Bekzod Abdurakhmonov Бекзод Абдурахмонов | |
Other Names: | The Uzbek Assassin |
Birth Date: | 1990 3, df=yes |
Birth Place: | Tashkent, Uzbek ASSR, Soviet Union (now Uzbekistan) |
Residence: | Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. |
Weight: | 74 kg |
Weight Class: | Lightweight |
Reach In: | 70.0 |
Fighting Out Of: | Tashkent, Uzbekistan Boston, Massachusetts |
Team: | Team Sityodtong Team Nowhere |
Rank: | International Master of Sports in Wrestling |
Wrestling: | Freestyle Wrestling |
Club: | Nittany Lion Wrestling Club |
Years Active: | 2013–present |
Mma Win: | 7 |
Mma Kowin: | 3 |
Mma Subwin: | 3 |
Mma Decwin: | 1 |
Mma Loss: | 0 |
Sherdog: | 140787 |
University: | Clarion[1] |
Medaltemplates: | Clarion Golden Eagles |
Show-Medals: | Yes |
Color: | Gold |
Bekzod Makhamadzhonovich Abdurakhmonov (Russian: Бекзод Махамаджонович Абдурахмонов; born 15 March 1990) is an Uzbekistani freestyle wrestler and mixed martial artist. He won the gold medal at the 2014 Asian Games in Men's 70 kg Freestyle wrestling.[2] At the 2016 Olympics he beat former gold medalist Jordan Burroughs of the United States 11–1, but lost in the bronze-medal match to Jabrayil Hasanov of Azerbaijan. He won one of the bronze medals in the men's 74 kg event at the 2020 Summer Olympics held in Tokyo, Japan.[3] [4]
In 2017, he won the gold medal in the men's 74 kg event at the 2017 Asian Wrestling Championships in New Delhi, India.[5] In the final he defeated Muslim Evloev of Kyrgyzstan.[5]
He competed at the 2024 Asian Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan and he earned a quota place for Uzbekistan for the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France.[6]
Bekzod Abdurakhmonov also wrestled under folkstyle rules in America's NCAA D1 where he achieved All-American status for Pennsylvania's Clarion University in 2012, finishing in 3rd place.
|-| Win| align=center| 7–0| Derik de Freitas do Amaral| TKO| Combat FC 4| | align=center| 1| align=center| N/A| Wilmington, Massachusetts, United States| |-| Win| align=center| 6–0| Marcel Goncalves| TKO (punches)| Victory Combat Sports 6| | align=center| 1| align=center| 1:13| Boston, Massachusetts, United States| |-| Win| align=center| 5–0| Andrew Osborne| Submission (rear-naked choke)| CES MMA 21| | align=center| 1| align=center| 3:54| Lincoln, Rhode Island, United States| |-| Win| align=center| 4–0| Christian Leonard| Submission (arm-triangle choke)| CFFC 29: Smith vs. Kelleher| | align=center| 3| align=center| 2:12| King of Prussia, Pennsylvania, United States| |-| Win| align=center| 3–0| Phil Parrish| TKO (punches)| Sherman Cage Rage MMA 3| | align=center| 1| align=center| 4:31| Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania, United States| |-| Win| align=center| 2–0| Stephen Singleton| TKO (punches)| Quaker Steak and Lube Fight Night 1| | align=center| 1| align=center| 1:54| Sharon, Pennsylvania, United States| |-| Win| align=center| 1–0| Eric Calderon| Submission (rear-naked choke)| Gladiators of the Cage: The North Shore's Rise to Power 2| | align=center| 1| align=center| 1:46| Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States| [7]