THE EAGLE
"KHABIB NURMAGOMEDOV " KHABIB ABDULMANAPOVICH NURMAGOMEDOV IS A RUSSIAN PROFESSIONAL MIXED MARTIAL ARTIST OF AVAR ETHINICITY. NURMAGOMEDOV IS A TWO TIME COMBAT SAMBO WORLD CHAMPION AND THE REIGNING UNDISPUTED UFC LIGHT WEIGHT CHAMPION . HE CURRENTLY HOLDS THE LONGEST UNDEFEATED STREAK IN MMA WITH 27 WINS, AND REMAINS UNDEFEATED STREAK IN MMA, WITH 27 WINS , AND REMAINS UNDEFEATED IN PROFESSIONAL MMA. HAILING FROM RUSSIA 'S DAGESTAN REGION , THE FIRST MUSLIM TO WIN A UFC TITLE . MIXED MARTIAL ARTS CAREER EARLY CAREER : KHABIB NURMAGOMEDOV MADE HIS PROFESSIONAL MMA DEBUT IN SEPTEMBER 2008 AND COMPILED FOUR WINS IN UNDER A MONTH .ON 11 OCTOBER, NURMAGOMEDOV BECAME THE INAUGURAL ATRIUM CUP TOURNAMENT CHAMPION , HAVING DEFEATED HIS THREE OPPONENTS AT THE MOSCOW EVENT. OVER THE NEXT THREE YEARS HE WOULD GO UNDEFEATED, FINISHING 11 OUT OF 12 OPPONENTS. THESE INCLUDED A FIRST ROUND ARMBER FINISH OF FUTURE BELLATOR TITLE CHALLENGER SHAHBULAT SHAMH