Zabit Magomedsharipov

Zabit Magomedsharipov

Personal Information

Full Name Zabit Akhmedovich Magomedsharipov
Date of Birth March 1, 1991
Nationality Russian
Height 6 ft 1 1⁄2 in
Role Sanda

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Zabit Magomedsharipov: A Brief Biography

Zabit Magomedsharipov is an unranked UFC Featherweight fighter with a professional MMA record of 18-wins and 1-loss. Zabit was formerly ranked #3 in the UFC rankings before getting removed due to inactivity.

  1. Early life and career
  2. Zabit Magomedsharipov UFC
  3. Zabit Magomedsharipov vs Calvin Kattar
  4. Zabit Magomedsharipov Stats
  5. Zabit Magomedsharipov Record

Zabit Magomedsharipov

Early life and career

Zabit started his combat sports journey at age 10 when he started training in freestyle wrestling and Sanda. Zabit started training in Wushu at the Five Directions of The World School for 10 years before transitioning to MMA in 2012.

Zabit made his professional MMA debut at the Odessa Golden Cup against Zhumageldy Zhetpishbayev. Zabit TKO'ed Zhumageldy via third-round TKO and followed it up by defeating Timur Bolatov via unanimous decision.

Zabit signed with ProFC in 2012 and went 2-1 in the promotion with his only loss coming against Igor Egorov.

He left the promotion and amassed 2 victories on the regional circuit that led to him signing with Absolute Championship Berkut in 2014.

Zabit entered the ACB featherweight Grand Prix in 2014 and defeated Orudzh Zamanov and Artak Nazaryan to enter the finals at ACB 24 against Abdul- Rakhman Temirov. Zabit outclassed Temirov throughout the fight and submitted him in the first round via guillotine choke to win the Grand Prix.

He got a title shot at the vacant ACB Featherweight Championship against Sheikh-Magomed Arapkhanov at ACB 31. Zabit knocked out Sheikh in the first round to win the title and later successfully defended it against Valdines Silva at ACB 45.

Zabit vacated the title and left the promotion to sign with the UFC in 2017.

Zabit Magomedsharipov UFC

Magomedsharipov made his UFC debut on 2nd September 2017 against Mike Santiago. The Russian won via a rear naked choke submission in the second round and took home the honors for 'Performance of the night'.

Zabit Magomedsharipov vs Calvin Kattar

Magomedsharipov was initially supposed to face Calvin Kattar at UFC on ESPN 6 in the latter's hometown but unfortunately, Zabit pulled out due to injury.

The fight was later rescheduled to UFC Fight Night 163 where the pair met in the main-event. The fight turned out to be thoroughly entertaining and closely contested. In the end, Magomedsharipov had his hand raised via unanimous decision.

Zabit Magomedsharipov Stats

Current Status:

Zabit Magomedsharipov's current record stats at 18-1. He is on a 14-fight win streak and inactive since 2019.

Win-Loss-Draw:

MatchesWinsLossesDraws
191810

Wins by KO:

  1. 6

Wins by Submission:

  1. 7

Wins by Decision:

  1. 5

Weight:

  1. 145 lb / 66 kg

Reach:

  1. 73 in (185 cm)

Weight Class:

  1. Lightweight (2012-2013)
  2. Featherweight (2014-present)

Zabit Magomedsharipov Record

Below is the Professional MMA record of Zabit Magomedsharipov.

ResultRecordOpponentMethodEventDate
Win18–1Calvin KattarDecision (unanimous)UFC Fight Night: Magomedsharipov vs. Kattar09/11/2019
Win17–1Jeremy StephensDecision (unanimous)UFC 23502/03/2019
Win16–1Brandon DavisSubmission (Suloev stretch)UFC 22808/09/2018
Win15–1Kyle BochniakDecision (unanimous)UFC 22307/04/2018
Win14–1Sheymon MoraesSubmission (anaconda choke)UFC Fight Night: Bisping vs. Gastelum25/11/2017
Win13–1Mike SantiagoSubmission (rear-naked choke)UFC Fight Night: Volkov vs. Struve02/09/2017
Win12–1Valdines SilvaTKO (punches)ACB 4517/09/2016
Win11–1Sheikh-Magomed ArapkhanovKO (punch)ACB 3109/03/2016
Win10–1Abdul-Rakhman TemirovSubmission (guillotine choke)ACB 24: Grand Prix 2015 Finals Stage 224/10/2015
Win9–1Mukhamed KokovTKO (arm injury)ACB 2014/06/2015
Win8–1Artak NazaryanTKO (retirement)ACB 15: Grand Prix 2015 Stage 221/03/2015
Win7–1Orudzh ZamanovSubmission (guillotine choke)ACB 1112/11/2014
Win6–1Sarmat HodovDecision (unanimous)Oplot Challenge 8816/11/2013
Win5–1Sergei SokolovSubmission (triangle choke)Fight Nights: Krepost Selection 120/09/2013
Loss4–1Igor EgorovSubmission (armbar)ProFC 4714/04/2013
Win4–0Iftikhor ArbobovTKO (doctor stoppage)ProFC 4402/12/2012
Win3–0Abkerim YunusovSubmission (rear-naked choke)ProFC 4213/10//2012
Win2–0Timur BolatovDecision (unanimous)Liga Kavkaz 201203/07/2012
Win1–0Zhumageldy ZhetpisbayevTKO (punches)Odessa Golden Cup09/05/2012
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