Mahamedkhabib Kadzimahamedau

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Mahamedkhabib Kadzimahamedau

Mahamedkhabib Zaynudzinavich Kadzimahamedau or Magomedkhabib Zainudinovich Kadimagomedov (Belarusian: Магамедхабіб Зайнудзінавіч Кадзімагамедаў; Russian: Магомедхабиб Зайнудинович Кадимагомедов; born 26 May 1994)[1] is a Russian-Belarusian freestyle wrestler and professional mixed martial artist who competes in the Featherweight division of Bellator MMA. He is the 2020 Summer Olympics silver medallist in men's 74 kg, 2020 European Champion at 79kg and 2017 Russian National Champion at 70kg. He also placed seventh at the World Championships 2017.[2] In 2020, he received citizenship of Belarus.[3]

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Mahamedkhabib Kadzimahamedau
Kadzimahamedau in 2021
Personal information
Native nameМахамедхабиб Зайнудзинавич Кадзимахамедау
Full nameMahamedkhabib Zaynudzinavich Kadzimahamedau
Nationality Belarus
Born (1994-05-26) May 26, 1994 (age 30)
Khushtada, Tsumadinsky District Dagestan, Russia
Height1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Sport
Country Russia
 Belarus (since 2020)
SportWrestling
Weight class74 kg
RankInternational Master of Sports
EventFreestyle
ClubGadzhi Makhachev WC
SCOR-3
Coached byGasan Abdulbasirov, Muslim Amirsalanov
Achievements and titles
Olympic finals (2020)
World finals7th (2017)
Regional finals (2020)
National finals (2017)
Medal record
Men's freestyle wrestling
Representing Individual Neutral Athletes
European Championships
2024 Bucharest79 kg
Representing  Belarus
Olympic Games
2020 Tokyo74 kg
Individual World Cup
2020 Belgrade79 kg
European Championships
2020 Rome79 kg
Ivan Yarygin Cup
2024 Krasnoyarsk74 kg
Representing Dagestan
Russian National Championships
2017 Nazran70 kg
Golden Grand Prix Ivan Yarygin
2017 Krasnoyarsk70 kg
Representing  Russia
Yasar Dogu Tournament
2017 Istanbul70 kg
Dan Kolov & Nikola Petrov Tournament
2018 Sofia74 kg
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In 2020, he won one of the bronze medals in the men's 79 kg event at the 2020 Individual Wrestling World Cup held in Belgrade, Serbia.[4][5] In March 2021, he competed at the European Qualification Tournament in Budapest, Hungary hoping to qualify for the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.[6] Though he didn't qualify, he subsequently entered and won at the 2021 World Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament, qualifying for the Tokyo Olympics. There he defeated four-time NCAA champion American Kyle Dake in the quarterfinals en route to earning a silver medal for Belarus.[7]

He competed at the 2024 European Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament in Baku, Azerbaijan and he earned a quota place for the Individual Neutral Athletes for the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France.[8][9] He competed in the men's freestyle 74 kg event at the Olympics.[10]

Mixed martial arts career

In October 2022, a report surfaced about a Twitter video in which UFC then will-be Lightweight champion Islam Makhachev beat down Kadzimahamedau in a grapple exchange. Reactions added that Kadzimahamedau expressed, "All this training [was] just to get slept in 3 minutes." Makhachev was temporarily preparing to compete in UFC 280.[11]

Bellator MMA

On March 1, 2023, it was announced that Kadzimahamedau had signed with Bellator MMA to start his MMA career.[12]

Championships and accomplishments

References

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