Umar Nurmagomedov (born March 1, 1996), is a Russian

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currently competing in the

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division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). He has previously competed in the

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(EFC) and

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(PFL). He is the older brother of Bellator champion

Usman Nurmagomedov Usman Nurmagomedov (born April 17, 1998), is a Russian mixed martial artist currently competing in the Lightweight division of Bellator MMA, where he is the current Bellator Lightweight World Champion. He has previously competed in the UAE Warri ...

and a cousin of former

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Khabib Nurmagomedov Khabib Abdulmanapovich Nurmagomedov av, ХIабиб ГӀабдулманапил НурмухӀамадов (born 20 September 1988) is a Russian former professional mixed martial artist. He competed in the lightweight division of the Ultima ...

.As of December 6, 2022, he is #11 in the UFC bantamweight rankings.

Background

Nurmagomedov was born in Kizilyurt, Dagestan,

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on March 1, 1996. As a child, living in his native village, with his brother

, he began to attend freestyle wrestling practice. Later, Umar began practicing Thai boxing, and his brother followed suit. After moving to Makhachkala, Umar began training with his uncle, Honored Coach of Russia Abdulmanap Nurmagomedov at the Eagles MMA camp. He is of Avar ethnic origin. At the age of 19, Umar became World Champion in Combat Sambo under WCSF organization. Next year as 20 years old, he went on to become WMMAA's World Champion in Amateur MMA.

Mixed martial arts career

Early career

He made his debut in Moscow as part of the Fight Nights Global 57 on December 16, 2016 against Rishat Kharisov. Umar won via second round guillotine choke. In his sophomore performance, Umar fought Ulukbek Amanbaev at Fight Star: Battle on Sura 6 on January 5, 2017, winning inside the first round by the way of rear-naked choke. Returning to Fight Nights Global for his next 4 bouts; Umar defeated Alym Isabaev at Fight Nights Global 62 by TKO stoppage in the second round, Valisher Rakhmonov by second round rear-naked choke at Fight Nights Global 71, Nauruz Dzamikhov by unanimous decision at Fight Nights Global 76 and finally Shyudi Yamauchi by unanimous decision at Fight Nights Global 83. Moving over to Samara MMA Federation (now known as

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), on May 11, 2018 Umar won the FMMAS Bantamweight Championship against Fatkhidin Sobirov at Samara at the Battle on Volga 4, winning the title and the bout by unanimous decision. On August 30, 2018, Nurmagomedov fought at PFL 7 against future UFC fighter Saidyokub Kakhramonov, winning the bout by unanimous decision. Returning to Samara MMA Federation, Umar defended his title at Battle on the Volga 10 on April 14, 2019, where he defeated Brazilian Wagner Lima by unanimous decision. With his title once again on the line (with Samara MMA Federation changing its name to Gorilla Fighting Championship), Umar defeated Taras Gryckiv at GFC 14 on July 13, 2019 by rear-naked choke in the first round. Umar made his return to PFL, competing at PFL 6 on August 8, 2019, where Umar defeated Sidemar Honorio by unanimous decision. On November 23, 2019, in the capital of Uzbekistan,

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, Umar defended his title against Argentine fighter Brian Gonzalez, defeating his opponent via rear-naked choke at the end of the first round.

Ultimate Fighting Championship

Nurmagomedov was scheduled to face Hunter Azure on April 18, 2020 at

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. However, the event was then postponed. Nurmagomedov was scheduled to face Nathaniel Wood on 26 July 2020 at

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. However, Nurmagomedov withdrew from the bout due to his uncle Abdulmanap Nurmagomedov's passing. Nurmagomedov was initially scheduled to face Sergey Morozov on October 24, 2020 at

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, but Nurmagomedov pulled out due to an illness. The pairing was then rescheduled for

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on January 24, 2021. However, the bout was yet again rescheduled the second time on January 20, 2021 at UFC on ESPN: Chiesa vs. Magny. Umar won the bout via a rear-naked choke in the second round. This bout earned him the '' Performance of the Night'' bonus. Nurmagomedov faced

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on March 5, 2022 at UFC 272. He won the fight via a rear naked choke in round one. Nurmagomedov was scheduled to face

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on March 19, 2022, at

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. However, Nurmagomedov was removed from the bout for unknown reason and he was replaced by

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. Nurmagomedov faced

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on June 25, 2022, at UFC Fight Night: Tsarukyan vs. Gamrot. He won via unanimous decision. Nurmagomedov is scheduled to face

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on January 14, 2023, at

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Championships and accomplishments

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** Performance of the Night (One Time) *

(Then Federation of MMA of Samara) ** GF Bantamweight Championship (One time) ***Three successful title defences * Combat Sambo Championship (WCSF) ** Sambo Champion *World Mixed Martial Arts Association (WMMAA) ** World Championship

Mixed martial arts record

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References

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