Mourad Bouzidi مراد بوزيدي |
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Born | Mourad Bouzidi November 23, 1984 The Hague, Netherlands |
Native name | مراد بوزيدي |
Other names | The Silent Power |
Nationality | Dutch |
Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) |
Weight | 95.1 kg (210 lb; 14.98 st) |
Division | Heavyweight |
Reach | 75.5 in (192 cm) |
Style | Kickboxing |
Fighting out of | The Hague, Netherlands |
Team | Bouzidi Gym Dojo Kamakura Team Aerts Mousid Gym |
Trainer | Anil Dubar Giel de Jager Gerard Gordeau Peter Aerts Mousid Akhamrane |
Years active | 1997–present |
Kickboxing record | |
Total | 98 |
Wins | 71 |
By knockout | 34 |
Losses | 24 |
By knockout | 7 |
Draws | 2 |
No contests | 1 |
Mixed martial arts record | |
Total | 2 |
Wins | 1 |
By submission | 1 |
Losses | 1 |
By submission | 1 |
Other information | |
Mixed martial arts record from Sherdog | |
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Mourad "The Silent Power" Bouzidi (Arabic: مراد بوزيدي) (born November 23, 1984) is Dutch–Tunisian heavyweight kickboxer, fighting out of Dojo Kamakura/Team Aerts in The Hague, Netherlands. He is the current Dutch Heavyweight W.F.C.A. kickboxing champion. As of 28 September 2016, he is ranked the #4 light heavyweight in the world by LiverKick.com.
Mourad Bouzidi was born in The Hague, Netherlands and started practicing Muay Thai at the age of 10. He had his first fight at the age of 13. Bouzidi still resides in The Hague and trains both at Team Kamakura and Team Aerts under Peter Aerts.
Bouzidi rose to prominence in May 2004 when he defeated Sergey Razvodovskiy, Szilard Szecsei and Konstantin Gluhov on the same night to win the Draka European Championships at +90 kg. He then beat Daniel Leko on March 25, 2005 to win the WKN European Muay Thai title at -96 kg. However, he lost the belt only two months later when he was defeated by Daniel Ghita at Local Kombat 14 "Lupta capitală".
On June 3, 2006, he made his K-1 debut in the 8-man tournament at the K-1 World Grand Prix 2006 in Seoul. He defeated Iranian strongman Mehdi Mirdavoudi by unanimous decision in the quarter-finals, but then lost out to local fighter Kim Min-Soo in the semis. In June the following year, he lost to Gökhan Saki at the K-1 World Grand Prix 2007 in Amsterdam. He then returned in February 2008 when he beat Hesdy Gerges at K-1 MAX Netherlands 2008 The Final Qualification.