Rustam Khabilov

Rustam Khabilov is one of the most famous Russian representatives in mixed martial arts. For his spectacular performances in the UFC, he was nicknamed the Tiger. Now in the sports biography of Rustam there are 23 victories, 14 of which were awarded by the decision of the judges (on points).

The future fighter was born on November 4, 1986 in Goksuva - a village located in the Khasavyurt district of Dagestan. He is a Kumyk by nationality. Since childhood, the boy dreamed of a career as a professional fighter, but there were no sports clubs nearby, and Rustam made himself a punching bag from an old bag to practice punches. Only in his school years did he get the opportunity to fully train and immediately began to demonstrate success.

Khabilov got into the first major competitions at the age of 13 - it was the Dagestan Wushu Sanda Championship. Then he took 3rd place, although he was considered one of the main contenders for the victory: a cold prevented Rustam from winning the championship.

After school, Khabilov became a student at the Makhachkala Automobile and Road Technical School, but by that time he had already seriously decided to devote himself to sports and began classes under the guidance of Abdulmanap Nurmagomedov, a famous combat sambo trainer. They are still good friends with his son, a fighter Khabib Nurmagomedov.

In 2007, Rustam made his debut in mixed martial arts. His first rival was Bagaudin Abasov. The fight, which ended in victory for Khabilov, was the beginning of a series of 11 won tournaments, which lasted until 2011. Representatives of the world's leading leagues were interested in a promising fighter, and Rustam was invited to the United States to train under the guidance of Greg Jackson.

The most spectacular fight in Khabilov's career is considered to be the fight with Akin Duran, whom Rustem knocked out with a throw from a deflection. The Tiger suffered its first defeat from a compatriot, a fighter Ruslan Khaskhanov. In 2012, Khabilov joined the UFC and opened a new winning streak of 3 wins. Gradually, he climbed to the 11th line in the ranking of lightweight fighters.

2014 was marked by the conflict between Rustam and his compatriot Ali Bagautinov. The American media wrote that the fighters had a fight in the training hall, and the case ended in a completely non-sporting assault. Khabilov claimed that they "just talked," and Ali himself said in an interview for Sports.ru that he was hit by a friend of Rustam.

According to him, at that moment there was a friend of an athlete from Russia in the hall, who did not like it when Ali intervened in the conversation. Seizing the moment, he approached Bagautinov from behind and struck him with a strong unexpected blow. The athlete fell to the floor and took a long time to recover. According to Ali, the incident had an unpleasant effect on his health and psychological state and was one of the reasons for his subsequent defeat in a duel with Demetrius Johnson.

In 2016, Rustam Khabilov met Jason Saggo in the ring. He confidently attacked and made several spectacular strikes, after which he ended the fight with an attacking streak and won on points.

In 2017, Rustam did not manage to play most of the planned fights due to injuries: he tore the meniscus on his right knee, and before that he had to operate on his left knee and shoulder. Rehabilitation took place in Germany, where, according to the athlete, immediately after the operation, he was again given heavy loads. Health problems did not force Khabilov to reconsider the pace and training regimen, except that he began to pay more attention to warming up procedures and injury prevention.

In September 2018, Khabilov's long-awaited battle with Canadian fighter Kayan Johnson took place. The fight began calmly - no one tried to force events. In the first round, the initiative came from Rustam, but later it was intercepted by a Canadian with a multi-hit combination. As a result, the victory still went to Khabilov, although the opinion of the judges was not unanimous.

Rustam Khabilov is married, but little is known about his wife. The wedding took place according to Dagestan customs; there is a photo of the bride in the national wedding dress on the Web. The Khabilovs had two sons. The athlete is reluctant to talk about his personal life. It is known that now his wife and children live in Dagestan, while he himself trains in the United States.

Rustam has pages on Twitter and Instagram, where he shares photos from the competition.

The athlete's height is 172 cm, weight - 70 kg.

The media call Khabilov a hot-tempered person who "constantly gets into history." The most famous was the conflict with an unknown girl in the Ukrainian McDonald's restaurant, who allegedly began to discuss it with her friends and laugh loudly, after which Rustam threw cola in her face and threw a paper cup.

A video of the incident, filmed by one of the eyewitnesses, was leaked on the Internet. The management of the sports club had to publicly apologize for the fighter, and Khabilov himself said that he had found the girl and brought her a personal apology.

Today, the fighter still calls the Jackson MMA gym his training home and is not going to change the base yet. His main coaches are Greg Jackson and Mike Winkeljon. In September 2018, Rustem ranked 15th in the official UFC lightweight ranking.

As for the next fights, Khabilov agrees to see any top-15 fighter in them as an opponent. He himself would have preferred Kevin Lee, with whom he recently had a verbal conflict - he allowed himself unpleasant statements about the Dagestani fighters.

Now Khabilov trains a lot and, although he admits that he misses his family, he is not going to leave his career.

Champion of Russia in Combat Sambo World Champion in Combat Sambo Champion of the International Tournament in Full Contact Fighting

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