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Rasul Mirzaev is a Russian mixed martial artist. In 2012, he was convicted of the reckless manslaughter of an ethnic Russian student (Ivan Agafonov) he had punched during an altercation.

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3 Jan, 2017

Russian MMA fighter shot, beaten and choked in ‘row over Conor McGregor’

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fi-mirzaev-lobov-attackMirzaev, a Russian fighter with 17 wins out of 18 contests, is ambushed as he left his home in Moscow on New Year’s Eve. He is shot three times with a high-powered BB gun, including once in the face, in Moscow, as well as being beaten with a baseball bat and choked with a chain. Items were also stolen from his house. Mirzaev is in a stable condition after surgery to remove the bullets. According to a source, the argument got started when Mirzaev was in a club with Lobov, who trains with McGregor. The fighters were taunted by men from Dagestan in southern Russia who said McGregor was afraid to face undefeated Dagestani fighter Nurmagomedov. Nightclub staff stopped a full-blown brawl but the men “decided to finish the job” and were “waiting at his house”. However Lobov, denies the claims and the attack remains under police investigation:

I did meet [Mirzaev] in Russia. I am so shocked that this happened to him but [it’s] nothing to do with me.

27 Apr, 2016

McGregor offered $2m to fight Mirzaev

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Russian media reports McGregor has received a $2m offer to fight Mirzaev in the undercard of Fedor Emelianenko’s heavyweight bout with Fabio Maldonado at Fight Nights Global on June 17.