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Ilias Bulaid

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Ilias Bulaid
Born (1995-05-01) May 1, 1995 (age 31)
Den Bosch, Netherlands
Occupation(s)Kickboxer, mixed martial artist
Years active2014–present
Known forEnfusion 67 kg World Champion, 2016 K-1 World Super Lightweight Tournament runner-up

Ilias Bulaid (born May 1, 1995) is a Moroccan-Dutch athlete specializing in kickboxing and mixed martial arts. He earned the runner-up position in the 2016 K-1 World Super Lightweight Tournament and formerly held the Enfusion 67 kg World Championship title.

Bulaid first appeared within Combat Press's top ten Featherweight rankings in January 2016 and maintained his standing until August 2019.

Early Life and Introduction

Originating from parents native to Ksar el-Kebir and growing up in Den Bosch, Bulaid began practicing kickboxing at the age of five, encouraged by his elder sister. Following the passing of his father when he was eleven, he trained under William van Roosmalen and William Beekwilder at Fight Club Den Bosch. Subsequently, he moved to SB Gym to work with coach Said el Badaoui.

Initial Phase

Bulaid launched his professional career against Angelo Campoli at The Night of Kick and Punch 4°edizione on November 30, 2014, securing a victory by decision. He continued to achieve wins in subsequent matches, including a stoppage victory, before overcoming Piotr Kobylański by unanimous decision at KOK in Gdańsk on October 17, 2014. His K-1 debut occurred against Taito in the reserve bout of the K-1 World GP 2014 -65kg Championship Tournament on November 3, 2014, where he won via technical knockout in the third round.

Enfusion Title Reign

During his first professional year, Bulaid amassed an undefeated record of 8–0, which led to an opportunity to fight for the vacant Enfusion 67 kg championship against Zaid Zairov at Enfusion Live 23 on December 20, 2014. He claimed the title with a second-round knockout achieved through a step-in knee technique.

On February 6, 2015, at Krush 51, Bulaid encountered Masaaki Noiri, the Krush welterweight champion, in a non-title contest and experienced his first professional defeat by unanimous decision.

Following a third-round knockout victory over Maxim Federkov at Enfusion Live 29 on May 24, 2015, Bulaid defended his Enfusion title for the first time against Simón Santana at Enfusion Live 30 on July 11, 2015, winning by knockout within just 67 seconds of the opening round.

He then defeated ISKA welterweight champion David Mejia by decision in a non-title match at Enfusion Live 32 on October 10, 2015. His second successful defense of the Enfusion belt came against Edye Ruiz at Enfusion Live 34 on November 21, 2015, where he secured a unanimous decision victory.

At Enfusion Live #37 on February 27, 2016, Bulaid triumphed over Edson Fortes by decision in another non-title bout.

K-1 Super Lightweight Tournament

On April 24, 2016, during the K-1 World GP 2016 -60kg Japan Tournament, Bulaid faced Kaew Fairtex—the reigning K-1 super lightweight champion and winner of the 2014 K-1 World GP -65kg Tournament—and was defeated via unanimous decision. Nevertheless, he participated in the K-1 World GP 2016 -65kg World Tournament held on June 24, 2016.

In the quarterfinal stage, Bulaid secured a technical knockout win over Chris Mauceri after scoring two knockdowns early in round two. He then advanced past former Krush lightweight and super lightweight champion Hideaki Yamazaki by split decision following an extra round in the semifinals. In the final match, Bulaid once again faced Kaew Fairtex but was stopped by technical knockout in the second round.

Kunlun Fight

At Glory of Heroes 5 on October 1, 2016, Bulaid faced Qiu Jianliang, the 2016 WLF World 8 Man Tournament winner, and was defeated by unanimous decision.

On February 18, 2017, during Enfusion Live 46, he successfully defended his Enfusion title for the third time against Zakaria Zouggary, winning by decision. Later that year, on May 13 at Fight League 6, Bulaid secured a first-round knockout victory over Manaowan Sitsongpeenong.

Competing in the 2017 Kunlun Fight 67 kg tournament, Bulaid achieved a first-round knockout against Jordan Kranio at Kunlun Fight 65 on August 27, which advanced him to the quarterfinals. There, he earned a unanimous decision win over Petchtanong Banchamek. Unfortunately, an injury forced him to withdraw from the competition thereafter.

Wu Lin Feng

On March 3, 2018, Bulaid took part in the Wu Lin Feng 2018 World Championship held in Tianjin. He won his quarterfinal bout against Xie Lei by unanimous decision but was narrowly defeated by fellow Dutch competitor Hasan Toy via split decision in the semifinals.

During the WLF -67kg World Cup 2019-2020 first group stage on June 29, 2019, Bulaid knocked out Wei Ninghui in the third round. However, at the third group stage on August 31, he was defeated by Jia Aoqi by unanimous decision after an additional round.

Bellator MMA

Bulaid made his professional MMA debut with Bellator MMA in September 2019 at Bellator 227, where he knocked out Vitalic Maiboroda in the opening round.

He returned to Bellator competition at Bellator 240 on February 22, 2020, earning a unanimous decision victory over Diego Freitas.

On November 5, 2021, Bulaid fought Georges Sasu at Bellator 270 and won through a split decision.

A scheduled fight against Weber Almeida at Bellator 284 on August 12, 2022 was canceled in July for undisclosed reasons.

Post Bellator

Bulaid's first appearance beyond Bellator occurred on May 19, 2023 at UAE Warriors 41, where he defeated Omar Khaled Fayoumi via first-round TKO using knees. Ten months later in Tenerife, Spain, he claimed a unanimous decision win over Saba Sozashvili. Subsequently in Tenerife, he achieved two more victories: a first-round TKO over Anthony Riggio through leg kicks and a TKO victory after Kewin Jacques Rangell retired early in the third round.

Titles and accomplishments

Mixed martial arts record

|- |Win |align=center|8–0 (1) |Eduard Demenko |Technical Submission (anaconda choke) |UAE Warriors 61 | |align=center|1 |align=center|3:07 |Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates | |- |NC |align=center| |Rebin Fazil |No Contest (punches to back of head) |UAE Warriors 59 | |align=center|1 |align=center|0:42 |Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates | |- |Win |align=center|7–0 |Kewin Jacques Rangell |TKO (retirement) |Fight2One 8 | |align=center|3 |align=center|0:52 |Tenerife, Spain | |- |Win |align=center|6–0 |Anthony Riggio |TKO (leg kick) |Brave CF 89 | |align=center|1 |align=center|4:01 |Tenerife, Spain | |- |Win |align=center|5–0 |Saba Sozashvili |Unanimous Decision |Fight2One 5 | |align=center|3 

|align=center |5:00 
|Tenerife, Spain 
|

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|Win 
|align=center |4–0 
|Omar Khaled Fayoumi 
|TKO (knees) 
|UAE Warriors 41 
| 
|align=center |1 
|align=center |3:28 
|Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates  
|
|- 
|Win 
|align=center |3–0 
|Georges Sasu 
|Split Decision 
|Bellator 270 
| 
|align=center |3 
|align=center |5:00 
|Dublin, Ireland 
|
|- 
|Win 
|align=center |2–0 
|Diego Freitas 
|Unanimous Decision 
|Bellator MMA in 2020#Bellator 240 
| 
|align=center |3 
|align=center |5:00 
|Dublin, Ireland 
|
|- 
|Win 
|align=center |1–0 
|Vitalic Maiboroda 
|KO (knee) 
|Bellator MMA in 2019#Bellator Dublin/Bellator 227 
| 
|align=center|1 
|align=center|4:59 
|Dublin, Ireland 
|
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Professional kickboxing record

|- bgcolor="#FFBBBB" | 2019-08-31 || Defeat || align=left| Jia Aoqi || Wu Lin Feng 2019: WLF -67kg World Cup 2019-2020 3rd Group Stage || Zhengzhou, China || Unanimous Decision after Extra Round || 4 || 3:00 || 25–6 |- |- bgcolor="#CCFFCC" | 2019-06-29 || Victory || align=left| Wei Ninghui || Wu Lin Feng 2019: WLF -67kg World Cup 2019-2020 1st Group Stage || Zhengzhou, China || KO (Straight Right to the Body) || 3 || 1:11 || 25–5 |- |- bgcolor="#CCFFCC" | 2018-09-15 || Win || align=left| Youssef El Haji || Enfusion Live 70 || Belgium || Unanimous Decision || 3 || 3:00 || 24–5 |- |- bgcolor="#FFBBBB" | 2018-03-03 || Defeat || align=left| Hasan Toy || Wu Lin Feng 2018: World Championship Tianjin -67 kg Contender Tournament Final || Tianjin, China || Split Decision || 3 || 3:00 || 23–5 |- |- bgcolor="#CCFFCC" | 2018-03-03 || Victory || align=left| Xie Lei || Wu Lin Feng 2018: World Championship Tianjin -67 kg Contender Tournament Semi Final || Tianjin, China || Unanimous Decision || 3 || 3:00 || 23–4 |- |- bgcolor="#CCFFCC" | 2017-11-12 || Win || align=left| Petchtanong Banchamek || Kunlun Fight 67 - 66kg World Championship, Quarter Finals || Sanya, China || Unanimous Decision || 3 || 3:00 || 22–4 |- ! style=background:white colspan=9 | |- |- bgcolor="#CCFFCC" | 2017-08-27 || Victory || align=left| Jordan Kranio || Kunlun Fight 65 - Kunlun Fight 16 Man Tournament 67 kg Final 16|| Qingdao, China|| KO (Left Body Hook) || 1 || 2:25 || 21–4 |- |- bgcolor="#CCFFCC" | 2017-05-13|| Win|| align=left| Manaowan Sitsongpeenong|| Fight League 6|| Hoofddorp, Netherlands|| KO (Spinning Back Kick to The Body) ||1||1:30||20–4 |- |- bgcolor="#CCFFCC" | 2017-02-18|| Victory|| align=left| Zakaria Zouggary|| Enfusion Live 46|| Eindhoven, Netherlands|| Decision||5||3:00||19–4 |- ! style=background:white colspan=9 | |- |- bgcolor="#CCFFCC" | 2016-12-03|| Win|| align=left| Xie Lei|| Wu Lin Feng x Krush - China vs Japan|| Zhengzhou, China|| Unanimous Decision||3||3:00||18–4 |- |- bgcolor="#FFBBBB" |2016-10-01|| Loss|| align=left| Qiu Jianliang||Glory of Heroes 5||Zhengzhou, China|| Unanimous Decision||3||3:00||17–4 |- |- bgcolor="#CCFFCC" |2016-08-01|| Win|| align=left| Wang Fangkun|| SAK||Japan|| KO (Left Body Knee)||2||2:06||17–3 |- |- bgcolor="#FFBBBB" |2016-06-24|| Defeat|| align=left| Kaew Fairtex||K-1 World GP 2016 -65kg World Tournament, Final||Tokyo, Japan|| TKO (Knee to the body)||2||2:26||16–3 |- ! style=background:white colspan=9 | |- |- bgcolor="#CCFFCC" |2016-06-24|| Victory|| align=left| Hideaki Yamazaki||K-1 World GP, Semi Finals||Tokyo,Japan|| Split Decision after Extra Round||4||3:00||16–2 |} |- bgcolor="#CCFFCC" |2016-06-24|| Win|| align=left| Chris Mauceri||K-1 World GP, Quarter Finals||Tokyo,Japan|| KO (Left Body Hook)||2||0:50||15–2 |- |- bgcolor="#FFBBBB" |2016-04-24|| Loss|| align=left| Kaew Fairtex||K-1 World GP -60kg Japan Tournament||Tokyo, Japan|| Unanimous Decision||3||3:00||14–2 |- |- bgcolor="#CCFFCC" |2016-02-27||| Victory|||align=left||| Edson Fortes||| Enfusion Live #37||| Eindhoven, Netherlands||| Decision|||3|||3:00|||14–1 |- |- bgcolor="#CCFFCC" ! style=background:white colspan=9 |

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