{"id":559878,"date":"2026-03-23T22:49:11","date_gmt":"2026-03-23T22:49:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/559878\/"},"modified":"2026-03-23T22:49:11","modified_gmt":"2026-03-23T22:49:11","slug":"youtube-star-youssef-dalil-secures-first-mma-victory-youtube-star-youssef-dalil-secures-first-mma-victory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/559878\/","title":{"rendered":"Youtube Star Youssef Dalil Secures First MMA Victory Youtube Star Youssef Dalil Secures First MMA Victory"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Rabat \u2013\u00a0 Years after his viral video about jinn, Moroccan content creator and fighter Youssef Dalil earned his first amateur MMA win, a victory over Australian opponent Josh George at Future Fight League 2.<\/p>\n<p>The fight took place on Saturday in Whitaker Center Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, as a part of an event featuring amateur MMA bouts.The three-round bout ended by decision in favor of Dalil. Despite the pressure of a debut appearance, Dalil delivered a great performance with solid strikes and control.<\/p>\n<p>The event was the second one in the promotion\u2019s history, making it a relatively new MMA organization.<\/p>\n<p>This victory comes years after a video of Dalil as a child <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=jH3g-fEhvZw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">went viral<\/a> in 2018 on social media, in which he tries to summoning jinn (spirits). Dalil\u2019s fame shortly took off on YouTube, known for making humorous sketches.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Moroccan athlete stated that beyond his presence on social media platforms like YouTube, he has long been practicing martial arts. He says he began training since childhood, earning a Taekwondo black belt at the young age of 13.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJust secured my first Amateur MMA win, but there\u2019s still plenty to improve on. The grind begins now. Next time, I\u2019m aiming for a finish,\u201d he <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/DWLdS2wCYUq\/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&amp;igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">said<\/a> in an Instagram post.<\/p>\n<p>With both fighters seeking to secure an early statement in their amateur careers, the fight was a tough challenge for both of them.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Dalil\u2019s successful debut will mark a promising start for his MMA career.<\/p>\n<p>Morocco World News is also on X \u2014\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/MoroccoWNews\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">check out<\/a>\u00a0our latest posts now! Get MWN on iOS and Android for instant access to breaking news.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Rabat \u2013\u00a0 Years after his viral video about jinn, Moroccan content creator and fighter Youssef Dalil earned his&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":559879,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[570],"tags":[64,63,786,785,24604,85,276309],"class_list":["post-559878","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mma","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-fighting","tag-mma","tag-morocco","tag-sports","tag-youssef-dalil"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/559878","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=559878"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/559878\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/559879"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=559878"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=559878"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=559878"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}