PERSONAL INFORMATION
Born: Sares Yacouba, Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire
Nickname: N/A
Date of Birth: N/A
Weight: 185LBS/83.91kg
Division: Middleweight
Pro MMA Record: [1-3-0]
EARLY LIFE
Sares Yacouba is an Ivorian upcoming fighter who has been making a name for himself in the combat sports industry. The athlete has participated in many competitions, but most are unrecorded and are at amateur level. Yacouba debuted his MMA Pro career in 2022 at Lome, Togo, facing Benin champion Cherif Drame. Since his debut, Yacouba has been in four challenging fights. He has been on the verge of facing more formidable opponents to test his skills and make a name for himself.
MMA CAREER
The fighter has competed nationally and internationally at tournaments like Lome Fight Night International 8 & 9 and AKO 1 & 2. His first fight was against Cherif Drame and he fought hard in this battle, scoring some blows and wrestling his opponent to the ground. Unfortunately, Drame always managed to get the upper hand on him and he was defeated in round three via unanimous decision.
His next bout was against John Kennedy in the middleweight division. Yacouba came in strong at the first round and delivered a flurry of deadly kicks and punches. His tenacity left Kennedy struggling to make it through the next minutes and the fight ended with Yacouba victorious after three punch-packed rounds via unanimous decision.
At the main card middleweight division in the African Knockout show [AKO], he squared up against Segun Ogunnoiki who completely blindsided Yacouba with a fury of punches. The battle went on to round three but by then, Yacouba had already suffered multiple blows. He ended up losing the match via unanimous decision. The Ivorian’s following bout saw him dominated by Daniel Emeka, and he succumbed in the third round after receiving a deadly strike that knocked him out followed by heavy ground pounding to the body and face
MMA RECORD
Yacouba has competed mainly in the middleweight division. He has shown a preference for Muay Thai and Kickboxing skills in his MMA bouts.
| W/L/D | RECORD AFTER FIGHT | OPPONENT | FIGHT LIBRARY |
| L | 1-3-0 | DANIEL EMEKA | https://www.youtube.com/shorts/fTTuwyj_XJs |
| L | 1-2-0 | SEGUN OGUNNOIKI | |
| W | 1-1-0 | JOHN KENNEDY | |
| L | 0-1-0 | CHERIF DRAME |
