Background
Abidi grew up in the north quartiers of Marseille (Consolat), in a modest Moroccan family. When he was 6, his mother took him to judo classes to keep him off the streets.
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Cyril Abidi
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Career
He practiced judo for four years until he was inspired by Bruce Lee, his childhood idol, and started taking karate lessons. A year later he entered K-1, fighting against Petar Majstorovic in Zurich, Switzerland, and winning by a unanimous decision. At their third meeting at the K-1 World Grand Prix 2000 Finals in the Tokyo Dome, Japan, Aerts beat Abidi in a three round unanimous decision.
In his short foray into mixed martial arts, Abidi lost to Nigerian comedian Bobby Ologun in his first fight in Mobile Marketing Association . Abidi was a last minute replacement for Mike Bernardo who was injured.
The events surrounding the outcome raised suspicion of a fixed fight and Abidi seemed to lend credence to this in a post match interview. I didn"t have enough time to prepare for this fight, but I think I did do a good job for my first time.
lieutenant was really good that my opponent is not so strong….If he was a really strong fighter, I would have had had a hell of a time. Why I am smiling a lot? Even though I lost this fight, I don"t have any feelings that I really lost a realistic fight.
Maybe this was as expected.
Abidi lost by a technical knockout. 2003 K-1 World General Practice 3rd place.
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