AMC Fight Nights (or Fight Nights Global before 2021) is a Russian
mixed martial arts
Mixed martial arts (MMA), sometimes referred to as cage fighting, no holds barred (NHB), and ultimate fighting, and originally referred to as Vale Tudo is a full-contact combat sport based on striking, grappling and ground fighting, inc ...
organization that previously hosted K-1 and other martial arts events. It is one of the largest promotion companies in the world and features some of the top-ranking fighters of the sport.
Fight Nights Global produces events worldwide, with the first one being held in 2010 in
Moscow
Moscow ( , US chiefly ; rus, links=no, Москва, r=Moskva, p=mɐskˈva, a=Москва.ogg) is the capital and largest city of Russia. The city stands on the Moskva River in Central Russia, with a population estimated at 13.0 million ...
. As of 2018, Fight Nights Global has held over 80 events in different cities:
Saint Petersburg
Saint Petersburg ( rus, links=no, Санкт-Петербург, a=Ru-Sankt Peterburg Leningrad Petrograd Piter.ogg, r=Sankt-Peterburg, p=ˈsankt pʲɪtʲɪrˈburk), formerly known as Petrograd (1914–1924) and later Leningrad (1924–1991), i ...
,
Novosibirsk
Novosibirsk (, also ; rus, Новосиби́рск, p=nəvəsʲɪˈbʲirsk, a=ru-Новосибирск.ogg) is the largest city and administrative centre of Novosibirsk Oblast and Siberian Federal District in Russia. As of the Russian Census ...
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Yekaterinburg
Yekaterinburg ( ; rus, Екатеринбург, p=jɪkətʲɪrʲɪnˈburk), alternatively romanized as Ekaterinburg and formerly known as Sverdlovsk ( rus, Свердло́вск, , svʲɪrˈdlofsk, 1924–1991), is a city and the administra ...
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Nizhny Novgorod
Nizhny Novgorod ( ; rus, links=no, Нижний Новгород, a=Ru-Nizhny Novgorod.ogg, p=ˈnʲiʐnʲɪj ˈnovɡərət ), colloquially shortened to Nizhny, from the 13th to the 17th century Novgorod of the Lower Land, formerly known as Gork ...
,
Omsk
Omsk (; rus, Омск, p=omsk) is the administrative center and largest city of Omsk Oblast, Russia. It is situated in southwestern Siberia, and has a population of over 1.1 million. Omsk is the third largest city in Siberia after Novosibirsk ...
,
Rostov-On-Don
Rostov-on-Don ( rus, Ростов-на-Дону, r=Rostov-na-Donu, p=rɐˈstof nə dɐˈnu) is a port city and the administrative centre of Rostov Oblast and the Southern Federal District of Russia. It lies in the southeastern part of the East Eu ...
,
Perm,
Khabarovsk
Khabarovsk ( rus, Хабaровск, a=Хабаровск.ogg, r=Habárovsk, p=xɐˈbarəfsk) is the largest types of inhabited localities in Russia, city and the administrative centre of Khabarovsk Krai, Russia,Law #109 located from the China ...
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Vladivostok
Vladivostok ( rus, Владивосто́к, a=Владивосток.ogg, p=vɫədʲɪvɐˈstok) is the largest city and the administrative center of Primorsky Krai, Russia. The city is located around the Zolotoy Rog, Golden Horn Bay on the Sea ...
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Sochi
Sochi ( rus, Со́чи, p=ˈsotɕɪ, a=Ru-Сочи.ogg) is the largest resort city in Russia. The city is situated on the Sochi River, along the Black Sea in Southern Russia, with a population of 466,078 residents, up to 600,000 residents in ...
,
Bryansk,
Kostroma,
Nizhnevartovsk,
Kaspiysk,
Astana,
Elista
Elista (russian: Элиста́, (common during the Soviet era) or (most common pronunciation used after 1992 and in Kalmykia itself);"Большой энциклопедический словарь", под ред. А. М. Прохорова. ...
,
Grozny
Grozny ( rus, Грозный, p=ˈgroznɨj; ce, Соьлжа-ГӀала, translit=Sölƶa-Ġala), also spelled Groznyy, is the capital city of Chechnya, Russia.
The city lies on the Sunzha River. According to the 2010 census, it had a pop ...
,
Dushanbe
Dushanbe ( tg, Душанбе, ; ; russian: Душанбе) is the capital and largest city of Tajikistan. , Dushanbe had a population of 863,400 and that population was largely Tajik. Until 1929, the city was known in Russian as Dyushambe (r ...
,
Minsk
Minsk ( be, Мінск ; russian: Минск) is the capital and the largest city of Belarus, located on the Svislach and the now subterranean Niamiha rivers. As the capital, Minsk has a special administrative status in Belarus and is the admi ...
and more.
In different years the company's shows featured
Fedor Emelianenko,
Batu Khasikov
Batu Sergeyevich Khasikov (born June 28, 1980) is a professional Russian kickboxer, multiple world champion, social and political activist, member of the People's Khural of Kalmykia (2008–2012) and representative for the Republic of Kalmykia ...
,
Vitaly Minakov,
Rasul Mirzaev
Rasul Rabadanovich Mirzaev (russian: Расу́л Рабада́нович Мирза́ев, born 30 March 1986) is an Avar - Dargin mixed martial artist born in Russia.
Sports career and MMA
Mirzaev began training at the Moscow-base ...
,
Ali Bagautinov,
Vladimir Mineev
Vladimir Konstantinovich Mineev (russian: Влади́мир Константи́нович Минее́в; born February 16, 1990) is a Russian Middleweight kickboxer and mixed martial artist.
Biography
Vladimir Mineev was born on February 16, ...
,
Andrei Arlovski,
Alexander Shlemenko
Alexander Pavlovich Shlemenko (russian: Александр Павлович Шлеменко, born 20 May 1984) is a Russian mixed martial artist currently fighting in the Middleweight (MMA), Middleweight division. He is most notable for fighti ...
,
Shamil Zavurov
Shamil Magomedovich Zavurov (russian: Шамиль Магомедович Завуров; born July 4, 1984) is a retired Russian mixed martial artist of Avar descent, who competes in the Welterweight and Lightweight divisions. A professional M ...
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Murad Machaev
Murad Magomedkhanovich Machaev (russian: Мурад Магомедханович Мачаев; born December 3, 1986 in Dagestan) is a Russian mixed martial artist, who currently fighting in the lightweight division for the Absolute Cha ...
,
Gasan Umalatov,
Antônio Silva,
Viktor Pešta,
Fábio Maldonado
Fábio Rogério Maldonado (born 17 March 1980) is a Brazilian professional mixed martial artist and boxer currently competing in the light heavyweight division of Fight Nights Global. A professional MMA competitor since 2000, he has also ...
and many other mixed martial artists.
On June 5, 2017 the company celebrated its seven-year anniversary.
History
Founding of Fight Nights Global
The company was founded in 2010 by a Russian athlete, businessman and sports ambassador Kamil Gadzhiev, together with a multiple time world kickboxing champion
Batu Khasikov
Batu Sergeyevich Khasikov (born June 28, 1980) is a professional Russian kickboxer, multiple world champion, social and political activist, member of the People's Khural of Kalmykia (2008–2012) and representative for the Republic of Kalmykia ...
, a television producer
Sangadji Tarbaev
Sangadji Andreyevich Tarbaev (russian: Сангаджи Андреевич Тарбаев, born 15 April 1982, Elista) is a Russian producer, television host, actor, politician. Chairman of the State Duma committee on tourism and tourism infrastr ...
, the "SHANDESIGN" studio head Sergei Shanovich and the
Goldman Sachs
Goldman Sachs () is an American multinational investment bank and financial services company. Founded in 1869, Goldman Sachs is headquartered at 200 West Street in Lower Manhattan, with regional headquarters in London, Warsaw, Bangalore, H ...
Russia CEO Sergey Arsenyev. At that time the company was called FIGHT NIGHTS and later rebranded as Eurasia Fight Nights (EFN).
2010-2015: early years
Initially, Fight Nights Global (at that time called FIGHT NIGHTS) fights were held in a ring under MMA and K-1 rules. The first event featured Lightweight Grand Prix, which was won by
Murad Machaev
Murad Magomedkhanovich Machaev (russian: Мурад Магомедханович Мачаев; born December 3, 1986 in Dagestan) is a Russian mixed martial artist, who currently fighting in the lightweight division for the Absolute Cha ...
. In the main event
Batu Khasikov
Batu Sergeyevich Khasikov (born June 28, 1980) is a professional Russian kickboxer, multiple world champion, social and political activist, member of the People's Khural of Kalmykia (2008–2012) and representative for the Republic of Kalmykia ...
knocked out Ricardo Fernandes.
Rasul Mirzaev
Rasul Rabadanovich Mirzaev (russian: Расу́л Рабада́нович Мирза́ев, born 30 March 1986) is an Avar - Dargin mixed martial artist born in Russia.
Sports career and MMA
Mirzaev began training at the Moscow-base ...
defeated Marat Pekov via judges decision and became the first FIGHT NIGHTS champion in the Featherweight category.
The first high-profile event happened in November 2011 in Moscow and featured the Greek kickboxer
Mike Zambidis facing Batu Khasikov. Batu won by TKO in the first round and broke his opponent's jaw.
In 2012, the company held seven major events with the final one being "FIGHT NIGHTS: Battle of Moscow 9" on December 16. The show featured the debut of the
UFC
The Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) is an American mixed martial arts (MMA) promotion company based in Las Vegas, Nevada. It is owned and operated by Zuffa, a wholly owned subsidiary of Endeavor Group Holdings. It is the largest MMA ...
ex-champion
Andrei Arlovski. The Belarusian fighter defeated
Mike Hayes from the United States via a unanimous decision.
Vitaly Minakov, Fight Nights Global promotion's household name, signed a contract with
Bellator MMA
Bellator MMA (formerly Bellator Fighting Championships) is an American mixed martial arts promotion (entertainment), promotion founded in 2008 and based in Santa Monica, California, owned and operated as a subsidiary of television and media cong ...
in 2012.
In 2013, Vitaly won the Bellator heavyweight Grand Prix tournament and then won the Bellator MMA belt by knocking out
Alexander Volkov in the first round. In April 2013, Vitaly became the first FIGHT NIGHTS fighter to make his way to the
UFC
The Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) is an American mixed martial arts (MMA) promotion company based in Las Vegas, Nevada. It is owned and operated by Zuffa, a wholly owned subsidiary of Endeavor Group Holdings. It is the largest MMA ...
. The next one was
Ali Bagautinov who competed in the Flyweight division and signed a contract with the UFC after a victory over the experienced Japanese mixed martial artist Seiji Ozuka.
In June 2013 the company started using an octagonal cage that is popular in the
MMA
Mixed martial arts (MMA), sometimes referred to as cage fighting, no holds barred (NHB), and ultimate fighting, and originally referred to as Vale Tudo is a full-contact combat sport based on striking, grappling and ground fighting, incorp ...
industry. In November 2013, the company hosted the first event outside of Russia, “FIGHT NIGHTS: Battle on the Nyamiha" at
Minsk-Arena
Minsk Arena ( be, Мінск-Арэна) is the main indoor arena in Minsk, Belarus. The Minsk-Arena complex includes the arena (hosting 15,000 spectators), a cycling track (hosting 2,000 spectators), and a skating stadium (3,000 spectators).
...
,
Belarus
Belarus,, , ; alternatively and formerly known as Byelorussia (from Russian ). officially the Republic of Belarus,; rus, Республика Беларусь, Respublika Belarus. is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe. It is bordered by R ...
. The main attraction of the night was the home performance by
Andrei Arlovski.
Batu Khasikov
Batu Sergeyevich Khasikov (born June 28, 1980) is a professional Russian kickboxer, multiple world champion, social and political activist, member of the People's Khural of Kalmykia (2008–2012) and representative for the Republic of Kalmykia ...
had his last professional fight in March 2014 at “Fight Nights: Battle Of Moscow 15” where he again fought
Mike Zambidis. The fight went all five rounds, Khasikov was the victor.
Vladimir Mineev
Vladimir Konstantinovich Mineev (russian: Влади́мир Константи́нович Минее́в; born February 16, 1990) is a Russian Middleweight kickboxer and mixed martial artist.
Biography
Vladimir Mineev was born on February 16, ...
debuted in MMA at “Fight Nights: Battle Of Moscow 17”. The final tournament of 2014 featured
Alexander Shlemenko
Alexander Pavlovich Shlemenko (russian: Александр Павлович Шлеменко, born 20 May 1984) is a Russian mixed martial artist currently fighting in the Middleweight (MMA), Middleweight division. He is most notable for fighti ...
vs.
Yasubey Enomoto.
2015-2016: rise in popularity, rebranding and Summa acquisition
In 2015 the company hosted four major shows (Fight Nights: Battle Of Moscow 19, Fight Nights: Sochi, Fight Nights: Dagestan, Fight Nights: Petersburg) and eighteen selection tournaments “Fight club FIGHT NIGHTS".
Vitaly Minakov used his interim in Bellator MMA to return to the Fight Nights Global promotion. From July 2015 to June 2016 the four-time Sambo world champion fought in 4 matches, winning early victories over Adam Maciejewski (Poland), Geronimo dos Santos (Brazil), Josh Copeland (USA) and
Peter Graham (Australia).
In 2016 the company was bought by Summa Group, a conglomerate that invested in port logistics, engineering, construction, telecommunications, sports, oil and gas that was founded by Dagestani billionaire
Ziyavudin Magomedov
Ziyavudin Gadzhievich Magomedov (russian: link=no, Зиявудин Гаджиевич Магомедов, born 1968) is a Russian billionaire businessman. He is the main owner of the privately-held investment company Summa Group. In March 2018, ...
. Kamil Gadzhiev, who is also the Vice-President of Moscow MMA Federation, became the president of the newly established Fight Nights Global. Backed by substantial investments of Summa Group, 2016 was the year of a massive breakthrough for FNG on the Russian market.
Fight Nights Global 50 (June 17, 2016) in
Saint Petersburg
Saint Petersburg ( rus, links=no, Санкт-Петербург, a=Ru-Sankt Peterburg Leningrad Petrograd Piter.ogg, r=Sankt-Peterburg, p=ˈsankt pʲɪtʲɪrˈburk), formerly known as Petrograd (1914–1924) and later Leningrad (1924–1991), i ...
featured a fight card headlined by
Fedor Emelianenko. 4 years after retirement, "The Last Emperor" decided to come back to professional sports in the Fight Nights Global cage versus one of the most uncompromising strikers of the UFC,
Fabio Maldonado. The tough match ended with a split decision win for the Russian athlete. The event was broadcast worldwide via
UFC Fight Pass.
2017-present: global growth
In 2017 Fight Nights Global determined champions in all eight
weight categories among men and inked plenty of international talent to the roster including
Rousimar Palhares, Josh Hill,
Tyson Nam and the returning
Ali Bagautinov to multi-fight contracts.
The company hosted 25 events, discovering new cities and countries, including
Astana and
Almaty
Almaty (; kk, Алматы; ), formerly known as Alma-Ata ( kk, Алма-Ата), is the List of most populous cities in Kazakhstan, largest city in Kazakhstan, with a population of about 2 million. It was the capital of Kazakhstan from 1929 to ...
in
Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan, officially the Republic of Kazakhstan, is a transcontinental country located mainly in Central Asia and partly in Eastern Europe. It borders Russia to the north and west, China to the east, Kyrgyzstan to the southeast, Uzbeki ...
,
Dushanbe
Dushanbe ( tg, Душанбе, ; ; russian: Душанбе) is the capital and largest city of Tajikistan. , Dushanbe had a population of 863,400 and that population was largely Tajik. Until 1929, the city was known in Russian as Dyushambe (r ...
in
Tajikistan
Tajikistan (, ; tg, Тоҷикистон, Tojikiston; russian: Таджикистан, Tadzhikistan), officially the Republic of Tajikistan ( tg, Ҷумҳурии Тоҷикистон, Jumhurii Tojikiston), is a landlocked country in Centr ...
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Omsk
Omsk (; rus, Омск, p=omsk) is the administrative center and largest city of Omsk Oblast, Russia. It is situated in southwestern Siberia, and has a population of over 1.1 million. Omsk is the third largest city in Siberia after Novosibirsk ...
,
Penza,
Tolyatti,
Surgut
Surgut ( rus, Сургу́т, p=sʊrˈgut; Khanty: Сәрханӆ, ''Sərhanł'') is a city in Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug, Russia, located on the Ob River near its junction with the Irtysh River. It is one of the few cities in Russia to be lar ...
,
Krasnodar
Krasnodar (; rus, Краснода́р, p=krəsnɐˈdar; ady, Краснодар), formerly Yekaterinodar (until 1920), is the largest city and the administrative centre of Krasnodar Krai, Russia. The city stands on the Kuban River in southern ...
,
Yekaterinburg
Yekaterinburg ( ; rus, Екатеринбург, p=jɪkətʲɪrʲɪnˈburk), alternatively romanized as Ekaterinburg and formerly known as Sverdlovsk ( rus, Свердло́вск, , svʲɪrˈdlofsk, 1924–1991), is a city and the administra ...
,
Bryansk and
Ulan-Ude
Ulan-Ude (; bua, Улаан-Үдэ, , ; russian: Улан-Удэ, p=ʊˈlan ʊˈdɛ; mn, Улаан-Үд, , ) is the capital city of the Republic of Buryatia, Russia, located about southeast of Lake Baikal on the Uda River at its confluence wi ...
in Russia.
Fight Night Global president Kamil Gadzhiev announced that the promotion will introduce the Anti-Doping Control System.
Fight Nights Global 68, which took place during the International
Economic Forum in Saint Petersburg, showcased Vitaly Minakov vs.
Antonio Silva. Later, Novosibirsk hosted Fight Nights Global 69, where
Ali Bagautinov defeated Pedro Nobre. In September, the notorious Fight Nights Global 73 took place. It featured the Russian-Brazilian confrontations Shamil Amirov vs.
Rousimar Palhares, Kurban Omarov vs.
Fabio Maldonado and Akhmed Aliev vs.
Diego Brandao
Diego is a Spanish masculine given name. The Portuguese equivalent is Diogo. The name also has several patronymic derivations, listed below. The etymology of Diego is disputed, with two major origin hypotheses: ''Tiago'' and ''Didacus''.
Et ...
in the main event, which ended with a scandal.
Other events of the year were Fight Nights Global 77, where newly-signed
Nikita Krylov KO’ed
Emanuel Newton and Fight Nights Global 82, where the undefeated heavyweight
Vitaly Minakov TKO’ed the top fighter from the
USA
The United States of America (U.S.A. or USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S. or US) or America, is a country Continental United States, primarily located in North America. It consists of 50 U.S. state, states, a Washington, D.C., ...
,
Tony Johnson.
In 2018 the company announced more international shows, including events in
Brazil
Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At and with over 217 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area ...
,
USA
The United States of America (U.S.A. or USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S. or US) or America, is a country Continental United States, primarily located in North America. It consists of 50 U.S. state, states, a Washington, D.C., ...
and
EU.
Rename to AMC Fight Nights Global
In 2020 November Fight Nights Global owner Kamil Gadzhiev sold his promotion to AMC Company owner Amir Muradov. After that they renamed the promotion to AMC Fight Nights Global
Rules
Fight Nights Global rules are based on the Russian MMA regulations. Elbow strikes on the ground are legal. Referees have the right to raise fighters in a stand up in the absence of activity. If the fight is a draw, additional rounds are not assigned. A typical event lasts five hours and features 11 bouts. Bouts last 3 rounds 5 minutes each and champion bouts or main event bouts are 5 rounds 5 minutes each. The championship features 8 male and 2 female weight categories: 57 kg, 61 kg, 66 kg, 70 kg, 77 kg, 84 kg, 93 kg and over 93 kg.
List of AMC Fight Nights events
; By year
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2010 in Fight Nights Global
The year 2010 is the 1st year in the history of the Fight Nights Global, a mixed martial arts and kickboxing promotion based in Russia. It started broadcasting through a television agreement with REN (TV channel), REN TV.
List of events
Fight ...
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2011 in Fight Nights Global
The year 2011 is the 2nd year in the history of the Fight Nights Global, a mixed martial arts and kickboxing promotion based in Russia. It started broadcasting through a television agreement with REN (TV channel), REN TV.
List of events
Fight ...
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2012 in Fight Nights Global
The year 2012 is the 3rd year in the history of the Fight Nights Global, a mixed martial arts and kickboxing promotion based in Russia. It started broadcasting through a television agreement with REN (TV channel), REN TV.
List of events
Fight ...
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2016 in Fight Nights Global
The year 2016 is the 6th year in the history of the Fight Nights Global, a mixed martial arts promotion based in Russia. It started broadcasting through a television agreement with Match TV.
List of events
Fight Nights Global 44: Machaev vs. ...
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2017 in Fight Nights Global
The year 2017 is the 7th year in the history of the Fight Nights Global, a mixed martial arts promotion based in Russia. It started broadcasting through a television agreement with Match TV.
List of events
Fight Nights Global 58: Brandão vs ...
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2018 in Fight Nights Global
The year 2018 is the 8th year in the history of the Fight Nights Global, a mixed martial arts promotion based in Russia. The company continues broadcasts through Match TV, Fight Network and is looking for a new US-based platform since the contract ...
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2019 in Fight Nights Global
The year 2019 is the 9th year in the history of the Fight Nights Global, a mixed martial arts promotion based in Russia. The company continues broadcasts through Match TV and Fight Network.
List of events
Fight Nights Global 92: Bagautinov vs. ...
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2020 in Fight Nights Global
The year 2020 is the 10th year in the history of the Fight Nights Global, a mixed martial arts promotion based in Russia. The company continues broadcasts through Match TV and Fight Network.
List of events
Festival Stepping into Immortality
' ...
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2021 in AMC Fight Nights
The year 2021 was the 11th year in the history of the Fight Nights, a mixed martial arts promotion based in Russia. The company continues broadcasts through Match TV and Fight Network.
List of events
AMC Fight Nights: Steel Heart XI
AMC Fig ...
; Scheduled events
; Events by date
Current champions
Mixed martial arts
Championship history
Heavyweight Championship
''over 93 kg (over 205 lb)''
Light Heavyweight Championship
''93 kg (205 lbs)''
Middleweight Championship
''84 kg (185 lbs)''
Welterweight Championship
''77 kg (170 lbs)''
Lightweight Championship
''70 kg (155 lbs)''
Featherweight Championship
''66 kg (145 lbs)''
Bantamweight Championship
''61 kg (135 lbs)''
Flyweight Championship
''57 kg (125 lbs)''
Women's Bantamweight Championship
''61 kg (135 lbs)''
Notable fighters
This is a list of fighters who currently compete and have competed in the past for Fight Nights Global:
Mixed Martial Arts
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Ildemar Alcântara
Ildemar Alcântara Cardoso (; born 7 November 1982) is a Brazilian mixed martial artist currently competing in the light heavyweight division. A professional competitor since 2005, he has formerly competed in the UFC and is the younger brother ...
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Sultan Aliev
Sultan Magomedbegovich Aliev (born September 17, 1984) is a retired Russian mixed martial artist and active sambist. A professional from 2011 until 2019, he competed for the UFC and Bellator.
Background
Sultan Aliev was born in Kaspiys ...
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Andrei Arlovski
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Ali Bagautinov
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Diego Brandão
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Julia Berezikova
Julia Berezikova ( rus, Юлия Березикова, Julija Berezikova; born ) is a Russian female mixed martial artist and boxer. In February, 2014 she was the #7-ranked 125-pound female fighter in the world according to the Unified Women's MMA ...
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Rich Crunkilton
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Fedor Emelianenko
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Yasubey Enomoto
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Efrain Escudero
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Maiquel Falcão
Maiquel José Falcão Gonçalves (8 March 1981 – 23 January 2022) was a Brazilian professional mixed martial artist who competed in the Light Heavyweight division. A professional competitor since 2004, Falcão was perhaps best known for his s ...
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Vener Galiev
Vener Zaynullovich Galiev (russian: Венер Зайнуллович Галиев; ba, Ғәлиев Венер Зәйнулла улы) born 1 July 1975) is a Bashkir born-Russian amateur wrestler, sambist and mixed martial artist. He ...
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Peter Graham
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Michael Graves
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Mike Hayes
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Ali Isayev
Ali Isaevich Isaev (russian: Али Исаевич Исаев; born 18 December 1983 in Makhachkala, Soviet Union) is a Dagestani-Azerbaijani professional mixed martial artist and former amateur wrestler. He currently competes in the Heavyweigh ...
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Joanna Jędrzejczyk
Joanna Jędrzejczyk (; born August 18, 1987) is a Polish former professional mixed martial artist and Muay Thai kickboxer. She has been called the greatest female strawweight mixed martial artist of all time, including by Daniel Cormier, who cred ...
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Tony Johnson
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Ivan Jorge
Ivan Jorge (born November 7, 1980) is a Brazilian mixed martial artist currently competing in the Welterweight division. A professional competitor since 2001, he has competed for the UFC, Fight Nights Global, Jungle Fight and M-1 Global. He is th ...
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Masanori Kanehara
Masanori Kanehara (born November 18, 1982) is a Japanese mixed martial artist currently competing the Bantamweight division in DEEP and Rizin FF. A professional competitor since 2003, Kanehara has formerly competed for World Victory Road, K-1, ...
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Nikita Krylov
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Alexei Kudin
Alexei Alexandrovich Kudin ( be, Аляксей Кудзін; born December 20, 1984) is a professional Belarusian kickboxer, nicknamed Brick. He is a world champion and European versions WBKF, King of Kings – Grand Prix K-1 tournament finali ...
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Murad Machaev
Murad Magomedkhanovich Machaev (russian: Мурад Магомедханович Мачаев; born December 3, 1986 in Dagestan) is a Russian mixed martial artist, who currently fighting in the lightweight division for the Absolute Cha ...
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Ruslan Magomedov
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Levan Makashvili
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Fábio Maldonado
Fábio Rogério Maldonado (born 17 March 1980) is a Brazilian professional mixed martial artist and boxer currently competing in the light heavyweight division of Fight Nights Global. A professional MMA competitor since 2000, he has also ...
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Danny Martinez
Daniel Eugene Martinez (born June 14, 1985) is an American mixed martial artist who competes in the flyweight division of Taura MMA. A professional mixed martial artist since 2006, Martinez has also competed in the Ultimate Fighting Championship ...
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Derrick Mehmen
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Vitaly Minakov
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Vladimir Mineev
Vladimir Konstantinovich Mineev (russian: Влади́мир Константи́нович Минее́в; born February 16, 1990) is a Russian Middleweight kickboxer and mixed martial artist.
Biography
Vladimir Mineev was born on February 16, ...
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Rasul Mirzaev
Rasul Rabadanovich Mirzaev (russian: Расу́л Рабада́нович Мирза́ев, born 30 March 1986) is an Avar - Dargin mixed martial artist born in Russia.
Sports career and MMA
Mirzaev began training at the Moscow-base ...
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Marina Mokhnatkina
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Tyson Nam
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Emanuel Newton
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Diego Nunes
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Valentijn Overeem
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Rousimar Palhares
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Viktor Pešta
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Trevor Prangley
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Brett Rogers
Brett Charles Rogers (born February 17, 1981) is an American former mixed martial artist who most recently competed in the Heavyweight division. A professional competitor since 2005, Rogers has fought in EliteXC, Strikeforce, and Bellator.
Ba ...
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Eddie Sanchez
Eduardo Arturo Sanchez (born November 4, 1982) is an American professional mixed martial artist who last competed in the Heavyweight division. A professional since 2004, he has competed for the UFC, Bellator, Titan FC, Final Fight Championship, ...
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Alexander Sarnavskiy
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Fabiano Scherner
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Alexander Shlemenko
Alexander Pavlovich Shlemenko (russian: Александр Павлович Шлеменко, born 20 May 1984) is a Russian mixed martial artist currently fighting in the Middleweight (MMA), Middleweight division. He is most notable for fighti ...
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Kirill Sidelnikov
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Antônio Silva
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Elias Silvério
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Chommanee Sor Taehiran
Chommanee Sor Taehiran (born ) is a Thai female Muay Thai kickboxer and mixed martial artist who competes in the featherweight division in kickboxing and the flyweight division in MMA.
Kickboxing career
She has competed professionally since 201 ...
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Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou
Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou Nkamhoua (; born April 18, 1984), mostly billed simply as Sokoudjou, is a Cameroonian professional mixed martial artist. A professional competitor since 2006, Sokoudjou is the former KSW Light Heavyweight Champion, and h ...
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Dominique Steele
Dominique Steele (born January 25, 1988) is an American professional mixed martial artist currently competing in the Middleweight division. A professional competitor since 2011, he has also competed for the UFC, Strikeforce, Bellator, Fight Ni ...
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Akop Stepanyan
Akop Stepanyan (russian: Акоп Степанян, hy, Հակոբ Ստեփանյան; born May 6, 1986) is a Russian mixed martial artist of Armenian heritage who competed in the featherweight and lightweight divisions of Bellator Fighting Cham ...
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Tim Sylvia
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Michail Tsarev
Michail Yuryevich Tsarev (russian: Михаил Юрьевич Царев; born June 22, 1986) is a Russian mixed martial artist former fighter in the welterweight division for the Bellator Fighting Championships.
Mixed martial arts career
Ea ...
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Albert Tumenov
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Shamil Zavurov
Shamil Magomedovich Zavurov (russian: Шамиль Магомедович Завуров; born July 4, 1984) is a retired Russian mixed martial artist of Avar descent, who competes in the Welterweight and Lightweight divisions. A professional M ...
Kickboxing
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Dzhabar Askerov
Dzhabar Askerov ( lez, Аскеров Жаббар Мегьамедан хва) (russian: Джабар Аскеров; born January 24, 1986) is a Russian Welterweight kickboxer fighting out of Melbourne, Australia and representing Russia. He is ...
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Redouan Cairo
Sergiano Herbert Cairo (born 29 November 1982), better known as Redouan Cairo is a Surinamese-Dutch kickboxer fighting in the Superkombat Fighting Championship where he is the 2013 Superkombat World Grand Prix Tournament Runner-up. Also a Mixed ...
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Gago Drago
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Andrey Gerasimchuk
Andrey Gerasimchuk (born February 7, 1987) is a Belarusian Muay Thai kickboxer who competes in the heavyweight division. He is a three time Kunlun Fight Tournament winner.
He was ranked as a top ten heavyweight by Combat Press from October 20 ...
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Karapet Karapetyan
Karapet Karapetyan ( hy, Կարապետ Կարապետյան; born 28 November 1982), also known as Karapet Papijan is an Armenian-Dutch kickboxer who competes in the super middleweight and light heavyweight divisions. A professional since 200 ...
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Batu Khasikov
Batu Sergeyevich Khasikov (born June 28, 1980) is a professional Russian kickboxer, multiple world champion, social and political activist, member of the People's Khural of Kalmykia (2008–2012) and representative for the Republic of Kalmykia ...
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Albert Kraus
Albert “The Hurricane” Kraus (born August 3, 1980) is a Dutch welterweight kickboxer. He was the first K-1 World MAX Tournament Champion in 2002 and also the first SUPERKOMBAT Middleweight Champion. Kraus has also held four separate world ti ...
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Vladimir Mineev
Vladimir Konstantinovich Mineev (russian: Влади́мир Константи́нович Минее́в; born February 16, 1990) is a Russian Middleweight kickboxer and mixed martial artist.
Biography
Vladimir Mineev was born on February 16, ...
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Alexei Papin
Alexey Vasilyevich Papin (russian: Алексей Васильевич Папин, Alexey Vasilyevich Papin; born 6 October 1987) is a Russian boxer and former kickboxer who has held the IBF International title in 2018 and 2019.
As of Septembe ...
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Ramazan Ramazanov
Ramazan "The Punisher" Ramazanov (Russian language, Russian: Рамазан Рамазанов; born June 22, 1984) is a Russian kickboxer. He is a 7-time professional Muay Thai world champion.
Biography and career
Ramazan was born in Makhach ...
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Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou
Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou Nkamhoua (; born April 18, 1984), mostly billed simply as Sokoudjou, is a Cameroonian professional mixed martial artist. A professional competitor since 2006, Sokoudjou is the former KSW Light Heavyweight Champion, and h ...
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Alexander Stetsurenko
Alexander Yuryevich Stetsurenko (russian: Александр Юрьевич Стецуренко; born April 20, 1983) is a Russian welterweight kickboxer. He is a three time Tatneft Cup tournament winner, Kunlun Fight tournament winner and W5 ...
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Warren Stevelmans
Warren "Chaka Zulu" Stevelmans (born 16 May 1983) is a South African kickboxer, fighting out of Vos Gym in Amsterdam, Netherlands. He is the K-1 MAX Netherlands 2008 tournament champion.
Biography and career
Despite being born in South Africa, ...
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Mike Zambidis
References
External links
Fight Nights Global at SherdogFight Nights Global Official Site{{MMA organizations
Organizations established in 2010
Mixed martial arts organizations
Sports organizations of Russia
Mixed martial arts in Russia
2010 establishments in Russia