# Karim Bennoui

Karim Bennoui (born 26 January 1988), also known as "Le Chirurgien", is an Algerian Muay Thai kickboxer. He is a three-time WKN super featherweight (oriental rules) champion. He is also a former It's Showtime -61 kg champion and ISKA -62.3 kg champion.

## Biography and career
### Biography

Karim Bennoui was born on 26 January 1988. Bennoui resides in Lyon, France and trains at Gym boxing St Fons in Lyon, Saint-Fons. His trainer is Nasser Kacem. He is of Algerian descent.
He begins Muaythai at the age of 10, with Nasser Kacem who was educator in the suburbs of Lyon. His younger brother, Houcine Bennoui, also practices in professional muaythai.

### Early career

It counts 38 fights for 30 wins (including 13 by knockout), 6 defeats and 2 draws. Karim Bennoui fought in Muaythai and Kickboxing.
In 2009 he became French Muay Thai Champion FMDA Class A and in 2011 at only 23 years he won the It's Showtime 61MAX world title -61 kg.
He was scheduled to face Plynoi Por Paoin at Thai Fight: Lyon on 19 September 2012 in Lyon, France. The fight was cancelled, however, when Plynoi suffered a knockout loss against Hiroki Ishii in Japan four days before.
He rematched Thomas Adamandopoulos at Nuit des Champions in Marseilles on 24 November 2012 in a fight for the WKN World Oriental Rules title (-62.100 kg) and won by decision.
Bennoui was then expected to fight Koya Urabe at Krush.25 in Tokyo, Japan on 14 December 2012. However, he was forced to pull out of the bout due to an injury to his right hand sustained in the Adamandopoulos fight and was replaced by Mickael Peynaud.
He lost to Masahiro Yamamoto via an extension round unanimous decision at RISE 92 on 17 March 2013 in Tokyo.
He was set to fight Aranchai Kiatpatarapan at the WBC World Muay Thai Millennium Championship in Saint-Pierre, Réunion on 7 September 2013 but the event fell through.
He won La 20ème Nuit des Champions -62 kg/136 lb tournament in Marseille, France on 23 November 2013, beating both Raz Sarkisjan and Yetkin Özkul on points.

### ONE Championship

As replacing undisclosed reason of Johan Estupiñan, Bennoui made his promotional debut against Saeksan Or. Kwanmuang on November 4, 2023, at ONE Fight Night 16. He lost the fight via unanimous decision.

## Titles and achievements

* 2019 Arena Fight Featherweight Kickboxing Champion (-63.000 kg)
* 2017 WKN super featherweight oriental rules champion (one defense)
* 2013 NDC K-1 Rules -62 kg Tournament Champion
* 2012 WKN super featherweight oriental rules champion
* 2011 I.S.K.A. World Kickboxing Champion (-62.300 kg)
* 2011 It's Showtime World Champion -61 kg
* 2009 French Muaythai Champion FMDA Class A Champion -60 kg

## Fight record

Kickboxing record :
| 44 Wins (13 (T)KO's), 13 Losses, 3 Draws ||||||||
| Date | Result | Opponent | Event | Location | Method | Round | Time |
| 2023-11-04 | Loss | Saeksan Or. Kwanmuang | ONE Fight Night 16 | Bangkok, Singapore | Decision (Unanimous) | 3 | 3:00 |
| 2023-04-29 | Win | Carlos Campos | Fight Night One | Chalon-sur-Saône, France | Decision | 3 | 3:00 |
| 2022-05-14 | Win | Dante Garcia Aquey | Generation Fighter 3 | Valentigney, France | TKO (punches) | 5 | |
| Defends WKN World super featherweight title (oriental rules) ||||||||
| 2021-10-23 | Win | Neguse Kebrome | Generation Fighter 2 | Valentigney, France | Decision | 3 | 3:00 |
| 2021-09-30 | Win | Angel Chavdarov | MFC 8 | Roussillon, France | Decision | 3 | 3:00 |
| 2019-06-08 | Win | Tristan Benard | Arena Fight | France | Decision (Split) | 5 | 3:00 |
| Wins Arena Fight Featherweight Kickboxing Title (-63.000 kg). ||||||||
| 2019-03-30 | Loss | Meng Guodong | Wu Lin Feng 2019: WLF x Lumpinee - China vs Thailand | Zhengzhou, China | Decision | 3 | 3:00 |
| 2018-12-01 | Loss | Christian Faustino | Yokkao Next Generation | Italy | Decision | 3 | 3:00 |
| 2018-10-27 | Win | Lukas Mandinec | Fight Legend Geneva | Geneva, Switzerland | Decision (Majority) | 3 | 3:00 |
| 2018-05-03 | Win | Cristian Spetcu | MFC 7 | France | Decision | 3 | 3:00 |
| 2017-11-25 | Loss | Eddy Nait Slimani | Nuit Des Champions 2017 | Marseille, France | Decision | 3 | 3:00 |
| 2017-05-03 | Win | Sasa Jovanovic | Dubai Fight | Dubai | Decision | 5 | 3:00 |
| Wins WKN World super featherweight title (oriental rules) ||||||||
| 2017-03-09 | Win | Phetpeekart | MFC 6 | France | Decision | 5 | 3:00 |
| 2016-09-19 | Loss | Koya Urabe | K-1 World GP 2016 -60kg World Tournament, Quarter Finals | Tokyo, Japan | Decision (Unanimous) | 3 | 3:00 |
| 2016-03-05 | Win | Daniel Puertas Gallardo | MFC 4 | France | Decision | 5 | 3:00 |
| 2015-11-14 | Win | Javier Hernández | La 22ème Nuit Des Champions | Francia | Decision (unanimous) | 3 | 3:00 |
| 2015-10-10 | Loss | Christopher Shaw | Yokkao 14 & 15 | United Kingdom | Decision | | |
| 2015-03-21 | Win | Darren O'Connor | Yokkao 12 & 13 | United Kingdom | Decision (unanimous) | 3 | 3:00 |
| 2015-01-18 | Loss | Hirotaka Urabe | K-1 World GP 2015 -60kg Championship Tournament, Quarter Finals | Tokyo, Japan | TKO (Cut) | 1 | 2:03 |
| 2014-12-05 | Loss | Yodpayak | La Ligue des Galdiateurs | Thailand | Decision | 5 | 3:00 |
| 2014-11-22 | Win | Koya Urabe | La 21ème Nuit des Champions | Marseille, France | Decision (Split) | 5 | 3:00 |
| Defends NDC K-1 Rules -62 kg/136 lb Championship. ||||||||
| 2014-09-20 | Win | Chatchainoi Sitbenjma | La Nuit Des Challenges 13 | Saint-Fons, France | Decision | 5 | 3:00 |
| 2014-05-30 | Loss | Antonio Campagna | Final Fight | Le Havre, France | Decision | 3 | 3:00 |
| 2013-11-23 | Win | Yetkin Özkul | La 20ème Nuit des Champions, Final | Marseilles, France | Decision | 3 | 3:00 |
| Wins NDC K-1 Rules -62 kg/136 lb Tournament Championship. ||||||||
| 2013-11-23 | Win | Raz Sarkisjan | La 20ème Nuit des Champions, Semi finals | Marseilles, France | Decision | 3 | 3:00 |
| 2013-09-21 | Loss | Kwankhao Mor.Ratanabandit | La Nuit des Challenges 12 | Saint-Fons, France | Decision | 5 | 3:00 |
| 2013-03-17 | Loss | Masahiro Yamamoto | RISE 92 | Tokyo, Japan | Extension round decision (unanimous) | 4 | 3:00 |
| 2012-11-24 | Win | Thomas Adamandopoulos | Nuit des Champions | Marseille, France | Decision | 5 | 3:00 |
| Wins WKN World super featherweight title (oriental rules) ||||||||
| 2012-01-21 | Draw | Pajonsuk Por. Pramuk | Yokkao Extreme 2012 | Milan, Italy | Decision draw | 5 | 3:00 |
| 2011-11-12 | Win | Thomas Adamandopoulos | La 18ème Nuit des Champions | Marseille, France | Decision (2-1) | 5 | 3:00 |
| Wins I.S.K.A. World Kickboxing title (-62.300 kg). ||||||||
| 2011-06-18 | Loss | Javier Hernandez | Fix Events & Fightclub Group presents: It's Showtime 2011 | Madrid, Spain | Decision (Unanimous) | 5 | 3:00 |
| Loses his It's Showtime 61MAX world title -61 kg. ||||||||
| 2011-03-26 | Win | Sergio Wielzen | BFN Group presents: It's Showtime Brussels | Brussels, Belgium | Decision (Split) | 5 | 3:00 |
| Wins It's Showtime 61MAX world title -61 kg. ||||||||
| 2010-10-09 | Win | Antonio Campagna | K-1 Shardana | Sardinia, Italy | Decision | 3 | 3:00 |
| 2010-06-19 | Loss | Mickael Peynaud | Explosion Fight Night Volume 01 | Brest, France | Decision | 5 | 3:00 |
| Fight was for French Championship K1 Pro FFSCDA 5x3 -61.5 kg. ||||||||
| 2010-06-05 | Win | Xavier Bastard | La Nuit des Challenges 8 | Saint-Fons, France | TKO (Referee Stoppage/Cut) | 3 | |
| 2010-04-03 | Win | Vatsana Sedone | Muaythai Gala in Divonne | Divonne-les-Bains, France | Decision | 5 | 3:00 |
| 2009-11-28 | Loss | Laimangkorn Chuwattana | A-1 World Cup Combat Lyon | Lyon, France | Decision | 5 | 3:00 |
| 2009-06-20 | Win | Néhémie Félicité | La Nuit de la Boxe 2009 | Martinique | TKO (Throw in the towel) | 5 | |
| Wins French Championship FMDA 2009 Class A -60 kg. ||||||||
| 2009-05-16 | Loss | Albert Veera Chey | Légendes et Guerriers | Toulouse, France | TKO (Referee Stoppage) | 5 | |
| 2009-04-11 | Loss | Mickael Peynaud | Carcharias Team Boxing Gala | Perpignan, France | Decision | 3 | 3:00 |
| 2008-10-25 | Loss | Vatsana Sedone | Le Choc des Best Fighters 1 | Asnières-sur-Seine, France | Decision | 5 | 3:00 |
| 2008-06-07 | Win | Patrick Carta | La Nuit des Challenges 5 | Saint-Fons, France | Decision | 5 | 3:00 |
| 2008-03-02 | Draw | Matteo Luppi | Fighting Day 8 | Imola, Italy | Decision draw | 3 | 3:00 |
| Legend: Win Loss Draw/No contest Notes ||||||||