Elias Boudegzdame never stepped into the ring without his menacing smile which earned him the nick name “Smile”. The 23 year old featherweight is one of the most dreaded Algerians to walk into the cage of any MMA promotion. His career is going strong with 13 wins, riding an ongoing 4 fight win streak. Most of his victories had come out of submissions. The diversity in his submission victories make him lethal on the ground while he is punishing enough on stand-up to force his opponents to go for the clinch or ground game.
As much as he is feared in the ring, he is loved by his fans and commands the respect of a generation that closely follows MMA in Algeria and France.