A fighter with a very complex name that is spelled differently in different organizations. A true Chechen, a lion of submissions, terrifying his rivals with a formidable beard. 26-year-old UFC fighter Abdulkerim (or Abdul-Kerim) Halidovich Edilov.
General information
Abdulkerim Halidovich Edilov was born in Chechnya in 1991. For a long time he was engaged in complex martial arts, combat sambo, the athlete even managed to become the world champion in universal combat. Today, Abdulkerim Halidovich Edilov is a successful MMA fighter who has signed a contract with the worldwide recognized UFC promotion. Abdulkerim himself admits that he does not remember how he got into mixed martial arts. He was engaged in sports, as far as he remembers himself, but he came into fights not so long ago, for fun. At that time, Edilov lived and trained in Moscow. And the spontaneous undertaking unexpectedly became very successful and had a significant impact on the athlete.
Today, Abdulkerim Khalidovich Edilov is a member of the AkhmatFightTeam team. The athlete defends the honor of his hometown - the capital of the Chechen Republic - Grozny. Abdulkerim also admits that his idol is none other than the head of Chechnya, known in the vastness of our country (and perhaps beyond its borders) for his ambiguous reputation, - Ramzan Kadyrov.
Every day, Edilov conducts 2 training sessions: morning and evening. Sports activities in the morning include running, working out of technical skills and so-called paw work in boxing. During the final training, Abdulkerim is engaged in wrestling, arranges sparring.
Abdulkerim Halidovich Edilov: height, weight
The fighter performs in the light heavyweight category. According to the UFC, the athlete is 185 cm tall and weighs 93 kg, which is the borderline figure for entering the light heavyweight category.
Fights of Abdulkerim Halidovich Edilov
At the moment, the athlete had only one fight in the UFC, in which he won an early victory by submission. By the way, Edilov himself claims that his favorite trick in mixed martial arts is a takedown with the capture of both legs of an opponent. No wonder we often can see the transfer to the ground from a Russian fighter in this way.
In total, Abdulkerim Halidovich Edilov spent 20 fights during his career, in 16 of which he won, in 13 - ahead of schedule. The fighter has 8 knockouts and 5 submissions. Abdulkerim himself, paradoxically, three of the four defeats in MMA also suffered a submission, and one match was lost by decision.
Abdulkerim Halidovich Edilov signed a contract with the UFC back in 2016, at the same time the fighter’s debut in the largest promotion was to take place. However, something went wrong. At first, Abdulkerim was unable to perform in the UFC Fight Night-81 due to an injured meniscus. And after the events that received wide publicity began: WADA launched an active campaign against Russian athletes, and, as it turned out, the guardians of sports law got even to mixed martial arts. In the Edilov doping test taken on January 7, 2016, meldonium was discovered. By decision of the USADA, the fighter was disqualified for 15 months. At that time, he did not go into the cage since June 2015, when he defeated his opponent in less than a minute. The denial of any competition lasted until April 7, 2017. The manager of Edilov promised fans of his ward that they would be able to see Abdulkerim in business in May, but his first, and so far the only, fight in the American promotion, the athlete held only in September 2017. During the fight in the second round, Boyan Mikhailovich was defeated.
Abdulkerim Halidovich Edilov admits that the UFC is a new opportunity for him and, at the same time, is another challenge. After all, every MMA fighter is pleased to fight in the top promotion of the planet.