Tarik Khbabez
Tarik Khbabez (born 20 April 1992) is a Moroccan-Dutch kickboxer currently signed to Glory, where he competes in the heavyweight division. 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 Heavyweight Tournament. As of July 2021, he is the #7 ranked heavyweight in the world, according to Combat Press. 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. 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. ONE Championship. Tarik Khbabez made his ONE Championship debut on June 23, 2018 at , where he defeated Alain Ngalani by TKO at 1:43 of the third round. 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. On October 26, 2018, he faced Ibrahim El Bouni at . Khbabez won the fight by TKO via referee stoppage. On March 9, 2019, he picked up a unanimous decision victory over Andrei Stoica at . On June 15, 2019, he defeated Anderson Silva by unanimous decision at . 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. Glory. On October 30, 2020, it was announced that  Tarik Khbabez signed with Glory. Khbabez will make his promotional debut at , against Antonio Plazibat. Khbabez was later rescheduled to face Levi Rigters in a four man heavyweight tournament. He beat Rigters by split decision, but lost the final bout against Rico Verhoeven by TKO. 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. Khbabez was scheduled to fight the #6 ranked Glory heavyweight Antonio Plazibat at . The pair was originally scheduled to fight at GLORY 77, before Plazibat withdrew due to injuries sustained  in training. 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. Vakhitov withdrew from the bout on March 12. Khbabez fought a rematch with Antonio Plazibat at Glory 80 Studio on May 14, 2022. Professional kickboxing record. ! style=background:white | ! style=background:white | ! style=background:white | ! style=background:white |