23 Facts About Hesdy Gerges

Hesdy Gerges was born on February 20,1984 and is a Dutch kickboxer and mixed martial artist.

Hesdy Gerges held the It's Showtime World Heavyweight title between 2010 and 2012.

Hesdy Gerges was convicted and sentenced to 54 months in prison on November 22,2014, for a February 2011 drug-trafficking charge, but didn't have to do any jail time on the condition that he wouldn't commit a crime in Belgium over the next five years.

Hesdy Gerges joined the Chakuriki Gym and trained under Thom Harinck who has trained Badr Hari.

Hesdy Gerges was a notorious delinquent outside of the ring who, according to Harinck, was even worse than Badr Hari.

Hesdy Gerges lost to Rico Verhoeven by a narrow split decision in a superfight at the SUPERKOMBAT Fight Club.

Hesdy Gerges faced Sergei Lascenko at the K-1 World Grand Prix 2012 in Tokyo final 16 on October 14,2012.

Hesdy Gerges was able to block the majority of Lascenko's punches while battering the Ukrainian with low kicks, and took the unanimous decision victory.

Hesdy Gerges faced Carter Williams in a non-tournament bout at the SUPERKOMBAT World Grand Prix 2012 Final in Bucharest, Romania on December 22,2012, and won by a third-round knockout.

Hesdy Gerges defeated Pavel Zhuravlev by unanimous decision at Final Fight Championship 6 in Porec, Croatia on June 14,2013.

Hesdy Gerges lost to Errol Zimmerman by third-round TKO in the tournament reserve match at Glory 11: Chicago - Heavyweight World Championship Tournament in Hoffman Estates, Illinois, United States on October 12,2013.

Hesdy Gerges defeated Ewerton Teixeira by unanimous decision at Glory 13: Tokyo - Welterweight World Championship Tournament in Tokyo, Japan on December 21,2013.

Hesdy Gerges defeated Jhonata Diniz via second-round TKO at Glory 15: Istanbul in Istanbul, Turkey on April 12,2014.

In June 2018, Hesdy Gerges announced that he had signed a multi-fight deal with Bellator and that he would compete both as a Bellator mixed martial artist and kickboxer.

Hesdy Gerges will make his kickboxing return during Enfusion 98, when he will face Mohamed El Bouchaibi.

Hesdy Gerges defeated El Bouchaibi by a first-round TKO due to low kicks.

Hesdy Gerges fought Rico Verhoeven in the semifinals of a four-man heavyweight tournament held at Glory 77, and lost by unanimous decision.

Hesdy Gerges was born in Amsterdam, Netherlands to a Dutch mother and a Surinamese father.

Hesdy Gerges is married to women's MMA fighter Denise Kielholtz.

Hesdy Gerges was already out of the picture in the investigation of 2010, but for some reason the investigation had stalled and he was put back in the picture on February 15,2011.

Hesdy Gerges wakes up at 7:30, at 10:00am he trains with me, rests in the afternoon, then in the evening does strength and conditioning and is in bed by 10:00 PM.

On February 25,2011, Hesdy Gerges was released from Belgium police.

At the beginning of May 2011, Hesdy Gerges was extradited to Belgium to be dealt with as the Belgian authorities suspected that the trafficking ring was going through Belgium.