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Comment: Declining per the comments by
Lethweimaster. Thank you for resolving the citation overkill issue.
GoingBatty (
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Comment:Does not pass Very bad job at citations. Fighting in ONE Championship or Eagle FC does not make a fighter notable. Subject clearly does not pass
WP:MMA and passing mentions and event results are not sufficient to meet
WP:GNG.
Lethweimaster (
talk) 07:39, 3 June 2023 (UTC)
He is one time combat sambo world champion (FIAS),[8] two-time World Wushu Sanda world champion[9][10][11][12] and one-time runner-up at World Hand-to-Hand Combat Championships.[13] In April 18, 2017, he was awarded International Master of Sports in Combat Sambo by Russian Sports Ministry.[14][15][16]
Early life
Magomedaliev was born on June 10, 1990, in
Shevchenko,Gur'yev Oblast (back then
Mangyshlak Oblast was annexed to Gur'yev Oblast),
Soviet Kazakhstan and spent early parts of his life there.[17][18][19] At the age of 5 years, he moved with his family, to the small countryside of Irib, in the Charada District of Dagestan, Russia; where his father got a job in a local factory, while his mother worked in a milk plant.[20][21]
At the age of 9, he first started training in Wushu Sanda.[22] But, as a 10-year-old, Magomedaliev was convinced into switching to wrestling by his father, by enrolling him in a local wrestling club.[23][24][25]
Later on his life, Magomedaliev decided to join the Russian military;[26][27] where he attained the rank of
Senior Lieutenant.[28][29][30][31] During his military service, Magomedaliev competed in various combat sports, where he won world championships in combat sambo, kung fu, wushu sanda, and hand-to-hand combat.[32][33][34][35]
Magomedaliev decided to seriously pursue a professional career in martial arts after he watched an K-1 Grand Prix fight on TV.[36][37]
Wushu Sanda
Magomedaliev had notable journey in his amateur Wushu Sanda days, where he was one-time Russian champion (under Kung Fu Federation of Russia banner) and two-times world champion (under International Kung Fu Federation tourneys).[38][39][40][41]
Magomedaliev was Kung Fu World Champion (Sanda) 2012 and Wushu World Cup Champion-Sanda 2012 in a tourney held Beijing, China in August of 2012.[42][43][44][45]
Army Hand-to-Hand Combat (ARB)
Magomedaliev is a Master of Sports in Army Hand-to-Hand Combat.[46] He has competed in and won multiple championship in Army Hand-to-Hand Combat competitions.[47][48] In ARB competitions he was coached by Valery Seinov, and was team member of Defenders of the Fatherland Combat Club.[49] Overall, Magomedaliev is one-time silver-medalist at World Championship, two-times Russian Champion, and seven-times St. Petersburg Champion.[50][51][52]
Magomedaliev won gold medal for his team in 82kg category.[59] As a direct result of his achievement, he was nominated and eventually won "The Best Sportsman of the Year in Combat Sambo" by Moscow Sambo Federation.[60][61]
Mixed martial arts career
Magmomedaliev trains out of both in Eagles MMA[62] and Krepost Fight Club[63] in Russia; while in the United States, he is primarily associated with American Top Team gym.[64] Magomedaliev's main training partners are Aliaskhab Khizriev,
Magomed Magomedkerimov, Magomedrasul Gasanov,
Marat Gafurov, Magomed Umalatov,
Muslim Salikhov and the Khiramagomedov brothers[65] (Gadzhimurad and Gamzat).[66][67][68][69][70]
He made his amateur debut in September 2014 at Cup of Russia, where he defeated Alexey Susaev via first-round knockout;[71][72][73] he did not go very far in the tournament.
Eight MMA gyms across Russia, competed in a team vs team MMA tournament at Fight Nights - Fight Club 1 event, with the prize of one million rubles, being awarded to the winning team.[74][75] The eight teams that were nominated to fight in the event were, Krepost Fight Club, Fight Club Boyets , Akademiya Boyevykh Iskusstv, Fight Club Kostroma, Fight Club "Sambo-Piter, Fight Club Ratiborets, Fight Club Peresvet & Fight Club Baltiyskiy Vyzov.[76]
Magomedaliev, representing Krepost Fight Club, had his first pro fight debut, against Gennady Simonov of Fight Club Boyets, on March 5, 2015.[77][78][79] Magomedaliev won this fight by first-round submission via Armbar.[80][81][82][83] Ultimately, Magomedaliev's team, Krepost Fight Club, won over Club Boyets of Orenburg by 4:1 scoreline.[84]
In his second pro fight at Fight Nights - Fight Club 5, again representing Krepost Fight Club, he was pitted against Dmitry Shestakov of Akademiya Boyevykh Iskusstv.[85] He defeated Shestakov by unanimous decision.[86][87][88][89] Krepost Fight Club was ultimately victorious over Akademiya Boyevykh Iskusstv with 4:1 scoreline.[90][91]
In 2016 Magomedaliev fought in Dagestan Cage Fighting Championship, where he KO'd Tajik fighter Jahongir Saidjamolov in the second-round.[92][93][94][95] In September of the same year, at the EFN - Fight Nights Global 51 event, he TKO'd Russian fighter Ruslan Zhemukhov in the second-round.[96][97][98][99]
In March 30, 2018, Magomedaliev fought in Fight Nights Global for the last time, where was pitted against Valdir Araujo.[100] He defeated the Brazilian fighter via first-round KO.[101][102][103][104] After this fight, he signed for One Championship with an unbeaten pro record.[105][106]
ONE Championship
Magomedaliev had his first fight in One Championship, booked against fellow newcomer James Nakashima, at One Championship - Conquest of Champion event.[107][108][109] Raimond lost to the American by unanimous decision.[110][111][112][113]
In his second fight for One Championship, Magomedaliev faced Joey Pierotti in One Championship - A New Tomorrow.[114][115][116] He defeated Pierotti via first-round submission (Guillotine Choke).[117][118][119][120]
In Magomedaliev's third fight, he was booked against Edson Marques, at One Championship - Collision Course 2.[121][122][123] He KO'd the Brazilian fighter at first-round.[124][125][126][127]
In his fourth outing for One Championship, Magomedaliev was pitted against Tyler McGuire, at One Championship - One on TNT 1.[128][129][130][131] He won this fight by unanimous decision.[132][133][134][135]
Eagle Fighting Championship
In January 28, 2022, Magomedaliev had his first fight for Khabib's Eagle Fighting Championship promotion debut, in Miami, Florida, against Anthony Njokuani.[136][137] He won this fight via first-round KO.[138][139][140] On March 11, Magomedaliev was booked against Impa Kasanganay.[141][142][143] He won this fight via split decision.[144][145][146][147]