Khamzat Chimaev is a Russian-Emirati mixed martial artist and freestyle wrestler, born on 1 May 1994 in Gvardeyskoye in the Chechen Republic. He moved to Sweden in 2013, where he became a three-time Swedish freestyle wrestling national champion and trained with the Allstars Training Center in Stockholm. He took up mixed martial arts at 23 and competes in the Ultimate Fighting Championship, where he is a former Middleweight Champion. He has also competed in judo tournaments and combat sambo, and he signed with Real American Freestyle for freestyle wrestling matches in 2026, where he has won by pinfall and technical fall.
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is a Russian-Emirati professional mixed martial artist and freestyle wrestler
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He currently competes in the Middleweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC)
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In freestyle wrestling, Chimaev is a three-time Swedish national champion.
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is a Russian-Emirati professional mixed martial artist and freestyle wrestler
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is a Russian-Emirati professional mixed martial artist and freestyle wrestler
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He currently competes in the Middleweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC)
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