What nationality is Movsar Evloev?

Last Modified Dec 4, 2024 04:06 GMT
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The 29-year-old former M-1 Global bantamweight champion Movsar Evloev currently competes in the featherweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship. He is undefeated in his professional mixed martial arts career, with a record of 18 wins and 0 losses Evloev made his octagon debut against Choi Seung-Woo on April 20, 2019, and won the fight via unanimous decision to start his professional career. Ever since making his debut, Evloev has competed in multiple weight classes as a professional mixed martial artist.

Carrying forward his success from the word go in his professional career after making his debut, Evloev went on to register ten consecutive victories before storming his way into the elite professional mixed martial arts promotion, the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UC). In his inaugural showdown at the UFC, Evloev squared off against Seung Woo Choi on April 20, 2019, at UFC Fight Night: Overeem vs. Oleinik in a featherweight showdown. The fight went the distance of three rounds and was decided on the judges' scorecard, which adjudged Evloev as the winner by a unanimous decision. Movsar Evloev has competed in 18 professional fights and won all of them. He has 3 knockout victories, 4 submissions, and 11 decision wins to his name.

Movsar Evloev's nationality

Movsar Evloev is a Russian citizen born in Sunzha, Ingushetia, Russia. Evloev belongs to a Chechen and Ingush tribal ethnicity collectively called ‘Teip.’

He fights out of his native Sunzha, Ingushetia, Russia, in the UFC representing his country at the leading mixed martial arts promotion of the word.

*Last updated on December 4, 2024.

FAQs

Evloev is currently the No. 5 ranked contender in the UFC.

Movsar Evloev currently trains at American Top Team.

Movsar Evloev is undefeated, with a professional record of 18-0.

A. He is 1.73 m tall.

A. He weighs 145 lb.

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