Sabriye Şengül

Sabriye Şengül (born 12 November 1988) is a Turkish female professional boxer and world champion kickboxer. She also competes in mixed martial arts events.

Martial Arts career
Sabriye Şengül was born in Trabzon, northern Turkey on 12 November 1988. Her sports career began with playing handball. Upon her coach's advice, she switched over to boxing in 2006. She won three Turkish Boxing Championship titles.

In 2016, she became world champion in 57 kg kickboxing winning over Belgian Vanessa de Waelle by points at the WKU World Title Fight in Kickboxing with Knie held in Istanbul, Turkey. She won the world champion title for the second time defeating Austrian Christin Fedller at the ISKA Vendetta Professional World Kickboxing Championships in Vienna, Austria in 2018.

By April 2017, she signed for the flyweight division of the mixed martial arts event Bellator MMA. At her first fight for Bellator London 2 in November 2019, she lost to Dutch Denise Kielholtz by Americana submission in 32 seconds in the first round.

Şengül participated at Survivor Turkey's 2019 season.

By June 2021, she fought in a MMA game against French Mona Ftouhi in Dubai, UAE, and won by points decision.

Şengül faced Keri Taylor-Melendez on November 17, 2023 at Bellator 301. At weigh ins, Keri Taylor-Melendez weighed in at 126.6 pounds, .6 pounds over the flyweight limit. The bout proceeded at catchweight and Taylor-Melendez was fined a percentage of her purse which went to Sengül. She lost the bout via guillotine choke in the second round.