Vener Galiev

Vener Zaynullovich Galiev (; ) born 1 July 1975) is a Russian amateur wrestler, sambist and mixed martial artist. He started his professional mixed martial arts career in 2004.

Early life and martial arts career

Galiev was born to a working class Bashkir family and started his competitive sports career in Greco-Roman wrestling, becoming the Bashkortostan champion. He later participated in Combat Sambo and Unifight on the international level. Galiev became the Combat Sambo World Champion (74 kg) at 2008 World Sambo Championships and 2009 World Sambo Championships.

On 5 December 2009, he participated in the Combat Sambo rules category of the special event Bitva Chempionov IV of the Russian Martial Arts Association in Moscow and defeated the 2009 European Combat Sambo Champion Paul Lening of Germany by points. On 19 November 2010, Galiev faced Dagestan Kudo world champion (76 kg) and mixed martial artist Shamkhal Kerimov in an amateur MMA bout at Bitva Chempionov V in Moscow and defeated his opponent by split decision. On 5 November 2011, he participated in the event Bitva 5 held in Moscow and beat Roman Bagdasaryan in a bout under kickboxing rules.

Galiev holds rank in Combat Sambo and Unifight, as well as Master of Sports rank in Greco-Roman wrestling.

Personal life

Galiev works as a police lieutenant in Ufa. He is married to Alena and has a son named Timur.

Championships and accomplishments

Unifight

• International Amateur Federation of Unifight
• Unifight European Champion.

ARB (Army Hand-to-Hand Combat)

• Russian Union of Martial Arts
• 3rd Place Russia Championship.

Sambo

• All-Russian Sambo Federation
• Combat Sambo Russian National Champion.
• Russian Combat Sambo National Championships 2nd Place (2010)
• Federation International Amateur de Sambo (FIAS)
• Combat Sambo World Champion.

Mixed martial arts record

|- |Win |align=center|37–15 |Marat Balaev |TKO (punches) | | |align=center|1 |align=center|4:27 |Saint Petersburg, Russia | |- |Loss |align=center|36–15 |Aurel Pîrtea |Decision (unanimous) | | |align=center|3 |align=center|5:00 |Ufa, Russia | |- |Win |align=center|36–14 |Hacran Dias |TKO (punches) | | |align=center|1 |align=center|1:20 |Ufa, Russia | |- |Win |align=center|35–14 |Levan Makashvili |TKO (punches) | | |align=center|1 |align=center|1:39 |Moscow, Russia | |- |Win |align=center|34–14 |Denis Silva |Decision (unanimous) | | |align=center| 3 |align=center| 5:00 |Sochi, Russia | |- |Loss |align=center|33–14 |Mukhamed Kokov |TKO (leg injury) | | |align=center|1 |align=center|2:17 |Sochi, Russia | |- |Win |align=center| 33–13 |Artem Damkovsky |Submission (arm-triangle choke) | | |align=center|3 |align=center|4:00 |Krasnodar, Russia | |- | Loss | align=center| 32–13 | Herdeson Batista | TKO (punches) | | |align=center|3 |align=center|2:29 |Kazan, Russia | |- | Win | align=center| 32–12 | Ermek Tlauov | TKO (punches) | | |align=center|2 |align=center|3:47 |Moscow, Russia | |- | Loss | align=center| 31–12 | Amirkhan Adaev | Decision (unanimous) | | | align=center| 3 | align=center| 5:00 |Grozny, Russia | |- | Win | align=center| 31–11 | Ermek Tlauov | TKO (punches) | | |align=center|2 |align=center|1:38 |Almaty, Kazakhstan | |- | Win | align=center| 30–11 | Fabio Ferrari | TKO (punches) | Mixfight Promotion: Ural Batyr | | align=center|1 | align=center|0:27 | Ufa, Russia | |- | Loss | align=center| 29–11 | Diego Brandão | TKO (doctor stoppage) | RCC 5 | | align=center|1 | align=center|0:50 | Yekaterinburg, Russia | |- | Win | align=center| 29–10 | Nikolay Gaponov | KO (punches) | | | align=center|1 | align=center|4:14 | Moscow, Russia | |- | Loss | align=center| 28–10 | Diego Brandão | KO (punches) | | | align=center|1 | align=center| 0:39 | Yekaterinburg, Russia | |- | Win | align=center| 28–9 | Marcio Andrade | KO (punch) | MixFace 1 | | align=center| 1 | align=center| 2:50 | Yekaterinburg, Russia | |- | Loss | align=center| 27–9 | Akhmed Aliev | Decision (unanimous) | | | align=center| 3 | align=center| 5:00 | Kaspiysk, Russia | |- | Win | align=center| 27–8 | Akop Stepanyan | Submission (rear-naked choke) | | | align=center| 3 | align=center| 3:16 | Ufa, Russia | |- | Win | align=center| 26–8 | Akhmed Aliev | TKO (punches) | Fight Nights Global 41 | | align=center| 2 | align=center| 4:59 | Makhachkala, Russia | |- | Loss | align=center| 25–8 | Adil Boranbayev | KO (punch) | Alash Pride: Heroes of the Steppe | | align=center| 1 | align=center| 2:00 | Almaty, Kazakhstan | |- | Win | align=center| 25–7 | Yoshiaki Takahashi | Decision (unanimous) | Global Fight Club 2 | | align=center| 3 | align=center| 5:00 | Krasnodar, Russia | |- | Win | align=center| 24–7 | Aziz Amuev | Decision (unanimous) | Union of Veterans: Commonwealth Cup 2012 | | align=center| 3 | align=center| 5:00 | Novosibirsk, Russia | |- | Win | align=center| 23–7 | Vaidas Valancius | Submission (guillotine choke) | ProFC 37: Global Grand Prix (Stage 5) | | align=center| 3 | align=center| 2:14 | Ufa, Russia | |- | Win | align=center| 22–7 | Tursunbeck Asilgazhiev | TKO (punches) | | | align=center| 2 | align=center| N/A | Moscow, Russia | |- | Win | align=center| 21–7 | Ian Jones | TKO (punches) | Desert Force 2 | | align=center| 1 | align=center| N/A | Amman, Jordan | |- | Win | align=center| 20–7 | Ryan Healy | TKO (punches) | Fight Festival 30 | | align=center| 1 | align=center| 0:43 | Helsinki, Finland | |- | Win | align=center| 19–7 | Gaël Grimaud | Decision (unanimous) | Universal Fighter: Fights With Rules 1 | | align=center| 3 | align=center| 5:00 | Ufa, Russia | |- | Win | align=center| 18–7 | Shamkhal Kerimov | Decision (split) | RMAU: Battle of the Champions 5 | | align=center| 2 | align=center| 5:00 | Moscow, Russia | |- | Loss | align=center| 17–7 | Shamil Zavurov | Decision (unanimous) |rowspan=2| |rowspan=2| | align=center| 2 | align=center| 5:00 |rowspan=2|Moscow, Russia | |- | Win | align=center| 17–6 | Artur Odilbekov | Submission (armbar) | align=center| 1 | align=center| N/A | |- | Win | align=center| 16–6 | Mikko Suvanto | Decision (unanimous) | RMAU: Battle of the Champions 4 | | align=center| 3 | align=center| 5:00 | Helsinki, Finland | |- | Loss | align=center| 15–6 | Rustam Khabilov | Decision (split) | | | align=center| 2 | align=center| 5:00 | Saint Petersburg, Russia | |- | Win | align=center| 15–5 | Mairbek Taisumov | Decision (unanimous) | Gladiator 2009 | | align=center| 2 | align=center| 5:00 | Prague, Czech Republic | |- | Win | align=center| 14–5 | Bagavdin Gadzhimuradov | Decision (unanimous) | | | align=center| 3 | align=center| 5:00 | Saint Petersburg, Russia | |- | Loss | align=center| 13–5 | Josh Shockley | Submission (armbar) | FightFORCE 2 | | align=center| 1 | align=center| 1:15 | Saint Petersburg, Russia | |- | Loss | align=center| 13–4 | Igor Araújo | Submission (armbar) | Universal Fighter: Gladiators Cup 3 | | align=center| 1 | align=center| 0:57 | Ufa, Russia | |- | Win | align=center| 13–3 | Okun Almaz | TKO (punches) | Union of Veterans: Russia vs. The World | | align=center| 1 | align=center| 1:27 | Novosibirsk, Russia | |- | Win | align=center| 12–3 | Seydina Seck | Decision (unanimous) | Siberian Challenge 2 | | align=center| 3 | align=center| 5:00 | Bratsk, Russia | |- | Win | align=center| 11–3 | Jaroslav Poborsky | TKO (knee and punches) | | | align=center| 1 | align=center| 0:52 | Saint Petersburg, Russia | |- | Win | align=center| 10–3 | Mukhamed Aushev | Submission (guillotine choke) | FightFORCE 1 | | align=center| 2 | align=center| 1:36 | Saint Petersburg, Russia | |- | Win | align=center| 9–3 | Roman Potapov | Decision (unanimous) |rowspan=3|Star of Peresvit |rowspan=3| | align=center| 3 | align=center| 5:00 |rowspan=3|Kyiv, Ukraine | |- | Win | align=center| 8–3 | Ivan Zagubinoga | Decision (unanimous) | align=center| 3 | align=center| 5:00 | |- | Win | align=center| 7–3 | Rafael Silva | Decision (unanimous) | align=center| 3 | align=center| 5:00 | |- | Loss | align=center| 6–3 | Djalili Salmanov | Submission (armbar) |rowspan=3|MFP: Asian Championship 2007 |rowspan=3| | align=center| 1 | align=center| N/A |rowspan=3|Khabarovsk, Russia | |- | Win | align=center| 6–2 | Rustam Bogatirev | KO (head kick) | align=center| 1 | align=center| 3:30 | |- | Win | align=center| 5–2 | Le Gou Lian | TKO (punches) | align=center| 1 | align=center| 1:21 | |- | Loss | align=center| 4–2 | Beslan Isaev | TKO (doctor stoppage) | APF: World Pankration Championship 2005 | | align=center| 1 | align=center| N/A | Astana, Kazakhstan | |- | Loss | align=center| 4–1 | Alexander Shlemenko | TKO (injury) |rowspan=3|IAFC: Challenge Cup 6 |rowspan=3| | align=center| 1 | align=center| N/A |rowspan=3|Ulyanovsk, Russia | |- | Win | align=center| 4–0 | Jeihun Aliev | TKO (punches) | align=center| 2 | align=center| 4:51 | |- | Win | align=center| 3–0 | Sergei Kotin | TKO (punches) | align=center| 1 | align=center| 1:04 | |- | Win | align=center| 2–0 | Alexander Shlemenko | Decision (unanimous) | Cup Of Empire 2004 | | align=center| 3 | align=center| 5:00 | Kazan, Russia | |- | Win | align=center| 1–0 | Magomed Magomedaliev | KO (punches) | IAFC: Challenge Cup 3 | | align=center| 2 | align=center| 2:02 | Omsk, Russia |

• Record confirmed through Sherdog.com and FightLife.ru

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