Badr Hari

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Badr "The Golden Boy" Hari (born December 8, 1984) is a Moroccan Heavyweight kickboxer. He entered the K-1 with a spinning-heel kick KO over Stefan Leko in a reserve fight at the K-1 World Grand Prix 2005.

On April 28, at K-1 World GP 2007 in Hawaii, Badr Hari was crowned the first K-1 World Heavyweight Champion winning his title by high kick KO at 0'56" in 1st round over Yusuke Fujimoto from Japan.

Biography

Badr Hari began to practice kickboxing at the age of seven, under the guidance of former World Champion Mousid Akamrane. As a teenager he trained under Mohammed Ait Hassou at the Sitan Gym. When the Sitan Gym moved location from Amsterdam to Rotterdam, Badr switched over to the world famous Chakuriki Gym with Thom Harinck. Under Harinck Hari developed himself as one of the greatest talents of the Netherlands; Harinck even stated that "Hari had more talent than Peter Aerts and Branko Cikatic together".

Hari suffered only one loss while under Harinck's care: in 2003 he replaced Melvin Manhoef in a fight against the K-1 Superstar Alexey Ignashov, with only a few days notice. Hari, who was outweighed by more than 18 kg, did fairly well but was knocked out within the third round by a punch to the solar plexus. Nevertheless, Hari gained a lot of respect by stepping up to such an opponent under the aforementioned circumstances.

Other notable victories by Hari around that time came against such fighter as: Errol Paris, Antoni Hardonk, Aziz Katthou and Gary Turner. In January 2005, Hari left the Chakuriki Gym to sign a contract with promoter Simon Rutz, and became a fighter in the It's Showtime team. After a few months of training at Amsterdam's famous Mejiro Gym he returned to Thom Harinck, but left him again only a few weeks later. Badr Hari is currently coached by Mike Passenier of Mike's Gym who also currently trains Joeri "The Shark" Mes, Bjorn "The Rock" Bregy and Melvin Manhoef.

Hari, who is infamous for his slow entrances onto the ring as well as for his big mouth, was matched up against Stefan Leko for the It's Showtime event later that year. At the time, Leko was on a dead track, losing all his fights under MMA rules with the PRIDE organisation. For Hari it was a big opportunity to show his strength against a K-1 veteran, and try to make it into the restricted K-1 circuit. The former K-1 superstar Leko also saw an opportunity to make his K-1 comeback. The fight was being hyped for several months alongside of which came a lot of trash talk. Leko, was extremely confident, saying it wouldn't last long.

Before the actual fight started, Hari irritated his opponent with his trademark entrance -- it lasted longer than the fight itself. After an aggressive start, Badr Hari was winded by a spinning back kick to the liver, Stefan Leko also looked to be spitting on Hari after the fight was over while Hari was on the floor.

That same year, Hari got his chance for revenge. Manager Simon Rutz made a deal with K-1 for him to fight at the K-1 World Grand Prix 2005 as a reserve fighter against Stefan Leko. Hari didn't seem to have lost his confidence, and ultimately got his revenge. He knocked Leko out by a high spinning back kick to the jaw.

Although it seemed that Leko and Hari had already created bad blood and an instant classic rivalry, Hari helped his opponent up and escorted the dazed German to the corner. Hari made a name for himself that night with one of the scariest knockouts of that year.

While being scheduled for the K-1 World Grand Prix 2006 in Holland on May 13, 2006, Hari was a last minute replacement to participate in the K-1 World Grand Prix 2006 in New Zealand. His opponent in the first round was Australian Peter "The Chief" Graham. During the press-conference, Hari once again showed his bad-boy image by mocking and insulting Graham, and later on even started a brawl. The next day Graham answered this lack of respect with a spectacular knockout. In the last ticking seconds of the final round, Graham caught Hari with his trademark the "Rolling Thunder", which is a mix between a spinning back kick and a flip kick. Graham's hit broke Hari's jaw in multiple places.

After receiving the most votes by fight fans all over the world, Badr Hari was offered a wild card place at the K-1 World GP Final Elimination 2006 against a young Russian kickboxer, Ruslan Karaev. He lost the fight in Round 1 by KO in what has been deemed a controversial fight. Hari appeared to play out what he thought was an illegal hit from Karaev and got up slowly from a knockdown. The referee did not agree and counted Hari out. After the fight, Hari lost control and started to throw insults at Karaev. When he was escorted backstage, Hari immediately trashed his dressing room.

He fought in a reserve fight at the K-1 World GP 2006 Finals, at the Tokyo Dome, against Paul Slowinski and won the fight by unanimous decision.

Badr Hari got his revenge on Ruslan Karaev as well, and in a surprising fashion at that: after receiving an 8 count after a hook from Karaev knocked him down, Karaev came forward with the intention of ending the fight. However, Badr Hari managed to avoid his initial punch, and knocked Karaev out with a right hook to the jaw. This victory got himself qualified for a K-1 world title fight later that year, which he won against Yusuke Fujimoto. Badr was scheduled to fight again on August 5, 2007 at the K-1 World GP 2007 in Hong Kong, in a rematch against Peter Graham, which he won on points in the final round.

On September 29, 2007 at the K-1 World GP 2007 Final Elimination, Badr Hari beat the K-1 World GP 2007 in Las Vegas tournament champion, Doug Viney, by a second round KO and qualified for his first K-1 World GP Final, held on December 8 in Yokohama, Japan. His winning-streak, was snapped in a decision loss to Remy Bonjasky, during the 2007 quarter finals.

Hari's first fight in 2008 was at K-1 World GP 2008 in Yokohama against New Zealand veteran Ray Sefo. He won the bout by knee strikes KO in the first round.

On June 29, 2008 Badr defeated Glaube Feitosa in a one sided match with a terrific right hook. Badr dominated as soon as the bell went with his long jab which proved the undoing of Glaube.

On August 9, 2008 at The K-1 World GP 2008 in Hawaii against Domagoj Ostojic. He won by a left straight punch KO 19 Seconds into the 1st round [ [http://www.honoluluadvertiser.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080809/BREAKING02/80809068/-1/SPORTSFRONT Hari scores one-punch KO over Ostojic in K-1] honoluluadvertiser.com] .

On September 27, 2008 Hari defeated Hong Man Choi via TKO after Choi was unable to continue for a fourth round as a result of a broken rib. In the second round, Badr was knocked down by Choi, but recovered quickly.

Titles

* 2008 Current K-1 Heavyweight Champion
* 2007 K-1 Heavyweight Champion
* 2002 WPKL Dutch Muay Thai champion

Kickboxing record

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style="text-align: center" colspan=8|67 Wins (54 (T)KO's, 12 decisions), 7 Losses
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align="center" style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #f0f0f0"|Date
align="center" style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #f0f0f0"|Result
align="center" style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #f0f0f0"|Opponent
align="center" style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #f0f0f0"|Event
align="center" style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #f0f0f0"|Method
align="center" style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #f0f0f0"|Round
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2008-12-06

flagicon|NED Peter Aerts
K-1 World GP 2008 Final, Tokyo, Japan



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2008-09-27
yes2Win
flagicon|KOR Hong Man Choi
K-1 World GP 2008 Final 16, Seoul, Korea
TKO (Corner stoppage)
4
0:00
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2008-08-09
yes2Win
flagicon|CRO Domagoj Ostojic
K-1 World GP 2008 in Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii
KO (Left cross)
1
0:19
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2008-06-29
yes2 Win
flagicon|BRA Glaube Feitosa
K-1 World GP 2008 in Fukuoka, Japan, -100kg Title
KO (Right Hook)
1
2:26
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2008-04-13
yes2Win
flagicon|NZL Ray Sefo
K-1 World GP 2008 in Yokohama, Japan
TKO
1
2:43
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2007-12-08
no2Loss
flagicon|NED Remy Bonjasky
K-1 World GP 2007 Final, Japan
Decision
3
3:00
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2007-09-29
yes2 Win
flagicon|NZL Doug Viney
K-1 World GP 2007 in Seoul Final 16, Korea
KO
2
1:23
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2007-08-05
yes2 Win
flagicon|AUS Peter Graham
K-1 World GP 2007 in Hong Kong
Decision
3
3:00
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2007-04-28
yes2 Win
flagicon|JPN Yusuke Fujimoto
K-1 World GP 2007 in Hawaii, USA, -100kg Title
KO
1
0:56
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2007-03-04
yes2 Win
flagicon|RUS Ruslan Karaev
K-1 World GP 2007 in Yokohama, Japan
KO (Punch)
2
2:46
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12/31/2006
yes2Win
flagicon|DEN Nicholas Pettas
K-1 Premium 2006 Dynamite!!, Japan
TKO (Arm injury)
2
1:28
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12/02/2006
yes2Win
flagicon|AUS Paul Slowinski
K-1 World Grand Prix 2006, Japan
Decision
3
3:00
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09/30/2006
no2Loss
flagicon|RUS Ruslan Karaev
K-1 World GP 2006 Final Elimination, Japan
KO (Right punch)
1
0:52
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03/05/2006
no2Loss
flagicon|AUS Peter Graham
K-1 World GP 2006 in Auckland, New Zealand
KO (Rolling thunder)
3
2:54
-
11/19/2005
yes2Win
flagicon|GER Stefan Leko
K-1 World Grand Prix 2005, Japan
KO (Spinning back left high kick)
2
1:30
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06/12/2005
no2Loss
flagicon|GER Stefan Leko
It's Showtime 8, Amsterdam, Netherlands
KO (Spinning back mid kick)
1
1:44
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04/16/2005
yes2Win
flagicon|BLR Vitaly Akhramenko
K-1 Italy GP 2005 in Milan, Italy
Decision
3
3:00
-
03/11/2005
yes2Win
flagicon|CRO Domagoj Ostojic
Ultimate Nokaut 1, Croatia
KO (Right hook)
2
0:10
-
12/12/2004
yes2Win
flagicon|GBR Gary Turner
Rings Fightgala - Born Invincible -, Utrecht, Netherlands
Decision
5
3:00
-
10/10/2004
yes2Win
flagicon|TUR Gokhan Saki
2 Hot 2 Handle, Rotterdam, Netherlands
TKO (Corner stoppage)
2
3:00
-
05/20/2004
yes2Win
flagicon|BEL Aziz Khattou
It's Showtime 7, Amsterdam, Netherlands
KO (Knees)
2
1:45
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03/21/2004
yes2Win
flagicon|NED Errol Parris
Profighters Gala in Almere, Netherlands
KO (Right hook)
5

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09/27/2003
yes2Win
flagicon|NED Antoni Hardonk
Rings Fightgala, Utrecht, Netherlands
Decision
5
3:00
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06/08/2003
no2Loss
flagicon|BLR Alexey Ignashov
It's Showtime - Amsterdam ArenA -, Netherlands
KO (Right cross)
3
2:55
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03/30/2003
yes2Win
flagicon|NED Dennis Strijbis
Rings Fightgala -Heroes of the Next Generation-, Utrecht
Decision
5
3:00
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02/02/2003
yes2Win
flagicon|MAR Ahmed Lakus
Killerdome II, Amsterdam, Netherlands
TKO
4

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11/24/2002
no2Loss
flagicon|NED Karim Mrabet
Victory or Hell, Netherlands
Decision
3
3:00
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10/20/2002
yes2Win
flagicon|MAR Ahmed Lakus
Warriors Fight Night, Dondrecht, Netherlands
TKO (Doctor Stoppage)
5

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02/17/2002
yes2Win
flagicon|NED Willy Schneider
WPKL Gala in Hogendorphal, Amsterdam, Netherlands
TKO


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11/19/2000
no2Loss
flagicon|NED Rocky Grandjean
WPKL Gala in Amsterdam, Netherlands
KO (Spinning back kick)
1
1:39
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MMA Record

{| class="wikitable" style="margin:0.5em auto; font-size:85%"
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style="text-align: center" colspan=8|0 Wins, 1 Loss
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align="center" style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #f0f0f0"|Date
align="center" style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #f0f0f0"|Result
align="center" style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #f0f0f0"|Opponent
align="center" style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #f0f0f0"|Event
align="center" style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #f0f0f0"|Method
align="center" style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #f0f0f0"|Round
align="center" style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #f0f0f0"|Time
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05/12/2002
no2Loss
flagicon|LAT Igor Kirsis
Lords of the Ring Gala, Deventer, Netherlands
Submission (Front choke)
1
0:22
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ee also

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

References

External links

* [http://www.badrhari.com/ Official website]