[10] At the age of 15 years, he dabbled hard into world of mixed martial arts, after hearing the new that his compatriot Khabib Nurmagomedov, Rustam Khabilov and Ali Bagautinov were all signed by major MMA promotion, UFC.
[15] He made his pro MMA debut in August 2014 at the Severo-Kavkazsky Federal Okrug tournament, where he defeated fellow Kavkaz fighter Khasan Masheev via submission in the first round of the fight.
[18] Few weeks later, on April 21, he again became runner-up at "North Caucasus Federal District Championship in Mixed Martial Arts (MMA)", held in the Chechen city of Grozny.
[24][16] On August 30, 2018, Kuramagomedov was scheduled to face-off against American adversary Robert Hale at PFL 7: 2018 Regular Season card at Ocean Resort Casino in Atlantic City, New Jersey.
[26] Nearly one year later, on July 23, 2019, Kuramagomedov was booked in main event fight, against the future UFC fighter Jordan "Bomaye" Williams on season 3 of DWCS at middleweight.
[30][31][32] On September 18, 2020 he was booked to fight against the American Kung-Fu specialist Trevor Ollison at CFFC 85: Hill vs. Lee card at Fitz Hotel & Casino, Tunica, Mississippi, United States.
Bunch card at Jiu-Jitsu Arena, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates; in which the Dagestani fighter submitted Juarez via rear-naked choke in round one of the fight.
[42][43] On January 28, 2022, Kuramagomedov was set to face-off against the American grappler John Howard at EFC 44: Spong vs. Kharitonov card at FLXcast Arena in Miami, Florida, USA.
[60] November 22, of the same year, he rejected the opportunity to participate in edition of Russian MMA Super Cup, as he decided to relocate in America for long-term and train in Ricardo Almeida BJJ in New Jersey.
[64][65] When he was at Ricardo Almeida BBJ gym at New Jersey City, he along with Zabit participated and won gold medals in a local grappling competition somewhere in 2017, after being tired of not getting MMA fight at regional American promotions.