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Marat Gafurov

Marat Gafurov (Russian: Марат Гафуров; born November 21, 1984) is a Russian professional mixed martial artist, who competes in the Featherweight and Lightweight divisions of Absolute Championship Akhmat (ACA). A professional MMA competitor for 12 years, Gafurov competed for the M-1 Global and ONE Championship, where he was the former M-1 Global Featherweight Champion and ONE Featherweight World Champion.

Mixed martial arts career

Early career

Gafurov made his debut at Krasnodar Challenger Cup - Mix Fight 3 on June 4, 2010, against Shamil Gadzhiev. he won a fight by Submission in first round.

M-1 Global

Gafurov faced Vugar Bakhshiev for the inaugural M-1 Global Featherweight Championship at M-1 Challenge 35 on November 15, 2012, in Saint Petersburg, Russia. He won by a first round Submission.

ONE Championship

Gafurov made his ONE debut against Rob Lisita in the main event of on October 17, 2014. He won by first-round submission.

Gafurov faced Ev Ting at on May 22, 2015. He defeated Ting via first-round submission.

ONE Featherweight World Champion

Gafurov received his first title shot when he faced Martin Nguyen for the interim ONE Featherweight World Championship at on September 27, 2015. Gafurov would set the record for fastest submission in ONE Championship history at 41 seconds and won the interim title.

Gafurov would face Jadamba Narantungalag in a title unification bout at on November 21, 2015. Gafurov won by fourth-round submission via rear-naked choke to become the undisputed ONE Featherweight World Champion.

Gafurov made his first title defense against Kazunori Yokota at on March 27, 2016. He won by second-round submission via rear-naked choke to retain the ONE Featherweight World Championship.

Gafurov rematched Jadamba Narantungalag in his second title defense at on November 11, 2016. He defeated Narantungalag by first-round technical submission via rear-naked choke to retain the title.

Gafurov made his third title defense in a rematch against Martin Nguyen at on August 18, 2017. He lost the title by second-round technical knockout and suffered his first professional loss in MMA competition.

Post-title reign

After losing the ONE Featherweight title, Marat Gafurov faced Emilio Urrutia at on April 20, 2018. He defeated Urrutia by first-round technical submission via arm-triangle choke.

Gafurov suffered his second professional loss when he lost to Koyomi Matsushima by first-round technical knockout at on September 22, 2018.

Marat Gafurov defeated Tetsuya Yamada by unanimous decision at on May 3, 2019.

Lightweight (170 lb) debut

Marat Gafurov made his Lightweight (170 lbs) debut against Iuri Lapicus at on February 7, 2020, where he lost by first-round submission via rear-naked choke.

Gafurov defeated Lowen Tynanes by split decision at on December 18, 2020.

Marat Gafurov lost to Ok Rae-Yoon by unanimous decision at ONE on TNT 3 on April 21, 2021.

On July 22, 2022, Marat Gafurov defeated Ariel Sexton by third-round technical knockout at ONE 159.

Absolute Championship Akhmat

On January 9, 2024 it was announced that Gafurov has signed a deal with Absolute Championship Akhmat (ACA).

Gafurov made his ACA debut against Gábor Boráros at on March 9, 2024, where he won by first-round submission via armbar.

Professional grappling career

Gafurov will be representing Dagestan Combat Club in the 83 kg division at the AIGA Champions League qualifying round in Turkey on March 2–5, 2024.

Championship and accomplishments

Mixed martial arts record

|- | Win | align=center| 20–4 | Gábor Boráros | Submission (armbar) | | | align=center| 1 | align=center| 2:55 | Moscow, Russia | |- | Win | align=center| 19–4 | Ariel Sexton | TKO (punches) | ONE 159 | | align=center| 3 | align=center| 4:15 | Kallang, Singapore | |- | Loss | align=center| 18–4 | Ok Rae-yoon | Decision (unanimous) | ONE on TNT 3 | | align=center| 3 | align=center| 5:00 | Kallang, Singapore | |- | Win | align=center| 18–3 | Lowen Tynanes | Decision (split) | | | align=center| 3 | align=center| 5:00 | Kallang, Singapore | |- | Loss | align=center| 17–3 | Iuri Lapicus | Submission (rear-naked choke) | | | align=center| 1 | align=center| 1:07 | Jakarta, Indonesia | |- | Win | align=center| 17–2 | Tetsuya Yamada | Decision (unanimous) | | | align=center| 3 | align=center| 5:00 | Jakarta, Indonesia | |- | Loss | align=center| 16–2 | Koyomi Matsushima | TKO (punches) | | | align=center| 1 | align=center| 2:41 | Jakarta, Indonesia | |- | Win | align=center| 16–1 | Emilio Urrutia | Technical Submission (arm-triangle choke) | | | align=center| 1 | align=center| 2:34 | Pasay, Philippines | |- | Loss | align=center| 15–1 | Martin Nguyen | KO (punch) | | | align=center| 2 | align=center| 1:27 | Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia | |- | Win | align=center| 15–0 | Jadamba Narantungalag | Technical Submission (rear-naked choke) | | | align=center| 1 | align=center| 4:51 | Kallang, Singapore | |- | Win | align=center| 14–0 | Kazunori Yokota | Submission (rear-naked choke) | | | align=center| 2 | align=center| 4:25 | Bangkok, Thailand | |- | Win | align=center| 13–0 | Jadamba Narantungalag | Submission (rear-naked choke) | | | align=center| 4 | align=center| 4:39 | Beijing, China | |- | Win | align=center| 12–0 | Martin Nguyen | Submission (rear-naked choke) | | | align=center| 1 | align=center| 0:41 | Jakarta, Indonesia | |- | Win | align=center| 11–0 | Ev Ting | Submission (rear-naked choke) | | | align=center| 1 | align=center| 4:30 | Kallang, Singapore | |- | Win | align=center| 10–0 | Rob Lisita | Submission (rear-naked choke) | | | align=center| 1 | align=center| 1:08 | Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia | |- | Win | align=center| 9–0 | Lee Morrison | Decision (unanimous) | M-1 Challenge 47 | | align=center| 5 | align=center| 5:00 | Orenburg, Russia | |- | Win | align=center| 8–0 | Yuri Ivlev | TKO (punches) | M-1 Challenge 41 | | align=center| 2 | align=center| 3:56 | Saint Petersburg, Russia | |- | Win | align=center| 7–0 | Vugar Bakhshiev | Submission (rear-naked choke) | M-1 Challenge 35 | | align=center| 1 | align=center| 4:18 | Saint Petersburg, Russia | |- | Win | align=center| 6–0 | Joakhim Tapi | Submission (triangle choke) | Pride of Caucasus 2012 | | align=center| 1 | align=center| 2:22 | Khasavyurt, Russia | |- | Win | align=center| 5–0 | Mairbek Taisumov | Decision (split) | M-1 Global: Battle of The Legends 2 | | align=center| 3 | align=center| 5:00 | Saint Petersburg, Russia | |- | Win | align=center| 4–0 | David Kozma | Submission (rear-naked choke) | M-1 Challenge 31 | | align=center| 2 | align=center| 2:10 | Saint Petersburg, Russia | |- | Win | align=center| 3–0 | Sheikh-Magomed Arapkhanov | Decision (unanimous) | | | align=center| 3 | align=center| 5:00 | Ufa, Russia | |- | Win | align=center| 2–0 | Yuri Vlasenko | Submission (rear-naked choke) | | | align=center| 1 | align=center| 1:18 | Kyiv, Ukraine | |- | Win | align=center| 1–0 | Shamil Gadzhiev | Submission (armbar) | Krasnodar Challenger 3 | | align=center| 1 | align=center| 3:10 | Krasnodar, Russia | |-

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