Yousri Belgaroui was born on 2 June 1992 and is a Tunisian-Dutch kickboxer and mixed martial artist.
27 Facts About Yousri Belgaroui
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Yousri Belgaroui was ranked as a top ten middleweight by Combat Press between November 2021 and March 2022, peaking at No 2.
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Yousri Belgaroui holds a degree in Public Governance and Management from the University of Amsterdam.
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In 2016 Yousri Belgaroui entered the Glory Middleweight Contender's Tournament, held at Glory 34: Denver on October 21,2016.
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Yousri Belgaroui entered the 2017 Middleweight Contender Tournament as well, which was held at Glory 40: Copenhagen on April 29,2017, and was booked to face Agron Preteni in the semifinals.
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Yousri Belgaroui beat Preteni by a unanimous decision, and faced the future champion Alex Pereira in the tournament finals.
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Yousri Belgaroui won in the first round due to doctor's stoppage.
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Yousri Belgaroui challenged Alex Pereira for the Glory Middleweight Championship at Glory 49: Rotterdam on December 9,2017.
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Yousri Belgaroui bounced back with a first-round knockout of Yassine Ahaggan at Glory 60: Lyon on October 20,2018, but would lose a unanimous decision to Donovan Wisse at Glory 65: Utrecht on May 17,2019, in his very next fight.
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Yousri Belgaroui won his next fights against Ulric Bokeme at Glory 69: Dusseldorf by unanimous decision, and against Jakob Styben at Glory 75: Utrecht by a second-round technical knockout.
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Yousri Belgaroui was scheduled to fight Donovan Wisse at Glory 78: Rotterdam on September 4,2021, for the vacant Glory Middleweight Championship.
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Yousri Belgaroui lost the fight by a third-round technical knockout.
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Yousri Belgaroui made his MMA debut at UAE Warriors Arabia, being scheduled to fight Badreddine Diani.
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Yousri Belgaroui was next scheduled to fight Sallah-Eddine Dekhissi at UAE Warriors 17, three months after his professional debut.
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Yousri Belgaroui won the fight by knockout in the first round.
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Yousri Belgaroui was expected to face Mohamad Osseili at UAE Warriors 23: Arabia 5 on August 28,2021.
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Yousri Belgaroui was booked to face Ahmed Sami at UAE Warriors 25: Africa on February 25,2022.
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Yousri Belgaroui was booked to face Samir Zaidi at UAE Warriors 27 on March 25,2022.
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Yousri Belgaroui won the bout via TKO stoppage in the first round.
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Yousri Belgaroui faced Mohamad Osseili at UAE Warriors 31 on July 3,2022, in his second fight of the year.
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Yousri Belgaroui faced Bogdan Kotlovyanov at Levels Fight League 7 on February 5,2023.
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Less than a month later, Yousri Belgaroui faced Stefan Pretorius on February 24,2023, at UAE Warriors 35, winning the bout via TKO stoppage in the second round.
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Yousri Belgaroui faced Marco Tulio Silva on August 29,2023 at Dana White's Contender Series 60.
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Yousri Belgaroui was scheduled to face Nathias Frederick in a light heavyweight bout at LFL 10 on October 29,2023.
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Yousri Belgaroui, replacing Val Woodburn, faced Marco Silva on August 29,2023 at Dana White's Contender Series season 7.
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Yousri Belgaroui faced Taiga Iwasaki on Dana White's Contender Series 71 on September 10,2024.
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Yousri Belgaroui won the fight via technical knockout in round three.