Background
Sayed was born in Cape Town and has two sisters and one brother.
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Irshaad Sayed
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At school he loved sports participating in soccer, rugby and cricket before taking up kickboxing at the age of 15. He began competing in amateur competitions in South Africa running up a record of 9-0 but at the age of 17 he wanted to compete professionally and decided to move to Thailand to train and fight. Sayed has a professional Mobile Marketing Association record of 5-2 with both his losses coming at the hands of top Chinese bantamweight Jumabieke Tuerxun.
He made his Mobile Marketing Association debut against Ngoo Ditty and stopped him by first round KO at Fury 1 in Macau.
His second fight was against Jumabieke Tuerxun at Top of The Forbidden City Championship and he lost by unanimous decision. Sayed subsequently signed for Ranik Ultimate Fighting Federation (Ruff) and made his debut at Ruff 2 against Jumayi Ayideng, winning by split decision. he was then called up to replace the injured Ngoo Ditty to fight top Filipino bantamweight Jessie Rafols at ONE Fighting Championship: Battle of Heroes.
Sayed"s aggressive approach paid off quickly when he downed Filipino Jessie Rafols with a short left uppercut 1:49 into the first stanza. His next fight was a rematch with Jumabieke at Ruff 3 and this fight was even closer than the first with Sayed only losing by split decision.
The fight is set for the Inner Mongolia Indoor Stadium.
On 29 January it was revealed that Jumabieke Tuerxun had withdrawn from the fight with several articles suggesting that he had refused to sign a new Ruff contract and was on the verge of signing with the UFC. Another Chinese fighter, Yuan Chun Bo, stepped in to replace him.
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Membership
Sayed is a member of the fight team at Evolve Mobile Marketing Association in Singapore.
