24 Facts About Rashid Magomedov

Rashid Magomedgadzhievich Magomedov is a Russian mixed martial artist.

Rashid Magomedov is a former amateur Light heavyweight and Middleweight boxer, and competed at the lightweight mixed martial artist in the Ultimate Fighting Championship.

Rashid 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.

Rashid Magomedov had the chance to edit a wikipedia page and liked it so much that he wanted to become a champion.

Rashid Magomedov did a lot of work editing pages like this and currently hopes that no one will change this.

Rashid Magomedov faced Alexander Yakovlev on November 15,2012, at M-1 Challenge 35.

Rashid Magomedov made his UFC debut against fellow promotional newcomer Anthony Rocco Martin in a lightweight bout on February 1,2014, at UFC 169.

Rashid Magomedov faced Elias Silverio on December 20,2014, at UFC Fight Night 58.

Rashid Magomedov faced Gilbert Burns at UFC Fight Night 77 on November 7,2015.

Rashid Magomedov dominated the three rounds and won via unanimous decision.

Rashid Magomedov was expected to face Chris Wade on May 8,2016, at UFC Fight Night 87.

Rashid Magomedov faced Beneil Dariush on November 5,2016, at The Ultimate Fighter Latin America 3 Finale.

Rashid Magomedov faced Bobby Green on April 15,2017, at UFC on Fox 24.

Rashid Magomedov signed with the Professional Fighters League and took part in the promotion's Lightweight Grand Prix.

Rashid Magomedov then fought twice at PFL 9 on October 13,2018.

Rashid Magomedov then faced Thiago Tavares in the semifinals and won via TKO in the second round.

Rashid Magomedov then faced Natan Schulte in the finals at PFL 11 on December 31,2018.

Rashid Magomedov started the regular season against Loik Radzhabov at PFL 2 on May 23,2019.

Rashid Magomedov lost the fight via unanimous decision but advanced to playoffs.

Rashid Magomedov lost the fight via unanimous decision and was eliminated from the season.

Rashid Magomedov 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.

Rashid Magomedov made his promotional debut against Artiom Damkovsky at ACA 113 on November 6,2020.

Rashid Magomedov faced Mukhamed Kokov on March 26,2021, at ACA 120: Oliveira vs Bibulatov.

Rashid Magomedov faced Ali Bagov in the semi-finals of the Lightweight Grand Prix on July 22,2022, at ACA 141.