Magomedrasul Magomedalievich Khasbulaev (; born October 23, 1986) is a Russian former

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who fought in the

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division. In a career spanning 12 years, Khasbulaev fought in

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, where he won the Bellator Season Eight Featherweight Tournament Championship, and in ACA, where he was the former ACA Featherweight Champion. Khasbulaev is a Combat Sambo Russia National Champion.

Mixed martial arts career

Early career

Khasbulaev made his professional debut in April 2009, his coach was his brother, Shamil Zavurov. Khasbulaev reached tournament final where he lost to Shamil Zavurov via submission (rear-naked choke) in the first round. Khasbulaev faced Daniel Weichel on March 5, 2011, at M-1 Challenge XXIII: Grishin vs Guram. He lost via submission (triangle choke) in the first round.

Bellator MMA

In July Khasbulaev signed with the Bellator Fighting Championships. In his

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n debut, Khasbulaev faced Nayeb Hezam on October 12, 2012, at Bellator 76. He won the fight via KO in the first round. Khasbulaev quickly returned to the cage for Bellator as he fought less than a month later at Bellator 79 on November 2, 2012. He defeated Josh Pulsifer by rear-naked choke submission in the first round. Khasbulaev faced Fabricio Guerreiro in Featherweight Tournament on February 7, 2013, at Bellator 88. He won the fight via submission in the second round. Khasbulaev faced Marlon Sandro in the Bellator Season Eight Featherweight Tournament on March 7, 2013, at Bellator 92. After two rounds of total domination, he won the fight via TKO in the third round. He will now meet Mike Richman in the finals. Khasbulaev faced Mike Richman in the finals of the Bellator Season Eight Featherweight Tournament on April 4, 2013, at Bellator 95. He won the fight via unanimous decision and will now have a shot at the Featherweight Champion later in 2014. After many visa issues, he was released from Bellator.

World Series of Fighting

On 22 April 2015 Khasbulaev signed with the WSOF. Khasbulaev was expected to face former WSOF featherweight champion Rick Glenn on June 5, 2015, at

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. However, Glenn pulled out of the fight due to an undisclosed injury.

Absolute Championship Berkut

After injury Khasbulaev signed with the ACB. Khasbulaev was expected to face Brazilian Antonio Magno Pereira on September 12, 2015, at ACB 22: St. Petersburg. He won by submission in the first round. Khasbulaev faced Eduard Vartanyan on December 19, 2015, at ACB 27: Dushanbe. He lost this fight via unanimous decision.

World Fighting Championship Akhmat

Khasbulaev was expected to face American Kurt Holobaugh on March 16, 2016, at WFCA 16. He won the fight via unanimous decision. In second fight at the WFCA on May 22, 2016, he beat Khunkar-Pasha Osmaev by unanimous decision. Khasbulaev faced Salman Zhamaldaev at WCFA 23 Featherweight Grand Prix on October 4, 2016. He lost the fight via unanimous decision. Khasbulaev faced Fernando Vieira at WCFA 33 on February 4, 2017. He won the fight via technical knockout in the third round. Khasbulaev faced Genair da Silva at WCFA 38 on May 21, 2017. He won the fight via knockout in the second round.

Absolute Championship Akhmat

Khasbulaev faced Felipe Froes on March 26, 2021, at ACA 120: Oliveira vs. Bibulatov for the vacant ACA Featherweight Championship. After dominating the bout, he finally submitted Froes via rear-naked choke in the fourth round, winning the title in the process. Khasbulaev's first defense of the ACA Featherweight title was scheduled against Ramazan Kishev on August 28, 2021, at ACA 127: Khasbulaev vs. Kishev. However, on August 4, Khasbulaev was removed from the card because of an injury, the title bout was moved to ACA 131: Abdulvakhabov vs. Dias. He won the bout via ground and pound at the end of the third round. After Khasbulaev pulled out due to injury three times in 2022 in bouts against Alikhan Suleymanov, Khasbulaev was stripped of his title.

Championships and accomplishments

Mixed martial arts

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** ACA Featherweight Championship (One time) ***One successful title defence *

** Bellator Season Eight Featherweight Tournament Championship *League S-70 **S-70 2012 Russian Welterweight Tournament Winner * M-1 Global **M-1 Selection 2010 Eastern European Welterweight Tournament Runner-Up

Sambo

*World Combat Sambo Federation **2010 WCSF World Combat Sambo Championships *Fédération Internationale Amateur de Sambo **2015 European Combat Sambo Championships *Russian Combat Sambo Federation **Russian Combat Sambo National Championships (2009)

Mixed martial arts record

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, Russia , , - , Win , align=center, 30–8 , Mukhamed Kokov , Decision (unanimous) , ACA 94 , , align=center, 3 , align=center, 5:00 ,

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, Bahrain , , - , Loss , align=center, 28–8 , Salman Zhamaldaev , Decision (unanimous) , WCFA 48 , , align=center, 5 , align=center, 5:00 ,

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, Azerbaijan , , - , Win , align=center, 28–7 , Fernando Duarte , Submission (rear-naked choke) , WCFA 44 , , align=center, 3 , align=center, 2:55 ,

, Russia , , - , Win , align=center, 27–7 , Dzihihad Yunusov , Decision (unanimous) , WCFA 41 , , align=center, 3 , align=center, 5:00 ,

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, Russia , , - , Loss , align=center, 22–6 , Eduard Vartanyan , Decision (unanimous) , ACB 27 , , align=center, 3 , align=center, 5:00 ,

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, Tajikistan , , - , Win , align=center, 22–5 , Antônio Magno Pereira , Submission (rear-naked choke) , ACB 22 , , align=center, 1 , align=center, 1:40 ,

, Russia , , - , Win , align=center, 21–5 , Mike Richman , Decision (unanimous) , Bellator 95 , , align=center, 3 , align=center, 5:00 ,

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, Canada , , - , Win , align=center, 16–5 , Alexei Nazarov , Decision (unanimous) , League S-70: Plotforma Cup 2012 , , align=center, 3 , align=center, 5:00 ,

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, Russia , , - , Win , align=center, 15–5 , Ali Bagov , KO (punch) , League S-70: Russian Grand Prix 2011 (Stage 4) , , align=center, 2 , align=center, 1:57 ,

, Russia , , - , Win , align=center, 14–5 , Sergei Andreev , TKO (Punches) , League S-70: Russian Grand Prix 2011 (Stage 1) , , align=center, 1 , align=center, 2:20 ,

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, Russia , , - , Win , align=center, 13–5 , Magomed Dzhavadkhanov , Submission (heel hook) , ProFC 36 , , align=center, 1 , align=center, 1:14 ,

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, Russia , , - , Loss , align=center, 12–5 , Daniel Weichel , Technical Submission (triangle choke) , M-1 Challenge 23 , , align=center, 1 , align=center, 3:26 ,

, Russia , , - , Win , align=center, 12–4 , Krzysztof Wolski , Submission (heel hook) , Fight on the East: Poland vs. Ukraine , , align=center, 1 , align=center, 2:02 ,

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, Poland , , - , Win , align=center, 11–4 , Jakub Tangiev , TKO (punches) , ProFC 20: Union Nation Cup 10 , , align=center, 1 , align=center, 4:20 ,

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, Ukraine , , - , Loss , align=center, 9–4 , Ivan Buchinger , Submission (rear-naked choke) , Heroes Gate 2 , , align=center, 2 , align=center, 4:09 ,

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, Czech Republic , , - , Win , align=center, 9–3 , Sergey Grechka , Submission (rear-naked choke) , M-1 Global: M-1 Ukraine Battle of Lions , , align=center, 1 , align=center, 3:30 ,

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, Ukraine , , - , Win , align=center, 8–3 , Kirill Krikunov , Submission (armbar) , M-1 Selection Ukraine 2010: Clash of the Titans , , align=center, 1 , align=center, 4:59 ,

, Ukraine , , - , Win , align=center, 7–3 , Kirill Krikunov , Submission (triangle choke) , M-1 Global: Battle on the Neva 4 , , align=center, 1 , align=center, 2:13 ,

, Russia , , - , Loss , align=center, 6–3 , Shamil Zavurov , Submission (rear-naked choke) , M-1 Selection 2010: Eastern Europe Finals , , align=center, 1 , align=center, 3:16 ,

, Russia , , - , Win , align=center, 6–2 , Radik Iboyan , Submission (armbar) , M-1 Selection 2010: Eastern Europe Round 3 , , align=center, 1 , align=center, 1:50 ,

, Ukraine , , - , Win , align=center, 5–2 , Rashid Magomedov , Decision (split) , M-1 Selection 2010: Eastern Europe Round 2 , , align=center, 3 , align=center, 5:00 ,

, Ukraine , , - , Win , align=center, 4–2 , Vladimir Papusha , Submission (heel hook) , ProFC 13: Union Nation Cup 5 , , align=center, 2 , align=center, 2:03 ,

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, Russia , , - , Win , align=center, 3–1 , Gadzhi Dzhangishiev , Submission , M-1 Challenge: 2009 Selections 7 , , align=center, 1 , align=center, N/A ,

, Russia , , - , Loss , align=center, 2–1 , Rashid Magomedov , Decision (unanimous) , M-1 Challenge: 2009 Selections 5 , , align=center, 3 , align=center, 5:00 ,

, Russia , , - , Win , align=center, 2–0 , Ramzan Algeriev , Submission (toe hold) , Southern Federal Pankration Cup 2 , , align=center, 1 , align=center, 3:15 , Cherkessk, Russia , , - , Win , align=center, 1–0 , Yusup Magomedov , Submission (armbar) , Southern Federal Pankration Cup 1 , , align=center, 1 , align=center, 3:15 , Cherkessk, Russia ,

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Khasbulaev, Magomedrasul 1987 births Living people Russian Muslims Russian sambo practitioners Martial artists from Makhachkala Russian expatriates in the United States Russian male mixed martial artists Mixed martial artists utilizing sambo Avar people 21st-century Russian sportsmen