Attorney. ABC-trained referee and judge. Associate Editor at @sherdogdotcom.
Ex-@fightland. Officer At-Large of @themmaja.
Mar 21 • 9 tweets • 2 min read
Sad as it is to say, the state of MMA in the nation of Azerbaijan is dire. While a governing federation, Azerbaijan MMA Federation, does exist, it is primarily focused on amateur and junior MMA. When it comes to pro MMA, all bets are off…or they should be. 1/x
The State of the Sport of MMA in Azerbaijan is that it is rife with corruption, fight fixing, roster slot selling and more fraud that one can shake a stick at. Entire events have been invented out of whole cloth, where no fights took place but the org sent dozens of results. 2/x
Jul 28, 2022 • 7 tweets • 2 min read
If you need a brief recap about the Askar Mozharov story, here it is: this fighter worked his way to the #UFC, representing himself with a 25-7 record. After thorough Fight Finder investigations, that record proved to be manipulated, and we adjusted accordingly. 1/7
Last we presented his information, and when factoring in his #UFCVegas56 loss to Alonzo Menifield, Mozharov’s pro record plummeted down to 17-14. An unprecedented transformation, to be clear, but surely that had to be everything, right?
It wasn’t, and don’t call me Shirley. 2/7
Jul 14, 2022 • 11 tweets • 4 min read
This is the (short) story of Askar Mozharov: This fighter had amassed a pro MMA record of 25-7 on some recordkeeping sites. He made his way to the #UFC, and recently contacted Sherdog Fight Finder to demand that losses be removed from his record. Those losses were very real. 1/10
This demand prompted Sherdog into an investigation of his record. Following a substantial review, his W-L record was updated to 19-12, where we nixed multiple fake wins and added legitimate losses. He promptly got finished by Alonzo Menifield at #UFCVegas56 in the 1st round. 2/10
