BAD MMA - The origins of combat™ » slim trabelsi https://www.badmma.com The BADDEST Brand on the Planet™ Fri, 24 Jul 2026 06:38:48 +0000 en-US hourly 1 Slim Trabelsi says he’s ready for top-five opponent after emotional U.S. debut at Bellator 300 https://www.badmma.com/slim-trabelsi-says-hes-ready-for-top-five-opponent-after-emotional-u-s-debut-at-bellator-300.html https://www.badmma.com/slim-trabelsi-says-hes-ready-for-top-five-opponent-after-emotional-u-s-debut-at-bellator-300.html#comments Tue, 10 Oct 2023 16:27:49 +0000 BAD MMA News https://www.badmma.com/slim-trabelsi-says-hes-ready-for-top-five-opponent-after-emotional-u-s-debut-at-bellator-300.html SAN DIEGO – After he submitted Davion Franklin this past Saturday, Slim Trabelsi broke down in tears against the fence. Trabelsi (6-0 MMA, 1-0 BMMA) went through more to get to his Bellator and U.S. debut than most fighters could even fathom. It’s almost as if Franklin (6-2 MMA, 6-2 BMMA) never had a chance if the MMA gods had destined Trabelsi to be rewarded for the trials and tribulations on the way to Bellator 300

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]]> https://www.badmma.com/slim-trabelsi-says-hes-ready-for-top-five-opponent-after-emotional-u-s-debut-at-bellator-300.html/feed 0 Slim Trabelsi will reflect on his Bellator 300 journey later – for now, he has a job to do https://www.badmma.com/slim-trabelsi-will-reflect-on-his-bellator-300-journey-later-for-now-he-has-a-job-to-do.html https://www.badmma.com/slim-trabelsi-will-reflect-on-his-bellator-300-journey-later-for-now-he-has-a-job-to-do.html#comments Fri, 06 Oct 2023 22:48:49 +0000 BAD MMA News https://www.badmma.com/slim-trabelsi-will-reflect-on-his-bellator-300-journey-later-for-now-he-has-a-job-to-do.html SAN DIEGO – Slim Trabelsi ’s journey to Bellator no doubt was more trying than the path taken by the vast majority of his contemporaries. Trabelsi, the first Bellator fighter from Tunisia, spent years, he said, struggling to legally cross European borders and with finances. Before he got to Bellator, he thought he was in the UFC – until a controversial clash between managers kept him out of the promotion. That was just another bump in a road filled with them

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]]> https://www.badmma.com/slim-trabelsi-will-reflect-on-his-bellator-300-journey-later-for-now-he-has-a-job-to-do.html/feed 0 Three fighters off UFC 280 card in Abu Dhabi https://www.badmma.com/three-fighters-off-ufc-280-card-in-abu-dhabi.html https://www.badmma.com/three-fighters-off-ufc-280-card-in-abu-dhabi.html#comments Sun, 18 Sep 2022 16:24:32 +0000 BAD MMA News https://www.badmma.com/three-fighters-off-ufc-280-card-in-abu-dhabi.html The UFC 280 lineup is stacked from top to bottom, but it’s a little less lengthy than it was seven days ago. Three fighters are off the card for different reasons, MMA Junkie has learned. All three combatants were expected to compete on the prelims of the Oct. 22 pay-per-view event at Etihad Arena in Abu Dhabi. UFC 280 is headlined by two title fights. In the main event, Charles Oliveira defends the UFC lightweight championship against Islam Makhachev.

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Three fighters off UFC 280 card in Abu Dhabi – MMA Junkie

]]> https://www.badmma.com/three-fighters-off-ufc-280-card-in-abu-dhabi.html/feed 0 With Hamdy Abdelwahab out, Slim Trabelsi steps in to face Parker Porter at UFC 280 https://www.badmma.com/with-hamdy-abdelwahab-out-slim-trabelsi-steps-in-to-face-parker-porter-at-ufc-280.html https://www.badmma.com/with-hamdy-abdelwahab-out-slim-trabelsi-steps-in-to-face-parker-porter-at-ufc-280.html#comments Tue, 13 Sep 2022 12:51:33 +0000 BAD MMA News https://www.badmma.com/with-hamdy-abdelwahab-out-slim-trabelsi-steps-in-to-face-parker-porter-at-ufc-280.html Slim Trabelsi has signed with the UFC and will make his debut next month. Hamdy Abdelwahab has been forced out of UFC 280 and Trabelsi (5-0 MMA, 0-0 UFC) will step in to face Parker Porter (13-7 MMA, 3-2 UFC) on Oct. 22 at Etihad Arena on Yas Island, Abu Dhabi. A person with knowledge of his removal from the card told MMA Junkie his withdrawal is for a non-injury reason. ESPN was first to report the news of the booking. Tunisia’s Trabelsi, a former amateur wrestler, has trained with the likes of UFC heavyweight champion Francis Ngannou and former interim champ Ciryl Gane at MMA Factory Paris

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