Ilias Bulaid was born on May 1,1995 and is a Moroccan-Dutch kickboxer and mixed martial artist.
30 Facts About Ilias Bulaid
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Ilias Bulaid was first ranked as a top ten Featherweight by Combat Press in January 2016, and was last ranked in the top ten in August 2019, before being dropped from the rankings in September 2019.
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Ilias Bulaid was born to parents from Ksar el-Kebir and raised in Den Bosch.
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Ilias Bulaid won his next fight fights as well, one by stoppage, before facing Piotr Kobylanski at KOK in Gdansk on October 17,2014.
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Ilias Bulaid made his K-1 debut against Taito in the reserve match of the K-1 World GP 2014 -65kg Championship Tournament on November 3,2014.
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Ilias Bulaid won the fight by a third-round technical knockout.
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Ilias Bulaid won the fight by a second-round knockout, stopping Zairov with a step-in knee.
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Ilias Bulaid faced the reigning Krush welterweight champion Masaaki Noiri in a non-title bout at Krush 51 on February 6,2015.
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Ilias Bulaid faced Simon Santana in the main event of Enfusion Live 30 on July 11,2015.
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Ilias Bulaid won the fight by a first-round knockout, needing just 67 seconds to stop Santana.
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Ilias Bulaid faced the two-sport ISKA welterweight champion David Mejia in a non-title bout at Enfusion Live 32 on October 10,2015.
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Ilias Bulaid made his second Enfusion title defense against Edye Ruiz at Enfusion Live 34 on November 21,2015.
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Ilias Bulaid faced the reigning K-1 super lightweight champion and the 2014 K-1 World GP World Tournament Champion Kaew Fairtex at K-1 World GP 2016 -60kg Japan Tournament on April 24,2016.
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Ilias Bulaid was booked to face Chris Mauceri in the tournament quarterfinals.
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Ilias Bulaid made quick work of his opponent, knocking him down twice fifty seconds into the second round, which resulted in a technical knockout victory for him under the K-1 tournament rules.
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Ilias Bulaid won the fight by split decision, after an extra fourth round was fought.
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Ilias Bulaid faced Kaew Fairtex in the tournament finals, to whom he had lost just two months prior.
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Ilias Bulaid faced the 2016 WLF World 8 Man Tournament champion Qiu Jianliang at Glory of Heroes 5 on October 1,2016.
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Ilias Bulaid made his third Enfusion title defense against Zakaria Zouggary at Enfusion Live 46 on February 18,2017.
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Ilias Bulaid's next fight took place in Netherlands as well, as he was booked to face Manaowan Sitsongpeenong at Fight League 6 on May 13,2017.
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Ilias Bulaid won the fight by a first-round knockout and advanced to the quarterfinals where he faced Petchtanong Banchamek.
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Ilias Bulaid took part in the Wu Lin Feng 2018 World Championship in Tianjin, which took place on March 3,2018.
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Ilias Bulaid faced Xie Lei in the quarterfinals of the one-day tournament.
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Ilias Bulaid won the fight by unanimous decision, and faced countryman Hasan Toy in the semifinals.
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Ilias Bulaid lost the fight by unanimous decision, after an extra round was fought.
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Ilias Bulaid signed his first MMA contract with Bellator MMA, and made his professional debut in September 2019, during Bellator 227 against Vitalic Maiboroda.
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Ilias Bulaid made his second appearance with Bellator at Bellator 240 on February 22,2020, when he faced Diego Freitas.
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Ilias Bulaid faced Georges Sasu at Bellator 270 on November 5,2021.
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Ilias Bulaid was scheduled to face Weber Almeida at Bellator 284 on August 12,2022.
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On May 19,2023, Ilias Bulaid made his first appearance outside of Bellator at UAE Warriors 41, defeating Omar Khaled Fayoumi via TKO stoppage due to knees in the first round.