Karim Ghajji
French martial artist

Karim Ghajji

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16 January 1984(Meaux)
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Karim Ghajji (born January 16, 1981), is a French kickboxer and B-boy. As of 2 November 2015, he is ranked the #9 welterweight in the world by GLORY.

Biography and career

Karim Ghajji is a boxer of Moroccan origin, he reside in Meaux, France and being part of Fantastik Armada. It is one of the fighters of 2009 and 2010.

Karim began karate at the age of 12 years and in parallel, he has learned Break dance with his classmates, because at the time it was fashionable. Gradually, the two disciplines have become important in his life. His trainer is Abel El Quandili.

Turned pro in kickboxing since 3 years, he is now captain of France in the same discipline.

In 2010 he made a great tournament in Dijon at the UKC France MAX and reached the final. He won K1 Pro French title, K1 W.P.M.F European title and F-1 World Max Tournament. On 4 September, he won SportAccord Combat Games gold medal.

He defeated Dmitry Valent via decision at Nuit des Champions in Marseilles on November 24, 2012.

On December 15, 2012, he defeated Luis Reis and Jeremy Ragazzagi, respectively, on points to win the WKN 75 kg Full Contact European Grand Prix at Full Night 6 in Agde, France.

Ghajji caused a major upset by winning the 72.5 kg Muay Thai tournament at La Nuit des Titans in Tours, France on February 2, 2013. In the semi-finals, he had his rubber match with Yohan Lidon and won on points after a close fight. Then, in the final, he knocked out the much-fancied Eakpracha Meenayotin in the first round with a combination of a high kick, straight left, knee and a huge right hand.

Ghajji KO'd Darko Delic at Explosion Fight Night 7 in Châteauroux, France on March 16, 2013.

He made his debut with major kickboxing promotion Glory against Nieky Holzken at Glory 6: Istanbul in Istanbul, Turkey on April 6, 2013, losing via TKO due to a cut in an extension round.

Ghajji defeated Yuri Bessmertny via unanimous decision at Time Fight 3 in Tours, France on June 15, 2013.

He was TKO'd by Joseph Valtellini late in round three at Glory 11: Chicago - Heavyweight Championship Tournament in Hoffman Estates, Illinois, United States on October 12, 2013.

He lost to Alexander Stetsurenko by unanimous decision in the Glory 13: Tokyo - Welterweight World Championship Tournament reserve match in Tokyo, Japan on December 21, 2013.

Titles and achievements

  • Professional:
    • 2016 Bellator Kickboxing Welterweight Champion
    • 2015 Glory Welterweight Contender Tournament Runner Up
    • 2014 I.S.K.A. Oriental Rules World Champion (-78 kg) (3 title defences)
    • 2013 La Nuit des Titans Tournament champion (-72.5 kg)
    • 2012 WKN Full Contact European Grand Prix champion (-75 kg)
    • 2012 I.S.K.A. Oriental Rules World Champion (-75 kg) (4 title defences)
    • 2012 "boxe in défi" tournament champion belt (-76 kg)
    • 2011 "Nuit des Champions" Full Contact belt (-76 kg)
    • 2011 "Urban Boxing United 2" Super Fight belt
    • 2011 La Nuit des Titans 4 Men K-1 Rules Tournament Champion (-73 kg)
    • 2010 ProFight Karate Middleweight Tournament Champion
    • 2010 F-1 World Max Tournament Champion (-74 kg)
    • 2010 K1 W.P.M.F. European Champion (-72.5 kg)
    • 2010 FFSCDA K1 Pro French Champion (-72 kg)
    • 2010 UKC France MAX Tournament Runner Up (-70 kg)
    • 2009 FFSCDA A-Class French Kickboxing Champion (-74 kg)
    • 2009 Sanda (Chinese Kickboxing) French Champion
    • 2008 FFKB A-Class French Kickboxing Vice Champion (-74 kg)
  • Amateur:
    • 2010 SportAccord World Combat Games Kick-Boxing - Low-Kick Champion Gold (-75 kg)
    • 2009 WAKO World Kick-Boxing Championships, Villach Austria Silver (-75 kg)
    • 4 times Karate-Contact French Champion
    • 4 times winner of the Karate-Contact France Cup

Fight records

Professional kickboxing record
97 Wins (50 (T)KO's), 13 Losses, 1 Draw
Date Result Opponent Event Location Method Round Time
2016-12-10 Win Italy Luca Novello Bellator Kickboxing: Florence Florence, Italy Decision (Unanimous) 3 3:00
2016-09-17 Loss Hungary Zoltan Laszak Bellator Kickboxing 3 Budapest, Hungary Decision (Split) 5 3:00
Lost Bellator Kickboxing Welterweight Championship.
2016-04-16 Win Morocco Mustapha Haida Bellator 152 Torino, Italy Decision (Split) 5 3:00
Wins the Inaugural Bellator Kickboxing Welterweight Championship.
2015-11-06 Loss Netherlands Murthel Groenhart Glory 25: Milan - Welterweight Contender Tournament, Final Monza, Italy Decision (Unanimous) 3 3:00
For the Glory Welterweight Contender Tournament.
2015-11-06 Win Switzerland Yoann Kongolo Glory 25: Milan - Welterweight Contender Tournament, Semi Finals Monza, Italy Decision (Majority) 3 3:00
2015-04-25 Win Spain Ruben Garcia Gonzales Final Fight 2 Évreux, France Decision 5 3:00
Defends ISKA Oriental Rules World title (-78 kg).
2015-04-11 Win Italy Fabio Siciliani Oktagon 2015: 20 Years Edition Milan, Italy Decision (Unanimous) 3 3:00
2015-03-14 Win England Kevin Ward Duel des maitres II Villepinte, France Decision 5 3:00
Defends ISKA Oriental Rules World title (-78 kg).
2014-12-13 Win Russia Alexander Stetsurenko Victory Paris, France Decision (Unanimous) 3 3:00
2014-30-05 Win Morocco Mustapha Haïda Final Fight I Le Havre, France Decision 5 3:00
2014-22-03 Win Portugal Dan Balsemao Meaux Fight 3 Paris, France Decision 5 3:00
Defends ISKA K1 Rules World title (-75 kg).
2014-02-01 Win England Nigel Thomas Explosion Fight Night 9 Châteauroux, France Decision 5 3:00
Defends ISKA K1 Rules World title (-75 kg).
2013-12-21 Loss Russia Alexander Stetsurenko Glory 13: Tokyo - Welterweight World Championship Tournament,
Reserve Match		 Tokyo, Japan Decision (unanimous) 3 3:00
2013-11-16 Win Germany Alex Schmitt Explosion Fight Night 8 France TKO 5
Defends ISKA K1 Rules World title (-75 kg).
2013-10-12 Loss Canada Joseph Valtellini Glory 11: Chicago - Heavyweight World Championship Tournament Hoffman Estates, Illinois, USA TKO (punches and right high kick) 3 2:53
2013-06-15 Win Belarus Yuri Bessmertny Time Fight 3 Tours, France Decision (unanimous) 3 3:00
2013-04-06 Loss Netherlands Nieky Holzken Glory 6: Istanbul Istanbul, Turkey TKO (cut) 4
2013-03-16 Win Serbia Darko Delic Explosion Fight Night 7 Châteauroux, France KO 1
Defends ISKA K1 Rules World title (-75 kg).
2013-02-02 Win Thailand Eakpracha Meenayotin La Nuit des Titans, Final Tours, France KO (left knee and right overhand) 1
Wins La Nuit des Titans Tournament title (-72.5 kg).
2013-02-02 Win France Yohan Lidon La Nuit des Titans, Semi Finals Tours, France Decision 3 3:00
2012-12-15 Win France Jeremy Ragazzagi Full Night 6, Final Agde, France Decision 3 3:00
Wins the 2012 WKN 75kg Full Contact European Grand Prix title.
2012-12-15 Win Portugal Luis Reis Full Night 6, Semi Finals Agde, France Decision 3 3:00
2012-11-24 Win Belarus Dmitry Valent Nuit des Champions Marseilles, France Decision 5 3:00
2012-06-09 Win Hungary Patrik Kontraszti Gala du Phenix Muaythai 4 Trets, France KO 3
Defends ISKA K1 Rules World title (-75 kg).
2012-04-28 Loss Thailand Naruepol Fairtex Boxe Thai et K1 Rules à Bagnolet Paris, France Decision 5 3:00
2012-04-07 Win Portugal Francisco Matos Explosion Fight Night Volume 05 Châteauroux, France Decision 5 3:00
Wins ISKA K1 Rules World title (-75 kg).
2012-03-17 Win France Yannick Tamas Boxe in défi XIII, Tournament, Final Muret, France Decision 4 2:00
Wins Boxe in défi XIII, Tournament belt (-76 kg).
2012-03-17 Win Serbia Stevan Živković Boxe in défi XIII, Tournament, Semi Final Muret, France Decision 3 2:00
2011-11-12 Win France Sebastien Pace La 18ème Nuit des Champions Marseille, France Decision 7 2:00
Wins "Nuit des Champions" Full Contact belt -76 kg.
2011-10-01 Win France Karim Benmansour F-1 World MAX 2011 Meyreuil, France Decision
2011-07-17 Loss Thailand Yodsanklai Fairtex Thai Fight Extreme Hong Kong, China Decision 3 3:00
2011-05-07 Win France Karim Benmansour Urban Boxing United 2 Marseilles, France Decision (unanimous) 5 3:00
Wins "Urban Boxing United 2" Super Fight belt.
2011-02-12 Win France Sébastien Billard La Nuit des Titans, Tournament, Final Tours, France TKO (corner stoppage) 3
Wins La Nuit des Titans 4 Men K-1 Rules Tournament (-73 kg).
2011-02-12 Win Turkey Tuncay Aydın La Nuit des Titans, Tournament, Semi Final Tours, France Decision 3 3:00
2010-11-27 Win Chechnya Chamil Batchaev ProFight Karate Middleweight Tournament, Final Toulon, France Decision
Wins ProFight Karate Middleweight Tournament.
2010-11-27 Win France Hamza Ridène ProFight Karate Middleweight Tournament, Semi Final Toulon, France Decision
2010-09-25 Win France Yohan Lidon F-1 World MAX 2010, Final Meyreuil, France Decision 3 2:00
Wins F-1 World MAX Tournament title (-74 kg).
2010-09-25 Win France Samir Dourid F-1 World MAX 2010, Semi Final Meyreuil, France TKO 2
2010-09-04 Win Turkey Alpay Kır SportAccord World Combat Games, Final -75 kg Beijing, China Decision (3-0) 3 2:00
Wins SportAccord Combat Games Kick-Boxing - Low-Kick 75kg gold medal.
2010-09-03 Win Azerbaijan Kanan Sadikhov SportAccord World Combat Games, Semi Finals -75 kg Beijing, China Decision (3-0) 3 2:00
2010-06-19 Win Belgium Yassin Baitar Explosion Fight Night Volume 01 Brest, France KO 5
Wins K1 W.P.M.F European title (-72.500 kg).
2010-04-30 Win France Mehdi Baghdad Urban Boxing United Marseilles, France TKO (cut) 3
Wins K1 Pro French title (-75 kg).
2010-02-06 Loss France Abdallah Mabel UKC France MAX, Final Dijon, France KO (right flying knee) 2
Fight was for UKC France MAX Tournament title (-70 kg).
2010-02-06 Win Armenia Marat Grigorian UKC France MAX, Semi Final Dijon, France Decision 3 3:00
2010-02-06 Win Czech Republic Jakub Gazdík UKC France MAX, Quarter Final Dijon, France KO 1
2009-12-12 Win France Sebastien Pace Full Night III Agde, France KO 7
2009-11-21 Win Portugal Marco Silva Portugal vs France Algarve, Portugal KO 3
2009-09-26 Loss France Yohan Lidon F-1 World MAX 2009, Semi Final Meyreuil, France Decision 3 2:00
2009-05-30 Win Albania Arton Berisha France vs Germany Strasbourg, France KO 3 3:00
2009-04-25 Win France Benjamin Gerbet French Kickboxing Championships A-Class Elite, Final Paris, France Decision 5 2:00
Wins French Kickboxing Championships 2009 A-Class Elite title (-74 kg).
2008-12-06 Draw France Sebastien Pace Full Night II Agde, France Decision draw 7 2:00
2008-06-07 Win France Bakari Tounkara Le Choc des Boxes Paris, France Decision (unanimous) 5 2:00
2008-04-17 Loss France Bakari Tounkara French Kickboxing Championships FFKB A-Class, Final Paris, France Decision 5 2:00
Fight was for French Kickboxing Championships 2008 A-Class (74 kg).
2008-03-08 Win France Mustapha Hamiche French Kickboxing Championships FFKB A-Class, Semi Final Paris, France Decision
2008 Win France Thomas Diagne French Kickboxing Championships FFKB A-Class, Final 8 Paris, France Decision 4
2007-12-08 Win Spain Jordan Gomez Full Night I Agde, France TKO (broken jaw) 2
Amateur kickboxing record
Date Result Opponent Event Location Method Round Time
2014-10-23 Loss Russia Khasan Khaliev W.A.K.O European Championships 2014, Low-Kick Semi Finals -75 kg Bilbao, Spain Decision (unanimous) 3 2:00
2014-10-21 Win Poland Jerzy Wronski W.A.K.O European Championships 2014, Low-Kick First Round -75 kg Bilbao, Spain Decision (unanimous) 3 2:00
2009-10-25 Loss Turkey Alpay Kır World KickBoxing Championship WAKO Villach, Austria Decision (2-1) 3 2:00
Wins WAKO World KickBoxing Championships 2009 silver medal (-75 kg).
2009-10-23 Win Azerbaijan Kanan Sadikhov World KickBoxing Championship WAKO, Semi Final Villach, Austria Decision (3-0) 3 2:00
2009-10-23 Win Kyrgyzstan Kumar Jaliev World KickBoxing Championship WAKO, Quarter Final Villach, Austria Decision (3-0) 3 2:00
2009-10-21 Win Brazil Pinherio Leonardo World KickBoxing Championship WAKO, Final 8 Villach, Austria KO 1 2:00
2008-11-26 Loss Croatia Luka Simic European Kickboxing Championships, Final 8 Guimarães, Portugal Decision
Amateur kickboxing record
0 wins, 1 losses, 0 draws
Date Result Opponent Event Location Method Round Time
2010-10-02 Loss France Manuel Vincent-Sully 100% Fight - Contenders 8 Paris, France Decision (unanimous) 2 5:00

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