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Russia
Makhachkala, Dagestan
Rizvan Kuniev
AGE
33
/
Mar 10, 1992
HEIGHT
6'4"
/
193.04 cm
WEIGHT
265 lbs
/
120.2 kg
ASSOCIATION
Gorets Fight Club
CLASS
Heavyweight
Wins
12
KO
/
TKO
6
50%
SUBMISSIONS
2
17%
DECISIONS
3
25%
OTHERS
1
8%
Draws
1
Losses
2
KO
/
TKO
0
0%
SUBMISSIONS
0
0%
DECISIONS
2
100%
OTHERS
0
0%
N/C
1
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Event
Method/
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R
Time
win
Hugo Cunha
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Blake Grice
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1
4:59
NC
Renan Ferreira
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Apr / 07 / 2023
No Contest (Overturned)
Herb Dean
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3
5:00
win
Anthony Hamilton
EFC 46 - Eagle FC 46: Lee vs. Sanchez
Mar / 11 / 2022
Submission (Guillotine Choke)
Andrew Glenn
1
1:17
win
Edivan Mineiro Santos
Dana White's Contender Series - Contender Series 2021: Week 5
Sep / 28 / 2021
TKO (Punches)
Mark Smith
VIEW PLAY-BY-PLAY
3
1:00
win
Vladimir Daineko
EFC 31 - Eagle Fighting Championship 31
Dec / 19 / 2020
TKO (Corner Stoppage)
Nikolay Sharipov
3
5:00
win
Ruud Vernooij
Eagles FC - Next Level
Feb / 15 / 2020
Decision (Unanimous)
Alexandru Petcoglo
3
5:00
win
Shamil Abasov
GFC 16 - Gorilla Fighting 16
Aug / 30 / 2019
TKO
3
4:53
win
Navid Yadegari
Gorets FC - For The Prizes Of V. Zolotov
Jul / 06 / 2019
Submission (Rear-Naked Choke)
1
2:00
win
Jose Jimenez
UMC 1 - Ciumac vs. Ngeleka
Jun / 02 / 2018
TKO (Punches)
Emiliano Carosi
1
2:35
win
Konstantin Andreitsev
ProFC 64 - Tibilov vs. Shvets
Dec / 24 / 2017
Decision (Unanimous)
Ivan Lugovskoi
3
5:00
win
Charles Andrade
ProFC 63 - Gluhov vs. Wallace
Sep / 10 / 2017
Decision (Unanimous)
Armen Ananyan
3
5:00
loss
Justin Willis
IGF - Inoki Genome Fight 4
Aug / 29 / 2015
Decision (Unanimous)
2
5:00
loss
Darko Stosic
TFC - Tesla Fighting Championship 4
Jun / 14 / 2014
Decision (Unanimous)
Dejan Tesic
3
5:00
win
Mikhail Istomin
VMC - Voronezh Mixfight Cup
Jan / 20 / 2012
TKO (Punches)
2
0:00
draw
Ivan Gayvanovich
WMMAF - WMAC 2011 Finals
Oct / 09 / 2011
Draw
2
5:00
win
Anatoli Ciumac
WMMAF - WMAC 2011 Semifinals
Oct / 08 / 2011
N/A
0
0:00
FIGHT HISTORY - AMATEUR
Result
Fighter
Event
Method/
Referee
R
Time
win
Dmitriy Sekira
WMMAA - 2018 European MMA Championships
Oct / 13 / 2018
TKO (Punches)
1
4:29
win
Elgun Yusifov
WMMAA - 2018 European MMA Championships
Oct / 13 / 2018
TKO (Punches)
1
2:48
win
Grigoriy Ponomarev
Russian MMA Union - 2018 Russian Amateur MMA Championships, Finals
May / 13 / 2018
TKO (Punches)
2
3:55
win
Khuseyn Adamov
Russian MMA Union - 2018 Russian Amateur MMA Championships, Day 1
May / 12 / 2018
0
0:00
win
Magomed Saidov
Russian MMA Union - 2018 Russian Amateur MMA Championships, Day 1
May / 12 / 2018
0
0:00
win
Bagrat Adamiya
WMMAA - European MMA Championships - Finals
Dec / 08 / 2017
TKO (Punches)
1
1:48
win
Artem Budkevich
WMMAA - European MMA Championships - Selection
Dec / 07 / 2017
0
0:00
win
Athanasios Barkas
WMMAA - European MMA Championships - Selection
Dec / 07 / 2017
0
0:00
loss
Zaur Gadzhibabayev
WMMAA - 2015 World MMA Championships - Selection
Nov / 27 / 2015
0
0:00
win
Andrey Kovalev
WMMAA - 2015 World MMA Championships - Selection
Nov / 27 / 2015
0
0:00
win
Sergey Saviankov
WMMAA - 2015 World MMA Championships - Selection
Nov / 27 / 2015
0
0:00
win
Amirkhan Isagadzhiev
Russian MMA Union - Omsk Cup
May / 30 / 2015
Decision (Unanimous)
Dmitriy Sazonov
3
3:00
win
Vladimir Daineko
FEFoMP and Russian MMA Union - Russia's MMA Amateur Supercup
Dec / 20 / 2014
Submission (Kimura)
2
3:00
win
Sergey Dyakonov
Russian MMA Union - Moscow Open Cup 2014, Day 1
Nov / 28 / 2014
Submission (Armbar)
1
1:56
loss
Zaur Gadzhibabayev
WMMAA - 2014 European Championships - Finals
Nov / 16 / 2014
0
0:00
win
Faraj Osloub
WMMAA - 2014 European Championships - Selection
Nov / 15 / 2014
0
0:00
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