Bouzidi on Mwekassa: 'He's powerful but not too slick'

Bouzidi in action against Danyo Ilunga at GLORY 26 AMSTERDAM in December - James LawMourad Bouzidi is the veteran of more than one hundred professional kickboxing fights and has faced a Who's Who of the sport's top names. Much of his career was spent at heavyweight - K-1's only division aside from 155lbs - but once GLORY opened a 205lb division, he dropped down. The result was a career resurgence which now has him riding a four-fight win streak into title contention.

Mourad Bouzidi, of Tunisian heritage but born and raised in the Netherlands, is often said to be one of the nicest guys in kickboxing. Nobody trash talks him or seems to have a bad word to say about him. The Japanese nicknamed…