Nordine Taleb is a French-Canadian professional mixed martial artist.
31 Facts About Nordine Taleb
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Nordine Taleb is currently signed in the Welterweight division of the ARES FC.
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Nordine Taleb was the much quicker man and was able to move in and out of range quickly, which reduced the amount of strikes he took from Sell.
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The referee stopped the fight early in the second round and Nordine Taleb was declared the ROC Welterweight Champion.
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In 2011, Nordine Taleb was signed by Bellator and made his debut at Bellator 64 against Matt Secor.
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Nordine Taleb was able to take Secor down multiple times and controlled the stand-up portion of the fight.
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Nordine Taleb's second fight for Bellator was against Matt MacGrath, which was held as a 180lb.
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Nordine Taleb controlled MacGrath in the opening round, by utilising his reach advantage via straight punches.
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Nordine Taleb hit MacGrath with some follow-up shots and was declared the winner via TKO.
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Nordine Taleb was then entered into the Bellator Season Seven Welterweight Tournament.
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In December 2013, it was announced that Nordine Taleb was selected as one of the fighters to represent Canada for the upcoming The Ultimate Fighter Nations: Canada vs Australia.
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Nordine Taleb lost his preliminary fight to get into the house against Mike King via decision after a sudden victory round.
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Nordine Taleb faced Li Jingliang on October 4,2014 at UFC Fight Night: MacDonald vs Saffiedine.
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Nordine Taleb won the fight via split decision and marked a successful return to welterweight.
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Nordine Taleb was expected to face Claudio Silva on April 25,2015 at UFC 186.
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Nordine Taleb faced Warlley Alves on August 1,2015 at UFC 190.
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Nordine Taleb lost the fight by submission in the second round.
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Nordine Taleb faced Erick Silva on March 5,2016 at UFC 196.
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Nordine Taleb won the fight via knockout in the second round.
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Nordine Taleb was expected to face Alan Jouban on July 7,2016 at UFC Fight Night 90.
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Nordine Taleb faced Santiago Ponzinibbio on February 19,2017 at UFC Fight Night 105.
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Nordine Taleb was expected to face Emil Weber Meek on 28 May 2017 at UFC Fight Night 109.
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Nordine Taleb was expected to face Sultan Aliev on 16 December 2017 at UFC on FOX 26.
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Nordine Taleb won the last bout of his contract by knockout in the first round.
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Nordine Taleb faced Claudio Silva on 27 May 2018 at UFC Fight Night 130.
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Nordine Taleb lost the fight via a rear-naked choke in the first round.
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Nordine Taleb faced Sean Strickland on 27 October 2018 at UFC Fight Night 138.
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Nordine Taleb lost the fight via technical knockout in the second round.
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Nordine Taleb was scheduled to face Siyar Bahadurzada on 4 May 2019 at UFC Fight Night: Iaquinta vs Cowboy.
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Nordine Taleb faced Muslim Salikhov on September 7,2019 at UFC 242.
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Nordine Taleb lost the fight via knockout in round one.