Muhammad Naimov

Nationality

Tajikistan

Born

1994-08-07

Height

5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)

Weight

146 lb (66 kg; 10.4 st)

Muhammadjon Naimov (Tajik: Муҳаммад Наимов; born 7 August 1994) is a Tajik mixed martial artist. He currently competes in the featherweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). A professional mixed martial artist since 2018, Naimov has also competed in the Titan Fighting Championships. Background Muhammad Naimov was born in Kulob on 7 August 1994. He studied at the Tajik National University. He also speaks in three languages. Naimov began competing in taekwondo, where he won the Asian Junior Championships in Kazakhstan (2010), Tajikistan (2012), Bulgaria (2013) and Nepal (2014), and won a medal at the World Junior Championships in Estonia (2012) and Tajikistan (2014). He then began his amateur MMA career in 2016 before turning professional in 2018.