Tofiq Musayev

Nationality

Azerbaijan

Born

1989-12-15

Height

5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)

Weight

155 lb (70 kg; 11 st 1 lb)

Tofiq Musayev (born December 15, 1989) is an Azerbaijani professional mixed martial artist who currently competes in the Lightweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). He has previously fought for Rizin Fighting Federation, where he was the Rizin Lightweight Grand Prix Champion, and for Bellator MMA. Early life Tofiq Musayev was born in Sahil, Azerbaijan. Even at school, due to the minimum number of sports sections, he went to karate and later with pankration, kung-fu and taekwondo. Initially having success at the regional level, Musaev decided to devote himself completely to sanda, therefore, after graduating from school in 2007, he entered the sports academy. He became Asian Pankration champion in 2016 and world champion in Kung-fu, while studying at the Azeribaijan Sports Academy from 2007 to 2011. He is blue belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu.