{"id":6279,"date":"2025-07-06T19:55:02","date_gmt":"2025-07-06T18:55:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mmamag.ma\/en\/?p=6279"},"modified":"2025-07-07T20:13:00","modified_gmt":"2025-07-07T19:13:00","slug":"hamid-modar-wins-the-wako-pro-african-title-a-moroccan-triumph-reshaping-the-continental-combat-landscape","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mmamag.ma\/en\/hamid-modar-wins-the-wako-pro-african-title-a-moroccan-triumph-reshaping-the-continental-combat-landscape\/","title":{"rendered":"Hamid Modar Wins the WAKO PRO African Title: A Moroccan Triumph Reshaping the Continental Combat Landscape"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"2326\" data-end=\"2744\">On Saturday, July 5th, 2025, Moroccan fighter <strong data-start=\"2372\" data-end=\"2387\">Hamid Modar<\/strong> claimed a significant victory by winning the <strong data-start=\"2433\" data-end=\"2494\">professional African championship title in K-1 kickboxing<\/strong>, in the under-66.8 kg category, under the banner of the <strong data-start=\"2551\" data-end=\"2563\">WAKO PRO<\/strong> global organization. The fight took place in <strong data-start=\"2609\" data-end=\"2618\">Dakar<\/strong>, the capital of Senegal, where Modar outclassed his opponent, <strong data-start=\"2681\" data-end=\"2697\">Mozo Francis<\/strong> from C\u00f4te d\u2019Ivoire, after five intense rounds.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"2746\" data-end=\"3056\">With sharp tactics and clear technical superiority, Modar dictated the pace of the fight, demonstrating that Moroccan fighters are not just present, but <strong data-start=\"2899\" data-end=\"2914\">competitive<\/strong> on the continental stage. This win is more than personal\u2014it calls into question Morocco\u2019s broader positioning in combat sports across Africa.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"3058\" data-end=\"3430\">In the same event, Moroccan athlete <strong data-start=\"3094\" data-end=\"3116\">Mourad El Aaroussi<\/strong> lost on points in a close match against Senegalese fighter <strong data-start=\"3176\" data-end=\"3195\">Kassimir Diatta<\/strong>, in the under-69 kg Low Kick category.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\"  id=\"_ytid_70600\"  width=\"696\" height=\"391\"  data-origwidth=\"696\" data-origheight=\"391\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/SQ3CBqxfFrI?enablejsapi=1&#038;autoplay=0&#038;cc_load_policy=0&#038;cc_lang_pref=&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;loop=0&#038;modestbranding=0&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;playsinline=0&#038;autohide=2&#038;theme=dark&#038;color=red&#038;controls=1&#038;\" class=\"__youtube_prefs__  epyt-is-override  no-lazyload\" title=\"YouTube player\"  allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen data-no-lazy=\"1\" data-skipgform_ajax_framebjll=\"\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"3058\" data-end=\"3430\">Both fighters were technically coached by <strong data-start=\"3277\" data-end=\"3294\">Ahmed Mellahi<\/strong> and <strong data-start=\"3299\" data-end=\"3322\">Mohamed El Aaroussi<\/strong>, reflecting a level of preparation and professionalism worthy of Morocco\u2019s growing international ambitions.<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"3432\" data-end=\"3472\">A turning point or isolated success?<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"3474\" data-end=\"3711\">Does Modar\u2019s victory signal the start of a <strong data-start=\"3517\" data-end=\"3548\">structured Moroccan project<\/strong> in combat sports on the continent? Are individual achievements enough, or is there a need for a strategic national framework aligned with international standards?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"3713\" data-end=\"3922\">What\u2019s certain is that this success must be <strong data-start=\"3757\" data-end=\"3770\">leveraged<\/strong> to build long-term momentum. Morocco now has the talent\u2014but can it turn that talent into a sustainable position of leadership in African combat sports?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Saturday, July 5th, 2025, Moroccan fighter Hamid Modar claimed a significant victory by winning the professional African championship title in K-1 kickboxing, in the under-66.8 kg category, under the banner of the WAKO PRO global organization. The fight took place in Dakar, the capital of Senegal, where Modar outclassed his opponent, Mozo Francis from [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6280,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19,88],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-6279","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-kick-kickboxing-muay-thai","8":"category-kickboxing-muay-thai"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmamag.ma\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6279"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmamag.ma\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmamag.ma\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmamag.ma\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmamag.ma\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6279"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mmamag.ma\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6279\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6281,"href":"https:\/\/mmamag.ma\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6279\/revisions\/6281"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmamag.ma\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6280"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmamag.ma\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6279"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmamag.ma\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6279"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmamag.ma\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6279"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}