Biography
Dagestan fighter Rashid Magomedov tried many styles before reaching MMA, and eventually achieved success in the chosen case. The athlete built an international career by entering the twenty of the strongest representatives of the light weight category. In most of the fights held, the Russian won confident victory and won the love of fans by fighting qualities together with modesty and simplicity.Childhood and youth
Rashid was born and grew up in the Caucasus, famous for wrestling traditions. He was born on November 29, 1984 in the village of Madzhalis, the number of which was then about 5 thousand people. Most of the population by nationality belonged to Darginians, and Magomedov's parents were no exception. The family supported the boy who, after the brothers, became interested in sports struggle.
Initially, Rashid practiced Karate, then moved to the box, and in both activities, it was overwhelmed at the regional and international levels. He also tried kickboxing, which also turned out to be good, and during the service in the army switched to a hand-to-hand fight. In this sport, Dagestan won the Russian championship and passed the regulations of the Master of Sports.
Over time, the guy moved to live in Makhachkala, where he entered the Dagestan Agricultural Institute, but it did not have to go to agriculture and animal husbandry. Sports outlined all other classes and soon became a profession who brought not only money, but also world fame. At the same time, Magomedov himself treated popularity and success calmly, earning a reputation of a restrained and simple person who knows how to wander nicely and lose to play.
Personal life
The modesty and restraint of Rashid exhibits and when illuminating his personal life. In an interview, he prefers not to talk about his wife, but the photo of the daughter still appeared in the instagram account of the fighter. For a long time, he generally shied away from social networks, since the attraction of attention and communication with the virtual public is alien to his nature. However, in 2016, Magomedov still started the account, which filled with shots from octagon and training, occasionally diluting them with frames in the company of friends.Mixed martial arts
A career in mixed martial arts began Rashid since 2008, during training in the club "Highlander". There, his coach became Musal Alaudin, who not only taught the athlete to work and tuned on battles, but also engaged in his promotion, conducting negotiations on possible transitions.
At first Magomedov declared himself on Mix Fight UFA, where in 2008 she won the first victory by technical knockout over Vladimir Vladimirov. Then, as part of the "Highlander" team, the fighter began to participate in international tournaments M-1 and in 2009 earned the title of champion M-1 SELECTION. When height 175 cm and weighing 70 kg, he fell into the category of light weights.
Speaking at M-1, Rashid spent 11 fights, just once giving way to the opponent with a separate decision of the judges. The rest of the Dagestan fights ended with victories, and in 2011 he won the world title in M-1 Global, who defended a year later, defeated Alexander Yakovleva. The death of the coach put a career of the fighter pause, but at the end of 2013 it resumed at a qualitatively new level: Magomedov moved to the United States, where he began to perform in UFC tournaments.
Rashid confessed that he did not notice the difference between life in Russia and America, since he spent all the time in the training hall. However, the approach to training seemed to him more convenient and professional, because in the UFC, the entire preparation process was distributed between 3-4 specialists, each of which is good in their business. The athlete does not have to think about rebooting and fatigue, it simply turns off his head and relies on a group of coaches that build the optimal scheme of work.
Having become a fighter UFC, Magomedov fought against Tony Martin, Gilbert Burns, Elias Silveru and Bobby Green, each of whom won. Despite the fact that Rashid's statistics spoke for himself (5 victories at one defeat), UFC did not extend the contract with him, referring to the immature manner of fighting. Even spectacular care from pain did not add ticks in its resume.
After that, the Russian moved to PFL, where with varying success spent a number of fights. Having defeated Luis Firm, Tiaga Taruars and Loica Rajabov, in 2019 the fighter lost the countryman Ahmed Aliyev.
A year before, he survived the offensive defeat in the final of the PFL playoffs in a lightweight weight, where a judicial decision was given to Nathan Schulte, who took $ 1 million from the tournament. Bearing is not the most equitable lesion and loss of the most solid remuneration in the fighting biography of Rashid as usual Restantly and calmly, however, stated that he had no right to play the athlete of this class. At the same time, he soberly asses his own capabilities and does not seek fights with the stars of the Habiba Nurmagomedov.
Rashid Magomedov Now
In 2020, the fighter returned to Russia and is going to perform at ACA tournaments. In the summer, they spoke about his debut fight in a new promotion, which Rashid planned to hold against Edward Vartanyan, but health problems prevented the battle. After that, Magomedov began to look for a new rival, and they were Artem Damkovsky. The intriguing confrontation in lightweight should take place on November 6 in Moscow.Achievements
- 2004 - Champion of Russia in army hand-to-hand combat
- 2006 - Bronze Medist Championship of Russia for kickboxing
- 2012 - M-1 champion in welterweight