Ibrahim El Bouni (born 9 December 1992) is a

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- Moroccan kickboxer who currently fights for Glory. El Bouni has formerly competed for

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, SUPERKOMBAT and K-1. He is ranked as the tenth best light heavyweight in the world by Combat Press as of September 2022, and ninth best by Beyond Kick as of October 2022. He was ranked as a top ten heavyweight by Combat Press from May 2017 to December 2017.

Kickboxing career

Early career, SUPERKOMBAT debut and Dutch circuit

He fought Denis Marjanović during FFC 13. El Bouni won the fight by a unanimous decision. Ibrahim fought in the SUPERKOMBAT World Grand Prix, facing

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in the quarter final. He lost a majority decision. In November 2014, he scored a KO victory over Henry Brinkman. El Bouni fought in the 2015 WFL 84 kg tournament. Despite defeating Clyde Brunswijk by decision in the semi final, he in turn lost a decision to

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in the final. He also took part in the A1 World Combat Cup 86 kg tournament. He won decision against Xheyal Ehmedov in the quarter final,

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in the semi final, and knocked Ertugrul Bayrak out in the first round to win the tournament. El Bouni fought Bogdan Stoica for the first time in 2015. He won the fight by a technical knockout, as Stoica suffered a leg injury in the first round, later deemed to be a knee ligament injury. El Bouni fought for the Real Fighter World Heavyweight Championship against

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, but lost the fight by a late fifth-round knockout. He fought the former WAKO World champion

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during W5 Grand Prix "Legends in Prague". Ibrahim won the fight by TKO.

K-1

El Bouni had his first fight at heavyweight against

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. He won the fight in the second round, with a left hook KO. Ibrahim fought during the WFL

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event, winning the fight in the third round by knockout. El Bouni participated in the 2017 K-1 Heavyweight Grand Prix. After winning the first two bouts against Koichi and Roel Mannaart by first-round knockout, he faced

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in the tournament finals. Plazibat won the fight by a unanimous decision. After his loss to Plazibat, he took part in the WFL Reserve Tournament. In the semi finals he beat Bogdan Stoica by decision, and won a unanimous decision against Fred Sikking in the finals.

ONE Championship

El Bouni signed for

in June 2018, and fought Andre Meunir in his organizational debut. El Bouni won the fight by a first-round KO. In his second fight with the organization, El Bouni fought Tarik Khbabez. Khabez won the fight in the third round, by a TKO. El Bouni fought Andrei Stoica during ONE Championship: Roots of Honor. Stoica won the fight by a unanimous decision, although El Bouni complained of repeated fouls after the fight, as Stoica landed an inadvertent groin shot and eye poke during the bout.

Glory

In early 2021, El Bouni signed with Glory. He notched two unanimous decision victories, against Clyde Brunswijk at Glory Rivals 1 and Badr Ferdaous at Glory Rivals 2, before being booked to face Muhammed Balli in the main event of Glory Rivals 3 on November 5, 2022. He stopped Balli with a left hook at the 2:14 minute mark of the opening round.

Championships and accomplishments

* 2015 World Fighting League 84 kg Tournament Runner-up * 2015 A1 World Combat Cup 86 kg Tournament Winner * 2017 K-1 Heavyweight Grand Prix Runner-up

Kickboxing record

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Bouni, Ibrahim El 1992 births Living people Moroccan male kickboxers Cruiserweight kickboxers Dutch male kickboxers SUPERKOMBAT kickboxers ONE Championship kickboxers Glory kickboxers