Russian mixed martial artist (born 1986)
Magomedrasul Khasbulaev
| Medal record
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Representing  Russia
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| Men's Combat Sambo
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| World Championships
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2010 Kyiv |
-82 kg
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| Russian Championships
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2009 St. Petersburg |
-82 kg
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Magomedrasul Magomedalievich Khasbulaev (Russian: Магомедрасул Магомедалиевич Хасбулаев; born October 23, 1986) is a Russian mixed martial artist who fought in the Featherweight division. In a career spanning 12 years, Khasbulaev fought in Bellator MMA, where he won the Bellator Season Eight Featherweight Tournament Championship, and in ACA, where he was the former ACA Featherweight Champion. Khasbulaev is a Combat Sambo Russia National Champion.[3]
Mixed martial arts career
Early career
Khasbulaev made his professional debut in April 2009, his coach was his brother, Shamil Zavurov.
Khasbulaev reached tournament final where he lost to Shamil Zavurov via submission (rear-naked choke) in the first round.[4]
Khasbulaev faced Daniel Weichel on March 5, 2011, at M-1 Challenge XXIII: Grishin vs Guram. He lost via submission (triangle choke) in the first round.[5]
Bellator MMA
In July Khasbulaev signed with the Bellator Fighting Championships.[6]
In his North American debut, Khasbulaev faced Nayeb Hezam on October 12, 2012, at Bellator 76.[7] He won the fight via KO in the first round.
Khasbulaev quickly returned to the cage for Bellator as he fought less than a month later at Bellator 79 on November 2, 2012. He defeated Josh Pulsifer by rear-naked choke submission in the first round.
Khasbulaev faced Fabricio Guerreiro in Featherweight Tournament on February 7, 2013, at Bellator 88. He won the fight via submission in the second round.
Khasbulaev faced Marlon Sandro in the Bellator Season Eight Featherweight Tournament on March 7, 2013, at Bellator 92.[8] After two rounds of total domination, he won the fight via TKO in the third round. He will now meet Mike Richman in the finals.
Khasbulaev faced Mike Richman in the finals of the Bellator Season Eight Featherweight Tournament on April 4, 2013, at Bellator 95.[9] He won the fight via unanimous decision and will now have a shot at the Featherweight Champion later in 2014.
After many visa issues, he was released from Bellator.[10]
World Series of Fighting
On 22 April 2015 Khasbulaev signed with the WSOF.[11] Khasbulaev was expected to face former WSOF featherweight champion Rick Glenn on June 5, 2015, at WSOF 21. However, Glenn pulled out of the fight due to an undisclosed injury.[12]
Absolute Championship Berkut
After injury Khasbulaev signed with the ACB.[13]
Khasbulaev was expected to face Brazilian Antonio Magno Pereira on September 12, 2015, at ACB 22: St. Petersburg. He won by submission in the first round.[14]
Khasbulaev faced Eduard Vartanyan on December 19, 2015, at ACB 27: Dushanbe.[15] He lost this fight via unanimous decision.
World Fighting Championship Akhmat
Khasbulaev was expected to face American Kurt Holobaugh on March 16, 2016, at WFCA 16. He won the fight via unanimous decision.
In second fight at the WFCA on May 22, 2016, he beat Khunkar-Pasha Osmaev by unanimous decision.[16]
Khasbulaev faced Salman Zhamaldaev at WCFA 23 Featherweight Grand Prix on October 4, 2016.[17] He lost the fight via unanimous decision.
Khasbulaev faced Fernando Vieira at WCFA 33 on February 4, 2017. He won the fight via technical knockout in the third round.
Khasbulaev faced Genair da Silva at WCFA 38 on May 21, 2017. He won the fight via knockout in the second round.
Absolute Championship Akhmat
Khasbulaev faced Felipe Froes on March 26, 2021, at ACA 120: Oliveira vs. Bibulatov for the vacant ACA Featherweight Championship. After dominating the bout, he finally submitted Froes via rear-naked choke in the fourth round, winning the title in the process.[18]
Khasbulaev's first defense of the ACA Featherweight title was scheduled against Ramazan Kishev on August 28, 2021, at ACA 127: Khasbulaev vs. Kishev.[19] However, on August 4, Khasbulaev was removed from the card because of an injury, the title bout was moved to ACA 131: Abdulvakhabov vs. Dias.[20] He won the bout via ground and pound at the end of the third round.[21]
After Khasbulaev pulled out due to injury three times in 2022 in bouts against Alikhan Suleymanov, Khasbulaev was stripped of his title.[22]
