Magomed Ismailov is a Russian MMA fighter, a runet star. Most recently, his name appeared in one unpleasant story, but even from such a stalemate, Cobra came out with humor! Let us get to know this extraordinary person closer!
Duck or misunderstanding?
On the night of November 17, 2017, an unpleasant event took place near the Moscow-City Eye Tower, where the so-called Pavlik, or one of the most famous Russian businessmen Dmitry Pavlov, celebrated his birthday. The “misunderstanding” between the security guard and one of the guests was due to an improperly parked car, starting with a simple showdown, the conflict soon developed into a shootout, during which seven people were injured.
Immediately after the event was followed by an "informational stuffing in the media." It was reported that police detained a mixed martial arts fighter Magomed Ismailov, nicknamed "Cobra", who took part in this episode. Later, a confession written by Ismailov was announced at all. However, the press service of GTC and the manager of Magomed issued a rebuttal. Ismailov himself did not stand aside: a few days later, an appeal to the media appeared on his Instagram page.
In any developed, civilized, rational society, before you accuse a person of some act or publish compromising information about him, you need to check it for compliance with reality! Unfortunately, in our country everything works differently. In pursuit of sensation and high ratings, news agencies can post anything! I don’t even know what to do ?! To sue my relatives for a portion of my emotions, or give a real reason for the article under the heading: “An MMA fighter crippled several journalists who published false information about him” ?!
The jokes, of course, are peculiar, but what can you do? Costs of the profession. In any case, the media acted in this situation in the wrong way, confusing the full namesake and not fully understanding the situation. The funny thing and at the same time sad is that some really authoritative Russian publications were mistaken. Of course, after a thorough analysis of the situation, a refutation of inaccurate information and an apology to Ismailov were posted, but the sediment still remained.
Let us take a deeper look into the life of a fighter who has become famous throughout the country in such an "original" way.
Fighter Magomed Ismailov: biography
The future champion of Russia and the world in combat sambo, the champion of Russia and Europe in mixed martial arts was born on June 21, 1986 in the south of our country. Fighter Magomed Ismailov by nationality Dagestan. But in many tournaments, he is listed as an athlete from Moscow and performs in the Middleweight category. According to Sherdog, the athlete's height is 175 cm, and the fighter Magomed Ismailov weighs a little less than 84 kg. Thus, Magomed, as, by the way, and most MMA fighters, is on the verge of "transition" to light heavyweight. Recall that Middleweight just includes athletes up to 84 kg.
Magomed Ismayilov began his fighter sporting career as a child when (just do not be surprised) mom brought the boy to the kickboxing section. The two men closest to Magomed, dad and uncle, were engaged in freestyle wrestling for a long time.
From Makhachkala, the Ismailov family moved to the Urals, to Nizhny Tagil. Here, the future MMA fighter moved to the sports sambo section, but after a conflict with classmates, from verbal bickering that came to assault, Uncle Magomed took his nephew back to his homeland, in the capital of the Republic of Dagestan. In Makhachkala, Ismagilov nevertheless came to the conclusion that he was looming from the very beginning - he took up freestyle wrestling. After serving in the railway forces, Cobra decided to build a sports career. Admittedly, it turned out pretty well!
Career at MMA
Having collected many regalia and even having managed to become a master of sports of international class, the athlete decided to rise to a new level and begin the next life stage. Today, Magomed Ismailov is an MMA fighter. For a long time he defended the honor of his club Golden team in M1, but now he moved to GTC.
Ismailov won his first fight at the new promotion, and did not spend a minute on this. The Croatian athlete David Vasić was defeated. In March 2018, the Ismailov-Mineev fight is planned as part of Fight Night, one of the “family members” of the famous mixed martial arts evenings organized by Kamil Gadzhiev.
The personal record of “Cobra” for today is 12 wins with 6 defeats. Of course, not the famous 0 in lost fights, like Vitaly Minakov’s, but nonetheless the numbers are impressive.
MMA fans love Magomed Ismailov not only for fights, but also for their smile and tireless optimism. For example, on Instagram, frankly, not the most famous MMA fighter from Russia, 206 thousand people are currently signed up.