# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/islam-makhachev
# Generated: 2026-08-13T15:58:40.464Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/islam-makhachev"
name: "Islam Makhachev"
slug: "islam-makhachev"
description: "Islam Ramazanovich Makhachev is a Russian professional mixed martial artist and former sambo competitor. He currently competes in the Welterweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), where he is the current UFC Welterweight Champion and 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. As of 18 November 2025, he is #1 in the UFC men's pound-for-pound rankings."
tagline: "Russian mixed martial arts fighter"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Islam_Makhachev_2022_UFC_belt.png?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Actors"
  slug: "actors"
profileType:
  name: "Actor"
  slug: "actor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1991-10-27"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           62.76
  momentum:             0
  historical:           31.96313866666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/islam_makhachev/"
    handle:    "islam_makhachev"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm8447214/"
    handle:    "nm8447214"
sources:
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    title: "Islam Makhachev"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "إسلام ماخاشيف"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "İslam Maxaçev"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islam_Makhachev"
    title: "Islam Makhachev"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ئیسلام ماخاچێف"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Islam Machačev"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Islam Makhachev"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Islam Makhatxev"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "اسلام مخاچف"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Islam Mahatšev"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Islam Makhachev"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Իսլամ Մախաչև"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Islam Makhachev"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Islam Machačev"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ისლამ მახაჩევი"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "이슬람 마하체프"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Махачев, Ислам Рамазанович"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Islam Makhachev"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islam_Makhachev"
    title: "Islam Makhachev"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Is%C5%82am_Machaczew"
    title: "Isłam Machaczew"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islam_Makhachev"
    title: "Islam Makhachev"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Islam Makhachev"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikiquote"
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    title: "Махачев, Ислам Рамазанович"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18637676"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1681211"
    title: "Islam Makhachev"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump