The Red Devil Sport Club is a mixed martial arts academy in St. Petersburg, Russia, founded by Vadim Finkelstein.
Kirill Yurievich Sidelnikov born August 17, 1988, is a Russian professional mixed martial artist currently competing in the Heavyweight division of Bellator. A professional competitor since 2007, he has also competed for Fight Nights Global, M-1 Global, Affliction, and RIZIN.
Blagoy Ivanov is a Bulgarian mixed martial artist and Sambo practitioner who won the 2008 Combat Sambo World Championships in Saint Petersburg, Russia. He is signed to the Ultimate Fighting Championship where he competes in the Heavyweight division. He previously fought for the World Series of Fighting, where he attained success as the promotion's Heavyweight champion. Blagoy has also competed in Judo as a heavyweight national representative for Bulgaria. He competed in the 2003 Balkan Junior Championships and placed first. He then continued in competition up to the European Championships level but only placed 7th in the 2007 U23 Tournament, and did not make an attempt to represent Bulgaria in the 2008 Olympic games. Ivanov chose to enter into a career in mixed martial arts as opposed to representing Bulgaria in the 2012 Olympic Games.
Stefan Janos is a German Sambo, mixed martial artist and Judo practitioner who won the Silver Medal at the 2008 World Sambo Championships, in Men's Combat Sambo. Janosch defeated Pedro Brett (Venezuela), Volodimir Begeza (Ukraine), and Arsen Khachatryan (Armenia) without giving up a point before falling to eventual champion Blagoi Ivanov (Bulgaria) in the final. Janosch has also competed in many grappling competitions, and recently began a career in mixed martial arts.
Rumen Dimitrov is a Bulgarian Sambo practitioner who has won a Bronze medal twice at the Combat Sambo World Championships. He is also a mixed martial artist.
Fedor Vladimirovich Emelianenko is a Ukrainian-born Russian heavyweight mixed martial artist (MMA), sambist, and judoka, currently competing for Rizin Fighting Federation and Bellator MMA. He has won championships and accolades in multiple sports, most notably in MMA Pride Fighting Championships, FIAS World Combat Sambo Championship, and Russian Judo Federation National Championship.
Vyacheslav "Crushin Russian" Vasilevsky is a Russian mixed martial artist who competes in the middleweight division. A professional MMA competitor since 2008, Vasilevsky has amassed a 31–6 professional record. He is the inaugural M-1 Global Light Heavyweight World Champion.
Shamil Magomedovich Zavurov is a Russian mixed martial artist of Avar descent, who competes in the Welterweight and Lightweight divisions. A professional MMA competitor since 2004, he is the former M-1 Global World Welterweight champion.
Yancho Dimitrov is a Bulgarian combat samboist, kickboxer and mixed martial artist in the heavyweight division. He has 3rd place, over 100 kg on 2007 World Sambo Championships, was held in Prague, Czech Republic from 7 to 11 November 2007. Yancho lost in the semi-final to Fedor Emelianenko.
Kamen Georgiev is a Bulgarian MMA fighter who competes in the Light heavyweight division. World MMA title holder under ISFA rules 2016. He is a coach of the national combat wrestling team, and an international referee with a FICW license "A" class in combat wrestling. Also Kamen Georgiev has won World championships and accolades in multiple sports, most notably in MMA ISFA PRO, World Combat Wrestling Championship(Champion under 100kg, 2015, 2016), World Sanda Championship and FIAS World Combat Sambo Cup(Champion under 90kg, 2014).
Mikhail Zayats is an ethnic Russian professional mixed martial artist currently competing in Bellator's Light Heavyweight division. He has also competed in M-1 Global. According to the global-mma.com rankings, he is the 7th ranked Light Heavyweight in the world.
Vener Zaynullovich Galiev born 1 July 1975) is a Bashkir born-Russian amateur wrestler, sambist and mixed martial artist. He started his professional mixed martial arts career in 2004.
Khabib Abdulmanapovich Nurmagomedov is a Russian professional mixed martial artist of Avar ethnicity. Nurmagomedov is a two-time Combat Sambo World Champion and the reigning undisputed UFC Lightweight Champion. He currently holds the longest undefeated streak in MMA, with 27 wins, and remains undefeated in professional MMA. Hailing from Russia's Dagestan region, he is the first Russian and the first Muslim to win a UFC title. His headline bout with Conor McGregor at UFC 229 drew 2.4 million pay-per-view buys, the most ever for an MMA event. As of 2 January 2019, he is #3 in official UFC pound-for-pound rankings.
Murad Magomedkhanovich Machaev is a Russian mixed martial artist of Avar heritage who currently fighting in the lightweight division for the Absolute Championship Berkut (ACB), Eurasia Fight Nights Global and Bellator MMA veteran, he is the winner of the 2011 Fedor Emelianenko Cup.
Sultan Magomedbegovich Aliev is a Russian mixed martial artist and sambist of Avar heritage, who competes in the Welterweight division for the Ultimate Fighting Championship. He is also a veteran of the ProFC organization and Bellator MMA.
Stanoy Tabakov - a Bulgarian Sambo and MMA fighter in Heavyweight division.
Islam Ramazanovich Makhachev is a Russian mixed martial artist, judoka and sambo competitor of Lak origin. He is a Combat Sambo World Champion, and competes in the lightweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship. He trains with AKA before his fights, usually accompanied with Khabib Nurmagomedov and the rest of his fight team.
Abubakar Magomedovich Nurmagomedov is a Russian mixed martial artist of Avar heritage, who currently fights in the Welterweight division of the Professional Fighters League. He is a Combat Sambo World Championships bronze medalist and Russian national combat sambo champion.
