Rasul Mirzaev
| Rasul Mirzaev Расул Мирзаев |
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Mirzaev in 2011
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| Born | Rasul Rabadanovich Mirzaev 30 March 1986 Kizlyar, Dagestan ASSR, Soviet Union |
| Other names | Black Tiger (Чёрный Тигр) Blackguard |
| Nationality | Russian |
| Ethnicity | half-Avar half-Dargin |
| Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) |
| Weight | 65 kg (143 lb; 10 st 3 lb) |
| Style | Sambo |
| Fighting out of |
Moscow, Russia Derbent, Dagestan |
| Team | Champion Club Derbent Fight Nights gym |
| Rank | International Master of Sports in Combat Sambo |
| Mixed martial arts record | |
| Total | 18 |
| Wins | 17 |
| By knockout | 9 |
| By submission | 4 |
| By decision | 4 |
| Losses | 1 |
| By decision | 1 |
| Mixed martial arts record from Sherdog | |
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Representing  Russia
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| World Championships | ||
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2010 Tashkent | 62 kg |
Rasul Rabadanovich Mirzaev (Russian: Расу́л Рабада́нович Мирза́ев, born 30 March 1986) is an Avar - Dargin born in Russia mixed martial artist. In 2012, he was convicted of the reckless manslaughter of an ethnic Russian student (Ivan Agafonov) he had punched during an altercation. WSOF bantamweight fighter.
Mirzaev began training at the Moscow-based Sambo-70 sports club in 2007. In November 2010, Mirzaev won first place at the combat sambo division of the World Sambo Championships that was held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, submitting his opponent Baasankhun Damlanpurev from Mongolia in thirty seconds. In the same year, the Moscow Sambo Federation awarded Mirzaev with Best Athlete of the Year in combat sambo.
Mirzaev is undefeated in his mixed martial arts career. His record currently stands at fourteen wins and no losses. His first win was in October 2009 at the Battle of Champions in Elista in a duel with Danil Turinghe. In June 2010, he defeated Marat Pekov at Fight Nights – Battle of Moscow 1. In March 2010, Mirzayev defeated Evgeni Khavilov at Battle of Moscow 3. In May of that year, he won a fight with Roman Kishev at United Glory 14: 2010–2011 World Series Finals. After a near 2-year gap in his MMA career due to his criminal case, he made his return in March 2013 and has since won 9 straight fights. In July 2011, Mirzaev fought for the Euro-Asia Featherweight Championship title in the Fight Nights – Battle of Moscow 4 event. The Japanese MMA Super Star Masanori Kanehara lost to Mirzaev by technical knockout in less than two minutes.
On 16 November, 2016 he lost first time in MMA career to UFC veteran Levan Makashvili at Fight Nights 54 via unanimous decision.
According to the Moscow police, a disagreement between Mirzaev and a 19-year-old Ivan Agafonov took place on 13 August 2011 at 4 a.m., in the center of Moscow near a night club. Mirzaev punched Agafonov down to the pavement. Agafonov died in a hospital four days later. The Agafonov family agreed with the experts, who say the cause of the young man’s death was not a punch from Mirzaev, but the head trauma he sustained from falling on the pavement.
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