The Most Famous

MARTIAL ARTS from Russia

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This page contains a list of the greatest Russian Martial Arts. The pantheon dataset contains 179 Martial Arts, 7 of which were born in Russia. This makes Russia the birth place of the 4th most number of Martial Arts behind Japan, and Brazil.

Top 7

The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Russian Martial Arts of all time. This list of famous Russian Martial Arts is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography's online popularity.

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1. Khamzat Chimaev (b. 1994)

With an HPI of 58.67, Khamzat Chimaev is the most famous Russian Martial Arts.  His biography has been translated into 29 different languages on wikipedia.

Khamzat Khizarovich Chimaev (born 1 May 1994) is an Emirati professional mixed martial artist and freestyle wrestler who currently competes in the Middleweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). In freestyle wrestling, Chimaev is a three-time Swedish national champion. As of 29 October 2024, he is #3 in the UFC middleweight rankings and as of 1 July 2025, he is #14 in the UFC men's pound-for-pound rankings.

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2. Islam Makhachev (b. 1991)

With an HPI of 54.93, Islam Makhachev is the 2nd most famous Russian Martial Arts.  His biography has been translated into 28 different languages.

Islam Ramazanovich Makhachev (Russian: Ислам Рамазанович Махачев; born 27 October 1991) is a Russian professional mixed martial artist and former sambo competitor. He currently competes in the Lightweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), where he is the former UFC Lightweight Champion. A professional since 2010, along with becoming a combat sambo world champion in 2016 and two-time Russian national champion at 74 kg (2014, 2016). As of 1 July 2025, he is #1 in the UFC lightweight rankings and #2 in the UFC men's pound-for-pound rankings.

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3. Hüseyin Özkan (b. 1972)

With an HPI of 49.49, Hüseyin Özkan is the 3rd most famous Russian Martial Arts.  His biography has been translated into 24 different languages.

Hüseyin Özkan, née Huseyn Delimbekovich Bisultanov (born 20 January 1972), is a Turkish judoka. At the 2000 Summer Olympics held in Sydney, Australia, he won the gold medal in the men's Half Lightweight (‍–‍66 kg) category. He became the first judoka to win an Olympics gold medal for Turkey. He is a member of the İstanbul Büyükşehir Belediyesi S.K. He was born in Chechnya, in the North Caucasus of the former USSR, and grew up with his 9 siblings. He began judo in his hometown and continued in Turkey, where he moved at the age of 20.

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4. Dennis Siver (b. 1979)

With an HPI of 46.38, Dennis Siver is the 4th most famous Russian Martial Arts.  His biography has been translated into 17 different languages.

Dennis D. Siver (Russian: Дмитрий Сивер, tr. Dmitriy Siver, born January 13, 1979) is a retired Russian-born German mixed martial artist who competed in the welterweight, lightweight, and featherweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship. Siver is currently teaching martial arts in his hometown, Mannheim.

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5. Petr Yan (b. 1993)

With an HPI of 45.78, Petr Yan is the 5th most famous Russian Martial Arts.  His biography has been translated into 21 different languages.

Petr Evgenyevich Yan (Russian: Пётр Евге́ньевич Я́н, romanized: Pyotr Yevgenyevich Yan; born 11 February 1993) is a Russian professional mixed martial artist. He competes in the Bantamweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), where he is a former UFC Bantamweight Champion. Yan formerly fought in Absolute Championship Berkut where he is a former ACB Bantamweight Champion. As of June 10, 2025, he is #3 in the UFC bantamweight rankings.

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6. Zabit Magomedsharipov (b. 1991)

With an HPI of 44.14, Zabit Magomedsharipov is the 6th most famous Russian Martial Arts.  His biography has been translated into 15 different languages.

Zabit Akhmedovich Magomedsharipov (Russian: Забит Ахмедович Магомедшарипов; born March 1, 1991) is a Russian former professional mixed martial artist. He competed in the Featherweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) and Absolute Championship Berkut (ACB), where he was the ACB Featherweight Champion.

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7. Patimat Abakarova (b. 1994)

With an HPI of 40.34, Patimat Abakarova is the 7th most famous Russian Martial Arts.  Her biography has been translated into 22 different languages.

Patimat Serajutdin Abakarova (born 23 October 1994) is a Dagestani-born Azerbaijani taekwondo athlete. She has been playing for the Azerbaijan national team since 2013. Patimat Abakarova won a bronze medal at the XXXI Summer Olympic Games held in Rio de Janeiro in 2016. Patimat Abakarova at the European Championships; She was awarded a silver medal in 2016. Abakarova also won bronze medals at the 3rd Islamic Solidarity Games in 2013 and the 1st European Games in 2015. She competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, in the women's 49 kg and won bronze medal.

People

Pantheon has 7 people classified as Russian martial arts born between 1972 and 1994. Of these 7, 7 (100.00%) of them are still alive today. The most famous living Russian martial arts include Khamzat Chimaev, Islam Makhachev, and Hüseyin Özkan. As of April 2024, 7 new Russian martial arts have been added to Pantheon including Khamzat Chimaev, Islam Makhachev, and Hüseyin Özkan.

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