Yousri Belgaroui (born 2 June 1992) is a Tunisian-Dutch kickboxer and mixed martial artist who competes in the middleweight division of Glory, where he is former three-time Glory Middleweight Championship challenger.
He was ranked as a top ten middleweight by Combat Press between November 2021 and March 2022, peaking at No. 2
Belgaroui was born in Amsterdam to a Tunisian father and a Dutch mother.
He holds a degree in Public Governance and Management from the University of Amsterdam.
He works as a commentator for Veronica TV.
2016
In 2016 Belgaroui entered the Glory Middleweight Contender's Tournament, held at Glory 34: Denver on October 21, 2016.
In the semi-finals, he won a unanimous decision over Ariel Machado, but lost a split decision to Israel Adesanya in the tournament finals.
2017
Yousri entered the 2017 Middleweight Contender Tournament as well, which was held at Glory 40: Copenhagen on April 29, 2017, and was booked to face Agron Preteni in the semifinals.
He beat Preteni by a unanimous decision, and faced the future champion Alex Pereira in the tournament finals.
Belgaroui won the fight by a unanimous decision.
After his tournament win, Yousri faced Jason Wilnis at Glory 45: Amsterdam on July 30, 2017.
He won in the first round due to doctor's stoppage.
Belgaroui challenged Alex Pereira for the Glory Middleweight Championship at Glory 49: Rotterdam on December 9, 2017.
Pereira won the fight by a third-round technical knockout.
2018
In his next match, at Glory 53: Lille on May 12, 2018, Belgaroui beat Dawid Kasperski by a second-round technical knockout.
This earned him the chance to once again fight for the Glory Middleweight Championship, as he was scheduled to face Pereira at Glory 55: New York on July 20, 2018.
Pereira won the fight by a first-round knockout.
Belgaroui bounced back with a first-round knockout of Yassine Ahaggan at Glory 60: Lyon on October 20, 2018, but would lose a unanimous decision to Donovan Wisse at Glory 65: Utrecht on May 17, 2019, in his very next fight.
Yousri won his next fights against Ulric Bokeme at Glory 69: Düsseldorf by unanimous decision, and against Jakob Styben at Glory 75: Utrecht by a second-round technical knockout.
Belgaroui was scheduled to fight Donovan Wisse at Glory 78: Rotterdam on September 4, 2021, for the vacant Glory Middleweight Championship.
He lost the fight by a third-round technical knockout.
Belgaroui made his MMA debut at UAE Warriors Arabia, being scheduled to fight Badreddine Diani.
He won the fight by a unanimous decision.
He was next scheduled to fight Sallah-Eddine Dekhissi at UAE Warriors 17, three months after his professional debut.
He won the fight by knockout in the first round.
Belgaroui was expected to face Mohamad Osseili at UAE Warriors 23: Arabia 5 on August 28, 2021.
The fight was later cancelled for undisclosed reasons.
Belgaroui was booked to face Ahmed Sami at UAE Warriors 25: Africa on February 25, 2022.
He lost the fight by split decision.
Belgaroui was booked to face Samir Zaidi at UAE Warriors 27 on March 25, 2022.
He won the bout via TKO stoppage in the first round.
Belgaroui faced Mohamad Osseili at UAE Warriors 31 on July 3, 2022, in his second fight of the year.
He lost the bout via unanimous decision.
Belgaroui faced Bogdan Kotlovyanov at Levels Fight League 7 on February 5, 2023.
He won the fight by a first-round knockout.
Less than a month later, Belgaroui faced Stefan Pretorius on February 24, 2023, at UAE Warriors 35, winning the bout via TKO stoppage in the second round.
Belgaroui faced Marco Tulio Silva on August 29, 2023 at Dana White's Contender Series 60.
He lost the fight via unanimous decision.
Belgaroui was scheduled to face Nathias Frederick in a light heavyweight bout at LFL 10 on October 29, 2023.
However, Frederick withdrew from the bout and was replaced by Giorgi Kvelidze.
