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11 Greatest Russian MMA Fighters Ever [Ranked]
Jan 19, 2025
Russia has been a powerhouse for producing combat sports athletes for decades. Regions like Dagestan have produced some of the most ruthless wrestlers MMA has ever seen. Just the simple fact that a fighter is Russian has proven to be an intimidating fact. In this story, we'll take a look at the 11 best fighters to ever emerge from the country.
From top modern day UFC competitors such as Islam Makhachev and Khamzat Chimaev, to legends like Fedor Emilianenko and Khabib Nurmagomedov, Russia's impact on the sport is impossible to ignore.
In fact, so stacked is the list that the country has produced that we've had to increase the scope of these rankings to 11 entries from the usual top 10.
Ranking factors include:
Professional record
Titles won
Ability in the cage
Overall impact on the sport.
Top 11 Russian MMA fighters ever
Rank
Name
Professional Record
1
Fedor Emelianenko
40-7-1
2
Khabib Nurmagomedov
29-0
3.
Islam Makhachev
27-1-1
4.
Vadim Nemkov
17-2-1
5.
Khamzat Chimaev
14-0
6.
Usman Nurmagomedov
18-0-1
7.
Andrei Arlovski
34-24
8.
Petr Yan
18-5
9.
Zabit Magomedsharipov
18-1
10.
Alexander Shlemenko
67-15-1
11.
Umar Nurmagomedov
18-1
11 Umar Nurmagomedov
Record: 18-1
Umar Nurmagomedov is one of many fighters on this list related to former UFC lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov and trained under the late Abdulmanap Nurmagomedov. Umar is related to Khabib as his cousin and is the nephew of Abdulmanap, who died in 2020.
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