# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/vadim-nemkov
# Generated: 2026-08-13T19:51:32.336Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/vadim-nemkov"
name: "Vadim Nemkov"
slug: "vadim-nemkov"
description: "Vadim Aleksandrovich Nemkov is a Russian professional mixed martial artist and a sambo competitor. He currently competes in the Heavyweight division of the PFL, where he is the current and inaugural Heavyweight World Champion. He formerly competed in the Light Heavyweight division of Bellator MMA, where he was the longest-reigning Light Heavyweight World Champion. As of March 26, he is #3 in the PFL men's pound-for-pound rankings. Nemkov is the younger brother of Viktor Nemkov and a protégé of the heavyweight MMA and sambo master Fedor Emelianenko."
tagline: "Russian sambist and mixed martial arts fighter"
image: "https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/lBmGki4itKFW4uBP5OW2ZY30h62.jpg"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Actors"
  slug: "actors"
profileType:
  name: "Actor"
  slug: "actor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1992-06-20"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           50.28
  momentum:             0
  historical:           8.607442666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/VadimNemkov"
    handle:    "VadimNemkov"
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/vadimnemkov/"
    handle:    "vadimnemkov"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm7782569/"
    handle:    "nm7782569"
sources:
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    title: "Немков, Вадим Александрович"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "فاديم نيمكوف"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vadim_Nemkov"
    title: "Vadim Nemkov"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vadim_Nemkov"
    title: "Vadim Nemkov"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "وادیم نمکوف"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vadim_Nemkov"
    title: "Vadim Nemkov"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q19911249"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump