Umar Magomednabievich Nurmagomedov (Умар Нурмагомедов) is a Russian professional mixed martial artist and sambist born in Kizilyurt, Dagestan, Russia. He is of Avar descent.
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BIOGRAPHY
Nurmagomedov’s brother Usman Nurmagomedov is also an MMA fighter. From April 7, 2018 to March 19, 2021, their cousin Khabib Abdulmanapovich Nurmagomedov (Хабиб Абдулманапович Нурмагомедов) was the lightweight champion of the Ultimate Fighting Championship, which is based in Las Vegas, Nevada, United States.
Currently, Umar is signed with the UFC. Here are 13 more things about him:
- His fight name is Young Eagle.
- He is 5’8″ tall and he competes in the lightweight division.
- He holds a professional MMA record of 19 wins and 1 loss.
- As an amateur MMA fighter, he defeated Seung Gyun Cho, Benjamin Molnar, Chunbo Yuan and Artur Mykytenko at the 2016 World MMA Championships in November 2016.
- From 2016 to 2018, he competed in Fight Nights Global.
- On December 16, 2016, he made his professional MMA debut in Moscow, Russia where he submitted Rishat Kharisov of Russia via guillotine choke.
- In 2018, he competed in Samara MMA Federation.
- From 2018 to 2019, he competed in the Professional Fighters League.
- In 2019, he competed in Gorilla Fighting Championships.
- In 2020, he went on hiatus amid the new coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.
- He was trained by his uncle Abdulmanap Magomedovich Nurmagomedov, who died in Moscow on July 3, 2020.
- On January 20, 2021, he made his UFC debut.
- On January 3, 2025, he turned 29.
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TIMELINE
From 2021 and 2025, Umar Nurmagomedov fought eight UFC opponents. Here are the results:
2021
- On January 20, 2021, he defeated Sergey Morozov via technical submission at “UFC Fight Island 8” in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.
2022
- On March 5, 2022, he submitted Brian Kelleher via rear-naked choke at “UFC 272” in Paradise, Nevada.
- On June 25, 2022, he defeated Nathan Maness via unanimous decision at “UFC Vegas 57” in Enterprise, Nevada.
2023
- On January 14, 2023, he knocked out Raoni Barcelos at “UFC Vegas 67” in Enterprise.
2024
- On March 2, 2024, he defeated Bekzat Almakhan via unanimous decision at “UFC Vegas 87” in Enterprise.
- On August 3, 2024, he defeated Cory Sandhagen via unanimous decision at “UFC on ABC 7” in Abu Dhabi.
2025
- On January 18, 2025, he lost to UFC Bantamweight Champion Merab Dvalishvili via unanimous decision at “UFC 311” in Inglewood, California, USA.
- On October 25, 2025, he defeated Mario Bautista via unanimous decision at “UFC 321” in Abu Dhabi.
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