{"id":487340,"date":"2026-02-18T06:12:08","date_gmt":"2026-02-18T06:12:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/487340\/"},"modified":"2026-02-18T06:12:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-18T06:12:08","slug":"zabit-magomedsharpiov-returns-to-competition-just-not-mma","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/487340\/","title":{"rendered":"Zabit Magomedsharpiov returns to competition \u2013 just not MMA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Updated Feb. 17, 2026, 9:29 p.m. ET<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Zabit Magomedsharipov fans rejoice. Your man has exited the shadows and is back in the public eye to compete once again. However, it&#8217;s not in MMA that he&#8217;ll compete.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">On Monday, Russian grappling league ACBJJ (a spinoff of Russian promotion ACA) announced it has signed Magomedsharipov.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">No further details about the deal were released, but Magomedsharipov collaborated with the post and commented in Russian, &#8220;Let&#8217;s make some noise.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"gnt_em_ig_bl\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DU0xMsqDF7s\/?img_index=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" aria-label=\"view Instagram post: \"><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Magomedsharipov captivated audiences during his UFC run from 2017 to 2019. He&#8217;s often a top answer in the MMA discourse about the biggest &#8220;what-ifs,&#8221; having walked away from the sport at 18-1 and 6-0 UFC.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">The circumstances around Magomedsharipov&#8217;s MMA departure still remain a bit unclear, though he&#8217;s indicated health issues and a pursuit of other real-world opportunities contributed to his retirement.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">So while fight fans may never again see Magomedsharipov throw a spinning back kick to an opponent&#8217;s face, the good news is they may get a jumping leg sweep or two before all is said and done.<\/p>\n<p><img class=\"gnt_em_cp_cw_i\" data-g-r=\"lazy\" data-gl-src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/88716941007-ronda-rousey-vs-gina-carano-mvp-productions-netflix.png\" data-gl- decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\"\/><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Updated Feb. 17, 2026, 9:29 p.m. ET Zabit Magomedsharipov fans rejoice. Your man has exited the shadows and&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":487341,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[570],"tags":[202558,64,63,786,785,85,206029,206030,203781,203147,203139,202561],"class_list":{"0":"post-487340","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mma","8":"tag-accessfree","9":"tag-au","10":"tag-australia","11":"tag-fighting","12":"tag-mma","13":"tag-sports","14":"tag-sstssportsmma","15":"tag-sstsnmma","16":"tag-tagmartial-arts","17":"tag-tagoverall-neutral","18":"tag-tagsports-news","19":"tag-typestory"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/487340","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=487340"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/487340\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/487341"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=487340"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=487340"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=487340"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}