Amar Suloev
| Amar Suloev | |
|---|---|
| Born |
January 7, 1976 Tashir, Armenian SFSR, USSR |
| Died | June 27, 2016 (aged 40) Anapa, Russia Stomach Cancer |
| Nationality | Armenian Russian Yazidi |
| Height | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) |
| Weight | 185 lb (84 kg; 13.2 st) |
| Division | Middleweight |
| Fighting out of | Anapa, Russia |
| Team | Red Devil Sport Club |
| Mixed martial arts record | |
| Total | 31 |
| Wins | 24 |
| By knockout | 12 |
| By submission | 8 |
| By decision | 3 |
| Unknown | 1 |
| Losses | 7 |
| By knockout | 2 |
| By submission | 3 |
| By decision | 2 |
| Mixed martial arts record from Sherdog | |
Amar Suloev (January 7, 1976 – June 27, 2016) was an Armenian mixed martial artist with a record of 24–7–0. He was a kickboxer/wrestler who last fought Jacek Buczko at M-1 Challenge, where he won by a TKO (kick and punches). Suloev had 24 wins on his record with 15 of them in the first round. Following his mixed martial arts career, Suloev became involved in the world of organized crime and was arrested and accused of being a contract killer. He died of stomach cancer in June 2016.
Suloev was born into a Yazidi family in Tashir which was in the Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic.
He was charged as being a part of 2 assassinations and a third attempt in which a driver was killed. However, he has never been convicted of such things and there were serious problems with the state's case against him. One killer testified that Suloev had been the get away driver. But he did not match eyewitness descriptions of the driver (this in the failed assassination). Even more, his neighbor testified to meeting him on the morning of the attempt at his house at 9:05am. The attempt occurred at about 9am hundreds of kilometers away.
At the time of his death his trial had been suspended and he'd been released on bail following his stage 4 stomach cancer diagnoses.
At UFC 35 Suloev came to fight in the premier MMA organization of the United States where he faced top light heavyweight Chuck Liddell. The fight went to decision, where Liddell was awarded the win on points. The fight was intense and Suloev demonstrated his level of skill with kickboxing as he avoided the trademark power shots of the feared American fighter. Despite the loss Amar was one of only seven fighters to take Liddell to decision. The UFC invited him back at UFC 37 to fight Phil Baroni, where a controversial knee by Suloev was landed while Baroni was on his knees getting up, shortly after the referee stood them up, Baroni landed a flurry of punches which stopped Suloev.
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