Rasul Mirzaev

Rasul Rabadanovich Mirzaev (Russian: Расу́л Рабада́нович Мирза́ев, born March 30, 1986) is a Russian mixed martial artist.

Sports career

Mirzaev began training at the Moscow-based Sambo-70 sports club in 2007. In November 2010, Mirzaev won first place at the combat sambo division of the World Sambo Championships that was held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, submitting his opponent Baasanhut Damlanpvrev from Mongolia in thirty seconds. In the same year, the Moscow Sambo Federation awarded Mirzaev with Best Athlete of the Year in combat sambo.

Mirzayev is undefeated in his mixed martial arts career. His record stands at five wins and no losses. His first win was in October 2009 at the Battle of Champions in Elista in a duel with Danil Turinghe. In June 2010, he defeated Marat Pekov at Fight Nights - Battle of Moscow 1. In March 2010, Mirzayev defeated Evgeni Khavilov at Battle of Moscow 3. In May of that year, he won a fight with Roman Kishev at United Glory 14: 2010-2011 World Series Finals.^[1] In July 2011, Mirzaev fought for the Euro-Asia Featherweight Championship title in the Fight Nights - Battle of Moscow 4 event. The Japanese fighter Masanori Kanehara lost to Mirzaev by technical knockout in less than two minutes.^[2]

Criminal investigation

Mirzaev could face years in prison following the death of a 19-year-old with whom he had a disagreement on August 13, 2011. According to the Moscow police, a disagreement between Mirzaev and a drunk 19 years old Ivan Agafonov took place on 13 August 2011 on 4 a.m., in the center of Moscow near a night club. Mirzaev punched Agafonov down to the pediment. Agafonov died four days later in hospital.^[3] The Agafonov family agreed with the experts, who say the cause of the young man’s death was not a punch from Mirzaev, but the head trauma he got from falling on the pavement.^[4] The specific charge against Mirzaev could depend on whether authorities believe the punch caused the most damage or Agafonov's head hitting the sidewalk. Deliberately inflicting bodily harm that results death carries a maximum sentence of 15 years in prison. A charge of negligent death means three years in prison at most. After the death of Agafonov, his mother said that doctors failed to provide her son with necessary help. The Moscow Department of Health set up a commission composed of several neurosurgeon. They studied the actions of their colleagues and concluded that physicians who provided first aid to Agafonov indeed made some mistakes, but none of them were fatal. "All the shortcomings were of a formal nature," - the experts said. - "Help to the victim was rendered in full. And to anticipate the development of Agafonov's trauma was not possible."^[5]

Mixed martial arts record

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