Makwan Amirkhani (; born November 8, 1988) is a Finnish

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Kurdish MMA fighter 'Mr Finland' Crushes Opponent
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, June 20, 2015 who competes in the

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division. He is most notable for his time in the

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Background

Amirkhani was born in

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into a

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March 6, 2015 - ''"I’m from Iran, but I'm Kurdish."'' The family fled from Iran to Iraq and settled in

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's Al-Tash refugee camp. In the aftermath of the

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, the family were resettled to

Vaasa Vaasa (; , ), formerly (1855-1917) known as Nikolaistad (; ),upper comprehensive school. He moved with his family to

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in 2004, where he went to the upper comprehensive school. Amirkhani moved to

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to study in a high school suited for students with professional sports aspirations. However, he dropped out of the school and moved back to Turku where he failed to graduate from high schools twice. Eventually on a third try, he was accepted to study in

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from where he graduated. His background is in

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, having trained since a young age, competing for the Finnish national team; winning silver in the Finnish National Championship in

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in 2010 and bronze in 2013 in

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wrestling.

Mixed martial arts career

Early career

Amirkhani began training in mixed martial arts at the age of 16 and had his first professional fight in 2010. Competing on the regional circuit solely in Finland, he compiled a record of 10–2, with eight finishes, all by submission and all in the first round, before signing with the UFC in December 2014.

Ultimate Fighting Championship

Amirkhani made his promotional debut against Andy Ogle on 24 January 2015 at

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. He won the fight via TKO only 8 seconds into the first round. He also earned a ''Performance of the Night'' bonus. Amirkhani was briefly linked to a bout with Diego Rivas on 20 June 2015 at

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. However, shortly after the bout was announced, Rivas was pulled from the fight due to undisclosed reasons and replaced by Masio Fullen. Amirkhani won the fight by submission due to a rear naked choke in the first round. Amirkhani faced Mike Wilkinson on 27 February 2016, at

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. He won the fight by unanimous decision. In January 2017, Amirkhani signed a new, four-fight contract with the UFC. In the first bout he faced

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on 18 March 2017 at

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. He lost the fight by split decision. Amirkhani faced Jason Knight on 27 May 2018 at

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Amirkhani won the back-and-forth fight via split decision, after being knocked down twice with uppercuts. Amirkhani faced

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at UFC Fight Night: Gustafsson vs. Smith on 1 June 2019. He won the fight via an anaconda choke submission in the second round. The win also earned Amirkhani his second ''Performance of the Night'' bonus award. Amirkhani faced

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on 2 November 2019 at

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. He lost the fight via TKO in the third round. Amirkhani was expected to face

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at UFC Fight Night: Woodley vs. Edwards on 21 March 2020. Due to the

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, the event was eventually postponed and the bout scrapped. Instead Amirkhani faced

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on 12 July 2020 at

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. He won the fight via a submission in round one. Amirkhani faced

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, replacing

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, on 11 October 2020 at

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. He lost the fight via unanimous decision. Amirkhani was scheduled to face

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on 5 June 2021 at UFC Fight Night 189. However, Landwehr was pulled from the event due to injury and he was replaced by newcomer Kamuela Kirk. Amirkhani lost the bout via unanimous decision. Amirkhani was scheduled to face

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on 30 October 2021 at

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. However, Connelly withdrew in early September due to a neck injury and was replaced by

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. Amirkhani lost the bout via knock out with a knee after getting caught shooting for a takedown at the beginning of the second round. Amirkhani faced

at UFC Fight Night 204 on 19 March 2022, in a rebooked bout after almost two years to date when they were originally set to compete. Amirkhani won the fight via a technical submission with an Anaconda choke in round one. With this win, he received the '' Performance of the Night'' award. Amirkhani faced Jonathan Pearce on 23 July 2022, at UFC Fight Night 208. He lost the bout via TKO in the second round. Amirkhani faced Jack Shore on 18 March 2023, at

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. He lost the fight via a rear-naked choke submission in the second round. On 5 June 2023, news surfaced that Amirkhani had fought out his contract and the organization opted not to renew it.

Post-UFC career

On 12 August 2023, Amirkhani announced that he had signed a contract to fight in Oktagon MMA and expects to make his promotional debut in lightweight division during 2023. He also revealed that he will partake the promotion's upcoming million euro tournament in 2024. After getting knocked out at the beginning of the third round against Mochamed Machaev, Amirkhani announced his intention to retire from the sport. After his loss, he expressed a desire to return to fight one last time and pleaded his fans to vote him as one of two “lucky losers”, who would then re-enter the tournament in a reserve match. Subsequently, the Kurdish Amirkhani and Turkish Attila Korkmaz got picked and were set to face each other at Oktagon 58. Amirkhani (hinting at the Kurdish-Turkish conflict) stated prior to the bout in a post on his personal Instagram page that the match between him and Korkmaz is “more important than all the fights combined” and told his Kurdish fans to fill the arena with Kurdish nationalist colours. Amirkhani lost the match after being picked up and slammed into the canvas by Korkmaz and submitted via a rear-naked choke in the third round. The aforementioned slam had caused Amirkhani to dislocate his

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; the

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had also punctured and required extensive surgery. After the operation, he expressed uncertainty about returning to fighting. Later, it was announced that Amirkhani was scheduled to fight in a Finnish regional MMA promotion called ‘Ice Cage Fighting’. His bout against Fernando Flores was the main event of Ice Cage Fighting 3, which took place on 28 December 2024. He won the match by submission. He was scheduled to fight Diego Santos on 25 January 2025 in the Czech 'Professional Muaythai League'. He missed weight and later pulled out due to

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symptoms. He is scheduled to fight against Joni Salovaara on 3 May 2025 at Ice Cage Event.

Professional grappling career

Amirkhani competed in the ADCC North European Open on August 18, 2023 where he went 3-1 and won a bronze medal in the 76 kg division.

Personal life

Amirkhani is one of eight children; his brother and father both died in car accidents shortly after the family moved to

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. Makwan has worked as a model and was the 1st runner-up in 2012 Mr. Finland pageant, which his nickname refers to. Makwan and his partner have a son (born 2022).

Controversy

On July 12, 2021 several Finnish newspapers reported that Jethro Rostedt, a then 45 year-old Finnish real estate agent and Turku city council member, filed a criminal report against Amirkhani due to threats and slander. In a Facebook post that Amirkhani quickly deleted, he threatened Rostedt with violence and expressed disparaging comments about him and his son after he seemingly became irritated by Rostedt who shared his opinion on a gang fight involving Amirkhani’s sister and dozens of other people of foreign background that occurred in a restaurant that Rostedt owns.

Amateur boxing

Makwan Amirkhani has fought five times in amateur boxing. He would have had his fifth fight in December 2018 in Somero instead of January 2019, had he not refused a new replacement opponent who was an experienced and heavier boxer.

Championships and accomplishments

Mixed martial arts

** Performance of the Night (Three times) **Tied ( Daniel Pineda,

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) for second most submissions in UFC Featherweight division history (4) **UFC.com Awards ***2015: Ranked #5 Newcomer of the Year & Half-Year Awards: Best Newcomer of the 1HY *Nordic MMA Awards - MMAviking.com **2012 Showman of the Year **2015 Knockout of the Year vs. Andy Ogle on January 24 **2015 Fighter of the Year

Amateur wrestling

*Finnish Wrestling Federation **2008 Finnish Nationals 66 kg (145,5 lbs) Freestyle Wrestling Bronze medalist **2010 Finnish Nationals 66 kg (145,5 lbs) Freestyle Wrestling Silver medalist **2013 Finnish Nationals 66 kg (145,5 lbs) Greco-Roman Wrestling Bronze medalist **2016 Finnish Nationals 74 kg (163 lbs) Freestyle Wrestling 4th place

Mixed martial arts record

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Amateur boxing record

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