1. Ferrid Kheder was born on 3 March 1975 and is a French retired Olympic judoka who placed seventh at the Sydney Olympic Games and a former professional mixed martial artist who fought from 2004 to 2013.
10 Facts About Ferrid Kheder
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Ferrid Kheder holds the sixth Dan in IJF Judo and a BJJ black belt.
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Ferrid Kheder went on to train with the French Team from 1993 to 2001, and in the Tunisia Team from 2001 to 2004.
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Ferrid Kheder won twice the Paris Grand Slam and the Dusseldorf Grand Slam.
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Ferrid Kheder won the european championship U21 in Spain and the European championship by Team.
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Ferrid Kheder has medaled seven times in the Super World Cup and won many Opens and World Cups, he placed 3rd at the European Championship in 2000 and 7th at the 2000 Olympic Games.
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In 2004 Ferrid Kheder started to add Muay Thai and grappling training to his judo background to compete in MMA with Fighting Klub Team.
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Between September 2008 and June 2011 Ferrid Kheder won 13 of his 14 fights winning 11 fight by KO or Submission and losing only a decision to Daisuke Nakamura at M-1 Global Presents Breakthrough on August 28,2009.
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Days after his controversial decision win Ferrid Kheder posted on his Facebook page that Dwyer overturned the fight result to a "No Contest" and suggested a 5 round rematch, presumably in the same promotion.
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In 2010 Ferrid Kheder was supposed to fight in Bellator's Lightweight Tournament but due to a case of appendicitis, he has been forced out of the eight-man field and has been replaced by WEC veteran James Krause.