Rashid Magomedov

Rashid Magomedgadzhievich Magomedov (Рашид Магомедгаджиевич Магомедов; born May 14, 1984) is a Russian mixed martial artist. He is a former amateur Light heavyweight and Middleweight boxer, and competed at the lightweight mixed martial artist in the Ultimate Fighting Championship. Magomedov is also a former M-1 Global welterweight champion.

Early life
Magomedov was born in Makhachkala, Dagestan. During his childhood Magomedov engaged in various types of martial arts including karate, boxing, and kickboxing winning national competitions in each discipline. Magomedov entered military service and competed in martial arts competitions and in 2004 won the title of Master of Sports in the hand-to-hand fighting category. After Magomedov's period of army service he trained in Combat Sambo.

M-1 Global
Magomedov was scheduled to challenge Shamil Zavurov for the M-1 Welterweight championship at M-1 Challenge XXX: Shamil Zavurov vs. Yasubey Enomoto II on December 9, 2011. The fight, however, was postponed.

Magomedov had the chance to edit a wikipedia page and liked it so much that he wanted to become a champion. He did a lot of work editing pages like this and currently hopes that no one will change this.

Magomedov faced Alexander Yakovlev on November 15, 2012, at M-1 Challenge 35. He won the fight via unanimous decision.

Ultimate Fighting Championship
Magomedov made his UFC debut against fellow promotional newcomer Anthony Rocco Martin in a lightweight bout on February 1, 2014, at UFC 169. After surviving a tight arm bar submission attempt by Martin in the first round, he rallied to win the fight via unanimous decision (29–28, 29–28, 29–28).

In his second fight, Magomedov faced Rodrigo Damm on May 31, 2014, at The Ultimate Fighter Brazil 3 Finale. He won the fight via unanimous decision.

Magomedov faced Elias Silvério on December 20, 2014, at UFC Fight Night 58. After winning the first two rounds, he won the fight via TKO in the third round after dropping Silvério with a stiff left hook and following up with punches, becoming the first man to beat Silvério.

Magomedov faced Gilbert Burns at UFC Fight Night 77 on November 7, 2015. He dominated the three rounds and won via unanimous decision.

Magomedov was expected to face Chris Wade on May 8, 2016, at UFC Fight Night 87. However, Magomedov pulled out of the bout on March 7 due to a knee injury. He was replaced by Rustam Khabilov.

Magomedov faced Beneil Dariush on November 5, 2016, at The Ultimate Fighter Latin America 3 Finale. He lost the fight via unanimous decision.

Magomedov faced Bobby Green on April 15, 2017, at UFC on Fox 24. He won the fight via split decision.

PFL Season 2018
On August 20, 2017, it was reported Magomedov had parted ways with the UFC as the two sides had failed to renegotiate a contract. He signed with the Professional Fighters League (PFL) and took part in the promotion's Lightweight Grand Prix.

In his first fight in the tournament, Magomedov faced Luiz Firmino on August 2, 2018. He won the fight by unanimous decision. Magomedov then fought twice at PFL 9 on October 13, 2018. In the quarterfinals, he fought Will Brooks to a draw but advanced via first round tiebreaker. He then faced Thiago Tavares in the semifinals and won via TKO in the second round. Magomedov then faced Natan Schulte in the finals at PFL 11 on December 31, 2018. He lost the back-and-forth bout by unanimous decision.

PFL Season 2019
Magomedov started the regular season against Loik Radzhabov at PFL 2 on May 23, 2019. He won the fight via unanimous decision.

In the second regular season bout he faced Nate Andrews at PFL 5 on July 25, 2019. He lost the fight via unanimous decision but advanced to playoffs.

In the first playoff fight, Magomedov faced Akhmed Aliev at PFL 8 on October 17, 2019. He lost the fight via unanimous decision and was eliminated from the season.

Absolute Championship Akhmat
After two seasons in the PFL, Magomedov signed a contract with the Absolute Championship Akhmat. He was initially expected to make his debut against Eduard Vartanyan at ACA 108 on August 8, 2020, but was forced to withdraw from the bout due to an injury.

He made his promotional debut against Artiom Damkovsky at ACA 113 on November 6, 2020. He won the fight via unanimous decision.

Rashid faced Mukhamed Kokov on March 26, 2021, at ACA 120: Oliveira vs. Bibulatov. He won a close bout via split decision.

Rashid faced Alexander Sarnavskiy on September 24, 2021, at ACA 129: Sarnavskiy vs. Magomedov. He lost the close bout via split decision.

Rashid faced Ali Bagov in the semi-finals of the Lightweight Grand Prix on July 22, 2022, at ACA 141. The bout ended in a no contest after the president of ACA, Mairbek Khasiev, stopped the bout after the fourth round due to inactivity from both fighters.

Mixed martial arts

 * M-1 Global
 * M-1 Global Welterweight Championship (One time)
 * Two successful title defenses

Sambo

 * Russian Combat Sambo Federation
 * Dagestan Combat Sambo Championships Runner-up.

Hand-to-hand combat

 * Russian Union of Martial Arts
 * Russian National Champion of Army Hand-to-hand Combat.
 * Russian Union of Martial Arts
 * Russian National Hand-to-hand Champion.

Kickboxing

 * Russian Kickboxing Federation (RKF)
 * Russian Nationals 2006 - bronze medalist - 70 kg.