Ali Bagov (; born February 12, 1990) is a Russian

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Absolute Championship Akhmat Absolute Championship Akhmat (ACA), formerly known as Absolute Championship Berkut (ACB), is a Chechen mixed martial arts, kickboxing and Brazilian jiu-jitsu organization and one of the leading promotions in Europe. To date, most events have been h ...

(ACA).

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had him ranked a top 10 lightweight in the world in August 2022. He is ranked #3 in the ACA Lightweight rankings.

Background

Ali Bagov was born on December 2, 1990, in the city of Baksan, Republic of Kabardino-Balkaria. At the age of 19, the fighter began his career in professional MMA. In the same year, the young athlete won "gold" at the Combat Sambo Championship of the Southern Federal District, which was held in Maykop, Krasnodar Territory. In the same year in Yaroslavl, Bagov became the Champion of Russia in the Oriental. As soon as Bagov turned 18, he decides to move to MMA. In the next 2010 in Moscow, the fighter took the top step of the podium at the ADCC Russian Grappling Championship class: A. In the same year, in Beslan, he became the Winner of the Combat Sambo Championship of the North Caucasus Federal District. At the end of 2010 in Nalchik, Ali Bagov won the title of Champion of Russia in FCF-MMA. Two years later, the athlete repeated his success by winning the Championship of the All-Russian Combat Sambo Tournament in the city of Nazran.

Mixed martial arts career

Early career

Ali began his professional career in MMA at the age of 19. Then, in 2009, Bagov managed to win an enchanting victory at the combat sambo championship among athletes of the Southern Federal District, which was held in the capital of Adygea,

Maykop Maykop is the capital city of Adygea, Russia, located on the right bank of the Belaya River. It borders Maykopsky District, from which it is administratively and municipally independent, to the east and south; Giaginsky District to the north, ...

. In the same year, Ali participated in the Russian Oriental Championship, held in Yaroslavl, and turned out to be a triumph there. Bagov faced future

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on June 10, 2010, at Golden First of Russia 1. Having a competitive bout with Khabib, Khabib successfully took advantage of the ruleset allowing headbutts, using multiple of them to inflict damage on Bagov from on top, winning the bout against Bagov via unanimous decision. After that fight, Khabib and Ali became very close friends and even started training together. At the invitation of Nurmagomedov, Bagov began to train in Dagestan. The local wrestlers suggested that Oleg take the Caucasian name Ali, and he agreed. From that moment on, he became better known as Ali Bagov.

Absolute Championship Akhmat

In 2014, Bagov signed a contract with the largest Chechen promotion ACB (Absolute Championship Berkut), where for the first time he performed at the ACB 2 tournament and defeated Akhmed Mirzaev in the first round via anaconda choke. This was followed by performances at ACB 5 and ACB 7, where Bagov won confident victories with first round submissions. At ACB 9, Bagov lost by spinning back kick knockout in the 3rd round to

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, starting a long term rivalry with him. After that, Bagov decided to move clubs to Berkut Club and a series of 8 victories in a row followed and Ali Bagov went out for revenge with

. However, the 2nd duel was again not in his favor. At the ACB 48 tournament in October 2016, he lost by technical knockout, as he refused to continue the fight after the 1st round. Another important rival for Bagov was Eduard Vartanyan. They first met him in battle in 2014 in a sambo competition at World Combat Sambo Federation: World Cup 2014, where Ali lost to his opponent by technical knockout in the first round. A year later at ACB 22, he was able to take revenge and defeated Edward with a first round rear-naked choke. At the beginning of March 2018, it was announced that the fighters would again face each other in a fight in early May 2018. However, while preparing for the fight, Vartanyan injured his knee and for some time was forced to move on crutches. Bagov faced American fighter and Bellator veteran

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on 11 March 2017 at ACB 54. He won the fight by technical submission in the second round. Bagov faced Leandro Silva at ACB 80: Tumenov vs. Burrell on February 16, 2018. He won the fight via unanimous decision. After this fight, Bagov wins 3 victories in a row, Bagov challenged Gleristone Santos at ACB 86 on May 5, 2018. After the instructions, the duel began and the Bagov literally rushed at the Brazilian and after a successful takedown, Bagov began to ground and pound Santos, finishing the Brazilian in the first round via TKO stoppage. After defeating the Brazilian, Bagov was given another chance against

for the ACA Lightweight Championship on September 8, 2018, at ACB 89. In the fight, Ali immediately at the beginning of the fight held a takedown on Abdulvakhabov and actively worked throughout the first and second rounds! In the third round, after the transfer of the Chechen to the ground, Bagov simply did not let him get up and every attempt of the Chechen fighter to stand up ended with another transfer to the ground from Ali. Despite Abdulvakhabov making a comeback in the later round, Bagov won the majority decision on the judges scorecard and the ACA Lightweight Title. On September 27, 2019, Bagov defended his title for the first time, facing Khusein Khaliev in the main event of ACA 99. Bagov would go on to defeat his opponent via kimura in the fourth round. Moving up to welterweight and relinguishing the ACA Lightweight Championship, after Bagov won his bout against Adam Townsend at ACA 104 via unanimous decision, Bagov challenged Murad Abdulaev on September 5, 2020, at ACA 110 for the vacant ACA Welterweight Championship, losing the bout via unanimous decision. Attempting to rebound from the loss, Bagov faced

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at ACA 117: Bagov vs. Silvério on February 12, 2021. He won the fight via unanimous decision. Bagov would go on to win his next two bouts, defeating Tilek Mashrapov at ACA 125 via kimura submission in the third round and Andrey Koshkin at ACA 134 via unanimous decision. Bagov announced that he was returning to lightweight and entering the ACA Lightweight Grand Prix, with his first opponent being

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with the semifinal bout taking place on July 22, 2022, at ACA 141. The bout ended in a no contest after the president of ACA, Mairbek Khasiev, stopped the bout after the fourth round due to inactivity from both fighters. After Khasiev announced that he wouldn't pay the fighters their purses, Bagov announced that he would leave the promotion if he didn't receive his fee. Bagov faced Daud Shaikhaev on March 17, 2023, at ACA 154: Vakhaev vs Goncharov, losing the bout via split decision. In the semi-finals of the 2023 ACA Lightweight Grand Prix, Bagov faced Artem Reznikov on December 24, 2023, at ACA 168: Gadzhidaudov vs. Tumenov, winning the bout via fourth round ground and pound elbows.

Championships and accomplishments

Mixed martial arts

** ACA Lightweight Championship (One time) *** One successful title defence ** 2015 ACB Lightweight Grand Prix

Mixed martial arts record

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