Magomed Umalatov

Magomed Nasrulaevich Umalatov (Магомéд Насрула́евич Умалáтов; April 3, 1992) is a Russian MMA fighter, who currently fights in the Welterweight division of PFL.

Magomed Umalatov was born on April 3,1992 in the village of Zenzeli, Limansky district, Astrakhan Oblast, Russia.

He grew up in a large Dargin family.

He was the youngest of the eight children (brothers and sisters).

Umalatov first passion was soccer which he started playing at the age of 6 years old and played it for twelve years.

He was youth squad member of FC Volgar Astrakhan.

He did okay there.

At the age of 18 years old Umalatov decided to shift his focus to MMA.

He first started training alone.

He first took boxing classes, then hand-to-hand combat classes and finally he trained under his oldest brother Rustam Umalatov.

His oldest brother Rustam, also saved a bunch of people from a burning car.

In Umalatov's MMA career, he is also trained by coach Shamil Magomedovich Magomedov.

He currently trains in Performance MMA & Astrakhan Top Team, back in Russia.

While in America he trains in ATT gym, where his main coach is Marcos DaMatta, while his striking and boxing coaches are Anderon Franca and Dyah Ali Davis respectively.

Umalatov is not the only notable athlete in his family, as his older brother Gasan Umalatov also found eminence in top MMA promotions like UFC and PFL.

Gasan himself has a record of 18 wins, 6 losses, and 2 draws as a professional fighter.

Besides MMA, Gasan is 2008 World champion in kick-jitzu, two-time World champion in universal combat (2010 & 2011).

Umalatov's other elder sibling Islam Umalatov was 2-time World Champion in grappling.

The entire Umalatov's family are all involved in combat sports, as his brothers and nephews are either excellent strikers or all-rounders in their fighting style.

Umalatov is commonly referred to as "The Prince" or "Prints (Принц) in MMA circle. His older brother Gasan also actively helps him to prepare in his fight camp for his upcoming bouts in MMA.

Umalatov won the Southern Federal District SBE-MMA Championship in April 18, 2015; this was an amateur MMA tourney under the umbrella of Russian MMA Union.

He won all of his fight in first round via finish in that tournament.

However, Umalatov made his  professional mixed martial arts debut in May 8 of the same year at the "Battle on the Volga" card, in his hometown Astrakhan, where he defeated his fellow Russian fighter Stanislav Vilchinsky via submission in the first round of the bout within 43 seconds of round number one.

After that fight, Umalatov took a three-year hiatus, as he became fully focused on amateur MMA scene, regional combat sambo tournament and hand-to-hand combat bouts.

On October 25, 2015, Umalatov won silver medal in Russian Cup in SBE-MMA, in the city of Volgograd.

On December 19 of the same year, Umalatov manage won gold in South Federal District Combat Sambo Championship, in the city Russian city of Armavir.

On October 4, 2016 he wins gold at the prestigious "Grand Prix of Cities of Military Glory” in the city of Kolpino. His other elder brother Islam also took part and won gold in 93 kg weight category.

The year of 2017 was a pivotal year in Umalatov MMA career as he won bronze medal at All-Russian MMA Championship in the city of Rostov-on-Don that allowed him to qualify for WMMAA European Championship in the East German city of Dresden.

On December 8th of the same year, Umalatov becomes WMMAA European champion in the city of Dresden.

In this tournament Russian team won gold medals in every possible weight category.

He was the winner of the 2018 SMRF Welterweight Grand Prix.

After becoming WMMAA European Champion, Umalatov was conferred the title of International Master of Sports in MMA by Russian Sports Ministry on July 24, 2018.

The "Prince" finally returned to the octagon in mid-2018 where he would compete in eight pro MMA fight in his two years with various Russian promotions, winning each battle solely through his finishing skills.

The "Prince" wins in these matches included flying knees, brutal overhand strikes, and beating his opponent until the match was stopped by the cage referee.

After string of strong performances all coming with either first round or second round finishes, Umalatov along with experienced Brazilian fighter, Adriano "Lion Man" Balbi, were booked to fight for the Gorilla Fighting Championship's Welterweight strap, on GFC 16 event, at Astrakhan, Russia, in co-main fight.

However, Adriano Balbi withdrew from the bout and was promptly replaced by Umalatov's comrade Alexey "Malysh" Novikov of Russia.

That fight did not go the distance, as Umalatov TKO'd Novikov within round one of the fight.

Umalatov was previously GFC Welterweight Champion, having won the title after defeating his compatriot Alexey "Malysh" Novikov at GFC's Gorilla Fighting 16: Abasov vs. Kuniev card on August 30, 2019.

Umalatov has currently attained #19 in World Welterweight rankings according to Fight Matrix, coming behind ex-Bellator champ, Yaroslav Amosov (#18) in the table.

He is also International Master of Sport in Soyuz MMA, Master of Sport in Hand-to-Hand Combat and Master of Sport in Combat Sambo.