Ismail Naurdiev

Ismail Naurdiev (Исмаил Наурдиев) (born August 18, 1996) is an Austrian mixed martial artist who competes in Welterweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC).

Background
Naurdiev  was born in Grozny, Chechnya, Russia and his family left the war torn city and moved to Austria in 2004 when he was nine year old for a safe and better life.  He started training in wrestling and transitioned to MMA when he was a teenager. In the beginning of his mma professional career, Naurdiev did not have any trainers nor sparring partners but would fought every fight that offered to him to get some fighting experience.

Mixed martial arts career

Early career
Naurdiev  fought in the European-based promotions, notably Absolute Championship Akhmat (ACA), formally known as Absolute Championship Berkut (ACB), and amassed a record of 17–2 prior to joining UFC.

Ultimate Fighting Championship
Naurdiev made his promotional debut at UFC Fight Night: Błachowicz vs. Santos on February 23, 2019. He face  Michel Prazeres, replacing injured Ramazan Emeev  Prazeres lost the fight by unanimous decision.

On July 6, 2019, Naurdiev faced Chance Rencountre  at UFC 239. He lost the fight via unanimous decision.

Naurdiev next faced Siyar Bahadurzada at UFC Fight Night: Hermansson vs. Cannonier on September 28, 2019. He won the fight via unanimous decision.

Naurdiev faced Sean Brady on February 29, 2020 at UFC Fight Night 169. He lost the fight via unanimous decision.

Personal life
Naurdiev earned his moniker "The Austrian Wonderboy" due to his flashy, stylist and wild spinning kicks skills.

Mixed martial arts record

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|Loss
|align=center|19–4
|Sean Brady
|Decision (unanimous)
|UFC Fight Night: Benavidez vs. Figueiredo 
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|align=center|3
|align=center|5:00
|Norfolk, Virginia, United States
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|-
| Win
| align=center| 19–3
|Siyar Bahadurzada
|Decision (unanimous)
|UFC Fight Night: Hermansson vs. Cannonier 
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|align=center|3
|align=center|5:00
|Copenhagen, Denmark
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|-
| Loss
| align=center| 18–3
| Chance Rencountre
| Decision (unanimous)
| UFC 239
| 
| align=center| 3
| align=center| 5:00
| Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
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|-
| Win
| align=center| 18–2
| Michel Prazeres
| Decision (unanimous)
| UFC Fight Night: Błachowicz vs. Santos
| 
| align=center| 3
| align=center| 5:00
| Praque, Czech Republic
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|-
| Win
| align=center| 17–2
| Paulistenio Rocha
| TKO (punches)
| X Fight Nights 16
| 
| align=center| 1
| align=center| 0:36
| Wien, Austria
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|-
| Win
| align=center| 16–2
| Georgi Valentinov
| KO (spinning wheel kick and punches)
| ACB 74
| 
| align=center| 1
| align=center| 3:10
| Vienna, Austria
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|-
| Loss
| align=center| 15–2
| Ismael de Jesus
| Decision (unanimous)
| ACB 70
| 
| align=center| 3
| align=center| 5:00
| Sheffield, England
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|-
| Win
| align=center| 15–1
| Ben Alloway
| KO (kick to the body)
| ACB 60
| 
| align=center| 1
| align=center| 2:24
| Vienna, Austria
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|-
| Win
| align=center| 14–1
| Andrei Vasinca 
| TKO (knee and punches)
| ACB 52
| 
| align=center| 1
| align=center| 1:28
| Vienna, Austria
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|-
| Win
| align=center| 13–1
| Lászlò Szögyényi
| TKO (punches)
| WFC 21
| 
| align=center| 2
| align=center| 1:49
| Bad Voeslau, Austria
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|-
| Win
| align=center| 12–1
| Garik Shahbabyan
| Submission (arm-triangle choke)
| Aggrelin 14
| 
| align=center| 2
| align=center| 2:41
| Salzburg, Austria
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|-
| Win
| align=center| 11–1
| Daniel Skibiński
| KO (knee)
| WFC 20
| 
| align=center| 1
| align=center| 0:40
| Bad Voslau, Austria
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|-
| Win
| align=center| 10–1
| David Mate
| TKO (punches)
| KraftHerr Fight Night
| 
| align=center| 1
| align=center| 1:15
| St. Polten, Austria
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|-
| Win
| align=center| 9–1
| Leonardo D'Auria
| TKO (punches)
| Austrian Fight Challenge 2
| 
| align=center| 1
| align=center| N/A
| Vienna, Austria
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|-
| Win
| align=center| 8–1
| Asmir Sadiković
| Submission (triangle choke)
| NAAFS: Europe
| 
| align=center| 2
| align=center| 1:03
| Helsinki, Finland
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|-
| Win
| align=center| 7–1
| Mikko Ahmala
| TKO (punches and elbows)
| Cage 30
| 
| align=center| 1
| align=center| 2:27
| Leonding, Austria
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|-
| Win
| align=center| 6–1
| Adnan Hadzic
| Submission
| Fight Night Leonding
| 
| align=center| 1
| align=center| 1:28
| Leonding, Austria
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|-
| Win
| align=center| 5–1
| Ibo Can
| TKO (punches)
| Charity Fight Night 2
| 
| align=center| 1
| align=center| 2:00
| Dornbirn, Austria
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|-
| Loss
| align=center| 4–1
| Cam Kaya
| Submission (triangle choke)
| German MMA Championship 5
| 
| align=center| 1
| align=center| 0:40
| Castrop-Rauxel, Germany
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|-
| Win
| align=center| 4–0
| Uros Pavlovic
| TKO
| Cage Fight Events Europe: Salzburger MMA Challenge
| 
| align=center| 1
| align=center| N/A
| Salzburg, Austria
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|-
| Win
| align=center| 3–0
| Robert Oganesyan
| Submission (rear-naked choke)
| Fight Night Linz
| 
| align=center| 1
| align=center| 4:26
| Leonding, Austria
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|-
| Win
| align=center| 2–0
| Abdul Shaliqhi
| Submission (rear-naked choke)
| Respect Austria 1
| 
| align=center| 1
| align=center| 3:00
| Freistadt, Austria
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|-
| Win
| align=center| 1–0
| Alic Eldridz
| Decision
| KOTR Austria: King of the Ring
| 
| align=center| 3
| align=center| 5:00
| Salzburg, Austria
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See also
 List of current UFC fighters
 List of male mixed martial artists

References

External links
 
 

Category:Living people
Category:1996 births
Category:Austrian male mixed martial artists
Category:Welterweight mixed martial artists
Category:Sportspeople from Salzburg
Category:Austrian people of Chechen descent
Category:Ultimate Fighting Championship male fighters