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Khamzat Chimaev
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Russian-Emirati mixed martial artist (born 1994)
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Khamzat Chimaev is a male mixed martial artist and wrestler born on May 1, 1994. He competes in the UFC Welterweight division and is a member of the Fight Club Akhmat sports team. His native name is Чимаев Хизарин Хьамзат, and he is known by the nicknames Борз, Волк, and Wolf.
Chimaev holds citizenship in the United Arab Emirates and Russia, and he resides in the United Arab Emirates. He has represented the United Arab Emirates, Sweden, and Argentina in sport. While his Wikidata entry lists Gvardeyskoe as his place of birth, other records indicate he was born in Beno-Yurt, Chechnya, Russia.
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Beno-Yurt, Chechnya, Russia
Professional mixed martial artist competing in the UFC Welterweight division.
Known for
- UFC 328: Chimaev vs Strickland — Self2026
- UFC 319: du Plessis vs. Chimaev — Self2025
- UFC 308: Topuria vs. Holloway — Self2024
- UFC 294: Makhachev vs. Volkanovski 2 — Self2023
- UFC 273: Volkanovski vs. The Korean Zombie — Self2022
- UFC 279: Diaz vs. Ferguson — Self2022
- UFC 267: Blachowicz vs. Teixeira — Self2021
- UFC on ESPN 13: Kattar vs. Ige — Self2020
- UFC on ESPN 14: Whittaker vs. Till — Self2020
- UFC Fight Night 178: Covington vs. Woodley — Self2020
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Key facts
- Born
- Khamzat Khizarovich Girikanov , ( 1994-05-01 ) 1 May 1994 (age 32) , Gvardeyskoye, Chechen Republic , Russia
- Native name
- Chechen : Чимаев Хизаран кӏант Хамзат
- Other names
- Borz ( literal translation</span>"}]]}'>lit. ' The Chechen wolf ' )
- Nationality
- Russian, Emirati
- Height
- 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
- Weight
- 185 lb (84 kg; 13 st 3 lb)
- Division
- Welterweight (2018–2022) , Middleweight (2018–2020, 2023–present)
- Reach
- 75 in (190 cm)
- Fighting out of
- Dubai , United Arab Emirates
- Team
- Allstars Training Center (2017–2023) , Fight Club Akhmat
- Rank
- Black belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu under Alan Nascimento
- Years active
- 2015–present ( Freestyle wrestling ) , 2018–present ( MMA )
- Website
- khamzatborz .com
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Russia
- Place of birth
- Gvardeyskoe
- Sport
- wrestling
- Member of team
- Fight Club Akhmat
- Country for sport
- Sweden
- Mass
- 77
- Official website
- khamzatborz.com
- Image
- Khamzat Chimaev 2022.png
- Height
- 188
- Residence
- United Arab Emirates
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- date of birth
- 1994-05-01
- social media followers
- 373659
- Commons category
- Khamzat Chimaev
- nickname
- Wolf
- name in native language
- Чимаев Хизарин Хьамзат
- official shop URL
- theborzstore.com
- email address
- mailto:[email protected]
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Encyclopedic overview
Khamzat Khizarovich Chimaev (born 1 May 1994) is a Russian-Emirati professional mixed martial artist and freestyle wrestler. He currently competes in the Middleweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), where he is the former UFC Middleweight Champion. As of 12 May 2026, he is #1 in the UFC middleweight rankings and #10 in the UFC men's pound-for-pound rankings.
In freestyle wrestling, Chimaev is a three-time Swedish national champion. He is currently signed to the Cruiserweight division of Real American Freestyle (RAF).
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Khamzat Chimaev” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.