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At around 6 years old Islam started freestyle wrestling at a local sports school. Wrestling was a big part of his childhood. -
Islam and Khabib's family known each other for their entire lives. Khabib is Islam's mentor and Khabib's dad was also Islam's trainer and have impacted Islam's life. -
Islam was introduced to Sambo at a early age. This helped him keep training and helped build his discipline. -
This was Islam first pro MMA fight which he won starting his MMA journey. -
Islam makes his UFC Debut and submits his opponent in the second round starting his UFC career 1-0. -
Islam lost in the same year as his debut year and till this is his only loss as a professional fighter -
Islam submits both of his opponents in back to back fights which starts to put the world on notice of how good Islam is -
Islam submits Charles Oliveira becoming the new UFC Lightweight Champion of the world. -
Islam defends his belt for the second time where he knocks out Volkanovski in the first round beating him a second time -
Islam successfully defends his belt for the first time as his wins unanimously by decision against Alexander Volkanovski -
Islam defends his belt for the third time against Renato Moicano. Islam submits him in the first round making his record 27-1 and defends his belt successfully for the third time -
Islam dominates everyone in his weight class he announces he's moving up a division in pursuit of becoming a 2 division champion. He is set off to face JDM in November to complete this goal