Nordine Taleb (Arabic: نوردين طالب, born June 10, 1981) is a French-Canadian professional mixed martial artist.
Taleb began his professional career with a unanimous decision victory, before losing his next bout via TKO.
[5] Taleb was the much quicker man and was able to move in and out of range quickly, which reduced the amount of strikes he took from Sell.
The referee stopped the fight early in the second round and Taleb was declared the ROC Welterweight Champion.
[7] Taleb controlled MacGrath in the opening round, by utilising his reach advantage via straight punches.
Taleb's opponent in the quarterfinal was the first-and-only DREAM welterweight champion Marius Žaromskis.
In a rare move, the UFC revealed in March 2014 that Taleb would also appear as a participant on the next season of the show, The Ultimate Fighter: Team Edgar vs.
[9] Taleb lost his preliminary fight to get into the house against Mike King via decision after a sudden victory round.
Team Penn, Taleb appeared on the event leading up to its premiere as he faced fellow contestant Vik Grujic at The Ultimate Fighter Nations Finale.
[28] However, Aliev was removed from the card for undisclosed reasons in early December and was replaced by Danny Roberts.
[37] However, it was reported on April 24, 2019 that Bahadurzada pulled out of the bout citing injury,[38] and he is replaced by newcomer Kyle Prepolec.
[42] After being released by the UFC, Taleb was expected to headline ARES 2 on April 3, 2020, against Maarten Wouters.