Magomed Magomedmirzaevich Abdulkadirov (russian: Магомед Магомедмирзаевич Абдулкадиров; born 3 December 1990) is a Russian

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and black belt

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athlete. He is a multiple world champion in grappling and a Master of Sports of international class in grappling. Abdulkadirov is currently signed to

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Background

Abdulkadirov was born on 3 December 1990 in

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, Russia. At the age of 12, he began his journey in martial arts with freestyle wrestling. Abdulkadirov was first coached by Abdulla Magomedov, then he began performing in traditional jiu-jitsu, and Yusup Saadulaev began to train Abdulkadirov. At the age of 17, he began to consciously train and perform Brazilian jiu-jitsu and grappling.

Brazilian jiu-jitsu career

In 2013, Abdulkadirov was awarded a brown belt in BJJ by

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. In the same year, Magomed won the WPJJ World BJJ Championship, which was held in

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, UAE. In 2017, he won the Grand Slam tournament in Abu Dhabi among brown belts. He also won the Sharjah 2017 tournament in

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. A year later, he was awarded a black belt under the tutelage of Brazilian master Rafael Haubert.

Grappling career

In 2015, Abdulkadirov won the ADCC European championship. Between 2014 and 2019, he became the

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(UWW) world champion four times. He also won the Russian championships seven times.

ONE Championship

Abdulkadirov competed against

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for the inaugural ONE Championship welterweight submission grappling title at

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on 3 November 2023. He lost the match by decision.

Championships and accomplishments

Brazilian jiu-jitsu

* WPJJ World BJJ Champion (2013)

Grappling

* 2015: ADCC European Championship — in 77 kg category (

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)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Abdulkadirov, Magomed 1990 births Living people Sportspeople from Makhachkala Russian practitioners of Brazilian jiu-jitsu People awarded a black belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu Russian submission wrestlers