Uzbek MMA fighter signs deal with UFC

AKIPRESS.COM - Uzbekistan-born MMA fighter Makhmud Muradov has signed a contract with UFC.
He has become the first Uzbek who signed such contract, Uznews.uz reported.
"I have signed a contract with the world's strongest organization UFC today. I would like to thank the team of my brothers for the work. I am the first Uzbek in UFC. Big thanks for your support, your belief," the fighter said on Istagram.
Makhmud Muradov is member of the Floyd Mayweather's team.
On August 12, 2019, Mayweather took to Twitter to declare Muradov as the best MMA fighter in the world.
Born in Uzbekistan on February 8, 1980, Muradov has been competing professionally since 2012. He currently lives in Prague, Czech Republic.
Coming from humble beginnings in Uzbekistan, Muradov has been working since he was 15 years old to help his family, particularly his ill father. When he was 18 years old, he moved to Russia where he worked as a security guard in a casino.
When Muradov went back to Uzbekistan, he accepted an offer from a friend to go to Prague where he started his professional MMA career. He told MMA Shorties that he met Mayweather in an event Czech bobsledder Miloš Veselý, 47, invited him to.
Impressed by Muradov, Mayweather invited the Uzbekistani-Czech MMA fighter to Russia then to the U.S. The undefeated boxer even sponsored the latter and invited him to live in the U.S.