The son of Chechen dictator Ramzan Kadyrov is set to make his professional MMA debut this Friday and will reportedly have UFC star Khamzat Chimaev in his corner.
Mixed martial arts has long been associated to the controversial rule of Kadyrov, which has seen him accused of human rights abuses that range from torture and assassinations to an alleged attempted purge of the region’s LBTQI+ community.
Kadyrov’s interest in MMA has been widely branded as an attempt at sportswashing, a practice designed to utilize sport to cover up a growing reputation of wrongdoing. For the Chechen leader, that’s included his ownership of the Absolute Championship Akhmat (ACA) promotion and his gym, Akhmat MMA.
Now, his son Ali is set to compete under the ACA banner and as a mixed martial artist for the fist time. Per Tapology, the 16-year-old will feature on the undercard at Friday’s ACA 150: Omarov vs. Suleymanov event in Moscow, Russia.
In preparation for the bout, which is set to come against a fellow newcomer to the sport in Islam Akbarov, Ali Kadyrov has been training alongside members of Sweden’s Allstar team in Abu Dhabi.
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Horrible situation for everyone around.
The son probably doesn’t want to fight.
Chimpaev probably does not want to corner but has to pretend he loves it.
The opponent has make the loss oscar worthy.
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The poor Chechnyan soul they handpick for him to beat up.
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pretty big opportunity for Douglas crosby
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Yes I can’t imagine what would happen if his kids opponent lands something on him
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Remember that jab you landed?
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Probably going to look like this…
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they should fly in Dana
and force him to loose
da boss caveman already made dana tuck his tail once,
dana tells everyone shut the fuck up until the boss caveman told him whats up
then quiet
so now dana can go over
and start my cleaning da boss caveman’s collection of army style boots
Khamzat has been training him and they are buddies. He’ll be a beast once he takes control of the country
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Just from the picture alone it looks he is not a good fighter.
It looks like one of those “And that moment, Ali knew he done fucked up”.
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The fucking height boots kill me everytime😭
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Good fucking catch haha
Fucking manlet.
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Who wants to win against him
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