Tarik Khbabez (born 20 April 1992) is a

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kickboxer currently signed to Glory, where he competes in the heavyweight division. He formerly competed SUPERKOMBAT Fighting Championship, having won the SUPERKOMBAT World Grand Prix Heavyweight Tournament in 2015. Khbabez has also competed in

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is a former ONE Light Heavyweight Kickboxing world title challenger. In 2021, he was the runner up for the Glory 77: Rotterdam Heavyweight Tournament. He is ranked as the ninth best heavyweight by Combat Press as of September 2022, and sixth best by Beyond Kick as of October 2022.

Career

SUPERKOMBAT

Khbabez took part in the 2014 SUPERKOMBAT Qualification tournament. In the semifinals he beat Gurhan Degirmenci through a first round TKO. He defeated Dexter Suisse in the finals by unanimous decision. He participated in the 2015 SUPERKOMBAT World Grand Prix. In the semifinals he defeated Nicolas Wamba by decision. Tarik won the final bout against

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by decision as well.

ONE Championship

Tarik Khbabez made his

debut on June 23, 2018 at ONE Championship: Pinnacle of Power, where he defeated

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by TKO at 1:43 of the third round. On August 27, 2018, Khbabez signed a multi-fight contract with

, where he would compete in the organization's all-striking ONE Super Series. On October 26, 2018, he faced

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at ONE Championship: Pursuit of Greatness. Khbabez won the fight by TKO via referee stoppage. On March 9, 2019, he picked up a unanimous decision victory over

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at ONE Championship: Reign of Valor. On June 15, 2019, he defeated

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by unanimous decision at ONE Championship: Legendary Quest. At this point, Khbabez was 4–0 in ONE Super Series. On November 16, 2019, Tarik Khbabez faced

for the inaugural ONE Light Heavyweight Kickboxing World Championship. Going into the fight as a favorite, Khbabez lost by TKO in the second round.

Glory

On October 30, 2020, it was announced that Tarik Khbabez signed with Glory. Khbabez will make his promotional debut at Glory 77, against

Antonio Plazibat Antonio Plazibat (born 12 December 1993) is a Croatian professional kickboxer, who currently competes in the Heavyweight division of Glory. Plazibat was the 2014 FFC Futures Light Heavyweight tournament winner, the 2017 K-1 WGP Heavyweight Worl ...

. Khbabez was later rescheduled to face

Levi Rigters Levi Rigters (born July 12, 1995) is a Dutch kickboxer currently signed with Glory, where he competes in the heavyweight division. He is a former Enfusion Heavyweight Champion and 2020 Glory 76 Heavyweight Tournament winner. He is ranked as t ...

in a four man heavyweight tournament. He beat Rigters by split decision, but lost the final bout against

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by TKO. Three months prior to the tournament, Khbabez underwent hand surgery. He later revealed he had re-injured his hand during the final bout with Verhoeven. Khbabez was scheduled to fight the #6 ranked Glory heavyweight

at Glory 78: Arnhem. The pair was originally scheduled to fight at GLORY 77, before Plazibat withdrew due to injuries sustained in training. Khbabaez was booked to face the Glory Light Heavyweight champion

Artem Vakhitov Artyom Olegovich Vakhitov ( rus, Артё́м Оле́гович Вахитов; born April 4, 1991) is a Russian Muay Thai kickboxer who competes in the cruiserweight and heavyweight divisions. Having begun practicing Muay Th ...

in a catchweight non-title bout at Glory 80 on March 19, 2022. Vakhitov withdrew from the bout on March 12. Khbabez fought a rematch with

at Glory 80 Studio on May 14, 2022. He lost the fight by a third-round knockout. Khbabez faced Sergej Maslobojev for the vacant Glory Light Heavyweight Championship at Glory: Collision 4 on October 8, 2022. He lost the fight by split decision. Khbabez was expected to face Kristpas Zile at Glory 84 on March 11, 2023. Zile later withdrew from the bout and was replaced by Daniel Toledo. Khbabez won the fight by a second-round technical knockout.

Titles and accomplishments

* Glory ** 2021 Glory 77 Heavyweight Tournament Runner-Up * SUPERKOMBAT Fighting Championship ** 2015 SUPERKOMBAT World Grand Prix Winner ** 2014 SUPERKOMBAT World Grand Prix IV Tournament Champion

Professional kickboxing record

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References

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