Mohamed "Mootje" Khamal is a Moroccan-Dutch

Moroccan-Dutch

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 welterweight

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 Muay Thai

Muay Thai

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 kickboxer fighting out of Amsterdam

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, Netherlands

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 for Vos Gym. He is the K-1 World MAX 2010 West Europe champion currently competing in K-1 MAX

K-1

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 and It's Showtime

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Biography and career

Khamal was born in 1990 in Morocco and moved to the Netherlands

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. After a number of Muay Thai

Muay Thai

Muay Thai is a combat sport from Thailand that uses stand-up striking along with various clinching techniques. It is similar to other Indochinese kickboxing systems, namely pradal serey from Cambodia, tomoi from Malaysia, lethwei from Myanmar and muay Lao from Laos...

 fights in the Netherlands, and after picking up good wins against opposition such as Sergio Wielzen and Hassan Ait Bassou, Khamal made his mark on the international scene in 2009 when he faced Thai

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 legend Anuwat Kaewsamrit

Anuwat Kaewsamrit

Anuwat Kaewsamrit is a Thai Muay Thai kickboxer and a former Lumpini and four time Rajadamnern Stadium champion who used to fight out of Kaewsamrit Gym in Bangkok...

 for the W.M.C. Intercontinental title (64 kg). The fight went the full five rounds, resulted in a unanimous decision

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 victory for the 19 year old fighter. With this upset victory Khamal would make his name and he would begin to be known as one of the best prospects in the 63 kg division.

In 2010 Khamal moved up in weight to 70 kg and entered the K-1 World MAX 2010 West Europe Tournament in Utrecht, Netherlands in a bid to gain qualification for the 2010 K-1 World MAX. Despite moving up in weight and being one of the events smaller fighters, Khamal made the final where he faced pre-tournament favourite Armenia

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n-Belgium

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 fighter Harut Grigorian. In the final match Khamal dominated, dropping Harut twice before getting the victory via brutal KO

Ko

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 in the second round and booking his place at the K-1 World MAX 2010 Final 16.

At the final 16 event Khamal was drawn against Artur Kyshenko

Artur Kyshenko

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 - the K-1 World MAX 2008

K-1 World MAX 2008 World Championship Tournament Final

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 runner up. A heavy underdog going into the fight, Khamal outworked Kyshenko to take a unanimous decision

Unanimous decision

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 victory and a place in the final 8 stage where he lost by decision to Gago Drago

Gago Drago

Gago Drago is an Armenian-Dutch welterweight kickboxer, fighting out of Alkmaar, Netherlands. He is known for his punch combinations and unpredictable kicking techniques and highly aggressive fighting style...

 in the quarter finals. At the end of 2010 Khamal fought close friend Mosab Amrani

Mosab Amrani

Mosab "Jaguar" Amrani is a Moroccan-Dutch middleweight-super welterweight Muay Thai kickboxer fighting out of Amsterdam, Netherlands for Mousid Gym. He is the former W.M.C. Muay Thai featherweight world champion and is currently competing in It's Showtime. He is a highly skilled fighter whose...

 at the Fightclub presents: It's Showtime 2010 event, winning an extra round decision in what was a contender for the fight of the year.

Titles

• 2010 K-1 World MAX West Europe Champion
• 2009 W.M.C. Muaythai Intercontinental Champion -64 kg
• 2007 M.O.N. Netherlands Amateur Muaythai (-64 kg) champion

Kickboxing record

Kickboxing Record
Legend:

External links

• Mootje Khamal - Hyves.nl (Dutch Language Website)