[2] In September 2016, Abdullakhanli represented Azerbaijan at the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro in the under 100 kg weight category.

In the first consolation fight, Abdullakhanli won against Hamed Alizadeh from Iran, but in the bronze medal match, he was defeated by Shirin Sharipov from Uzbekistan.

[3] In May 2017, at the Islamic Solidarity Games in Baku, Azerbaijan, Kanan Abdullakhanli won a silver medal in the over 100 kg weight category, losing in the final to Shirin Sharipov from Uzbekistan.

[5] In November of the same year, Abdullakhanli won a bronze medal in the team event at the World Championship for the blind and visually impaired in Portugal.

[10] In September 2023, Abdullakhanli lost his match for third place at the home Grand Prix in Baku.