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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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| Native name | Махамедхабиб Зайнудзинавич Кадзимахамедау | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Full name | Mahamedkhabib Zaynudzinavich Kadzimahamedau | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality |  Belarus | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | May 26, 1994 Khushtada, Tsumadinsky District Dagestan, Russia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country |  Russia Belarus (since 2020) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Wrestling | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight class | 74 kg | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rank | International Master of Sports | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event | Freestyle | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Gadzhi Makhachev WC SCOR-3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Gasan Abdulbasirov, Muslim Amirsalanov | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Olympic finals |  (2020) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| World finals | 7th (2017) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Regional finals |  (2020) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| National finals |  (2017) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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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]
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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]
- Russian nationals 2017 – 1st at 70 kg.[13]
- Ivan Yarygin GP 2017 – 3rd at 70 kg.[13]
- Yasar Dogu International 2017 – 1st at 70 kg.[13]
- Stepan Sarkisyan International 2017 – 1st at 70 kg.[13]
- World Championships 2017 – 7th at 70 kg.[13]
- Belarusian nationals 2020 – 1st at 79 kg.[13]
- European champion 2020 – 1st at 79 kg.[13]
- 2020 Olympic Games - 2nd at 74 kg.
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