Laid Zerhouni will welcome undefeated Alain Van De Merckt to the KSW cage. The duel between the Frenchman and the Belgian will take place on December 20 at the KSW 101 event in Paris.
Laïd Zerhouni, the Algerian-born, France-representing fighter who has finished almost all of his victorious bouts ahead of schedule, will return to the round cage at the XTB KSW 101 gala . His opponent will be KSW debutant Alain Van De Merckt the undefeated Belgian champion of the Levels Fight League organization. The fight will take place on December 20 at the Paris La Defense Arena in France.
Laïd Zerhouni (13-9 1NC)has had three fights in the round cage. He made his KSW debut at the XTB KSW 90 gala and instantly sent Bartosz Fabinski to the floor in the twelfth second of the fight. In his second fight, which took place at a gala in Paris, he also submitted Boubacar Niakaté in the first round. The third time Laïd fought was in September this year, and he had to acknowledge the superiority of Radoslaw Paczuski. However, the fight was so impressive that it was voted the best clash of the evening.
The Algerian-born fighter has 23 fights to his credit, thirteen of which he won. Twelve times he finished his rivals before time, and ten times he did it already in the first round. Zerhouni is a versatile fighter, who can both submit and knock out his opponent. He holds the middleweight championship belt of the French Hexagone MMA organization, and is ranked eighth in the KSW rankings.
Alain Van De Merckt (8-0) has been competing professionally since 2022 and has been going like a storm through his fights. To date, he has fought eight fights and won all of them before time. Four times he has knocked out and the same number of times he has submitted his rivals. Six times he triumphed already in the first round. He fought most of his fights in the Netherlands, but also competed in his native Belgium. He last fought in April this year and won the middleweight championship belt of the local Levels Fight League organization at a gala in Amsterdam.