Volk Han
Russian wrestler and MMA fighter (born 1961) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Magomedkhan Amanulayevich Gamzatkhanov (Russian: Магомедха́н Аманула́евич Гамзатха́нов; born April 15, 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.
Magomedkhan Gamzatkhanov Магомедхан Гамзатханов | |
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Born | (1961-04-15) April 15, 1961 (age 63) Anchik, Dagestan ASSR, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union (now Russia) |
Other names | Volk Han |
Height | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) |
Weight | 235 lb (107 kg; 16.8 st) |
Division | Heavyweight |
Style | Sambo |
Stance | Orthodox |
Fighting out of | Tula, Russia |
Team | Russian Top Team RusFighters Sport Club |
Years active | Professional Wrestling: 1991–1994, 1995–1999,[lower-alpha 1] 2001 MMA: 1995–1999,[lower-alpha 1] 2000–2001, 2012 |
Mixed martial arts record | |
Total | 30 |
Wins | 22 |
By knockout | 1 |
By submission | 11 |
By decision | 3 |
Unknown | 7 |
Losses | 8 |
By knockout | 2 |
By submission | 3 |
By decision | 2 |
Unknown | 1 |
Notable students | Fedor Emelianenko,[1][2] Karimula Barkalaev[3][4] |
Mixed martial arts record from Sherdog |
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]