Amir “The Sphinx” Zeyada[1] (born February 15, 1984) is an Egyptian-Dutch cruiserweight Muay Thai kickboxer presently preventing out of the Chakuriki Gym in Amsterdam, Netherlands, the place he’s skilled by Thom Harinck. Amir began off combating at C. B-Klass stage in the Netherlands. He’s the previous runner up for the It is Showtime 85MAX Championship. He acquired his first main victory when he faced fellow prospect (and future a number of world champion) Tyrone Spong in 2002, defeating the young Spong in considerably bizarre style, with Spong knocking himself out after slamming Zeyada to the floor after a clinch. He’s a former Dutch national champion who initially began preventing as a middleweight. [3] In 2005 Amir would win his first title, defeating Abder Bechiri in Zaandam to win the World Kickboxing Community (W.K.N.) Dutch title by knockout in the first round. Zeyada holds two notable knockout victories over the extremely rated Tyrone Spong. [4]

As Dutch champion, Zeyada was signed to the newly created SuperLeague, a European-primarily based promotion which aimed to carry highly aggressive fights to the continent, potentially rivaling Okay-1, which might give Amir the prospect to combat a few of the top kickboxers in the world.[5] He gained his first match with the group outclassing French champion Karim Aliouane on his debut at SuperLeague Portugal 2005 to win via determination.[6] Regardless of the promising opening, Zeyada would have restricted success inside SuperLeague, finishing with a shedding record of two wins and three defeats by the time of the organizations demise in 2006.[7]

After the demise of SuperLeague, Amir made his debut with the blossoming It is Showtime group initially of 2007, taking part in an eight-man preliminary tournament in Zwolle, the place he made the semi-finals solely to lose to eventual winner Karapet Papijan. Amir had defeated Spong again in 2002 at B-Klass degree however Spong was now way more skilled fighter, and a European and world champion as well. [8] The subsequent month he had a protracted-awaited rematch against Tyrone Spong at a Rings event in Utrecht. Tyrone dominated Amir for the primary two rounds of their match getting a knockdown within the second and being far the superior fighter. [9] However, Amir came back in the third knocking Spong down with an enormous left hand and swarmed the pre-match favourite, knocking him down again en route to a TKO victory.

For the reason that second Spong victory Amir’s career has failed to actually take off, shedding a Dutch title fight on his K-1 debut and making an unsuccessful bid for the World Full Contact Affiliation (W.F.C.A.) European title towards holder Imro Major in 2008[10] as he has moved up by the divisions. In 2010 he had a shot on the vacant E.M.T.A. European title, dropping to Murthel Groenhart by TKO. [11] In 2011 he had arguably his greatest struggle to date, showing great coronary heart but ultimately coming up quick in a 5 spherical battle against Sahak Parparyan for the vacant It’s Showtime 85MAX world title.

He misplaced to Bogdan Stoica by first round knockout at SUPERKOMBAT World Grand Prix IV 2013 in Giurgiu, Romania on October 12.[12][13][14]

Titles
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2005 World Kickboxing Community Dutch nationwide champion

Kickboxing report(incomplete)
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Kickboxing Report
fifty one Wins , 19 Losses, 2 Draws

2013-10-12 Loss Bogdan Stoica SUPERKOMBAT World Grand Prix IV 2013 Giurgiu, Romania KO (left hook) 1

2012-07-21 Win Moises Ruibal It’s Showtime 59[15] Spain Decision three 3:00

2011-11-12 Win Moises Ruibal It’s Showtime 53[16] Tenerife, Spain TKO (referee stoppage) 3 2:53

2011-05-21 Loss Sahak Parparyan Fightclub presents: It is Showtime 2011 Amsterdam, Netherlands Resolution (Majority) 5 3:00

Fight was for vacant It is Showtime 85MAX world title -eighty five kg.

2010-02-27 Loss Murthel Groenhart Amsterdam Battle Membership three Amsterdam, Netherlands TKO (Doc Cease/Lower) 1

Combat was for vacant E.M.T.A. Okay-1 guidelines European title -76 kg.

2010-01-09 Loss Sem Braan Ring Sensation Championship: Uprising 12 Rotterdam, Netherlands Determination three 3:00

2009-10-25 Loss L’houcine Ouzgni High Crew Beverwijk Gala Beverwijk, Netherlands Determination three 3:00

2009-05-31 Loss Khalid Bourdif Subsequent Generation Warriors three Amsterdam, Netherlands Choice 3 3:00

2009-04-eleven Win Jamie de Vries Amsterdam Fight Club 2 Amsterdam, Netherlands Determination 3 3:00

2009-03-01 Loss Khalid Chabrani K-1 World MAX 2009 Europe, Title Fight Utrecht, Netherlands Choice (Unanimous) 5 3:00

Combat was for vacant N.K.B.B. Dutch title -76 kg.

2008 Loss Sem Braan It’s Showtime Reality Present ’08, Semi-closing Koh Samui, Thailand Choice 3 3:00

2008 Win Florin Vintilla It’s Showtime Reality Show ’08 Koh Samui, Thailand Determination 3 3:00

2008 Win Issaoui Halim It’s Showtime Actuality Present ’08 Koh Samui, Thailand Decision 3 3:00

2008-07-05 Loss Imro Predominant Amsterdam Fight Club Amsterdam, Netherlands KO (Knees) 2

Combat was for Main’s W.F.C.A. mild heavyweight European title -79.38 kg.

2007-06-02 Loss Yücel Fidan Gentleman Struggle Night Tilburg Tilburg, Netherlands KO (Punches) 5

2007-04-29 Loss Pajonsuk Beatdown Gala Amsterdam, Netherlands Determination 5 3:00

2007-03-25 Win Tyrone Spong Rings Gala, Vechtsenbanen Utrecht, Netherlands TKO (Ref Cease/Punches) 3 1:Forty nine

2007-02-02 Loss Karapet Papijan It is Showtime 75MAX Trophy Zwolle, Semi-ultimate Zwolle, Netherlands Decision three 3:00

2007-02-02 Win Ruben van der Giessen It’s Showtime 75MAX Trophy Zwolle, Quarter-last Zwolle, Netherlands Determination 3 3:00

2006-05-thirteen Loss José Reis SuperLeague Elimination 2006, Semi-last Vienna, Austria Decision three 3:00

2006-05-13 Win Hamid Boujaoub SuperLeague Elimination 2006, Quarter-final Vienna, Austria TKO (Corner Cease/Leg Harm) 2 3:00

2006-03-11 Loss Jordan Tai SuperLeague Apocalypse 2006 Paris, France TKO (Ref Stop/Punches) 2

2006-01-28 Loss István Tóth SuperLeague Hungary 2006 Budapest, Hungary Resolution (Unanimous) 3 3:00

2005-12-11 Loss Imro Foremost Rings Struggle Gala, Semi-final Utrecht, Netherlands Decision 3 3:00

2005-11-19 Win Karim Aliouane SuperLeague Portugal 2005 Carcavelos, Portugal Determination (Unanimous) three 3:00

2005-06-26 Win Abder Bechiri Day of the Panther Zaandam, Netherlands KO 1

Wins W.Okay.N. Dutch national title.

2005-04-03 Loss Rayen Simson Rings Muay Thai Gala Utrecht, Netherlands TKO (Nook Stop/Towel) 5

2004-12-12 Win Melvin Rozenblad Free Battle Event XX Utrecht, Netherlands TKO (Low Kicks) 2

2004-10-10 Loss Gago Drago 2 Scorching 2 Handle Rotterdam, Netherlands Resolution (Unanimous) 5 3:00

2004-06-? Draw Youssef Aknikh Netherlands Choice Draw 5 3:00

2004-04-04 Loss Benito Caupain Rings Gala Utrecht Utrecht, Netherlands KO (Left Hook) 5

2003-11-30 Win Cedric Bacuna Killerdome IV Amsterdam, Netherlands TKO (Ref Cease/2 Knockdowns) 1

2003-02-02 Win Melvin Rozenblad Killerdome II Amsterdam, Netherlands KO (Right Punch) 2

2002-06-21 Win Karim El Assati Zonnehuis Gala Amsterdam, Netherlands KO (Low kick) four

2002-05-19 Win Tyrone Spong Itai-Te Promotions, Thaiboksgala Predators III Amsterdam, Netherlands KO (Slam) 4 0:47

Checklist of It’s Showtime events

List of It’s Showtime champions

Chakuriki Pancration Official webpage

^ “Amir Zeyada”. GLORY Kickboxing. GLORY Kickboxing. Retrieved eleven August 2025.

^ “It is Showtime 49: Sahak Hak Parparyan vs. Amir “The Sphinx” Zeyada”. Tapology. Tapology. Retrieved eleven August 2025.

^ “amir versus tyrone #1 (Combat Video)”. www.youtube.com. 18 April 2007. Retrieved 2011-05-07.

^ “Amir Zeyada turn out to be Dutch Champion – Chakuriki Pancration”. pancration.web. Archived from the unique on August 24, 2011. Retrieved 2011-05-07.

^ “AMIR ZEYADA IN SUPERLEAQUE (Dutch language – also mentions early career fights)”. www.kickbox.nl. Archived from the original on 2011-07-25. Retrieved 2011-05-07.

^ “Battlefield Portugal was paved with Land Mines! (Fight Report)”. www.superleague.television. Archived from the original on 2011-10-02. Retrieved 2011-05-07.

^ “Superleague Fighter particulars – Amir ZEYADA”. www.superleague.tv. Archived from the original on 2011-10-02. Retrieved 2011-05-07.

^ “Picture Report: It’s Showtime Trophy 02/02/2007 Zwolle (Dutch Language)”. www.mixfight.nl. Retrieved 2010-12-21.

^ “for Tyrone spong fans – Sherdog Blended Martial Arts Forums”. www.sherdog.web. Archived from the unique on 2012-03-23. Retrieved 2011-05-07.

^ “Amir Zeyada vs Imro Important (European title combat – Dutch language)”. www.kickbox.nl. Archived from the original on 2011-07-25. Retrieved 2011-05-07.

^ “a.s. Zondag Murthel Groenhart vs Amir Zeyada (Dutch language)”. www.mixfight.nl. Retrieved 2011-05-07.

^ SUPERKOMBAT WGP IV in Giurgiu Card Announced

^ Super Kombat Giurgiu set for October 12 Archived 2013-10-10 on the Wayback Machine

^ Weekend Results: SuperKombat WGP Giurgiu

^ “It is Showtime 59”. MuayThaiTV. MuayThaiTV. Retrieved eleven August 2025.

^ “It is Showtime 53: Jorge vs. Illunga”. Tapology. Tapology. Retrieved 11 August 2025.

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1984 births

Dutch male kickboxers

Egyptian male kickboxers

Cruiserweight kickboxers

Middleweight kickboxers

Dutch male Muay Thai practitioners

Egyptian Muay Thai practitioners

Martial artists from Amsterdam

Dutch folks of Egyptian descent

Egyptian emigrants to the Netherlands

21st-century Egyptian sportsmen

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