Bilyal Makhov

Bilyal Valeryevich Makhov
Билял Валерьевич Махов

Personal information
Ethnicity	Circassian-Kabardian
Citizenship	Russian
Born	(1987-09-20) September 20, 1987 Nalchik, Kabardino-Balkaria, Russia
Residence	Makhachkala, Khasavyurt
Height	1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)
Weight	125 kg (276 lb) - 130 kg (290 lb)
Sport
Country	Kabardino-Balkaria, Russia
Sport	Wrestling
Event(s)	Freestyle and Greco-Roman
Club	CSKA Wrestling club, Khasavyurt WC
Coached by	Gadzhi Gadzhiev, Magomed Guseinov, Khankala Gadzhimagomedov
Medal record Representing the  Russia Men's Freestyle wrestling Summer Olympics 2012 London 120 kg World Championships 2007 Baku 120 kg 2009 Herning 120 kg 2010 Moscow 120 kg 2011 Istanbul 120 kg 2015 Las Vegas 125 kg European Championships 2010 Baku 120 kg Men's Greco-Roman wrestling World Championships 2014 Tashkent 130 kg 2015 Las Vegas 130 kg

Bilyal Valerievich Makhov (Russian: Билял Валерьевич Махов, Kabardian: Махуэ Билал Валерий и къуэ; born 20 September 1987 in Nalchik) is a Circassian-Kabardian-born Russian mixed martial artist, freestyle and greco-roman wrestler. He is signed to the Ultimate Fighting Championship, currently competing in the Heavyweight division. He was the Russian champion in 2007 and 2010, European champion in 2010 and World champion in 2007, 2009, 2010 in Men's Freestyle 120 kg and bronze medalist in Wrestling World Championships Greco-Roman 2014. Won in 2015 Russian National Greco-Roman Wrestling Championships

He won the bronze medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the men's 120 kg category.

On July 5, 2015 at the Ali Aliyev Memorial he took revenge on Olympic rival Davit Modzmanashvili by technical superiority and won this tournament.^[1]

Mixed martial arts career

Ultimate Fighting Championship

On April 25, 2015, it was announced that Makhov had signed with the Ultimate Fighting Championship to compete in the heavyweight division. Makhov will continue to wrestle and had hoped to medal at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.^[2]

Championships and accomplishments

International Titles

• Freestyle:
  • 2007 World Champion – 120 kg (Baku, Azerbaijan)
  • 2008 Golden Grand-Prix Ivan Yarygin 3rd – 120 kg (Krasnoyarsk, Russia)
  • 2009 World Champion – 120 kg (Herning, Denmark)
  • 2010 Eropean Champion – 120 kg (Baku, Azerbaijan)
  • 2010 World Champion – 120 kg (Moscow, Russia)
  • 2011 World Championships runner-up – 120 kg (Istanbul, Turkey)
  • 2012 Olympic Bronze Medalist – 120 kg (London, England)
  • 2015 Ali Aliyev Memorial winner – 125 kg (Kaspiysk, Dagestan)
  • 2015 World Championships Bronze Medalist – 125 kg (Las Vegas, United States)
• Greco-Roman:
  • 2014 World Championships Bronze Medalist – 130 kg (Tashkent, Uzbekistan)
  • 2015 World Championships Bronze Medalist – 130 kg (Las Vegas, United States)

International accomplishments

The first wrestler in 43 years to win a medal at the world championships in both freestyle and Greco-Roman (the last person to accomplish this was Wilfried Dietrich in 1962).

National Titles

• Freestyle:
  • 2006 Russian National Runner-up – 120 kg (Nizhnevartovsk, Yugra)
  • 2007 Russian National Champion – 120 kg (Moscow)
  • 2008 Russian National Bronze Medalist – 120 kg (Saint Petersburg, Leningrad)
  • 2009 Russian National Champion – 120 kg (Kazan, Tatarstan)
  • 2010 Russian National Champion – 120 kg (Volgograd)
  • 2012 Russian National Champion – 120 kg (Saint Petersburg, Leningrad)
• Greco-Roman:
  • 2015 Russian National Champion – 130 kg (Saint Petersburg, Leningrad)
  • 2016 Russian Nationals bronze medalist – 130 kg (Grozny, Chechnya)

References