Khabib’s student against Tarzan! Crazy fight! Islam Makhachev against Mansour Barnaoui!

Islam Makhachev’s fight became the main fight of UFC on ESPN event. It’s not so long time left before Islam will get the title shot in the UFC, so now it’s time to recall his M-1 Global debut.
It happened at M-1 Challenge 38 event on April 9, 2013 in St.-Petersburg, Russia. Islam won in all of his 7 pro fights and also won the world combat sambo championship and world combat sambo cup.
His opponents was equally interesting fighter. Makhachev was just 21 when he made is debut in organization, but his opponent, 100% Fight champion Mansour ”Tarzan” Barnaoui was even younger, just 20 years old! His resume was impressive as well, 8 victories and only 1 defeat as a pro.
A few years later one of these two fighters will follow Khabib’s footsteps on the way to the UFC champion’s title, another one will win M-1 Challenge lightweight title and Road FC Grand Prix. But even back in 2013 you could see how huge is the technical arsenal and fighting potential in both of these fighters, so everyone could expect the great fight this evening.
#Khabib #Makhachev #UF

[@hereshowe4759]

Great warriors. This deserves a rematch on a neutral mat, and a neutral ref.

[@chiefbiglew]

yeh that red ref was watching out for his boy

[@dalegriffin6768]

​@@chiefbiglewyeah whatever,Islam is throwing the dude around like a rag doll

[@Mumraaa]

​@@chiefbiglewwhat a sorry excuse you've given for a cheating swine! I thought I had bad vision.. Grabbing the rails clawing at his face just a desperate man looking for a desperate win.. Thanks for the ref for his diligence! At least if you're going to smoke such powerful grass you should share it😂

[@sdsfgsty]

Both fought well. Mansour gave a good challenge.

[@sdsfgsty]

I didn't realize I wrote the comment and gave it a thumbs up😅😅😅

[@davidsnyder2000]

Didn’t realize what a disadvantage it is to foght MMA in a boxing ring. Constantly having to break up the fight because the fighters got tangled up in the ropes.

[@ronigenao5509]

So dumb

[@garygwinn5818]

Real fans of Real MMA respect fights like this 1. Props to M1 Global

[@user-dd5pl6vd6k]

Куплен этот бой Исламом.100.% сразу показал себя на миру бой были нечестно 😢😢😢

[@steerheadcattle]

Damn! That dude would be a hell of a contender in the UFC

[@EliasOmarsson]

4:56 this is his signature. It's called "Makhachev's takedown"

[@aslandasdemir1670]

C'est le meilleur combattants Français et très sous estimé !! Il est champion du Bellator actuellement et personne n'ose l'affronter !! Plus fort que les (Russes) . RESPECT BARNAOUI .. VÉRITABLE MAN !!

[@zearms6521]

Khabibs... Allways be careful in all your games,,,your my idol from Philippines

[@meteque3369]

A dangerous opponent for islam

[@user-dd5pl6vd6k]

Но судьи и жюри Хабиба 😢отлично проработали деньги деньги ещё деньги уних цел 😂😂😅

[@Tonythebro]

Khabib been a coach before even coaching

[@RobertoMartinez-zq6qe]

It was a good fighting and grappling and efforts in both and the winner is a good call .

[@mubarkqardas46]

Islams grappling has improved so many leaps and bounds since this .. he went from a bouncy wirey mistake prone athletic grappler into an insanely strong, smesh, patient killer.

[@conflolin6890]

Tarzan is the real winner in this game,,people's know that..

[@getroasted7907]

@@conflolin6890 And the same "people's" say he has only one loss to another guy

[@vantablack6809]

Both his striking and wrestling has improved leaps and bounds. His striking here looks so basic and im genuinely amazed at how Crisp it has gotten over the years. He was able to master it within few years which is not an easy feat and his wrestling as it stands today is God tier

[@growup9275]

And know UFC light weight champion in the world Islam makhachev

[@gordonliu3972]

This hexagon ring concept is a terrible idea. They got caught up in the ropes so many times.

[@cmathews5909]

Worked well in Pride.

[@goudagrishhdoe8925]

They would be caught up on the ropes less if khabib wasn't hanging onto them at every opportunity.

[@rolf1819]

@@goudagrishhdoe8925 the fact you think this is khabib shows everyone how much of a causal you are, talk about things you understand

[@felominanoor3666]

Islam & Khabib *BBF..Best Bros Forever

[@behrv6812]

Islam sebelum profesional seperti sekarang. Gaya bertarungnya dulu dan sekarang benar2 meningkat

[@jacklin231]

👏👏👏👏👏👏👏very good fight guys ,congratulations to the winner .

[@leticiablas4392]

FRAUDE

[@ArtK-NO-1g-NO-to-fg2qi]

​@@leticiablas4392 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@aagilight6150]

Man of the time

[@zaenalenal8441]

Emang kenapa dengan si pria 😂😂😂

[@mokalux]

great fight!

[@nme_mma]

Baby Islam is a beast ❤

[@yayasumarya7842]

Mansour was Confused about what to do

[@shoialansari7940]

MashaAllah❤❤❤❤❤

[@GG1X]

Mansour es increíble! Nunca vi a alguien revertir tantas veces una posición de desventaja.

[@user-dd5pl6vd6k]

Деньги все можно не удивляйт ее😢😢😢

[@jusufbotic4263]

MasaAllah

[@nenettejimenea9231]

BOTH PLAYER GOODLUCK❤😊CONGRATS ISLAM.

[@alexho6325]

Crazy good

[@annogoog7319]

Kabib tell your student how to use his knees.

[@justicepopulaire6917]

Mansour is so unique even if he just lost he is my favorite mma fighter his mindset is kinda mystic

[@cassiosantos2771]

O outro rapaz com certeza venceu !!

[@nasirkhan-nu5nd]

Nice training ng given by khabeeb to his student

[@jacksparrow-ie8uq]

This other guy could be a very elite fighter even if he fight in ufc. He has that strength and skills to beat top guys in ufc

[@lucian6857]

he is at bellator now, he won vs piccoloti, if he stayed fit he s clearly one of the best of his division in all organisation

[@gordonliu3972]

He'll be competing in the Bellator lightweight tournament for a chance to win another million dollars.

[@mmaenthusiast9566]

This is very old match video guys

[@cmathews5909]

@@mmaenthusiast9566 ??? UFC fighters rely on grounding their opponents and doing this to Mansour would be a literal dead end. His hands are suspect though.

[@farkasciprianoficial]

Kabib ❤❤❤🎉🎉

[@NOORKHAN0o]

Such a good fight

[@MuslimAli240]

Я тут думаю Мансур выйграл и ошибка рефери

[@Rokki_neBalboa]

Тут победа явно за франсузом. как бы не хотелось нам, но он явно сильнее и выносливее. Ещё бы раунд и он бы сожрал Ислама.

[@NinjaAintGotNunOnMe]

Much respect to these warriors🙏🏻

[@mebelindonesia]

Pertandingan yang sangat serruu

[@ToChoIOCUS]

that stoppage helped islam a lot...

[@monosuparmono4127]

😢

[@user-to2rq1et9y]

Islam was able to snatch victory and that is enough. Congratulations, Islam, for your advanced level of fighting.

[@Rollingkneebah]

Islam is another level now

[@piousbox]

12:40 the referee is like, "stop hitting my favorite fighter". completely rigged.

[@chabdennor783]

More like "Stop fish hooking Islam" which is valid

[@piousbox]

@@chabdennor783 Especially when the referee is literally protecting Islam's head from the punches. I linked the timestamp, see for yourself.

[@sportfishing4889]

22 Super strong

[@sacdos47]

L'arbitrage c'est juste une blague, referee its joke 🤣🤣

[@user-zn2hw5pj4k]

yeah mansour benir was eye-gouging, hitting the back of the head what a cheat. Today Islam would murder him easy 2 rounds

[@soelwunwai6083]

Yes,very right.

[@digitalemotion3820]

The best warriors from planet earth come from Dagestan, Chechenya... They are unbreakable. Tarzan is for Jungle.

[@jayhogg8711]

Wrestlers maybe ..without the roids .

[@terdferguson4945]

What were they checking for at 13:15?

[@elvieramayrat5046]

Makchaçev eslam vs alexander volkanoske 22 octuber 2023

[@jun2nepomuceno810]

😂😂 the referee win in this fight

[@user-zn2hw5pj4k]

mansour benir was eye-gouging hitting the back of the head stiking his fingers in islam gloves what a cheat

[@armandoorellana5972]

El otro muchacho también es de respeto.

[@8ball649]

It's joke ? The referee is pro islam every day... Forza Mansour.

[@dalegriffin6768]

Come on dude,he beat that dude easy,he body slammed his ass a bunch of times, come on quit whining

[@bigfishfishing-111]

And today UFC LW champion

[@speed66moving]

L'arbitre a replacer le bras de façon Mansour soit désavantager truc de dingue

[@goudagrishhdoe8925]

Several times!! And when he should have rearranged khabibs hands in the same way, instead he broke the fighters completely up and brought them to the center of the ring -- once again unfairly helping khabib ..really disgusting by a so-called referee

[@chabdennor783]

​@@goudagrishhdoe8925because Islam was being fish hooked

[@1958278]

Incontro rubato.

[@geoffreyzoulou3159]

Je crois que l arbitre avais choisi son quand !! 😅 c abusé de fou !! Grande force à Mansour de pas avoir craquer malgré tt contre lui !! 💪👍

[@goudagrishhdoe8925]

Ok I thought something was not right a couple times lol

[@nks6188]

Yes

[@user-zn2hw5pj4k]

mansour was gouging Islam's eyes hitting the back of the head, using the ropes illegally. Despite the size advantage Islam beat the shit out of him

[@jorgerodas8384]

Pelea de titanes felicidades para los dos 💪

[@gordonliu3972]

Mansour won his Bellator debut and it looks like he will now fight in the Bellator lightweight tournament. Very interesting.

[@chhakchhuaklalmuansanga2423]

Islam's take down are so high level even though he couldn't capitalize much on the takedowns..

[@JoelMarin03712]

Dios bendiga a Islam.! Dios los Fortalezca y los Guarde! Mis más sinceras Palabras!! Khabib Nurmagomedov🎉🎉

[@danilerap6769]

ALLAHU AKBAR KHABIB S YES👍👍👍👍

[@safariabdul6305]

Chechinia has strong bones you can't take him down😂❤

[@edivaniovieira8063]

O outro cara se defende bem

[@EliaMartinez-kw8sq]

Q clase guego ete cadalrrato el Refere corta

[@leo29136]

I don't know why, that everyone said he's some sort of :Khabib student or legacy. He trains with Khabibs father

[@SwampOperator]

He's not khabibs student. He's khabibs best friend. They are both abdulmanap nurmagomedovs students. Khabibs father

[@moktarelom4835]

Its true that Islam won this fight, he had both resistance , power and creativity, even that 100%Tunisian ovni warrior coming from the old past range of Carthage warriors was a complete tough and smart fighter, Anyway, from that moment Islam start to become UFC Champion, Mansoor he continued into the wild. both are doing well. SALAAM to both of you brothers.

[@matdread1706]

Mansour n'est pas 100% tunisien il est français, ses parents sont peut être tunisiens mais il a grandi et s'est entraîné en France, je pense pas que s'il avait grandi et entraîné en Tunisie il serait arrivé à ce niveau.

[@chabdennor783]

​@@matdread1706he's a Muslim right?!

[@matdread1706]

@@chabdennor783 ça change pas le fond du problème.

[@chabdennor783]

@@matdread1706 a lot of you guys switch your position on immigrants. If he's a bad person, y'all will refer to him by his ethnicity but if he's successful, y'all call by his nationality

[@matdread1706]

@@chabdennor783 je me permets de te faire remarquer qu'en l'occurrence, c'est toi qui agit comme ça. ''Ouais regardez le mec est trop fort c'est parcequ'il est de Carthage !'' Ridicule .Déjà tu me parles d'ethnies alors que tu connais pas le dixième des ethnies Maghrebines, t'es pas capable d'en citer trois et tu ne connais rien à leur répartition géographique. Leur histoire je t'en parle même pas vu que tu confonds Carthage et Tunis, donc tu fais pas la différence entre un berbère et un romain. A lot of people like you see a black man and conclude he's African, because what you call culture is Netflix serials. A lot of people like you talk to me as if they knew who i am and What i lived. And if i told you where i live you would not be able to situate it. Even the region. So now a lot of people like you should Ask mansour what is his nationality. A lot of people like you would discover the sense of the word ''learnig'' . I wish good night to a lot of people like you. Here the Sun is risin

[@josefalcaodemelofalcao1337]

Já era foi por chá perde pleboii

[@user-ss9sm7hg1b]

😂 МОЛОДЦЫ.ОТДАЛИ ПОБЕДУ.НО ВЫГРАЛ ЯВНО СОПЕРНИК.

[@Ali-iz9uy]

Mansour is 🇹🇳 Tunisian

[@saberben7662]

👍👏👏👏

[@gtrlife2941]

Both top level hope mansour makes it in to ufc

[@mahesaartrosterandteracott9696]

I think he won the contract 5 years ago. Against ki won bin

[@gordonliu3972]

He just won his Bellator debut and will now enter the lightweight tournament for a chance to win another million dollars.

[@jaliltoury7429]

Dominant

[@grogro5833]

Honteux tout simplement

[@izzul1995]

now he champion

[@richardlefaive1944]

Tarzan looks 2 weight classes heavier than the kid. That's why the kid.needed the ref's sssist

[@Ijustwannafishalways]

He's not as strong as khabib but he has the best coach in the world for this.

[@user-dd5pl6vd6k]

Чтобы купит кем хороший тренер Хаба😂😂😂

[@krishnamedhi1137]

Ring Ring

[@user-ux1fl7pu4e]

بطل.اسلام.من.العراق

[@arsonwars]

Machine son

[@muhammadnor9437]

sehat slalu bib🙏

[@erlanggabsapandi6406]

Islam jossgandoss

[@jackelgin7569]

I find it interesting that the referee has a black eye, the M1 Global voice of the octagon looks more distinguished than UFC's Bruce Buffer, and the ring girl seems to be more... endowed ( ;] [yeah, i said it, what of it?!] ). Cheers! UFC has become more of a spectacle than actual sport. Hopefully, the contenders continue to showcase talent over marketability and trash talk: it would be a breath of fresh air ( even if i cannot understand the language ). Wish you all the best! From USA.

[@gtrlife2941]

Aca has some high level fights also no bull crap

[@GaryFinch-ms7um]

he almost lost to an arm bar...the bell saved M.

[@jainalabidin6361]

Kalau pakai ring kawat makhacef bisa menguasai permainan.❤

[@helmiwibisono]

Maksudnya oktagon ya. Emang susah kalo ring tinju. Lepas terus lawannya

[@ducatgilles]

referee was in the pocket of makhachev team that's all.

[@MicDoro12]

🤣🤣🤣

[@Dave-rk2nl]

KABIB STYLE IS NOT WHAT EVERYONE THINKS...

[@duttatapan855]

Why don't you change the ring style like UFC

[@M1GlobalWorld]

Because this is our unique feature. The absence of the net reduces the boring pushing in the clinch near it.

[@unknownuser4876]

@@M1GlobalWorld nope it s the opposite, specialy with this kind of referee...

[@goudagrishhdoe8925]

​@@M1GlobalWorldit doesn't matter when u have ppl like khabib grabbing it every 5 seconds and the ref allowing it

[@gregoirelopez4387]

One of the 3 best french fighters with Salahdine Parnasse and Cyril Gane

[@philippecorre6113]

The best.after Salhadine et ensuite Cyril

[@justicepopulaire6917]

​@@philippecorre6113 😂😂😂

[@snackdaddy1331]

They aren't French.They are minority people that live in France

[@NgandoTheet]

@@snackdaddy1331ce sont des personnes nés et grandit en France mais d’origine étrangères (Afrique du Nord) Sauf Cyril gane, lui est martiniquais (département français dans les Caraïbes)

[@arulmozhiks3567]

Islam great ❤ too young at that time. Elite fighter

[@user-dd5pl6vd6k]

Показал Мансур кто есть кто ❤❤❤ Мансур показал свои навыки на арене❤😂❤😂❤

[@user-tf8zh1mj5v]

Referee wrong. I will beat the referee re- matches fighting next.

[@DiidiTi]

Consider this deeply, judge it carefully. They assist the Arab in achieving victory.

[@Bom-Atom1922]

Many violations caused by Arenas like that are not good for the UFC. An arena like this is more appropriate for a boxing and boxer arena. It would be nice to make it like in the Octagon.

[@zzombiedeath]

VERY GOOD FIGHT NO REAL CLEAR WINNER . REGUARDLESS ISLAM IS's HIS TIME , BUT THIS PAIR SHOULD FIGHT NOW !

[@hendrawijaya8485]

Mansur selamat dengan tali ... Andai itu Sangkar Islam makhacev akan Menggulung Nya 🏆🏆🏆

[@dd929]

Ref is good but the rules in this place are silly. The referee's physical interference with the fighters is ridiculous

[@josemota931]

Esse juiz roubou demais.

[@funnyaround733]

Соперник схватил пальцами за рот и бил по затылку.

[@cassiosantos2771]

Os juízes roubaram

[@random8274]

15:02 made him switch stance

[@mirzaviquar764]

Ma'Shaa Al'laah, well done Islam makachev. Great victory.

[@tontonkaldoche3481]

Referee makachev won this fight

[@nassimmohammed9479]

MashaAllah for Mansour he would have won if the referee gave the victory to Islam

[@Dziaji]

What was that goofy thing where the ref made them stop grappling and moved their arms?

[@Rostam5664-mp5cb]

سبحان الله الحمدالله ماشاءالله الله اکبر

[@jakedooclarion04]

The referee is a cook! 😂😂😂

[@qnprogrammer]

The title in English prompted me to watch. :(

[@gerardoflores9894]

robbery , ref was all ways helping Khabibs student .

[@erviservis3139]

Yes

[@MicDoro12]

🤣🤣🤣

[@afzalhossain9563]

😂😂