Anissa Meksen

Anissa Meksen (born 29 April 1988) is an Algerian-French kickboxer, currently signed with Ares Fighting Championship, while most recently competing for ONE Championship.

She is the reigning ISKA World K1 Bantamweight champion, reigning WAKO World K1 Bantamweight champion, former two-time Glory Super Bantamweight champion, former WPMF World Muay Thai Flyweight champion, and former French, European, and World Savate champion.

In 2008 Meksen participated in the Nuit de Champions tournament.

In the quarter-final bout, she defeated Maiva Hamadouche.

In the semi-finals, she defeated Jacqueline Beroud.

In the final bout of the tournament, she fought and won a unanimous decision against Cyrielle Girodias.

During World Muaythai Auspicious Celebration, Meksen fought Monoprangroj Kampetch for the S1 Savante Bantamweight title.

She won a unanimous decision.

After winning her next two fights, Meksen challenged Sor Tawanrung Kwanjai for the WPMF World Muay Thai title.

Meksen lost by decision.

Meksen won her next two fights, before once against contesting the WPMF World Muay Thai title, this time against Hongthong Liangbrasert.

Meksen won the fight by unanimous decision.

In 2014, Meksen was named MUAYTHAITV's Fighter of the Year, while Awakening Fighters awarded her their Fighter of the Year, Inspirational Fighter of the Year, and KO of the Year (vs. Adi Rotem).

In 2014, she participated in the season five of Enfusion Reality: Victory of The Vixen.

Meksen won her first three fight and faced Iman Barlow in the finals.

She won the fight with a stunning second round KO.

Meksen then had a five fight winning streak, before contesting the WFC European Bantamweight Muay Thai title against Yolande Alonso.

She won the fight by a high kick KO in the second round.

She then entered the 2015 Kunlun K-1 Bantamweight Tournament.

After beating Kailin Ren in the quarter-finals, and Xu Zhurong in the semi-finals, she faced E Meidie in the finals.

She would lose the final bout by decision, after two extra rounds.

After another five fight winning streak, she was scheduled to fight Therese Gunnarsson for the WAKO World K1 Bantamweight title.

She would win a unanimous decision.

Meksen would win her next five fights before fighting Chiara Vincis for the ISKA World Bantamweight title.

Meksen won a unanimous decision.

In 2017, she was also Combat Press's Fighter of the Year, and Glory's Newcomer of the Year.

Meksen holds notable victories over Cristina Morales, Tiffany van Soest (2X), Sofia Olofsson, Gloria Peritore, Eva Naranjo, and Iman Barlow

In 2017 she fought Funda Diken Alkayis in the Glory Super Bantamweight Conteder Fight.

Meksen won by TKO in the third round.

In 2017 Anissa Meksen defeated Tiffany van Soest to win the Glory title.

Her first title defense was scheduled to be against Amel Dehby.

Meksen won the fight by a unanimous decision.

During Glory 56: Denver she faced Jady Menezes in her second title defense.

Meksen lost a highly controversial split decision, that would be dubbed the "Robbery of the Year" by Combat Press.

Meksen would regain the title in a rematch three months later by way of TKO.

In the first title defense of her second reign, Meksen faced Tiffany van Soest.

Meksen won the fight by a split decision.

In her second title defense, she faced Sofia Olofsson.

WBC MUAYTHAI ranks Meksen as the #1 Super Bantamweight as of April 2020.

Combat Press ranks her as the #1 pound for pound female fighter in the world as of May 2020, as well as having ranked her #1 almost continuously since July 2017, and in their top ten since November 2016 when female rankings were introduced.