Eddy Nait Slimani

Eddy Nait Slimani (born 25 August 1993) is a French kickboxer. He is the current WKN World Super Lightweight[1] and WAKO World 64.5 kg champion.[2]

Eddy Naït Slimani
Born (1993-08-25) 25 August 1993
Vienne, France
Nationality French
Height1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Weight65 kg (143 lb; 10.2 st)
DivisionSuper Bantamweight
StyleKickboxing, Full Contact
StanceOrthodox
Fighting out ofMazan, France
TeamGym Boxe Loisirs
TrainerDavid Blanc
Years active2013 - present
Kickboxing record
Total77
Wins72
By knockout18
Losses5
By knockout1
Other information
Boxing record from BoxRec

Kickboxing career

First tournament victories

Nait Slimani made his professional debut against Hamza Essalih at Stars Night in January 2013. He won the fight by decision. Nait Slimani won his next fight against Jordi Fernaandez in the same manner. In October 2013, Slimani took part in the World GBC Tour 5 tournament. He defeated Alessandro Alias by decision in the semifinals, and Mohamed Galaoui by decision in the finals.[3]

Nait Slimani won his next three fights in a row, against Mehdi Traia, Anthony Recio and Soufiane Hammani. He then participated in the Simply The Boxe four man tournament. In the semifinals, he beat William Saidi by first-round knockout, and won the tournament with a decision win against Vang Moua.[4]

Winning the WKN titles

After his second tournament win, Nait Slimani was scheduled to fight Edson Fortes at La Nuit des Gladiateurs, and won the fight by decision.[5] He was subsequently scheduld to fight Allan Gozdzicki for the WKN European 64.5kg title. Nait Slimani beat Gozdzicki by decision.[6] Following a successful title defense against Antoine Habash at World GBC Tour 8, Nait Slimani took part in the 2015 Simply The Boxe four man tournament. He beat Franck Reoutzkoff by knockout in the semifinals, and Yohann Drai by split decision in the finals.[7]

In May 2015, Nait Slimani suffered the first loss of his professional career, losing to Cedric Castagna by decision. The two of them then fought an immediate rematch, with Nait Slimani winning by decision. Nait Slimani was then scheduled to fight Antonio Campoy at Battle of Saint-Raphael 3 for the WKN International -66.7kg title. He knocked Campoy out in the first round.[8]

GLORY

Nait Slimani participated in his second World GBC Tour four man tournament, and faced Cosmin Podoriu in the semifinal. Nait Slimani beat him by decision, and won the tournament with a second-round TKO of Houcine Bennoui.[9]

After a decision victory over Samir Mohamed, Nait Slimani signed a one year contract with Glory.[10] In his first fight, Slimani fought Maykol Yurk at Glory 28: Paris, and won by decision.[11] Slimani afterwards beat Stephane Candel and Mehdi Berisha by decision.[12][13] In his second Glory fight, Nait Slimani fought the muay thai legend Saenchai at Glory 31: Amsterdam.[14]

Nait Slimani was scheduled to fight Mathieu Bernard at World GBC Tour 11,[15] and won by decision.[16] He was then scheduled to fight Masaaki Noiri for the NDC 66kg title.[17] Noiri won the fight by knockout, in the very last seconds of the fight.[18]

In his next fight, Nait Slimani fought Modibo Diarra at Stars Night,[19] and won by decision. At ACB KB 9: Showdown in Paris, he fought David Mejia.[20] Nait Slimani defeated Mejia by decision.[21]

ISKA, WKN and WAKO title fights

At Capital Fights 2, Nait Slimani challenged Yannick Reine for the ISKA K-1 World 63.5kg title.[22] Reine successfully defended the title, winning by decision.[23]

During the 2017 Monte-Carlo Fighting Trophy event, Nait Slimani fought a rematch with Antoine Habash, for the WAKO Pro World -64.5kg title. Nait Slimani once again won, beating Habash by a second-round knockout.[24]

Nait Slimani was scheduled to fight Dong-Su Kim at World GBC Tour 12, for the WKN World -64.5kg title. He knocked Kim out in the first round, with a head kick.[25]

The French circuit

Slimani fought Karim Bennoui at Nuit Des Champions 2017,[26] and won the fight by decision. He won his next three fights, winning decisions against Charlie Peters, Khyzer Hayat Nawaz and Dennis Wosik.[27][28] His six fight winning streak was snapped at Enfusion 60, during which he lost an extra round decision in a rematch with Hamza Essalih.[29]

In November 2018, Slimani fought Daniel Puertas Gallardo for the vacant La Nuit des Champions -65kg title. He beat Gallardo by split decision.[30] In his next fight, he fought Yvan Naccari[31] and won by majority decision. Slimani defended his NDC title for the first time against Sergey Kulyaba in November 2019,[32] and won the fight by split decision.

Slimani was scheduled to fight Adam Noi, at Arena Fight Championship 2, for the inaugral Arena Fight K-1 -65kg title. The entire event was later postponed, due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[33]

Titles and achievements

Amateur

  • 5x French National Kickboxing Champion (2007,2008, 2009, 2010, 2012)
  • 5x French National Full Contact Champion (2007,2008,2009,2010,2012)
  • International Sport Kickboxing Association
    • 2010 ISKA Full Contact World -63.5kg Champion
  • International Kickboxing Federation
    • 2011 IKF Full Contact European -60kg Champion
    • 2012 IKF Full Contact European -64,5kg Champion
  • World Association of Kickboxing Organizations
    • 2012 WAKO Wold Cup Full Contact -63,5kg Champion
  • World Kickboxing Network
    • 2013 WKN K-1 rules European -63.5kg Champion

Professional

  • World GBC Tour
    • 2014 World GBC Tour 4-Man 65kg Tournament Winner
    • 2015 World GBC Tour 4-Man 65kg Tournament Winner
  • Simply The Boxe
    • 2014 Simply The Boxe 4-Man 65kg Tournament Winner
    • 2015 Simply The Boxe 4-Man 65kg Tournament Winner
  • World Kickboxing Network
    • 2014 WKN European -64.5kg Champion
    • 2015 WKN International -66.7kg Champion
    • 2017 WKN World Oriental Rules -64.5kg Champion[34]
  • World Association of Kickboxing Organizations
    • 2017 WAKO Pro World -64.5kg K-1 Champion[35]
  • La Nuit des Champions

2019 La Nuit des Champions -65kg Champion 2018 La Nuit des Champions -65kg Champion [36]

Kickboxing record

Professioanl Kickboxing record

Legend:   Win   Loss   Draw/No contest   Notes

See also

References

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