MMA fighter Musa Khamanaev: biography

Musa Khamanaev is a Russian fighter of mixed martial arts, champion of the Russian Federation in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu. He is a deserved master of sports of the international class of the Russian Federation in freestyle wrestling. By nationality Musa Khamanaev is a Chechen. The height of the fighter is 170 centimeters, weight - 65 kilograms. Performs in the following styles: MMA, combat sambo and freestyle wrestling. Until August 20, 2016 Khamanaev had 21 duel, in 17 of them he won (7 KOs) and 4 defeats (1 KO). He also became the champion of the series of MMA tournaments called M1-Challenge.

Biography and familiarity with martial arts

He was born on October 14, 1987 in the city of Grozny (Chechen-Ingush Republic, USSR). Rose active and moving guy. At the age of six he enrolled in the boxing section, but after a while he changed this sport discipline to a free fight. Musa Khamanaev demonstrated a good technique of striking and defending. At the age of 15 he was already in sparring against 25-year-old professionals. In 2006, Musa enrolled at the local Polytechnic University, where he began to engage in depth combat sambo and met with many coaches and professionals in this sport. A few years later, he won the Russian Federation championship in combat sambo, and a year later he achieved a triumph in the world championship. Here Musa Khamanaev managed to win a confrontation with the current champion of the world and Eurasia Rustam Khabilov.

Championship title

In November 2012, having won a fight with the German Daniel Weikhel, Hamanayev was declared the champion of the tournament M-1 Challenge. In this confrontation, he successfully transferred the opponent to the ground, and a few seconds later carried out a painful reception called heel hook, which translates as a heel twisting. Later, he had to defend his champion title. This time the fight Musa Khamanaev spent against Finn Nico Puhakka, winning from him on points.