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Jamal Ben Saddik was born on 3 October, 1990 in Antwerp, Belgium, is a Belgian-Moroccan professional kickboxer. Discover Jamal Ben Saddik's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 33 years old?
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3 October 1990 |
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3 October |
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Antwerp, Belgium |
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Belgium
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He is a member of famous professional with the age 33 years old group.
Jamal Ben Saddik Height, Weight & Measurements
At 33 years old, Jamal Ben Saddik height is 6′ 9″ and Weight 273 lbs.
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6′ 9″ |
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273 lbs |
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He is currently single. He is not dating anyone. We don't have much information about He's past relationship and any previous engaged. According to our Database, He has no children.
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Jamal Ben Saddik Net Worth
His net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is Jamal Ben Saddik worth at the age of 33 years old? Jamal Ben Saddik’s income source is mostly from being a successful professional. He is from Belgium. We have estimated Jamal Ben Saddik's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.
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$1 Million - $5 Million |
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Jamal Ben Saddik Social Network
Timeline
Jamal Ben Saddik (Riffian: ⵊⴰⵎⴰⵍ ⴱⵏ ⵙⴰⴷⵉⵇ; born October 3, 1990) is a Belgian professional kickboxer.
He made his debut in the It's Showtime promotion on March 6, 2011, at Fightingstars presents: It's Showtime Sporthallen Zuid and knocked out Rico Verhoeven.
He was then scheduled to fight Anderson Silva at Fightclub presents: It's Showtime 2011 on May 21, 2011, but the bout was scrapped when Silva was instead moved to the It's Showtime 2011 Lyon card to fight Daniel Ghiță.
In 2012, he was diagnosed with thyroid cancer, which would emerge again around a year later.
Ben Saddik has since been cancer-free.
He TKO'd Vitaly Oparin in round one at United Glory 15 on March 23, 2012, and followed this up with a fourth-round KO of Nikolaj Falin on June 2, 2012.
Ben Saddik lost a decision to Jahfarr Wilnis at Glory 2: Brussels on October 6, 2012.
But, despite this setback, he was invited to compete at Glory 4: Tokyo - 2012 Heavyweight Grand Slam, the biggest heavyweight tournament in kickboxing history, on December 31, 2012.
In the quarter-finals, he beat Remy Bonjasky on points, but lost via a quick body kick from Daniel Ghiță in the semis.
Despite coming back from the tournament empty-handed, Ben Saddik's stock rose greatly by beating two much higher-rated fighters.
Ben Saddik fought Peter Aerts at Glory 8: Tokyo - 2013 65kg Slam on May 3, 2013, in Tokyo.
He started well and floored Aerts in round one, but the Dutchman rallied back and dropped him three times in the second, forcing a referee stoppage.
He was knocked out late in round three by Ben Edwards in a slugfest at Glory 12: New York - Lightweight World Championship Tournament in New York City on November 23, 2013.
He was expected to fight Benjamin Adegbuyi at Glory 14: Zagreb in Zagreb, Croatia on March 8, 2014.
However he broke his hand while training so he was replaced with Dmytro Bezus.
He knocked out Nicolas Wamba in round two at Glory 16: Denver in Broomfield, Colorado, US on May 3, 2014.
He lost via disqualification when he attacked a downed Hesdy Gerges just seconds into their bout at Qabala Fight Series #1 in Qabala, Azerbaijan on June 29, 2014.
Following this incident, Glory suspended him for six months.
Ben Saddik would later issue a public apology to both Gerges and fans of the sport.
Ben Saddik rebounded from his DQ loss to Gerges with a first-round knockout win over Mamoudou Keta, during Glory 22.
Ben Saddik won his next outing with Glory as well, defeating Anderson Silva by a third-round TKO.
Combat Press ranked him as a top ten heavyweight between September 2015 and July 2021, peaking at No. 3.
In Glory, Ben Saddik was involved in doping controversies and was removed from the official rankings by the promotion in 2023.
In 2015 and 2022 he emerged victorious in the bouts against Anderson Silva and Benjamin Adegbuyi, but were both cut short by Ben Saddik testing positive for banned substances and receiving suspensions, with the fights reversed to a 'no contest'.
Ben Saddik was born and raised in Antwerp.
His parents emigrated to Belgium from the village of Ait Hadifa in northern Morocco.
He was taken to a kickboxing gym at the age of 9 by his father, who feared life in the streets would have a negative impact on his son.
As a teen, Jamal was shot and grazed with a bullet after a street fight.
On August 7, 2015, it was announced that Ben Saddik failed a drug test prior to Glory 23: Las Vegas.
He was suspended and fined $6,650 by Nevada State Athletic Commission until 8 August 2016.
Ben Saddik must also submit clean drugs tests for steroids and diuretics at 30, 10 and 3 days before next fight in Nevada.
As a result, his TKO win against Anderson Silva was changed to a no contest.
His next two fights were outside of Glory in the regional circuits.
He was first scheduled to fight Brian Douwes during A1 WCC 20.
Douwes won the fight by decision.
His next fight was against Andre Schmeling during A1 WCC 21.
He also had one with ACB Kickboxing, against Gordon Haupt.
He is a former two-time Glory Heavyweight Championship challenger and 2018 Glory Heavyweight Grand Prix tournament winner.