In 1993, he fled as a refugee with his family to his mother's native Uzbekistan due to the ongoing Tajik civil war, and finally, in 2019, he was granted Uzbek citizenship.
[15][16] Muradov was forced to drop out of school and start working at the age of 15 to provide for his family after his father got involved in a car accident that left him permanently disabled.
At the age of 17, he began his successful combat sambo career, and because of that, he earned a well-paid job as a security guard in Russian Siberia.
When his father got released from hospital after four years, his family had to sell their apartment to pay for healthcare bills.
Muradov returned to Uzbekistan, and eventually managed to make enough money from competing in combat sambo to be able to buy the apartment back.
[15][3][16][5][9] In September 2015, Muradov fought at WAKO K1 European Cup 2015 tournament and lost in the first match against Polish champion Bartosz Dołbień by unanimous decision.
[18][19][20] In February 2018, Muradov became the world's first mixed martial artist signed by Floyd Mayweather Jr.'s The Money Team.
[3][21][22][4] Before entering the UFC, Muradov held a 22–6 MMA record and won multiple regional middleweight championships (XFN, WKN, Caveam, WASO).
[23][24][25][26] Muradov made his promotional debut against Alessio Di Chirico on September 28, 2019, at UFC Fight Night 160 as a replacement for injured Peter Sobotta.
[31] Muradov was scheduled to face Antônio Carlos Júnior on March 14, 2020, at UFC Fight Night 170, as a replacement for Brad Tavares who had to pull out due to an anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury.
[61] A professional MMA competitor since 2012, Muradov is both the first Tajik-born and Uzbek UFC fighter, and the world's first mixed martial artist signed by Floyd Mayweather Jr.'s The Money Team.
[21][22][4] Besides his native Uzbek, Muradov speaks Czech, Russian and English and is conversational in Polish and Arabic.
[69] In March 2023 Muradov confirmed relationship with Czech reality TV star Sabina Karásková.