Cyril Abidi

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Cyril Abidi
Nickname	Marseille Bad Boy
Nationality	France
Date of birth	February 25, 1976 (1976-02-25) (age 32)
Place of birth	Marseille, France
Height	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Weight	104.7 kg (230.8 lb/16.5 st)
Style	Kickboxing, Muay Thai,
Team	Brizon Gym
Years active	10 (1998-present)
Kickboxing record
Total	41
Wins	25
By knockout	17
Losses	16
MMA record
Total	2
Losses	2
By submission	1
Other information
Official site
Career mixed martial arts record from Sherdog

Cyril "Marseille Bad Boy" Abidi (born on February 25, 1976) is a French Kickboxing Champion and Muay Thai World Champion. His road to fame started in the year 2000 when he entered K-1 and created a huge upset with a 1st round KO win over legendary Peter Aerts.^[1]

Contents 1 Biography & Career 2 Titles 3 Kickboxing Record 4 MMA Record 5 See also 6 External links 7 References

[edit] Biography & Career

Cyril Abidi grew up in the north quartiers of Marseille (Consolat), in a modest Moroccan family. When he was 6, his mom took him to Judo classes to keep Cyril out of the streets. He practiced Judo for four years until he got inspired by Bruce Lee, his childhood idol, and started taking Karate lessons.^[2]

When he was 18, he discovered thaiboxing and became French champion at the age of 20.^[3] A year later he entered K-1, fighting against Petar Majstorovic in Zurich, Switzerland, and winning the bout by unanimous decision. Later that year he made a name for himself, winning two back to back fights in the first round over famous Dutch fighter Peter Aerts, it wasn't until their third meeting at the K-1 World Grand Prix 2000 Finals in the Tokyo Dome, Japan, when Aerts was able to beat Abidi by three round unanimous decision.^[4]

His fight against fellow Frenchman and rival Jérôme Le Banner at K-1 World GP 2005 in Paris, on May 27, 2005, which Abidi lost by TKO, is considered one of the greatest battles in K-1 history.

[edit] Titles

• 2003 K-1 World GP Finalist
• 2003 K-1 World GP in Paris Finalist
• 2000 K-1 World GP Finalist
• 2000 Thai Boxing World Champion
• 2000 French Heavyweight Amateur Boxing Champion
• 1996 French Kickboxing Champion

[edit] Kickboxing Record

25 Wins (17 (T)KOs, 8 Decisions), 16 losses
Date	Result	Opponent	Event	Method	Round	Time
03/04/2007	Loss	Mitsugu Noda	K-1 World GP 2007 in Yokohama	Decision	3	3:00
05/03/2006	Loss	Hiraku Hori	K-1 World GP 2006 in Auckland, New Zealand	TKO (Corner Stoppage)	2	3:00
10/15/2005	Win	Stephane Reveillon	TK2 World MAX 4ever Edition, Paris	KO	1
05/27/2005	Loss	Jerome Le Banner	K-1 World GP 2005 in Paris, France	TKO (Referee stoppage)	5	2:53
12/04/2004	Loss	Gary Goodridge	K-1 World Grand Prix 2004, Japan	KO (Punch)	1	3:00
09/25/2004	Loss	Musashi	K-1 World GP 2004 in Tokyo, Japan	Decision	3	3:00
04/02/2004	Win	Hocine Boutrek	TK2 Kickboxing, Marseilles, France	Decision	5	2:00
03/27/2004	Win	Hiraku Hori	K-1 World GP 2004 in Saitama, Japan	TKO (Referee stoppage)	3	2:58
12/16/2003	Loss	Remy Bonjasky	K-1 World Grand Prix 2003, Japan	KO (Flying knee strike)	1	1:46
12/16/2003	Win	Francois Botha	K-1 World Grand Prix 2003, Japan	Decision	3	3:00
10/11/2003	Win	Francois Botha	K-1 World Grand Prix 2003 in Osaka, Japan	Disqualification	1
07/13/2003	Loss	Ernesto Hoost	K-1 World GP 2003 in Fukuoka, Japan	Decision	2	3:00
06/14/2003	Loss	Alexey Ignashov	K-1 World GP 2003 in Paris, France	TKO (Corner stoppage)	3	0:20
06/14/2003	Win	Chalid Arrab	K-1 World GP 2003 in Paris, France	KO	2	1:32
06/14/2003	Win	Aziz Khattou	K-1 World GP 2003 in Paris, France	Decision	3	3:00
05/17/2003	Win	Daniel Lentie	TK2 Kickboxing, Marseilles, France	KO	3
04/06/2003	Win	Shingo Koyasu	K-1 Beast 2003, Japan	Decision	5	3:00
12/31/2002	Loss	Quinton Jackson	Inoki Bom-Ba-Ye 2002, Japan	Decision	3	3:00
09/22/2002	Loss	Bob Sapp	K-1 Andy Spirits GP 2002, Japan	KO	1	1:17
07/14/2002	Loss	Quinton Jackson	K-1 World GP 2002 in Fukuoka, Japan	KO (Punch)	1	1:55
05/22/2002	Win	Nick Murray	K-1 World GP 2002 in Paris, France	KO	1	2:05
10/08/2001	Win	Tatsufumi Tomihira	K-1 World GP 2001 in Fukuoka, Japan	TKO (Referee stoppage)	4	2:30
07/20/2001	Loss	Andrew Thomson	K-1 World GP 2001 in Nagoya, Japan	TKO (Referee stoppage	1	1:15
03/17/2001	Win	Great Kusatsu	K-1 Gladiators 2001, Japan	Split decision	5	3:00
12/10/2000	Loss	Ray Sefo	K-1 World Grand Prix 2000, Japan	TKO	1	1:45
12/10/2000	Loss	Peter Aerts	K-1 World Grand Prix 2000, Japan	Decision	3	3:00
11/10/2000	Win	Andrei Zuravkov	La Nuit des Champions, Marseille, France
08/20/2000	Loss	Francisco Filho	K-1 World GP 2000 in Yokohama, Japan	TKO	2	0:25
08/20/2000	Win	Ray Sefo	K-1 World GP 2000 in Yokohama, Japan	TKO (Corner stoppage)	2	3:00
08/20/2000	Win	Peter Aerts	K-1 World GP 2000 in Yokohama, Japan	TKO (Corner stoppage)	1	2:42
07/07/2000	Win	Peter Aerts	K-1 Spirits 2000, Japan	KO (Punch)	1	2:13
03/19/2000	Win	Nobu Hayashi	K-1 Burning 2000, Japan	TKO (Right punch)	2	1:52
11/20/1999	Win	Jean-Claude Leuyer	Kickboxing Gala, Marseilles, France	KO
07/18/1999	Loss	Stefan Leko	K-1 Dreams 1999, Japan	Decision	3	3:00
07/18/1999	Win	Kirkwood Walker	K-1 Dreams 1999, Japan	KO (Low kicks)	1	0:33
06/05/1999	Win	Petar Majstorovic	K-1 Fight Night 5, Switzerland	Decision	5	3:00
02/27/1999	Win	Nash Urladzic	Le Nuit des Champions, Marseilles, France	Decision	5	3:00
00/11/1998	Win	Gardois de Tholomese	Le Nuit des Champions, Marseilles, France	KO	4
00/09/1998	Win	Alexandre Chvarev	Le Nuit des Champions, Marseilles, France	KO	1

[edit] MMA Record

0 Wins (0 (T)KOs, 0 Decisions), 2 losses
Date	Result	Opponent	Event	Method	Round	Time
03/04/2007	Loss	Bobby Ologun	K-1 PREMIUM Dynamite!! 2004, Japan	Decision	3	3:00
12/31/2001	Loss	Don Frye	Inoki Bom-Ba-Ye 2001 - K-1 vs. Inoki, Japan	Submission (Rear naked choke)	2	0:33

[edit] See also

• List of male kickboxers
• List of K-1 events
• List of kickboxing organizations

[edit] External links

• Cyril Abidi's Official Hompage

[edit] References