Zakaria Zouggary (born June 6, 1995) is a Dutch-Moroccan

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, currently competing in the featherweight division of Glory. He was ranked as a top ten featherweight kickboxer by LiverKick from March 2015 to March 2016, and by Combat Press between November 2019 and April 2020.

Kickboxing career

Shoot Boxing

Zouggary participated in the 2014 SHOOT BOXING World S-Cup -65 kg tournament. He overcame

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by a second-round technical knockout in the quarterfinals of the one-day tournament and Houcine Bennoui by a second-round knockout to earn his place in the finals, opposite the two-weight SHOOT BOXING champion

Hiroaki Suzuki Hiroaki Suzuki ( Japanese: 鈴木博昭; born December 6, 1984) is a Japanese shoot boxer and mixed martial artist currently signed to Rizin Fighting Federation. He has also competed for ONE Championship. In shoot boxing, Suzuki is a former SH ...

. Zouggary lost the fight by a fifth-round technical knockout, after the fight was twice ruled a draw. Zouggary faced

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at SHOOT BOXING 2015～SB30th Anniversary～ act.1 on February 21, 2015. He won the fight by unanimous decision. Zouggary next faced Yuki at RISE 105 on May 31, 2015. He won the fight by a second-round technical knockout. In his third fight of the year, at SHOOT BOXING 2015～SB30th Anniversary～ act.3 on June 21, 2015, Zouggary faced Chuchai Hadesworkout. He won the fight by unanimous decision. Zouggary faced

at 30th ANNIVERSARY “GROUND ZERO TOKYO 2015” on December 1, 2015, in his fourth and final bout of the year. He won the fight by unanimous decision. His four-fight win streak was snapped by

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at RISE 109 on January 31, 2016, who beat him by a third-round technical knockout. Zouggary faced Yosuke Mizuochi at NO KICK NO LIFE 2016 on March 12, 2016. He won the fight by a fifth-round technical knockout. Zouggary extended his win streak to three fights with technical knockouts of Wang Zhiwei at Wu Lin Feng 2016: WFL x Fight League - China vs Morocco on August 4, 2016 and UMA at SHOOT BOXING 2016 act.4 on September 19, 2016. Zouggary took part in the 2016 SHOOT BOXING World S-Cup Super Lightweight (-65 kg) one-day Tournament. He was booked to face Hiroto Yamaguchi in the quarterfinals. Zouggary won the fight by a first-round technical knockout and advanced to the semifinals, where he faced

Tapruwan Hadesworkout Tapluang Bor.Chor.Ror.2 (ทัพหลวง บชร.2) also known as Tapruwan Hadesworkout (タップロン・ハーデスワークアウト) in Japan is a Thai Muay Thai fighter and kickboxer. Biography and career On November 12, 2006 Ta ...

. He won the fight by unanimous decision, which earned him a place in the finals opposite MASAYA. Zouggary captured the tournament title by a second-round technical knockout. Zouggary challenged the

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-67 kg champion

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at Enfusion Live 46 on February 18, 2017. He lost the fight by decision. He rebounded from this loss with a majority decision win over

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at SHOOT BOXING 2017 act.2 on April 8, 2017.

GLORY

Zouggary made his Glory debut against

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at Glory 41: Holland on May 20, 2017. He won the fight by unanimous decision. Zouggary next faced

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at Glory 45: Amsterdam on September 30, 2017. He once again won by unanimous decision. His two-fight winning streak with the promotion was stopped by

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at Glory 49: Rotterdam on December 9, 2017, who beat him by a third-round knockout. Zouggary faced

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at Glory 59: Amsterdam on September 29, 2018. He lost the fight by unanimous decision. After suffering his second promotional loss, Zouggary was booked to face

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at Glory 70: Lyon on October 26, 2019. He won the fight by a first-round knockout. Zouggary faced Asa Ten Pow at Glory Collision 2 on December 21, 2019. He won the fight by unanimous decision. Zouggary wax expected to face the former RISE Lightweight champion

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at Rise World Series / Shootboxing-Kings on December 25, 2022. On November 24, it was announced that Zouggary had withdrawn from the fight with an undisclosed injury and would be replaced by the former Glory Featherweight champion Serhiy Adamchuk.

Titles and accomplishments

* Shootboxing ** 2014 S-Cup -65 kg World Tournament Runner-up ** 2016 S-Cup -65 kg World Tournament Winner

Fight record

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References