Former Olympic wrestler and undefeated heavyweight prospect Slim Trabelsi has been signed by the UFC. He’ll struggle Parker Porter on UFC 280
The UFC has signed Tunisian heavyweight Slim Trabelsi, and he’ll make his promotional debut towards Parker Porter at UFC 280 on Oct. 22 in Abu Dhabi. Trabelsi is a former beginner wrestler, coaching out of MMA Manufacturing unit. He has educated with Ngannou and Gane. One to regulate.
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The ufc is starting to get some youth into the big man division.
Good signing. For 4-0 he’s beaten some credible guys that tell you it’s not too early at all.
Wasn’t Hamdy Abdelwahab due to fight Parker?
This is a great signing. Trabelsi is one of the best heavyweight prospects out there.
Slim; What a great name for a HW
Porter got mauled by Jailton in his last fight and is now fighting a fromer Olympian. Poor guy.
He looked genuinely impressive in his last fight, fought through some early adversity before destroying the other guy. Excited to see how far he goes
FUCK YES
Slim is a stud and improving stupidly fast
give my boy parker porter a break LOL
My name is what my name is who chicka chicka Slim Trabelsi
Sherdog shows him at 235lbs, Tapology says his last weigh in was at 236.8lbs. They can’t agree on whether he is 6’1″ or 6’3″.
Looking at highlights he looks like a strong dude with a bit of regular person body fat to drop. Seems like it wouldn’t take much for this guy to end up at LHW instead.
Just to make it clear olympic wrestler doesn’t mean much.
Qualifying to the Olympics is extremely hard in US,Cuba,iran,Russia pretty easy though if you’re from other country.
To put things in perspective he’s from Tunisia the 50th ranked heavyweight from US or Russia would ragdoll an olympian from Tunisia for example.
Here’s a recent fight of his in Ares.
Doesn’t look like a world-beater yet, he got dropped and lit up bad and then gassed heavily at the end of the 2nd lol
ahhh Heavyweight….
Slim Travels
Good luck Peter Parker
He’s not nearly fat and sloppy enough to be a heavyweight. Get this guy the number for Khamzat’s caterer.
Peter Porker
If his nickname isn’t”Big” it’s a missed opportunity. “Big Slim”
Ciryl Gane training partners right?
On Sherdog he is listed at 235. Is that the weight he most recently fought at?
Guy named Slim fighter Parker Porter, I know there’s a joke here somewhere
Hopefully they vetted him better than that one dude who completely made up his professional record and scooby-doo’d his way into the UFC for a fight
OOUUU he struggled big time in his last fight. Got knocked down twice in the first round and was gassed after the first. We definitely need heavy weights but that’s all this guy looks to be. I didn’t see anything super impressive
One wrestlefuck coming up !
Ain’t nothing slim about him, *including* his hog.
Ofc he’ll fight Parker Portly Portly, arch nemesis and secret twin of peter parker. He also has superpowers, but a much more menacing foe, hypertension and arterial clogging.
“Mom my superhero suit is too tight”
Best of luck Peter Patly