Tarik Khbabez

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)
DivisionHeavyweight (2005–2018, 2020–2022)
Light heavyweight (2018–2019, 2022-Present)
Reach74 in (190 cm)
StyleKickboxing
StanceOrthodox
Fighting out ofThe 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.

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]

  1. ^ "Tarik Khbabez". onefc.com. 11 June 2018. Retrieved 6 October 2020.
  2. ^ GLORY signs Heavyweight Tarik Khbabez
  3. ^ Aittama, Zach (7 September 2022). "Combat Press Kickboxing Rankings: September 2022". Combat Press. Retrieved 1 October 2022.
  4. ^ Strobel, Kevin (1 October 2022). "Kickboxing Rankings October 2022 — Leona Pettas wins K-1 World Grand Prix and takes top spot at Super Bantamweight". beyondkick.com. Retrieved 1 October 2022.