Ottman Azaitar

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Ottman Azaitar (born February 20, 1990 in Cologne , Germany ) is a German- Moroccan professional MMA fighter. He was German champion in Thai boxing and world champion of the Brave Combat Federation in the lightweight class.

Life

Azaitar grew up in the Dellbrück district of Cologne until he moved to Weiden with his family . He attended the König-Fahd-Akademie in Bonn until he was fifteen . At the academy, all school subjects are taught exclusively in Arabic . This unusual school career initially had a negative impact on his knowledge of German, which made itself felt when he switched to the Hildegard von Bingen grammar school in Cologne. However, the initial language difficulties were overcome and he left high school after graduating from high school in 2012 with a grade point average of 1.9.

After graduating from high school, he began studying business administration .

Sports career

He began his sports career at the age of six. Up to the age of ten he learned the techniques of ju-jitsu martial arts. He then switched to boxing , Thai boxing and kickboxing , in which he won several important titles up to 2012. These include his titles as a Thai boxing champion in North Rhine-Westphalia in 2011 and as a German Thai boxing champion in the following year. At the same time Ottman Azaitar was called up to the German national Thai boxing team and took part in the world championship in Saint Petersburg .

Ottman Azaitar has been fighting in MMA sports under various organizations since 2012. He led fights under the international MMA organization “Brave Combat Federation” and won the “Fight of the Year 2016” title in this series of events after scoring his Argentine opponent Kevin Koldobsky in the third round at a co-main event hit. Other fights took place among MMA organizations known throughout Europe, such as the German MMA Championship .

In his title fight on November 17, 2017 in Bahrain, Ottman Azaitar won the first world championship title in the lightweight class of the Brave Combat Federation. On August 18, 2018, he defeated Danijel Kokora at Brave14 in Morocco. Then he took off the brave belt and switched to the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC).

List of professional fights

12 wins - 0 draws - 0 defeat

Result Balance sheet opponent round organization date place
Win 12-0-0 FinlandFinland Teemu Packalen 1 UFC 242 07.09.2019 United Arab EmiratesUnited Arab Emirates Abu Dhabi
Win 11-0-0 SerbiaSerbia Danijel Kokora 1 Brave Combat Federation 14 08/18/2018 MoroccoMorocco Morocco
Win 10-0-0 MexicoMexico Alejandro Martinez 3 Brave Combat Federation 6 11/17/2017 BahrainBahrain Bahrain
Win 9-0-0 EnglandEngland Charlie Leary 1 Brave Combat Federation 4 March 31, 2017 United Arab EmiratesUnited Arab Emirates Abu Dhabi
Win 8-0-0 ArgentinaArgentina Kevin Koldobsky 3 Brave Combat Federation 2 12/02/2016 BahrainBahrain Bahrain
Win 7-0-0 PolandPoland Łukasz Szczerek 1 German MMA Championship 8 04/16/2016 GermanyGermany Castrop-Rauxel
Win 6-0-0 LithuaniaLithuania Ramūnas Paliunis 1 Fair FC 4 11/28/2015 NetherlandsNetherlands Eindhoven
Win 5-0-0 GermanyGermany Christoph Hector 1 Mix Fight Gala 18 05/06/2015 GermanyGermany Fulda
Win 4-0-0 FranceFrance Serge Dali 1 German MMA Championship 6 04/18/2015 GermanyGermany Castrop-Rauxel
Win 3-0-0 GermanyGermany Ilbey Akdas 1 Fair FC 3 03/28/2015 GermanyGermany Herne
Win 2-0-0 GermanyGermany Alex Vogt 2 Fair FC 2 11/01/2014 GermanyGermany Herne
Win 1-0-0 GermanyGermany Patrick Talmon 1 Showdown Fight Night 1 06/07/2014 GermanyGermany Mannheim

Awards

Sports

  • 2014: Best MMA Newcomer (Ground and Pound)
  • 2015: Best young fighter in Germany (Ground and Pound)
  • 2015: Submission of the year 2015 (Ground and Pound)
  • 2016: Fight of the Year (Brave Combat Federation)
  • 2017: Brave Lightweight World Champion (Brave Combat Federation)
  • 2018: Honoring the Moroccan King Mohamed VI.

Other areas

  • 2015: Award for contribution to the album Blood of Farid Bang (Grove Attack)
  • 2016: Honored as role model of the year for Moroccan youth (Amana e.V.)

Others

In 2014, at the invitation of friends, Ottman Azaitar had the opportunity to get to know boxing legend Muhammad Ali personally in his birthplace in Louisville , Kentucky, and to attend the subsequent benefit event with Bruno Mars . Azaitar trained worldwide in his fight preparations in various gyms, including the Gym in Las Vegas by Floyd Mayweather Jr.

Ottman Azaitar is the younger brother of MMA fighter Abu Azaitar.

Notes, individual references

  1. ↑ Between the lecture and the boxing ring in Cologne: Ottman Azaitar is Germany's strongest student. Retrieved September 16, 2019 .
  2. ↑ Markus Krücken: Between lecture and boxing ring: Cologne: Ottman Azaitar is Germany's strongest student . In: Express.de . ( express.de [accessed on January 14, 2017]).
  3. ↑ Ottman Azaitar: "I'm starting in MMA now!" January 10, 2017 ( gnp1.de [accessed January 14, 2017]).
  4. ↑ BraveMMAF: BRAVE9 Lightweight World Title - Alejandro Pato vs Ottman Azaitar. November 19, 2017. Retrieved November 26, 2017 .
  5. ↑ Ottman Azaitar ("Bulldozer") | MMA Fighter Page | Tapology. Retrieved January 10, 2018 .
  6. ^ HM the King Receives in Rabat Azaitar Brothers, MMA World Champions . In: Maroc.ma . April 23, 2018 ( maroc.ma [accessed September 8, 2018]).
  7. ↑ Farid Bang - Blood | SOUND SPYING . ( tonspion.de [accessed on January 14, 2017]).
  8. ↑ Berivan Kilic: Cheeky mixed martial arts fighter: Brutal fight in the cage . In: Kölnische Rundschau . ( rundschau-online.de [accessed on January 14, 2017]).
  9. ↑ "Money Man" makes Cologne residents tough ... In: www.genios.de. Retrieved January 14, 2017 .
personal data
SURNAME Azaitar, Ottman
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German-Moroccan MMA fighter, German champion in Thai boxing
DATE OF BIRTH February 20, 1990
PLACE OF BIRTH Cologne , Germany