Chatri once made negative comments about Ennahachi. He said Ennahachi did not deserve to win when protecting the belt in February 2021 against Superlek Kiatmuu9. In the end of the match, instead of playing, Ennahachi chose to run around the competition to preserve the victory.
Chatri used to want Ennahachi and Superlek to rematch immediately, but the training team of the Dutch boxers continuously abolished for a long time. According to Chatri, Ennahachi was afraid of losing the title when rematching, so he had to wait until the time he was about to be deprived of belt to agree to continue. It is the anxiety that Ennahachi cannot squeeze the weight.
“Ennahachi played a larger weight to avoid Superlek rematch,” Chatri said. However, Ennahachi made a statement to challenge all opponents like Superlek and RotTang to play with him. The condition he offers is that they will have to play in Ennahachi's new weight class.
At the One Lumpine 6 event, Ilias Ennahachi played in the Bantamweight weight class and met Aliasghar Ghodisaraskan. Before an inferior opponent both in terms of qualifications and experience, Ennahachi played completely on the body. He overwhelmed most of his competition, then lowered Aliasghar with a left hook punch at the beginning of the second half.
Ennahachi's victory was also the first time Mr. Thuong Dai after more than 2 years of competition. He has kept One's Kickboxing championship belt of One Flyweight of One for 4 years. But by the beginning of this year, Ennahachi was stripped of the championship belt for overweight at the weight test for the One Fight Night 6 event.
Because he felt that he was no longer able to press the Flyweight relegation (61kg), Ennahachi decided to play in the new weight class, Bantamweight (66kg). The victory over Aliasghar shows that Ennahachi can play well in the new condition. Morocco's Dutch boxer himself believes he can improve more.
From a champion of One Championship, Ennahachi has been forgotten at One Lumpine 6. He has to play outside, not the media questioned the interview, even without bonuses even though he played very well. Surprisingly, Ennahachi was quite calm before this.
“I think I am the one who has the best match last night. It is true that I did not receive additional bonuses, I don't know why, but it's okay. It is important that I gave everyone a real match.