Phuket Prospect: Kurbanali Isabekov on Dagestani wrestling, ONE Championship & Tiger Muay Thai · Thailand news

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Kurbanali Isabekov on Dagestani wrestling, ONE Championship & Tiger Muay Thai.

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Phuket Prospect sits down with Kurbanali Isabekov, a Dagestani MMA fighter training at Tiger Muay Thai in Thailand. He says he is from the Russian republic of Dagestan, naming the city as Mahawa, and that he is a professional. An early “91” record in the captions is unclear; he later says he has nine wins and one loss, and he rejects that loss, arguing he won the fight himself and only lost it for the corner against a very technical opponent. He began wrestling in Dagestan, moved into MMA at 17, and took his first professional fight at 18 after only six or seven months of MMA training. That debut was in Russia, very hard, and he still won — he says he was not scared because he trusted his work. He praises Thailand’s heat and conditioning and the number of partners from UFC, Bellator, Professional Fighters League, and ONE Championship. His Dagestan team is Sport School Damo in Mahawa, which he says has produced world champions and four or five Olympic wrestlers. He names Islam Makhachev and two-time ONE champion Marat Gafurov among fighters from that wrestling world. He has not yet fought in ONE; he wants to win a first ONE bout and thinks four or five fights could put him in championship range. His ultimate dream is a UFC world title. He thanks his brother Mukhtar and his friends for their support.

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download the allstar app make your picks for UFC fights challenge your friends level up and win prizes Link in description get it now hello everybody my name kurban Al isov uh I'm MMA fighter uh I'm from in Russia Republic dagistan City mahawa Town tur uh I am training in Thailand uh tiger mu Thai uh I am professional fighter my professional record 91 um because uh Thailand training very good uh uh climate uh very uh very hot uh for uh for condition very good Training very uh uh very too much um opponents uh very too much training partner training partner and uh too much uh uh different uh MMA or all the world uh uh organization you see Fighters uh bat Fighters P fighters 1fc fighters uh uh for uh up you uh if you if you want uh your uh MMA uh up up uh Thailand very good my my first my first time training I begin wrestling wrestling uh in dagistan dagistan done very very uh uh good wrestling to uh uh all old men uh begin uh from wrestling know wrestling uh good in dagistan after I come in uh MMA uh when when I'm uh 17 years I come in MMA after I begin m m uh 8 18 years uh I do my first professional uh uh fight first fight for me was uh very hard uh I win very good men in in uh Russia for me was uh heart I do uh I think uh I I I begin very good good s my after my first uh fight why why for me was uh uh for me was hard first first fight uh because um uh I come in uh MMA immediately a professional fight so how not much not much MMA training yes MMA training MMA six six month seven months after immediately uh uh first my professional fight no scary no scary I uh I know I win my fight because I uh training uh training uh small technique in MMA from uh for me was in heart I win uh nine nine fights win m one uh one fight lose uh but I I don't lose uh I win this fight for uh for corner I lose for me I win my in my career one lose uh I I don't lose for me why why don't you think uh because uh my opponent uh my opponent was uh good opponent very uh too much uh technique uh I uh I'm I'm I'm do [Music] oh what we win if you champ Champion dagistan uh wrestling you Champion world world champion and did you who did you train with in dagistan wrestling like was there a team that you had my team yeah talk about your team in in dagistan uh my team in dagistan uh uh sport School Damo Damo in city in mahawa uh they training uh too much uh too much world champions uh four five uh men Olympic uh games chion how too much good uh wrestlers uh Islam makach uh Muhammad Mak uh and Sharin maged sharet and ikam aliov and um maged anv too much fighters in UFC one FC Marat gaur of big name uh two time champion in 1 FC and idin AR Al and uh isay and when you see those Fighters right now you're you're coming up right yes yes those Fighters are champions so when you see them how do you feel how do you feel uh when you watch them fight when you watch them get the belt how do you feel I'm yeah if I uh now my first my first fight in 1fc uh look I how I win my first fight after will'll be see uh I I I want to uh I think I think think four four fight five fight can in Champion 1fc my dreams i w a world champion UFC inshallah that's your ultimate yes yes dream uh you know you know organization you see oh yeah of course yes uh i i w to Champion USC I want to say my my brothers my friends uh uh everybody thank you so much uh for support uh uh I want to say my brother MTAR thank you thank you my brother