"The Sniper"
Organization
UFCNationality
Russian French
Birth
01/03/1995 (31)
Birthplace
Khasavyurt
Russia
Sport / Status
MMA · Active
Weight class
Middleweight
Height
191 cm (6'3")
Style
Striker
Nassourdine Abdoulazimovich Imavov ( Russian : Нассурдин Абдулазимович Имавов ; born 1 March 1995) is a Russian-French professional mixed martial artist who currently competes in the Middleweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). As of 12 May 2026, he is #3 in the UFC middleweight rankings . Imavov was born to an ethnic Kumyk family in Khasavyurt , Dagestan , Russia. At the age of nine, Imavov moved with his family to Salon-de-Provence , France, where he started boxing. After that, he discovered MMA, and at 19, he moved to Paris with his older brother Daguir, where they joined Fernand Lopez 's MMA Factory .
12 total fights · 50% KO rate
