Early career He fought Denis Marjanović during FFC 13. El Bouni won the fight by a unanimous decision.
SUPERKOMBAT Ibrahim fought in the SUPERKOMBAT World Grand Prix, facing
Dawid Kasperski in the quarter-final. He lost a majority decision. In November 2014, he scored a KO victory over Henry Brinkman. El Bouni fought in the 2015 WFL 84 kg tournament. Despite defeating Clyde Brunswijk by decision in the semi-final, he in turn lost a decision to
Hicham El Gaoui in the final. He also took part in the A1 World Combat Cup 86 kg tournament. He won decision against Xheyal Ehmedov in the quarter-final,
Boubaker El Bakouri in the semi-final, and knocked
Ertugrul Bayrak out in the first round to win the tournament. El Bouni fought
Bogdan Stoica for the first time in 2015. He won the fight by a technical knockout, as Stoica suffered a leg injury in the first round, later deemed to be a knee ligament injury. El Bouni fought for the Real Fighter World Heavyweight Championship against
Redouan Cairo, but lost the fight by a late fifth-round knockout. He fought the former WAKO World champion
Dževad Poturak during
W5 Grand Prix "Legends in Prague". Ibrahim won the fight by TKO.
K-1 El Bouni had his first fight at heavyweight against
Makoto Uehara. He won the fight in the second round, with a left hook KO. Ibrahim fought during the WFL
Almere event, winning the fight in the third round by knockout. El Bouni participated in the
2017 K-1 Heavyweight Grand Prix. After winning the first two bouts against
Koichi and
Roel Mannaart by first-round knockout, he faced
Antonio Plazibat in the tournament finals. Plazibat won the fight by a unanimous decision. After his loss to Plazibat, he took part in the WFL Reserve Tournament. In the semi-finals he beat
Bogdan Stoica by decision, and won a unanimous decision against
Fred Sikking in the finals.
ONE Championship El Bouni signed for
ONE Championship in June 2018, and fought Andre Meunir in his organizational debut. El Bouni won the fight by a first-round KO. In his second fight with the organization, El Bouni fought
Tarik Khbabez. Khabez won the fight in the third round, by a TKO. El Bouni fought
Andrei Stoica during
ONE Championship: Roots of Honor. Stoica won the fight by a unanimous decision, although El Bouni complained of repeated fouls after the fight, as Stoica landed an inadvertent groin shot and eye poke during the bout.
Glory In early 2021, El Bouni signed with
Glory. He notched two unanimous decision victories, against Clyde Brunswijk at
Glory Rivals 1 and Badr Ferdaous at
Glory Rivals 2, before being booked to face Muhammed Balli in the main event of
Glory Rivals 3 on November 5, 2022. He stopped Balli with a left hook at the 2:14 minute mark of the opening round. El Bouni faced
Ștefan Lătescu at
Glory: Collision 6 on November 4, 2023. He lost the fight by a second-round technical knockout. El Bouni faced
Bogdan Stoica at
Glory 96 on October 12, 2024. He won the fight by unanimous decision, after an extra fourth round was contested. El Bouni faced
Michael Boapeah at
Glory 98 on February 22, 2025. He lost the fight via TKO in the third round, being knocked down 4 times, twice in round 2, and twice in round 3.
K-1 El Bouni faced Marco Black Diamond in the quarterfinals of the 2026 K-1 World Cruiserweight Grand Prix at
K-1 World GP 2026 - 90kg World Championship Tournament on February 8, 2026. He won the fight by unanimous decision, with three scorecards of 29—25 in his favor. El Bouni was eliminated in the tournament semifinals however, as he suffered a unanimous decision loss at the hands of
Nikita Kozlov, with scores of 30—26, 30—26 and 30—27. ==Championships and accomplishments==