During an interview on Daniel Cormier’s YouTube channel, Islam Makhachev attempted to convince the former two-weight champion ...

The iconic Dagestan training advice comes true as UFC champ Islam Makhachev celebrates the arrival of his first child.

Magomed Ankalaev receives Dagestan’s highest reward by Head of the Republic after title win over Alex Pereira at UFC 313.

RFE/RL spoke exclusively to Georgian UFC champion Merab Dvalishvili to ask him why fighters from Georgia, Armenia and Russia's Dagestan region are so overrepresented in elite martial arts.

Magomed @AnkalaevM has received Dagestan's medal of honor from the head of the republic, Sergey Melikov. The UFC light ...

Head coach Javier Mendez believes that Dagestan and Team Khabib Nurmagomedov will keep producing champions due to this driving factor.

Javier Mendez (left) reflects on his first visit to Dagestan while recalling ... warriors come from this region and more will continue to thrive with great talent in MMA, Wrestling Sambo and ...

There's a reason so many fighters from Dagestan are at the highest level in MMA. Almost disconnected from the outside world, and without time for anything else, they eat, sleep and breathe combat.

Ankalaev, a native of Dagestan ... in some capacity, for UFC's bottom line given the likelihood of Pereira moving up to heavyweight had he won, the better fighter got his hand raised by using ...