and accomplishments

Kickboxing record

Professional Kickboxing Record
50 Wins (29 (T)KOs), 11 Losses, 1 Draw
DateResultOpponentEventLocationMethodRoundTime
2024-12-07 Flag of Suriname.svg Donegi Abena Glory Collision 7 Arnhem, Netherlands
Defending the Glory Light Heavyweight Championship.
2024-06-08Loss Flag of Suriname.svg Donegi Abena Glory Light Heavyweight Grand Prix, Semifinals Rotterdam, Netherlands KO (Low kick)20:30
2024-06-08Win Flag of France.svg Pascal Touré Glory Light Heavyweight Grand Prix, Quarterfinals Rotterdam, Netherlands Decision (Unanimous)33:00
2024-03-09Win Flag of Suriname.svg Donegi Abena Glory Heavyweight Grand Prix Arnhem, Netherlands Decision (Split)53:00
Wins the Glory Light Heavyweight Championship.
2023-06-17Win Flag of Morocco.svg Mohamed Amine Glory: Collision 5 Rotterdam, Netherlands KO (Uppercut)42:02
Won the Interim Glory Light Heavyweight Championship
2023-03-11Win Flag of Spain.svg Daniel Toledo Glory 84 Rotterdam, Netherlands TKO (Corner stoppage)22:47
2022-10-08Loss Flag of Lithuania.svg Sergej Maslobojev Glory: Collision 4 Arnhem, Netherlands Decision (Split)53:00
For the vacant Glory Light Heavyweight Championship
2022-05-14Loss Flag of Croatia.svg Antonio Plazibat Glory 80 Studio Netherlands KO (Punches)30:52
2021-09-04Loss Flag of Croatia.svg Antonio Plazibat Glory 78: Rotterdam Rotterdam, Netherlands KO (Punches)22:14
2021-01-30Loss Flag of the Netherlands.svg Rico Verhoeven Glory 77: Rotterdam, Final Rotterdam, Netherlands TKO (Corner Stoppage/Injury)13:00
For the Glory 77 Heavyweight Tournament.
2021-01-30Win Flag of the Netherlands.svg Levi Rigters Glory 77: Rotterdam, Semi Final Rotterdam, Netherlands Decision (Majority)33:00
2019-11-16Loss Flag of Ukraine.svg Roman Kryklia ONE Championship: Age Of Dragons Beijing, China TKO (3 Knockdown Rule)20:43
For the ONE Kickboxing Light Heavyweight Championship.
2019-06-15Win Flag of Brazil.svg Anderson Silva ONE Championship: Legendary Quest Shanghai, China Decision (Unanimous)33:00
2019-03-09Win Flag of Romania.svg Andrei Stoica ONE Championship: Reign of Valor Yangon, Myanmar Decision (Unanimous)33:00
2018-10-26Win Flag of Morocco.svg Ibrahim El Bouni ONE Championship: Pursuit of Greatness Yangon, Myanmar TKO (Referee Stoppage)32:26
2018-06-23Win Flag of Cameroon.svg Alain Ngalani ONE Championship: Pinnacle of Power Beijing, China TKO31:49
2017-10-29Win Flag of France.svg Nordine Mahieddine World Fighting League Almere, Netherlands Decision33:00
2017-04-23Win Flag of Turkey.svg Gokhan GedikWorld Fighting League 5 : Champions vs. Champions Almere, Netherlands Decision33:00
2016-12-03Loss Flag of Turkey.svg Murat Aygun Mix Fight Gala 20 Frankfurt, Germany Ext R. Decision43:00
2016-09-24Win Flag of Turkey.svg Bilal Abu AliMix Fight Gala Istanbul, Turkey TKO22:05
2016-06-18Loss Flag of Slovakia.svg Martin PacasW5 EUROPEAN LEAGUE XXXVPrievidza, SlovakiaTKO20:30
2016-02-16Loss Flag of Russia.svg Kirill Kornilov ACB KB 5: Let's Knock The Winter Out Orel, Russia TKO21:35
2015-11-07Win Flag of Ukraine.svg Roman Kryklia SUPERKOMBAT World Grand Prix Final 2015, Final Bucharest, Romania Decision33:00
Wins the SUPERKOMBAT World Grand Prix 2015.
2015-11-07Win Flag of France.svg Nicolas Wamba SUPERKOMBAT World Grand Prix Final 2015, Semi Finals Bucharest, Romania Decision33:00
2015-10-16Win Flag of Romania.svg Sebastian Ciobanu ACB KB 3: Grand Prix Final Sibiu, Romania Decision33:00
2015-04-29Win Flag of Serbia.svg Sasha PolugicTatneft Cup 2015 - 1st Selection Kazan, Russia TKO2
2015-04-12Loss Flag of the Netherlands.svg Brian Douwes World Fighting League Hoofddorp, Netherlands Decision33:00
2014-09-27Win Flag of the Netherlands.svg Dexter SuisseSUPERKOMBAT World Grand Prix IV, Qualification Tournament, Final Almere, Netherlands Decision33:00
Wins the SUPERKOMBAT World Grand Prix IV.
2014-09-27Win Flag of Turkey.svg Gurhan DegirmenciSUPERKOMBAT World Grand Prix IV, Qualification Tournament, Semi Finals Almere, Netherlands TKO13:00
2013-06-01Draw Flag of Morocco.svg Ismael LazaarFight Fans - Kickboxer V Amsterdam, Netherlands Decision33:00
Legend:   Win   Loss   Draw/No contest   Notes

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