Hesdy Gerges (born February 20, 1984) is a Dutch

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, fighting out of the Vos Gym in

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. He held the It's Showtime World Heavyweight title between 2010 and 2012. Gerges has competed in the K-1, It's Showtime, SUPERKOMBAT and Glory promotions. Gerges was convicted and sentenced to 54 months in prison for drug-trafficking, 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.

Biography and career

Born in

, he began training in kickboxing in 2001. He joined the

Chakuriki Gym Chakuriki Gym is a kickboxing gym and headquarters of the International Chakuriki Association located in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. It is also known as Dojo Chakuriki, Pancration Chakuriki, and Chakuriki Amsterdam. Founded in 1972, it is one of ...

and trained under

Thom Harinck Thom Harinck (born 22 December 1943) is a Dutch kickboxer and kickboxing trainer and founder of the Chakuriki Gym in Amsterdam. He is married to Marjan Olfers, former member of the board of Ajax and from 1 May 2012 professor in sports law. Bio ...

who has also trained

Badr Hari Badr Hari (born 8 December 1984) is a Moroccan-Dutch kickboxer. He is a former K-1 Heavyweight World Champion (2007–2008), It's Showtime Heavyweight World Champion (2009–2010) and ''K-1 World Grand Prix 2008 and 2009'' finalist. Born an ...

. Gerges was a notorious delinquent outside of the ring who, according to Harinck, was even worse than Badr Hari. On October 17, 2009, at '' Ultimate Glory 11: A Decade of Fights'' in Amsterdam he defeated

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by unanimous decision. On May 29, 2010, at ''

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'' he won the It's Showtime Heavyweight title after being fouled by

. On October 2 Gerges was a fan voted fighter to fight at the '' K-1 Final 16'' in Seoul, South Korea. He fought four-time and current champion

Semmy Schilt Sem "Semmy" Schilt (; born 27 October 1973) is a Dutch former kickboxer, Ashihara karateka and mixed martial artist. He stands 212 cm and weighs 171 kg. He is a four-time K-1 World Grand Prix Champion and one-time Glory Heavyweight Grand Slam ...

. Although fighting very well in the 1st and 3rd round against the much favored Schilt Gerges lost by Majority decision. Because he was only two points away from a draw and had battered the legs of Schilt like no other fighter had ever managed to do before he was chosen to fight at the finals on December 11, 2010, in a reserve fight against

Yusuke Fujimoto Yusuke Fujimoto ( ja, 藤本祐介 ; born July 22, 1975) is a Japanese people, Japanese former heavyweight kickboxer who competed in K-1 and was the K-1 World GP 2007 in Hong Kong tournament champion. He is nicknamed "Bun Bun Maru" because of his ...

. This was Fujimoto's retirement match and Gerges won by TKO (3 knockdowns). However, in 2011 Gerges was not over impressive in his performances, despite going 2-1 by beating

Daniel Ghiță Daniel Florin Ghiță (, born 22 April 1981) is a Romanian politician and former kickboxer, who serves as a member of the Chamber of Deputies of Romania since December 2020. Ghiță is the former It's Showtime heavyweight champion. He formerly c ...

and Chris Knowles. He lost to

Rico Verhoeven Ricardo Verhoeven (born 10 April 1989) is a Dutch professional kickboxer who currently competes in the heavyweight division of GLORY, where he is the reigning Glory Heavyweight Champion. A professional since 2004, he also competed in the K-1, ...

by a narrow split decision in a superfight at the SUPERKOMBAT Fight Club. On January 28, 2012, he lost to Ghiță in the rematch, by first-round knockout. As a result, he lost his Showtime Heavyweight Title. He faced

Sergei Lascenko Serhiy Lashchenko (Ukrainian: Сергій Лащенко; 21 June 1987 – 8 April 2015), also spelled as Sergii Lashchenko and Sergei Lascenko, was a Ukrainian kickboxer. He was a K-1 and Superkombat Heavyweight. Lashchenko won the Superk ...

at the ''

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'' on October 14, 2012. He was able to block the majority of Lascenko's punches while battering the Ukrainian with low kicks, and took the unanimous decision victory. He faced Carter Williams in a non-tournament bout at the SUPERKOMBAT World Grand Prix 2012 Final in

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on December 22, 2012, and won by a third-round knockout. At the ''

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'' on March 15, 2013, in Zagreb, Croatia, he faced

Ismael Londt Ismael Londt (born 12 July 1985) is a Surinamese-Dutch kickboxer signed to the ONE Championship. He is the former SUPERKOMBAT Heavyweight Champion, and two time SUPERKOMBAT Grand Prix Heavyweight tournament winner. He was ranked as a top ten h ...

in the quarter-finals and bowed out from a broken nose in round three after receiving a flying knee from Londt. He defeated Pavel Zhuravlev by unanimous decision at ''

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6'' in Poreč, Croatia on June 14, 2013. He joined Glory in July 2013. He lost to

Errol Zimmerman Errol Zimmerman (born April 20, 1986) is a Curaçaoan-Dutch kickboxer, representing the Hemmers Gym in Breda, Netherlands. He is K-1 World Grand Prix 2008 in Amsterdam and SUPERKOMBAT Fight Club tournaments champion. Zimmerman is also former Glo ...

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. He defeated

Ewerton Teixeira Ewerton Teixeira (born February 13, 1982) is a Brazilian professional kickboxer, mixed martial artist, and Kyokushin Kaikan karateka. Teixeira obtained his first K-1 title in 2008 at K-1 World Grand Prix 2008 in Fukuoka by beating Keijiro Maeda ...

by unanimous decision at '' Glory 13: Tokyo - Welterweight World Championship Tournament'' in Tokyo, Japan on December 21, 2013. He defeated Jhonata Diniz via second-round TKO at '' Glory 15: Istanbul'' in Istanbul, Turkey on April 12, 2014. Gerges won via disqualification when he was attacked while downed by

Jamal Ben Saddik Jamal Ben Saddik (; born October 3, 1990) is a Belgian-Moroccan professional kickboxer. He is a former two-time Glory Heavyweight Championship challenger and 2018 Glory Heavyweight Grand Prix tournament winner. Combat Press ranked him as a to ...

just seconds into their bout at ''Qabala Fight Series #1'' in

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on June 29, 2014. In June 2018, Gerges announced that he had signed a multi-fight deal with

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and that he would compete both as a Bellator

and

. Gerges will make his kickboxing return during

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98, when he will face Mohamed El Bouchaibi. Gerges defeated El Bouchaibi by a first-round TKO due to low kicks. Gerges fought

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

Personal life

Gerges was born in

and was raised by his Dutch mother and

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ian stepfather. He is married to women's MMA fighter

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Drug-trafficking conviction

On February 15, 2011, Hesdy Gerges was arrested in

under suspicion of being part of a drug deal involving of

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. His half-brother was arrested May 2010 in a warehouse in

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that contained 128 kg of cocaine. Hesdy 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. There was no cocaine or any weapons found in Hesdy residence. His trainer, Thom Harinck spoke with the Dutch

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on February 21, and outright said, "Hesdy has been framed. He 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. I cannot imagine that he still would have time for things like this." On February 25, 2011, Hesdy Gerges was released from Belgium police. At the beginning of May 2011, Hesdy was extradited to Belgium to be dealt with as the Belgian authorities suspected that the trafficking ring was going through Belgium. On May 13, 2011, Hesdy was released again and stays with his claim that he is 100% innocent." At a later trial Gerges was convicted and sentenced to 54 months in prison for drug-trafficking, 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.

Doping suspension

On April 20, 2019, it was announced that Gerges failed a drug test prior to Glory 51: Rotterdam. He was issued with an official reprimand.

, who faced Gerges at the event, also failed the drug test and was issued with a 19-month suspension after tests on samples provided indicated a violation of Doping Autoriteit Netherlands rules regarding prohibited substances for competitive athletes.Hari & Machado Suspended, Two Others Reprimanded
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Titles

* It's Showtime ** 2010 It's Showtime World Heavyweight Champion *

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** 2015

+100kg World Championship Tournament Runner Up * World Full Contact Association ** 2009 W.F.C.A. World Super Heavyweight Champion ** 2008 W.F.C.A. European Super Heavyweight Champion ** 2008 W.F.C.A. Benelux Super Heavyweight Champion ** 2007 W.F.C.A. Dutch Super Heavyweight Champion * World Independent Promotor’s Union ** 2016 W.I.P.U. "King Of The Ring" Super Heavyweight Champion

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