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Ibrahim El Bouni (born 9 December 1992) is a Dutch-Moroccan kickboxer who currently fights for Glory. El Bouni has formerly competed for ONE Championship, SUPERKOMBAT and K-1.
As of August 21, 2024, he is #5 in the GLORY light-heavyweight rankings.
Kickboxing career
= Early career
=He fought Denis Marjanović during FFC 13. El Bouni won the fight by a unanimous decision.
= SUPERKOMBAT
=Ibrahim fought in the SUPERKOMBAT World Grand Prix, facing Dawid Kasperski in the quarter-final. He lost a majority decision.
In November 2014, he scored a KO victory over Henry Brinkman.
El Bouni fought in the 2015 WFL 84 kg tournament. Despite defeating Clyde Brunswijk by decision in the semi-final, he in turn lost a decision to Hicham El Gaoui in the final.
He also took part in the A1 World Combat Cup 86 kg tournament. He won decision against Xheyal Ehmedov in the quarter-final, Boubaker El Bakouri in the semi-final, and knocked Ertugrul Bayrak out in the first round to win the tournament.
El Bouni fought Bogdan Stoica for the first time in 2015. He won the fight by a technical knockout, as Stoica suffered a leg injury in the first round, later deemed to be a knee ligament injury.
El Bouni fought for the Real Fighter World Heavyweight Championship against Redouan Cairo, but lost the fight by a late fifth-round knockout.
He fought the former WAKO World champion Dževad Poturak during W5 Grand Prix "Legends in Prague". Ibrahim won the fight by TKO.
= K-1
=El Bouni had his first fight at heavyweight against Makoto Uehara. He won the fight in the second round, with a left hook KO.
Ibrahim fought during the WFL Almere event, winning the fight in the third round by knockout.
El Bouni participated in the 2017 K-1 Heavyweight Grand Prix. After winning the first two bouts against Koichi and Roel Mannaart by first-round knockout, he faced Antonio Plazibat in the tournament finals. Plazibat won the fight by a unanimous decision.
After his loss to Plazibat, he took part in the WFL Reserve Tournament. In the semi-finals he beat Bogdan Stoica by decision, and won a unanimous decision against Fred Sikking in the finals.
= ONE Championship
=El Bouni signed for ONE Championship in June 2018, and fought Andre Meunir in his organizational debut. El Bouni won the fight by a first-round KO.
In his second fight with the organization, El Bouni fought Tarik Khbabez. Khabez won the fight in the third round, by a TKO.
El Bouni fought Andrei Stoica during ONE Championship: Roots of Honor. Stoica won the fight by a unanimous decision, although El Bouni complained of repeated fouls after the fight, as Stoica landed an inadvertent groin shot and eye poke during the bout.
= Glory
=In early 2021, El Bouni signed with Glory. He notched two unanimous decision victories, against Clyde Brunswijk at Glory Rivals 1 and Badr Ferdaous at Glory Rivals 2, before being booked to face Muhammed Balli in the main event of Glory Rivals 3 on November 5, 2022. He stopped Balli with a left hook at the 2:14 minute mark of the opening round.
El Bouni faced Ștefan Lătescu at Glory: Collision 6 on November 4, 2023. He lost the fight by a second-round technical knockout.
El Bouni faced Bogdan Stoica at Glory 96 on October 12, 2024. He won the fight by unanimous decision, after an extra fourth round was contested.
Championships and accomplishments
World Fighting League
2015 World Fighting League -84 kg Tournament Runner-up
2015 World Fighting League -86 kg Tournament Winner
A1 WCC
2015 A1 World Combat Cup -86 kg Tournament Winner
K-1
2017 K-1 Heavyweight (-100 kg) Grand Prix Runner-up
Kickboxing record
See also
List of male kickboxers
References
External links
Official website