Sabriye Şengül

Sabriye Şengül (born 12 November 1988) is a Turkish female professional boxer and world champion kickboxer. She competes also in mixed martial arts event.[1]

Sabriye Şengül
Born (1988-11-12) 12 November 1988
Trabzon, Turkey
NationalityTurkish
Weight57.0 kg (125.7 lb; 8.98 st)
DivisionFlyweight
StyleBoxing, Kickboxing, MMA
Mixed martial arts record
Total1
Wins0
Losses1
By submission1
last updated on: 24 November 2019

Sabriye Şengül was born in Trabzon, northern Turkey on 12 November 1988. Her sports career began with playing handball. Upon her coach's advice, she switsched over to boxing in 2006. She won three Turkish Boxing Championship titles.[1]

In 2016, she became world champion in 57 kg kickboxing winning over Belgian Vanessa de Waelle by points at the WKU World Title Fight in Kickboxing with Knie held in Istanbul, Turkey.[2] She won the world champion title for the seconf time defeating Austrian Christin Fedller at the ISKA Vendetta Professional World Kickboxing Championships in Vienna, Austria in 2018.[3]

Bty April 2017, she signed for the flyweight division of the mixed martial arts event Bellator MMA.[4] At her first fight for Bellator London 2 in November 2019, she lost to Dutch Denise Kielholtz by Americana submission in 32 seconds in the first round.[5]

Şengül participated at Survivor Turkey's 2019 season.[5]

References
  1. "Sabriye Şengül kimdir ve kaç yaşında? Kafes dövüşüne girmişti!". Hürriyet (in Turkish). 1 December 2019. Retrieved 1 December 2019.
  2. "WKU World Title Fight Istanbul! -60Kg Kickboxing with Knie". WKU World. 24 April 2016. Retrieved 1 December 2019.
  3. "Sabriye Şengül, Dünya şampiyonu oldu Kaynak: Sabriye Şengül, Dünya şampiyonu oldu". Szcü (in Turkish). 19 November 2018. Retrieved 1 December 2019.
  4. Raimondi, Marc (28 April 2017). "Bellator boosts women's flyweight division with six new signings". MMA Fighting. Retrieved 1 December 2019.
  5. "Survivor Sabriye Şengül, kafes dövüşünde rakibine 32 saniye dayanabildi". Fanatik (in Turkish). 24 November 2019. Retrieved 1 December 2019.
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