Goliath
Jamal Ben Saddik
Power and size at the top of the division. Punished by a ruleset that refuses to let a heavyweight rest in the clinch.
Jamal Ben Saddik is the largest genuine contender in the modern heavyweight division and has twice challenged Rico Verhoeven for the title. Another Mike's Gym product, he brings the power that camp is known for at a size that makes the clinch a real weapon rather than a two-second inconvenience.
That size is also the strategic problem he presents and the one he faces. Against him the standard answer is to keep moving and make him work, because a fighter carrying that much mass pays a conditioning cost over five rounds that a lighter opponent does not. His title fights have followed that shape closely.
He is the clearest current illustration of GLORY's ruleset shaping outcomes: under a code permitting the extended clinch he could rest and lean; under one that breaks it instantly, he cannot.