Parviz Abdullayev

Parviz Abdullayev
Parviz Abdullayev
Born	January 5, 1986 (age 40); Aghdam, Azerbaijan
Occupation(s)	Kickboxer, Sanshou practitioner
Known for	Three-time WAKO PRO world champion, ACB Welterweight Kickboxing champion

Parviz Abdullayev is a distinguished Azerbaijani kickboxer and former practitioner of sanshou, recognized as a Sport Master of Azerbaijan. He has earned the WAKO PRO world championship title three times and currently competes in promotions such as ACB, where he is the reigning Welterweight Kickboxing champion. Throughout his sanshou career, Abdullayev has collected multiple World Cup medals and claimed national championships.

Early life

Abdullayev was born on January 5, 1986, in Aghdam, Azerbaijan. He completed his early schooling locally before graduating from middle school No. 250 in Baku. In 2003, he pursued higher education at Baku State University, enrolling in the Faculty of History. His athletic excellence was acknowledged in 2010 when President Ilham Aliyev awarded him a new apartment for his sporting accomplishments. Since 2011, Abdullayev has been at the helm of the "Cobra" kickboxing club and works with the Sport Healthy Centre affiliated with the Ministry of Emergency Situations. He is affiliated with Gabala Sport Club and is actively training his son Yusif in boxing.

Professional career

Starting martial arts training at twelve years old with kung fu, Abdullayev embarked on his professional journey in 2007. That year, he secured the Azerbaijani Wushu-sanshou championship for 2007–08 and achieved a silver medal at the World Cup held in China, while also beginning to compete in kickboxing events.

In 2009, Abdullayev triumphed in five kickboxing bouts and captured the WAKO World Champion title in the 71 kg division during the competition in Villach, Austria. The subsequent year, he clinched the championship at the World Combat Games in Beijing and took second place at the WAKO World Cup in Hungary. At the WAKO European Championship in Baku, he defeated Russian Vladimir Shulyak to earn another world title.

From 2011 onward, under the guidance of Dennis Ravel at the Netherlands-based "Super Pro" club, Abdullayev secured a professional world championship title in Rostov-on-Don, Russia. He replicated this achievement by overcoming Vitaliy Soroka to win the R1 World Belt in 2013 and added another world title at the IPCC kickboxing event in Morocco in 2014. That same year, he was honored with the "Haydar Aliyev Belt" during an international tournament held in Vienna to celebrate Heydar Aliyev’s 90th birthday.

In 2017, Abdullayev earned third place in Wushu-Sanda at the Islamic Solidarity Games hosted in Baku. The following year, at the ACB KB tournament in Moscow, he defeated a Russian competitor to claim his inaugural ACB fight belt. His career also includes appearances under prominent organizations such as Glory, SUPERKOMBAT, and Kunlun Fight.

His coach is Fizuli Musayev, a two-time World Champion who also trains Mehman Umudov.

Awards and honours

2007 – Azerbaijan Wushu-Sanshou Champion
2007 – Silver Medalist, World Cup, Wushu-Sanshou
2009 – Kickboxing WAKO World Champion
2010 – Champion, World Combat Games
2010 – Runner-up, Kickboxing WAKO World Cup
2010 – Kickboxing WAKO PRO World Belt Champion
2011 – Kickboxing WAKO PRO World Belt Champion
2013 – R1 World Belt Champion
2014 – IPCC Kickboxing World Belt Champion
2014 – Recipient of "Heydar Aliyev Belt"
2017 – Silver Medalist, IV Islamic Solidarity Games
2018 – Holder of ACB Fight Belt

Fight record (partial)

|- style="background:#cfc;" | 2025-04-26 || Victory ||align=left| Guillermo Blokland || Akin Fight Arena || Istanbul, Turkey || TKO || 1 ||

|- style="background:#cfc;" | 2017-01-01 || Victory ||align=left| Law Chosing || Kunlun Fight 56 || Sanya, Hainan, China || Decision || 1 || 4:10

|- style="background:#fbb;" | 2016-09-24 || Defeat ||align=left| Zhang Yang || Kunlun Fight 53 || Beijing, China || Unanimous Decision || 3 || 3:00

|- style="background:#fbb;" | 2016-04-08 || Defeat ||align=left| Diogo Calado || Kunlun Fight 41 - 75 kg Tournament Final 16 || Xining, China || Decision || 3 || 3:00

|- style="background:#fbb;" | 2016-03-25 || Defeat ||align=left| Martin Gano || Kunlun Fight 40 - 70 kg World Max Qualifier Tournament || Tongling, China || Decision || 1 || 4:10

|- style="background:#cfc;" | 2016-02-21 || Victory ||align=left| Nuerla Mulali || Kunlun Fight 38 || Pattaya, Thailand || Decision || 3 || 3:00

|- style="background:#cfc;" | 2015-12-04 || Victory ||align=left| Aziz Kallah || Glory 26: Amsterdam || Amsterdam, Netherlands|| Unanimous Decision||3||3:00

|- style="background:#fbb;" | 2015-09-04|| Defeat||align=left| Nuerla Mulali|| Kunlun Fight 30||Zhoukou, China|| Decision||3||3:00

|- style="background:#cfc;" | 2015-07-19|| Victory||align=left| Zhang Zhaoguan|| Kunlun Fight 28||Nanjing, China||Decision||3||3:00

|- style="background:#cfc;" |2015-05-02|| Victory||align=left| Alexandru Popescu||Kunlun Fight 24||Verona, Italy|| KO||1||

|- style="background:#cfc;" |2014-08-24|| Victory||align=left| Zheng Zhaoyu||Kunlun Fight 8||Xining, China||Decision||3||3:00

|- style="background:#cfc;" |2013-05-10|| Victory||align=left| Gabriel Bozan||Superkombat New Heroes 3||Vienna, Austria||Unanimous Decision||3||3:00 |-

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