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Khabib Nurmagomedov

28 wins (8 KOs, 10 subs, and 10 decisions), unbeaten.

· HEIGHT: 5' 10"

· WEIGHT: 155 lbs.

· REACH: 70"

· STANCE: Orthodox

· DOB: Sep 20, 1988

Organization and weight class: UFC lightweight.

Nationality and style: Russian wrestler.

Why he's ranked: Here he is Insider's pound-for-pound No.1 athlete in all MMA.

His name is Khabib Nurmagomedov, he's unbeaten after 28 bouts, and he's smashed his way through his opponents while barely even losing a round.

The only round he may not have won is arguably the third round of his 2018 fight against Conor McGregor, but he dropped the Irishman in the second and stopped him with a neck crank in the fourth. He also trash-talked McGregor throughout the fight.

Nurmagomedov employs a wrestling-based style of relentless pressure against his opponents, often described as "mauling". Using a variety of wrestling and judo/sambo takedowns, he forces his opponents against the cage, and ties up their legs and an arm to prevent them from escaping. From this position, he exhausts his opponents by forcing his weight against them and attacks with measured strikes his opponents are often unable to defend. Throughout his career, nineteen of his twenty-nine victories had come by way of either TKO/KO or submission.

Former three-time UFC Heavyweight Champion and two-time UFC Light Heavyweight Champion Randy Couture praised Nurmagomedov as “brilliant”. MMA Commentator Joe Rogan, a black belt in both 10th Planet Jiu-Jitsu and Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, said of Nurmagomedov, “He’s the most terrifying lightweight contender in the world,” and “he’s just on such another level [of grappling] that the odds of beating him drop significantly after the first minute-and-a-half.” UFC referee Herb Dean stated Nurmagomedov constantly talks to his opponents during fights.

Nurmagomedov has since beaten Dustin Poirier in style and is set to defend his UFC title on April 18 against Tony Ferguson in one of the most significant championship fights in the history of the company.

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