In recent years the Dagestani school of wrestling has shot to prominence with Abdulmanap's students Khabib and Islam Makhachev running through their competition using a combination of cage wrestling, Judo and traditional Freestyle wrestling. Footage of their training is hard to come by especially with the language barrier. I do not own any of this footage and share it here only to help others understand this system the way I did.

Abdulmanap Magomedovich Nurmagomedov (10 December 1962 – 3 July 2020) was the father and coach of retired UFC lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov. In 1987 he graduated from the Poltava University of Economics and Trade with a degree in accounting and economics. His first big success as a coach came when his brother, Nurmagomed Nurmagomedov, won the World Sambo Championship for Ukraine's national team in 1992. He trained a total of 18 world champions throughout his coaching career.

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