Shamil Zavurov
| Shamil Zavurov Шамиль Завуров |
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| Born | Shamil Magomedovich Zavurov July 4, 1984 Kirovaul, Dagestan ASSR, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union |
| Other names | The Champion Lion of Dagestan The Fan of GSP |
| Nationality | Russian |
| Ethnicity | Avar |
| Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) |
| Weight | 155 lb (70 kg; 11.1 st) |
| Division |
Welterweight (2004-2012) Lightweight (2012-present) |
| Reach | 68 in (173 cm) |
| Fighting out of |
St. Petersburg, Leningrad Derbent, Dagestan |
| Team | RusFighters Sport Club Champion Club Derbent Fight Nights Gym Akhmat Fight Club |
| Trainer | Abdulmanap Nurmagomedov |
| Rank |
Black belt and 1st International Master of Sports in Sambo Master of Sports in Freestyle Wrestling |
| Years active | 2004-present |
| Mixed martial arts record | |
| Total | 36 |
| Wins | 30 |
| By knockout | 11 |
| By submission | 5 |
| By decision | 14 |
| Losses | 5 |
| By knockout | 1 |
| By submission | 2 |
| By decision | 2 |
| Draws | 1 |
| Other information | |
| Notable relatives |
Frodo Khasbulaev, cousin Khabib Nurmagomedov, second cousin |
| Mixed martial arts record from Sherdog | |
Shamil Magomedovich Zavurov (Russian: Шамиль Магомедович Завуров; born July 4, 1984) is a Russian mixed martial artist of Avar descent, who competes in the Welterweight and Lightweight division. A professional MMA competitor since 2004, Zavurov has won all but three of his professional fights. He is the former M-1 Global World Welterweight champion.
Zavurov attended high school in Makhachkala, the capital of Dagestan, where he began training in freestyle wrestling under Mairbek Yusupov (member of the 1977-78 USSR team who went on to coach Dagestan’s freestyle wrestling team). Post-school, he studied at the Dagestan State Pedagogical University, graduating from the Faculty of Physical Culture and Sports and also studied Law at the Dagestan Institute of Finance and Law. He continued working on his martial arts training, taking up Combat Sambo, and also started a family – he is married with two sons and a daughter. He likes to employ the techniques Georges St-Pierre, whom he is a fan of. Zavurov is undefeated in combat sambo (153-0)
Shamil Zavurov has achieved a great deal of success in combat sports. In addition to more than 50 victories in amateur and semi-professional MMA, he has triumphed more than 50 times in Combat Sambo bouts, in the process winning three world championships (2004, 2005, and 2007). He has also won international tournaments in Wushu Sanda (2003) and wrestling and was the 2002 Dagestani champion in Wushu Sanda in the youth division. In 2005 and 2007, he won Russian national championships and was twice the CIS champion in hand-to-hand combat.
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