DARE 1/11 SPECIAL EVENT
Dare Fight Sports is very proud to present The Special Event of DARE 1/11, at Club Insomnia on June 25th:
Ferrid Kheder VS Zorobabel Moreira Jr.
The fight is in the Middleweight Division of DARE Championship (–79 kilos) and features two highly accomplished fighters with 21 MMA wins between them. It will be a battle between Judo and Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu as Moreira holds a Black Belt in BJJ and is also a World Champion grappler wheres Kheder holds a Black Belt in Judo, a discipline in which he has also competed in the Olympics.
FERRID KHEDER
Kheder is a well known figure in the world of Mixed Martial Arts who holds a professional record of 18-5 and has faced UFC veterans Paulo Thiago, Drew Fickett and Hermes Franca.
He has never been stopped in his MMA career, which began in 2005, and has a tendency to finish fights with eight of his wins coming by way of submission and seven by way of KO or TKO.
Kheder, who is of mixed French and Tunisian heritage, has fought all over the world and has lost only one of his last 15 fights.
He fights out of Wand Fight Team – Wanderlei Silvas’s MMA gym and fight team located in Las Vegas:
ZOROBABEL MOREIRA Jr.
Moreira is a world class grappler, with a pro MMA record of 3-1, who has won multiple BJJ titles at a local and national level and is also a Mundials World Champion. In the highly competitive world of BJJ this places him very near to the top of the tree and the Brazilian is known to have been working extremely hard on his stand up skills.
The fact that he has agreed to fight such a high caliber opponent as Ferrid Kheder, at such short notice demonstrates that Moreira is serious about building his MMA career and testing himself against the best in the business.
He fights out of Evolve MMA in Singapore. For more information visit:
JAMES GOYDER’S PREVIEW
James Goyder is a freelance journalist who is based in Bangkok and has been covering the martial arts scene in the region for the last three years. He is the owner of the South East Asian MMA website and his articles have appeared in newspapers, magazines and websites such as Fox Sports, ESPN Star Sports, Fighters Only, Bloody Elbow, the Bangkok Post and The Nation.
He is excited to see another fight being added to the Dare 1/11 card at such short notice,
“This is a fight which most MMA shows would be happy to have as a main event so the fact that it has been added to the card at such late notice is a real bonus for the fans.
Kheder is a true veteran who has been in there with some of the best in the business and has some of the strongest Judo skills in the world of MMA. Moreira is definitely the underdog but his BJJ is outstanding and if the fight goes to the ground he will feel he has a clear advantage, even though his opponent is also something of a submission specialist.
Moreira has been working very hard on his Muay Thai and stand up skills and it looks set to be an extremely close and well contested contest,” he said.
The fight will take place at DARE 1/11, on the 25th of June at Club Insomnia Bangkok.
Doors open at 4pm – Fights start approx. 5pm.
Only 300 tickets available!
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