Volk Han

Magomedkhan Gamzatkhanov
Магомедхан Гамзатханов
Born (1961-04-15) April 15, 1961 (age 63)
Anchik, Dagestan ASSR, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union (now Russia)
Other namesVolk Han
Height6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Weight235 lb (107 kg; 16.8 st)
DivisionHeavyweight
StyleSambo
StanceOrthodox
Fighting out ofTula, Russia
TeamRussian Top Team
RusFighters Sport Club
Years activeProfessional Wrestling: 1991–1994, 1995–1999,[a] 2001
MMA: 1995–1999,[a] 2000–2001, 2012
Mixed martial arts record
Total30
Wins22
By knockout1
By submission11
By decision3
Unknown7
Losses8
By knockout2
By submission3
By decision2
Unknown1
Notable studentsFedor Emelianenko,[1][2] Karimula Barkalaev[3][4]
Mixed martial arts record from Sherdog
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Magomedkhan Amanulayevich Gamzatkhanov (Russian: Магомедха́н Аманула́евич Гамзатха́нов; born 15 April 1961), is a Russian retired mixed martial artist, professional wrestler, sambo wrestler and former military officer of Avar descent. Gamzatkhanov is better known by his ringname Volk Han (Russian: Волк-хан, Japanese: ヴォルク・ハン) and is renowned for his technical mastery of sambo.

Gamzatkhanov represented Russia on the Russian Fighting Network RINGS team with Fedor Emelianenko, Andrei Kopylov, Nikolai Zouev and Mikhail Ilyukhin.[5] In the early 1990s Han opened his own martial arts academy, which taught a derivative of combat sambo with special emphasis on flying and spinning joint locks and compression locks applied to upper and lower extremities.[6]

During his tenure in RINGS, Han was considered the promotion's top foreign star[7] and impacted the popularity of martial art Sambo's popularity in Japan.[8][9][10] According to MMA ranking system portal Fight Matrix, Magomedkhan Gamzatkhanov was ranked the #10 Heavyweight of 1997.[11][12]


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  4. ^ ""Забегают маски-шоу. Думаю: "Теракт?" А они за мной». Про него говорили: «Самый загадочный боец в истории ММА"". sport-express.ru (in Russian). 25 November 2021. Archived from the original on 13 February 2023. Retrieved 17 February 2023.
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