Shamil Musaev (fighter)

This led to him and fellow Russian victors to qualify for Wushu Sanda World Championship in Macau, China that will be held from 19 to 25 September of the same year.

To prepare for the Russian championship, Musaev and his Dagestani colleagues had previously training in fight camp in Terek country retreat near the town of Izberbash.

[20] Literally few weeks later, Musaev became Junior World Champion in Wushu Sanda in his weight class of 70 kg at Macau, China.

[21] On March 27, 2014 Musaev won gold medal in 85 kg at Russian Wushu Sanda Championship in Moscow.

His SC Akhmatov colleagues Shamil Ramaznov competed and won gold at lower weight to Musaev at 80 kg.

They joined the winner podium with Wushu Sanda legends like Muslim Salikhov (85 kg) and Bozigit Ataev (90 kg+).

The winners and runner-up all qualified for North Caucasian Federal District Championship, in the Dagestani city of Buynaksk to be held in March of the same year.

[16] Literally 7 days later, on May 27 of the same year, Musaev gained Bronze medal in Russian Amateur MMA competition at Lightweight category, thus qualifying for the WMMAA European Championship in Saint Petersburg.

[30] On May 11, 2017, Musaev again became bronze medalist at Welterweight division, in Russian Amateur MMA Championship held in the city of Rostov-on-Don, Rostov Oblast.

[33] On October 7, 2017, Musaev (Welterweight) and his colleague Ali Abdulkhalikov (Lightweight) both won gold medals in WMMAA World Championship held in the city of Astana, Kazakhstan.

[34][35] In this tournament team Russia broke the previous record where all eight of their athletes went into finals, thereby winning seven gold medals and one silver in the process.

[38][39] This was organized by The Russian Union of Martial Arts (RSBI) under which 8 fighters representing 8 different schools of Martial Arts fighting each other for the championship belt; these included fighting disciplines like sambo, Thai boxing, army hand-to-hand combat (arb), kudo, all-style karate, hand-to-hand combat, wushu sanda and grappling.

[46] In the ring, the combatants were allowed to strike in all the parts of the body that was sanctioned in mixed martial arts ruleset, as well as to perform all types of throws used in grappling sports.

[55] Musaev made his professional MMA debut in the welterweight division of regional promotion in 2013, defeating his fellow Russian fighter of Tajik origin Muslim Mubarakshoev, via TKO (Doctor Stoppage), round number one of the fight.

[63] Originally about 3000 fighters from fourteen different countries like Russia, Belarus, Ukraine, Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Holland, USA, China, Morocco, Spain, Greece, Venezuela and Brazil applied for this show competition.

[62] Musaev won all 4 of his bouts and thereby becoming the youngest ever winner in "Mix Fighters" show history, thereby earning a ceremonial championship belt for his achievement.

[73] In the end, Musaev defeated Szymajda via TKO, after series of punches from a crucifix position on the ground, which the Polish fighter was unable to reasonably defend himself from.

[83][84] His next match took place on January 30, 2021 at  KSW 58 card in Lodz, where he was booked against former Titan FC Welterweight champion Uroš Juricic of Slovenia.

[87] These fined money was than donated by KSW organization for the treatment of young girls namely Pola Omielanczuk & Laura Paczula.

[88] On October 23, 2021, Musaev was booked in a bout, against the 2012 FILA Grappling World Championships bronze medalist, Michał Pietrzak of Poland, at the KSW 64 event in Atlas Arena, in the city of Łódź.

[99][100] Less than 90 seconds into the match, Musaev fired a spinning back kick into guts of Kunchenko and finished him off with a series of punches that gave him victory via TKO.

[104][105] On March 11, 2024, the US based MMA promotion, Professional Fighters League announced that Musaev would set to compete in the PFL's $1 million welterweight tournament.

[106] In his first fight for his new employer, he was set faced against the former Interim Bellator MMA welterweight champion, Logan "Storm" Storley.

[107][108] The match took place  during the PFL 3: Koreshkov vs. Umalatov card held in Wintrust Arena, in the city Chicago on April 19.

[110][111] On June 28 of the same year Musaev faced former WMMAA World Lightweight champion, Murad Ramazanov at PFL 6 (2024) held at the Sanford Pentagon stadium, in the city of Sioux Falls, South Dakota.

[120] Some sources began to point out false information that Musaev was in fact born in the city of Mytishchi, Moscow Oblast, Russia.

[123] After Musaev successful debut fight for KSW organization against Hubert Szymajda, he was given the nickname, "Cichy Zabójca" (The Silent Assassin), by the Polish fans; due to his tendency of minimal usage of words, during his interviews.

[125] Musaev is represented in the sports by Ivan Dijaković, who is also one of the two co-founder of the eminent MMA training center, UFD Gym of Germany.

Some of Musaev's SC Akhmatov teammates like Shamil Ramazanov & Ali Abdulkhalikov both joined him in MMA gym "Golden Team".

[141] Musaev has earned the title of "International Master of Sports in Wushu Sanda" due to his numerous achievements in the said martial art.