Vener Zaynullovich Galiev (; ) born 1 July 1975) is a Russian

amateur wrestler Amateur wrestling is a variant of wrestling practiced at Olympic, collegiate, scholastic, and other levels. There are two international wrestling styles performed at the Olympic Games The modern Olympic Games (Olympics; ) are the worl ...

, sambist and

mixed martial artist Mixed martial arts (MMA) is a full-contact fighting sport based on striking and grappling; incorporating techniques from various combat sports from around the world. In the early 20th century, various inter-stylistic contests took place t ...

. He started his professional mixed martial arts career in 2004.

Early life and martial arts career

Galiev was born to a working class Bashkir family and started his competitive sports career in

Greco-Roman wrestling Greco-Roman (American English), Graeco-Roman (British English), or classic wrestling (Euro-English) is a style of wrestling that is practiced worldwide. Greco-Roman wrestling was included in the first modern Olympic Games in 1896 and has been i ...

, becoming the

Bashkortostan Bashkortostan, officially the Republic of Bashkortostan, sometimes also called Bashkiria, is a republic of Russia between the Volga river and the Ural Mountains in Eastern Europe. The republic borders Perm Krai to the north, Sverdlovsk Oblast ...

champion. He later participated in

Combat Sambo Sambo is a combat sport, and a recognized style of amateur wrestling governed by the UWW in the World Wrestling Championships along with Greco-Roman wrestling and freestyle wrestling. Practiced worldwide, sambo is a martial art with Soviet o ...

and

Unifight Unifight (or Universal Fight) is a competitive training system with military applications. The competition is formed of two consecutive stages: the first stage is an obstacle course with close quarters battle – any missed obstacle disqualifi ...

on the international level. Galiev became the Combat Sambo World Champion (74 kg) at 2008 World Sambo Championships and 2009 World Sambo Championships. On 5 December 2009, he participated in the Combat Sambo rules category of the special event ''Bitva Chempionov IV'' of the Russian Martial Arts Association in

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and defeated the 2009 European Combat Sambo Champion Paul Lening of

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by points. On 19 November 2010, Galiev faced

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Kudo world champion (76 kg) and mixed martial artist Shamkhal Kerimov in an amateur MMA bout at ''Bitva Chempionov V'' in Moscow and defeated his opponent by split decision. On 5 November 2011, he participated in the event ''Bitva 5'' held in Moscow and beat Roman Bagdasaryan in a bout under

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rules. Galiev holds International Class Master of Sports rank in Combat Sambo and Unifight, as well as Master of Sports rank in Greco-Roman wrestling.

Personal life

Galiev works as a police lieutenant in Ufa. He is married to Alena and has a son named Timur.

Championships and accomplishments

Unifight

*International Amateur Federation of Unifight **Unifight European Champion.

ARB (Army Hand-to-Hand Combat)

*Russian Union of Martial Arts **3rd Place Russia Championship.

Sambo

*All-Russian Sambo Federation **Combat Sambo Russian National Champion. **Russian Combat Sambo National Championships 2nd Place (2010) *Federation International Amateur de Sambo (FIAS) **Combat Sambo World Champion.

Mixed martial arts record

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References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Galiev, Vener Living people 1975 births Russian male mixed martial artists Russian sambo practitioners Russian police officers Bashkir people Sportspeople from Sterlitamak Martial artists from Bashkortostan Russian male sport wrestlers Mixed martial artists utilizing sambo Mixed martial artists utilizing ARB Mixed martial artists utilizing Greco-Roman wrestling