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Vener Galiev

Vener Galiev

Russian mixed martial artist (born 1975)


Vener Zaynullovich Galiev (Russian: Венер Зайнуллович Галиев; Bashkir: Ғәлиев Венер Зәйнулла улы) born 1 July 1975) is a Russian amateur wrestler, sambist and mixed martial artist. He started his professional mixed martial arts career in 2004.

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Early life and martial arts career

Galiev was born to a working class Bashkir family and started his competitive sports career in Greco-Roman wrestling, becoming the Bashkortostan champion.[1] He later participated in Combat Sambo and Unifight on the international level.[2] Galiev became the Combat Sambo World Champion (74 kg) at 2008 World Sambo Championships and 2009 World Sambo Championships.

On 5 December 2009, he participated in the Combat Sambo rules category of the special event Bitva Chempionov IV of the Russian Martial Arts Association in Moscow and defeated the 2009 European Combat Sambo Champion Paul Lening of Germany by points.[3][4] On 19 November 2010, Galiev faced Dagestan Kudo world champion (76 kg) and mixed martial artist Shamkhal Kerimov in an amateur MMA bout at Bitva Chempionov V in Moscow and defeated his opponent by split decision.[5][6] On 5 November 2011, he participated in the event Bitva 5 held in Moscow and beat Roman Bagdasaryan in a bout under kickboxing rules.[7]

Galiev holds International Class Master of Sports rank in Combat Sambo and Unifight, as well as Master of Sports rank in Greco-Roman wrestling.[1]

Personal life

Galiev works as a police lieutenant in Ufa. He is married to Alena and has a son named Timur.[1]

Championships and accomplishments

Unifight

  • International Amateur Federation of Unifight
    • Unifight European Champion.

ARB (Army Hand-to-Hand Combat)

  • Russian Union of Martial Arts
    • 3rd Place Russia Championship.

Sambo

  • All-Russian Sambo Federation
    • Combat Sambo Russian National Champion.
    • Russian Combat Sambo National Championships 2nd Place (2010)
  • Federation International Amateur de Sambo (FIAS)
    • Combat Sambo World Champion.

Mixed martial arts record

Professional record breakdown
51 matches 36 wins 15 losses
By knockout 18 7
By submission 5 3
By decision 13 5
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  • Record confirmed through Sherdog.com[8] and FightLife.ru[9]

References

  1. Администрация официального сайта газеты Республика Башкортостан. "Республика Башкортостан//СПОРТИВНЫЙ ХАРАКТЕР:В боях без правил травм меньше, чем в футболе.Утверждать это чемпиону мира по боевому самбо позволяет собственный опыт: Наша газета в декабре прошлого года сообщила о том, что уфимец Венер Галиев стал чемпионом мира по боевому самбо. Тогда же мы пообещали читателям организовать с Венером интервью". Agidel.ru. Archived from the original on 2012-03-31. Retrieved 2016-01-10.
  2. "Vener Galiev". En.rusfighters.ru. 2010-03-13. Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2016-01-10.
  3. "News St. Petersburg, professional sports club RusFighters". En.rusfighters.ru. 2009-12-05. Archived from the original on 2012-03-25. Retrieved 2016-01-10.
  4. "Венер Галиев (боевое самбо) против Шамхала Керимова (кудо) - igry_bitva". Igry2010.livejournal.com. 2010-10-26. Archived from the original on 2012-03-31. Retrieved 2016-01-10.
  5. "Битва Чемпионов 5. Венер Галиев - Шамхал Керимов". Tomsk.Fm. Archived from the original on 2014-02-10. Retrieved 2016-01-10.
  6. "«Битва под Москвой 5". FightLife.ru. Archived from the original on 2012-07-11. Retrieved 2016-01-10.
  7. "Vener "Bashkir" Galiev MMA Stats, Pictures, News, Videos, Biography". Sherdog.com. 1975-07-01. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2016-01-10.
  8. "Vener Galiev". FightLife.ru. Archived from the original on 2012-07-13. Retrieved 2016-01-10.

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