Damir Amangeldyevich Ismagulov (Kazakh: Дамир Амангельдыұлы Исмагулов; born February 3, 1991) is a Russian and Kazakhstani mixed martial artist, who competes in the Lightweight division.

As a child, he played football, was fond of horseback riding, tried himself in track and field athletics.

In 2014, after winning the Russian Cup, he was awarded the title of Master of Sports in mixed martial arts.

[3] Ismagulov was M-1 Global lightweight champion after beating Maxim Divnich in the title bout.

After defending the M-1 Lightweight Championship twice, defeating such fighters as Raul Tutarauli and Artem Damkovsky,[4][5][6][7] he signed a contract with the UFC.

[8] Ismagulov made promotional debut on December 2, 2018, at UFC Fight Night: dos Santos vs. Tuivasa against Alex Gorgees.

[28] However, Martins pulled out for unknown reasons and was replaced by Oberdan Tenório on short notice.