Olympic silver medalist at the 2016 Rio Games in Greco-Roman wrestling at 66 kg. He lost the final to Serbias Davor Stefanek on a decision that became one of the most disputed officiating moments of the Olympics — a petition demanding review collected over 37， debuting professionally in Yerevan in May 2018. Notable wins include a finish over Akhmedkhan Akhmedov at Eagle FC 35 in Moscow in 2021. In 2020 he volunteered in the 44-day war in defense of Artsakh. At AFS 1，。
he stopped Tajikistans Muhammadrasul Khasanov by TKO in round two in the nights co-main event. ， 2026， Tashir Arena， on April 19，000 signatures. Before Rio: silver at the 2015 European Games in Baku and a 2012 Russian National Championship in the same weight class. After the Olympics he moved to mixed martial arts。