Radmir Gabdullin

Radmir Gabdullin (; born 20 December 1987 in Oktyabrsky, Bashkir ASSR, USSR) is a Russian athlete and sports functionary, President of the All-Russian public organization "Union of Mixed Martial Arts "MMA" of Russia" (Russian MMA Union).

Radmir Gabdullin started his career in MMA as a professional athlete, became the winner of various tournaments, He was also the coach of the Russian national MMA team for several years. He served as the Chief Referee of WMMAA, Chairman of the All-Russian Collegium of Referees in mixed martial arts, and the First vice-president of the Russian MMA Union.

Education In 2010, Radmir Gabdullin graduated from the Russian State University of Physical Education, Sport, Youth and Tourism (SCOLIPE) with a degree in Physical Education and Sports. In 2013, he graduated from The Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration (RANEPA) with a degree in Management. In 2016, he also graduated from the Russian International Olympic University with a degree in Sports Management.

Mixed martial arts career Mixed martial arts athlete Prior to joining MMA, Radmir Gabdullin was engaged in combat sambo. Radmir Gabdullin finished his career as an athlete in 2010 due to a worsening injury.

Mixed martial arts record Win

Magomed Rabadanov Decision (Unanimous) M-1 Challenge: 2009 Selections 6

Makhachkala, Russia Loss

Giva Santana Submission (Triangle Choke) M-1 Challenge 17 - Korea

Seoul, South Korea Win

Artur Avakyan Submission (Achilles Lock) M-1 Challenge - 2009 Selections 1

Saint Petersburg, Russia Win

Hoon Kim Submission (Triangle Choke) M-1 Challenge 11: 2008 Challenge Finals

Amstelveen, Netherlands Loss

Min Suk Heo Decision (Unanimous) M-1 Challenge 6 - Korea

Seoul, South Korea Win

Jonathan Leon Submission M-1 MFC - Fedor Emelianenko Cup

Saint Petersburg, Russia Win

Alexei Belyaev Submission (Armbar) M-1 MFC - Battle on the Neva 1

Saint Petersburg, Russia Mixed martial arts functionary In 2012, he started working at the Specialized Sports School of the Olympic Reserve in Martial Arts in the city of Mytishchi, firstly as an instructor-methodologist, then as Deputy Director for educational and sports work. He worked in this position until 2015. Radmir Gabdullin became also the chief referee of WMMAA A year later that city hosted the World championship, where Radmir Gabdullin also was a referee (as a deputy chief referee). He held this position for two years. At that time, he was in fact engaged in the operational management of the federation. In October 2018, at the presidium, Radmir Gabdullin was elected as the president of the Russian MMA Union. He replaced Fedor Emelianenko, who became the Honorary President and Chairman of the Supervisory Board.

The merger of IMMAF and WMMAA was an important event in 2018. This became the next step for MMA to be recognized as an Olympic kind of sport. In November 2018, Bahrain hosted the first World championship after the merger of the two international governing bodies of the MMA. Various tournaments for adults and juniors were held at the same time. A record number of countries took part in them – 52. More than 370 athletes competed for 26 sets of medals. It was the first international tournament since Radmir Gabdullin was elected as the president of the Russian MMA Union. The Russian national team formed by this organization achieved high results at that tournament. The Russian team won an overall final victory in the medal standings and set new records for the World championships: in the number of finalists among adults – 7, in the number of gold medals among juniors – 5. As a result of the tournament, the Russian team rose in the world ranking of the national teams to the first place in the junior standings and to the third place in the adult standings.