Islam Ramazanovich Makhachev is a Russian professional mixed martial artist, from Dagestan. He currently fights in the Lightweight division for the Ultimate Fighting Championship. As of November 16, 2020, he is #13 in the UFC lightweight rankings.
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Islam Ramazanovich Makhachev is a Russian professional mixed martial artist, from Dagestan. He currently fights in the Lightweight division for the Ultimate Fighting Championship. He is a Combat Sambo World Champion and trains with Khabib Nurmagomedov at AKA. As of November 16, 2020, he is #13 in the UFC lightweight rankings. Islam was born in Makhachkala, Dagestans of Lak ethnicity. He trained and competed in combat sambo. In 2016 he won a gold medal, in the final match he won 7–0 over Valentin Benishev of Bulgaria.
He made his M-1 Global debut against Tengiz Khuchua on February 12, 2011 and won the fight via KO in the first round. In his second fight for the promotion, he faced Mansour Barnaoui, on April 9, 2013 at M- 1 Challenge 38. On October 2, 2014, he signed a four-fight contract with the UFC. He lost by first-round technical knockout to Adriano Martins at UFC 192 on October 3, 2015.
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