He competed as an amateur until 2016 when he quit his job as an oil and gas extraction engineer and moved to Thailand.
He faced Alim Nabiev in the final 16 round and was eliminated after losing the fight by unanimous decision.
[6] On November 30, 2018, Murtazaev faced Omar Moreno in a KOK World Series event in Spain.
[9] Murtazaev was booked to face Sher Mamazulunov at Wu Lin Feng 2019: WLF China vs Russia on September 20, 2019, in an WLF-Orion cross-promotional event.
[10] Murtazaev challenged Regian Eersel for the ONE Lightweight World Championship at ONE: Winter Warriors on December 3, 2021.
[21] Murtazaev challenged Sergey Ponomarev for the Russian National -86 kg title at REN TV Fight Club on February 17, 2023.
[23] Murtazaev was expected to face Jonatan Oliveira for the vacant WKU K-1 World -86 kg title at the November 18, 2023, REN TV Fight Club event.