Ismail Naurdiev is a Russian-Austrian-Moroccan professional mixed martial artist born in Grozny, Chechnya, Russia. He is a resident of Salzburg, Austria and he is fighting out of Rabat, Morocco.
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BIOGRAPHY
Naurdiev is currently signed with the Ultimate Fighting Championship, which is based in Las Vegas, Nevada, United States. Here are 13 more things about him:
- His fight name is The Austrian Wonderboy.
- Before joining the UFC, he competed in King of the Ring, Respect Austria, Thaikibo, Cage Fight Events Europe, German MMA Championship, Charity Fight Night, Fight Night Leonding, Cage MMA Finland, North American Allied Fight Series, Austrian Fight Challenge, KraftHerr Fight Night, World Free Fight Challenge, Aggrelin, Absolute Championship Akhmat, X Fight Nights, Elite MMA Championship and BRAVE Combat Federation.
- He is 6’0″ tall.
- He holds a professional MMA record of 24 wins and 8 losses.
- In 2004, he and his family moved from Russia to Austria.
- From 2012 to 2020, he competed in the welterweight division.
- On November 17, 2012, he made his professional MMA debut.
- On February 23, 2019, he made his UFC debut.
- In 2021, he started competing in the super welterweight division.
- From 2021 to 2023, he competed in BRAVE CF.
- In 2023, he started competing in the middleweight division.
- On August 18, 2024, he turned 28.
- On October 26, 2024, he made his UFC comeback.
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TIMELINE
Between 2019 and 2025, Naurdiev fought six UFC opponents. Here are the results:
2019
- On February 23, 2019, he defeated Michel Prazeres via unanimous decision at “UFC Fight Night 145” in Prague, Czech Republic.
- On July 6, 2019, he lost to Chance Rencountre via unanimous decision at “UFC 239” in Paradise, Nevada.
- On September 28, 2019, he defeated Siyar Bahadurzada via unanimous decision at “UFC Fight Night 160” in Copenhagen, Denmark.
2020
- On February 29, 2020, he lost to Sean Brady via unanimous decision at “UFC Fight Night 169” in Norfolk, Virginia, USA.
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2024
- On October 26, 2024, he defeated Bruno Silva via unanimous decision at “UFC 308” in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.
2025
- On June 21, 2025, he lost to Park Jun Yong via unanimous decision at “UFC on ABC 8” in Baku, Azerbaijan.
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