Amir Aliakbari

Amir Aliakbari (Persian: امير على‌اكبرى, born 11 December 1987) is an Iranian wrestler and mixed martial artist who he competes in the Heavyweight division.

[5] However, in December 2013, International Wrestling Federation, FILA banned Aliakbari for life after a second doping offence.

[7] In October 2015, Aliakbari made his professional MMA debut at Full Metal Dojo and defeated Hyung Chul-Lee via TKO in the first round.

[8] In early 2016, it was announced that Aliakbari had signed with the Japanese promotion Rizin Fighting Federation.

He made his debut in September in the first round of the Openweight Grand Prix against Joao Isidoro Almeida.

Aliakbari was scheduled to face former UFC champion Shane Carwin in the quarter-finals in December 2016.

His first opponent was Denis Smoldarev, whom Aliakbari defeated via technical knockout at 2:27 of the first round on March 24, 2018.

[12] The UFC terminated the Agreement due to a doping ban handed down by the international amateur wrestling governing body, as well as US sanctions.

[14] He was scheduled to make his promotional debut against Islam Abasov at ONE Championship: Big Bang on December 4, 2020.

[16] Aliakbari faced Kang Ji Won at ONE Championship: Fists of Fury 2 on March 5, 2021.