Ilias Ennahachi (born May 15, 1996) is a

Dutch-Moroccan Moroccans in the Netherlands (, , also known as Dutch-Moroccans or Moroccan-Dutch) are immigrants from Morocco to the Netherlands and their descendants. Migration history Moroccans were not much represented in the first major postwar wave of mi ...

kickboxer Kickboxing is a combat sport focused on kicking and punching. The combat takes place in a boxing ring, normally with boxing gloves, mouthguards, shorts, and bare feet to favour the use of kicks. Kickboxing is practiced for self-defense, general ...

currently signed to

ONE Championship ONE Championship (formerly ONE Fighting Championship) is a Singaporean combat sports promotion. Founded on 14 July 2011 by entrepreneur Chatri Sityodtong and former ESPN Star Sports senior executive Victor Cui, its events have featured mixed ...

. He is the former ONE Kickboxing Flyweight World Champion, having won the title on August 16, 2019 until he vacated his title on January 3, 2023 due to hydration issues, the former Enfusion 60 kg champion, and the former BLADE 61 kg champion. As of November 2021, Combat Press ranks him as the #4 bantamweight in the world. Combat Press ranked him as the #2 super bantamweight between September 2020 and July 2021. He was previously ranked in the bantamweight top ten by Combat Press from May 2019 until August 2020.

Early life

Ennahachi was born and raised in the

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by parents who were originally from

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. His dad and uncle practiced karate, and his cousins practiced kickboxing. At his father's urging, Ennahachi started training in kickboxing at age 11 and had his first match two months later.

Kickboxing career

Ilias was scheduled to fight Ali Zoubai for the Enfusion -60kg title in May 2016. Ennahachi won the bout by unanimous decision. Ennahachi defended his title five months later, during Enfusion Live 42, against Cristofer Opazos. He won by a first round TKO. He challenged Hikaru Machida for the BLADE 61 kg title during Rebels 47. Ilias defeated Machida by unanimous decision. Following his successful title bid, Ennahachi fought twice in China. He lost to

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by KO, after only 32 seconds, and lost a decision to

Wang Wenfeng Wang Wenfeng (; born June 20, 1993) is a Chinese Muay Thai kickboxer. He is the 2018 KLF 61.5 kg tournament winner. He was ranked as a top ten bantamweight (-65 kg) kickboxer in the world by Combat Press between June 2018 and January 2021. K ...

. He defended his Enfusion title for the second time with a TKO win over Krobsut Fairtex. Ilias participated in the 2018 WFL 63 kg tournament. Ennahachi knocked Cătălin Eduard out with a head kick in the semifinals, and won a decision against Issam Laazibi in the finals. Ennahachi defended his Enfusion title for the third time with a second round TKO win over Madani Belhaddad at Enfusion 82.

ONE Championship

In June 2019, Ilias signed a two-year contract with the

organization. After signing with ONE, he was immediately granted a title shot against

Petchdam Petchyindee Academy Petchdam Petchyindee Academy ( th, เพชรดำ เพชรยินดีอะคาเดมี; born May 25, 1998), is a Thai Muay Thai fighter. Petchdam is a former List of ONE Championship champions#Kickboxing, ONE Flyweight Kickbox ...

for the

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. On August 16, 2019, Ennahachi knocked Petchdam out in the third round at ONE Championship: Dreams of Gold. On November 21, 2019, he defended his title against

at ONE Championship: Age Of Dragons. Ilias won a split decision. Ennahachi defend his title against

Superlek Kiatmuu9 Superlek Kiatmookao (ซุปเปอร์เล็ก เกียรติหมู่9) (born 6 November 1995) is a Thai Muay Thai fighter originally from Buriram in the northeast of Thailand. He is the current ONE Kickboxing Flyweight Wo ...

at ONE Championship: Fists Of Fury on February 26, 2021. Ennahachi won by a controversial unanimous decision. Ennahachi will defend his title against Superlek in an immediate rematch after the controversial nature of his win. The rematch between Ennahachi and Superlek was scheduled on January 14, 2023, at

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. However, Ennahachi pulled out due to his inability to make the flyweight limit of 135 pounds while hydrated, he decided to vacated the title. Therefore Superlek is scheduled to face Daniel Puertas for the vacant championship.

Titles

** ONE Flyweight Kickboxing World Champion * World Fighting League ** 2018 World Fighting League -63 kg Champion * BLADE ** 2016 BLADE -61 kg Champion *

Enfusion Enfusion is a Dutch kickboxing promotion company based in Alkmaar, Netherlands. It produces events worldwide, which showcase twelve kickboxing weight classes (7 male and 5 female). Enfusion held its first event in 2013 in the Zwembad Sporthal i ...

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Professional kickboxing record

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