Alim Nabiev
Alim Nabiev | |
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| Born | October 10, 1994 Azerbaijan |
| Occupation | Professional kickboxer |
| Years active | 2010–present |
| Known for | WMC World Light Heavyweight title holder, top-ranked welterweight kickboxer |
Alim Nabiev (born October 10, 1994) is a professional kickboxer from Azerbaijan who has been active since 2010. He previously held the WMC World Light Heavyweight title.
By September 2022, Combat Press positioned him as the third-best welterweight worldwide, while Beyond Kickboxing ranked him as the leading welterweight in October 2022. From November 2017 through July 2021, Combat Press consistently placed him among the top ten welterweights, reaching as high as number two.
Martial arts career
Nabiev made his professional debut against Vladislav Savotchenko in October 2010, losing via an extra round decision. He achieved a 6–3 record before capturing the 2012 Grand Prix Russia welterweight championship, securing a knockout over Valentin Ribalko in the semifinals and overcoming Denis Larchenko in the final bout.
Following a stretch where he won four out of five matches—suffering a defeat to Chingiz Allazov—Nabiev participated in the W5 Fighter Bratislava XX welterweight tournament, earning decision victories against Tevfik Sucu and Vladimir Konsky. After triumphs over William Diender and Adem Bozkurt, he took part in the 2013 Legend Fighting Show tournament, advancing to the final by winning the semifinal but ultimately being knocked out by Dzhabar Askerov. Approximately five months later, he claimed the Grand Prix Russia Open title with wins against Janne Ollonen, Sergey Kulyaba, and Deo Phetsangkhat.
Subsequent to these tournaments, Nabiev recorded wins over prominent opponents such as Armen Petrosyan and Chad Sugden, before losing to Masoud Rahimi. He then embarked on an eight-fight winning streak, which included a decision victory against Islam Murtazaev that qualified him for the Kunlun Fight 75 kg tournament; however, he was eliminated in the quarterfinals by Diogo Calado.
In October 2016, Nabiev secured the W5 European Muay Thai 77 kg championship with a unanimous decision win over Vladimír Moravčík. Later that year at Nuit des Champions 2016, he captured the WMC World Light Heavyweight title by defeating Yohan Lidon via unanimous decision.
Glory
Nabiev joined Glory towards the end of 2017, making his debut against Jimmy Vienot at Glory 47: Lyon, where he achieved a unanimous decision victory. He followed this with another unanimous decision win over Nieky Holzken at Glory 49: Rotterdam. After narrowly defeating Cedric Doumbe by split decision, Nabiev earned a chance to fight for the Glory Welterweight Championship against Harut Grigorian at Glory 54: Birmingham, but lost by unanimous decision.
He then recorded split decision wins over Eyevan Danenberg at Glory 59: Amsterdam and Murthel Groenhart at Glory 64: Strasbourg. Nabiev challenged Doumbe once more for the welterweight crown at Glory 66: Paris, but was stopped by knockout in the second round.
Scheduled to face Troy Jones at Glory: Collision 3 on October 23, 2021, Nabiev secured a unanimous decision victory. He later competed for the vacant Glory Welterweight Championship against Endy Semeleer at Glory 82 on November 19, 2022, where he was defeated by split decision.
Muay Thai
- World version W5
- 2016 W5 European Muay Thai Champion at -77 kg
- World Muaythai Council
- 2016 WMC World Light Heavyweight Champion (-79 kg)
- International Federation of Muaythai Associations
- 2013 IFMA European Championship competitor at -71 kg
Kickboxing
- World version W5
- Winner of the 2013 W5 -71 kg Tournament
- Grand Prix Russia Open
- Champion of the 2013 GPRO -70 kg Tournament
- 2012 GPRO Tournament titleholder
- Legend Fighting Show
- Runner-up in the 2013 Legend -71 kg Tournament
Fight Record
|- style="background:#cfc;" | 2024-09-14 || Victory ||align=left| Umar Semata || Grand Bellagio Championship || Batumi, Georgia || Unanimous Decision || 3 || 3:00 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 2024-06-29 || Victory ||align=left| Konstantinos Makedoniadis || Fight For Honor 12 || Brussels, Belgium || KO (Knee strike to head) || 1 || 2:55 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 2022-11-19 || Defeat ||align=left| Endy Semeleer || Glory 82 || Bonn, Germany || Split Decision || 5 || 3:00 |- ! style=background:white colspan=9 | |- |- style="background:#cfc" | 2022-09-10 || Victory ||align=left| Andrei Ostrovanu || Mix Fight Championship || Baku, Azerbaijan || Unanimous Decision || 3 || 3:00
|- style="background:#cfc" | 2021-10-23|| Victory ||align=left| Troy Jones || Glory: Collision 3 || Arnhem, Netherlands || Unanimous Decision || 3 || 3:00 |- |- style="background:#FFBBBB;" | 2019-06-22 || Defeat ||align=left| Cedric Doumbe || Glory 66: Paris || Paris, France || KO (Punches) || 2 || 2:48 |- ! style=background:white colspan=9 | |- style="background:#CCFFCC" | 2019-03-09 || Victory||align=left| Murthel Groenhart || Glory 64: Strasbourg || Strasbourg, France || Split Decision || 3 || 3:00 |- style="background:#CCFFCC" | 2018-09-29 || Win||align=left| Eyevan Danenberg || Glory 59: Amsterdam|| Amsterdam, Netherlands|| Split Decision||3||3:00 |- |- bgcolor="FFBBBB" | 2018-06-02|| Loss||align=left| Harut Grigorian|| Glory 54: Birmingham|| Birmingham, England|| Unanimous Decision||5||3:00 |- ! style=background:white colspan=9 | |- |- style="background:#CCFFCC" | 2018-03-03|| Victory||align=left| Cedric Doumbe|| Glory 51: Rotterdam|| Rotterdam, Netherlands|| Split Decision||3||3:00 |- |- style="background:#CCFFCC" | 2017-12-09|| Win||align=left| Nieky Holzken||Glory 49: Rotterdam||Rotterdam, Netherlands|| Unanimous Decision||3||3:00 |- |- style="background:#CCFFCC" |2017-10-28|| Victory||align=left| Jimmy Vienot||Glory 47: Lyon||Lyon, France|| Split Decision||3||3:00 |- |- style="background:#CCFFCC" |2017-06-24|| Win||align=left| Zhang Yang||Kunlun Fight_63||Sanya, China|| Unanimous Decision||3||3:00 |- |- bgcolor="#CCFFCC" |2016-11-19|| Win||align=left| Yohan Lidon||Nuit des Champions_2016||Marseille, France|| Unanimous Decision||5||3:00 |- ! style=background:white colspan=9 | |- |- bgcolor="#CCFFCC" |2016-10-08|| Victory||align=left | Vladimír Moravčík||W5 Grand Prix "Legends in Prague"|||Prague, Czech Republic|| Unanimous Decision||5||3:00 |- ! style=background:white colspan=9 | |- |- bgcolor="#FFBBBB"
|2016-07-10|| Loss||align=left | Diogo Calado||Kunlun Fight_47,_75_kg_Tournament Quarter-Finals|||Nanjing, China|| Unanimous Decision||3||3:00 |- |- bgcolor="#CCFFCC" |2016-04-08|| Win||align=left | Islam Murtazaev||Kunlun Fight_41,_75_kg_Tournament Final_16|||Xining, China|| Unanimous Decision||3||3:00 |- |- bgcolor="#CCFFCC" |2016-02-27|| Win||align=left | Jamie Bates|||ACB KB_5|||Orel, Russia|| Unanimous Decision|||3|||3:00 |- |- bgcolor="#CCFFCC" |2015-11-13|| Win||align=left | Masoud Rahimi|||ACB KB_4:_Grand Prix Final|||Perm, Russia|||Decision|||3|||3:00 |- |- bgcolor="#CCFFCC" |2015-10-10|| Win|||Patrick Madis|||Golden BARS Championship_2015|||Belgorod, Russia|||Decision|||5|||3:00 |- |- bgcolor="#CCFFCC" |2015-08-15|| Win|||Pavel Turuk|||Battle in Sochi/Kunlun Fight_29|||Sochi, Russia|||TKO (Cut)||2|| |- |- bgcolor="#CCFFCC" |2015-07-01|| Win|||Li Baoming|||T-One|||Beijing, China|||||| |- |- bgcolor="#CCFFCC" |2015-06-18|| Win|||Pawel Biszczak|||Grand Prix Russia Open_17|||Russia|||Unanimous Decision||3||3:00 |- |- bgcolor="#CCFFCC" |2015-02-26|| Win|||Kumar Zhaliev|||Grand Prix Russia Open_16|||Moscow, Russia|||TKO|||| |- |- bgcolor="#CCFFCC" |2014-12-19|| Win|||Jamal Yusupov|||Tvoy Vykhod|||Lyubertsy, Russia|||Decision|||| |- |- bgcolor="#FFBBBB" |2014-12-07|| Loss|||Masoud Rahimi|||Tatneft Cup_1st selection_1/8 final|||Kazan, Russia|||Unanimous Decision||3|||| |- |- bgcolor="#CCFFCC" |2014-04-05|| Win|||Armen Petrosyan (kickboxer)||Legend_3:_Pour Homme|||Milan, Italy|||Unanimous Decision||3|||| |- |- bgcolor="#CCFFCC" |2014-02-23|| Win|||Chad Sugden||||K1 World Max Final Four Azerbaijan||||Baku, Azerbaijan||||Split Decision)||3|||| |- |- bgcolor="#CCFFCC" |2013-11-16|| Win|||Armen Petrosyan (kickboxer)||W5 Grand Prix Orel XXII||||Oryol, Russia||||Unanimous Decision)||3|||| |- |- bgcolor="#CCFFCC" |2013-10-03|| Win|||Deo Phetsangkhat||||Grand Prix Russia Open Final||||Russia||||KO|||| |-
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|2013-10-03'|| Win'||align=left' | Sergey Kulyaba||||Grand Prix Russia Open Semi Finals||||Russia||||Unanimous Decision)||3|||| |-
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|2012–10–03'|| Win'||Janne Ollonen||||Grand Prix Russia Open Quarter Finals||||Russia||||Unanimous Decision)||3|||| |-
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|2013–05–25'|| Loss'||Dzhabar Askerov||||Legend Fighting Show Final||||Moscow, Russia||||KO (Left low kick)||3|| |-
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|2013–05–25'|| Win'||Vyacheslav Borshev||||Legend Fighting Show Semi Finals||||Moscow, Russia||||Unanimous Decision)||3|| |-
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|2013–05–13'|| Win'||Adem Bozkurt||||Land of Fire||||Vienna, Austria||||KO|| |-
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|2013–04–27'|| Win'||William Diender||||W5 Grand Prix Orel XXI||||Oryol, Russia||||Unanimous Decision)||3|| |-
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|2013–03–16'||Win'||Vladimir Konsky||||W5 Fighter Bratislava XX Final||||Bratislava, Slovakia||||Decision|| |-
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|2013–03–16 Win Tevfik Sucu W5 Fighter Bratislava XX Semi Finals Bratislava, Slovakia Decision 3 –
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|2013–02–22 Loss Chingiz Allazov Knockout Show Moscow, Russia Decision
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|2012–12–23 Win Stanislav Kazantcev W5 Fighter Moscow XVIII Moscow, Russia Decision
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|2012–11–29 Win Ivan Babachenko W5 Fighter Moscow XVII Moscow, Russia Decision
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... [remaining fights omitted for brevity]
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See also
External links
- Fighter profile on Muaythaitv.com