Abubakar Nurmagomedov

Abubakar Nurmagomedov was born November 13, 1989 in the village of Goksuv in Khasavyurtovsky District, Dagestan. He is a Combat Sambo World Championships bronze medalist and Russian national combat sambo champion. He made his professional MMA debut in October 2011 against Ibrahim Dzhantukhanov of Russia.

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Summary Abubakar NurmagomedovAbubakar Nurmagomedov was born November 13, 1989 in the village of Goksuv in Khasavyurtovsky District, Dagestan. He is a Combat Sambo World Championships bronze medalist and Russian national combat sambo champion. He made his professional MMA debut in October 2011 against Ibrahim Dzhantukhanov of Russia, and won in the first round by Submission.

At UFC 229 he jumped the cage after his title victory and charged toward Conor McGregor’s cornerman Dillon Danis. A scuffle broke out between them after McGregor punched Abubkar. NurMagomedov made his promotional debut on November 9, 2019 at UFC on ESPN+ 21 against David Zawada.