Karimula Barkalaev
Russian former mixed martial artist
- Born
- 23 January 1973
- Citizenship
- Russia
- Sport
- mixed martial arts
- Occupation
- mixed martial arts fighter
Karimula Magomedovich Barkalaev (born 23 January 1973) is a Russian former professional mixed martial artist, Judoka, and Sanda Kung Fu practitioner. He is the first and only Russian national to have won the ADCC Submission Fighting World Championship. According to Sport Express, on American forums, he was called the "most mysterious fighter in the history of MMA". On the MMA ranking system portal Fight Matrix, Barkalaev reached a peak ranking of No. 3 Light Heavyweight in 1999.
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Data: Wikidata (CC0 1.0); Wikipedia (English) (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.