Who is Adam Kadyrov?

At eight years, he fought at MMA tournaments (and his battles showed “Match TV”). At 15 - beat a person accused of burning the Qur'an

Adam Kadyrov has been fighting since childhood. When he was eight years old, his battle showed "Match TV"

For the first time, Adam Kadyrov appeared in the media back in 2016. In October of that year, a mixed martial arts (MMA) Grand Prix Akhmat - 2016 was held in Grozny. Moreover, children participated in it. At some point, three sons of Kadyrov entered the cage for battles: 10-year-old Ahmet, nine-year-old Zelimkhan and eight-year-old Adam.

Officially, children under 12 years of age are prohibited from participating in MMA competitions, but the battles in Grozny took place according to the “adult” rules, that is, without helmet and special protective linings on their feet. All three sons of Kadyrov defeated the rivals in front of his father.

Children's battles were even broadcast on the federal channel “Match TV” live. After the broadcast, the organizers of the tournament were convicted by many human rights activists and athletes. For example, the legend of mixed martial arts (at that time the president of the Russian Union of MMA) Fedor Emelianenko said : “The kids who are eight years old beat each other in front of joyful adults. It is outraged that Ramzan Kadyrov watched this. ”

Surrounded by the head of Chechnya, they reacted very sharply to this. For example, the Chechen kickboxer and fighter of MMA Abubakar Vagaev called Emelianenko a “rooster”, who “sank in their eyes” and lost respect after the “rotten move”.

Emelianenko’s position in the end did not change anything. A year later, in 2017, Adam again fell into the live broadcast of Match TV. This time, Kadyrov’s son fought for a belt in the “Category up to 39 kg” (though in a helmet and overlays). The judges gave the victory to Adam.

Adam Kadyrov is suspected of contracting battles. Many rivals simply did not dare to hit him

In his next fight in 2018, the youngest son of the head of Chechnya came down with Alan Bekekuev from Kabardino-Balkaria (both were 10 years old at that time). Bekekuyev did not attack Kadyrov and behaved extremely passively, Adam, on the contrary, attacked a lot. As a result, the Chechen fighter defeated the decision of the judges . The fighters received not only commemorative cups for the duel. For some reason, the loser Baychkeev also got a check of 100 thousand rubles from the Akhmat Kadyrov charity fund .

Two years later - at the Time of Legends Tournament in Moscow, organized by the Chechen fighting club Akhmat, - Adam Kadyrov fought with the same age from Uganda Mukisa. Adam went under the track of Timati's track to weigh .

Prior to this fight, the fight spent two fights in his native country and both once confidently defeated his opponents. But in a battle against Kadyrov, he never hit his opponent, and in the second round he completely fell on one knee after a slight blow to the corps. The battle was stopped, the victory was awarded Kadyrov, who was awarded a belt with the inscription “Chef Champion”.

The eldest son of Kadyrov Ahmad spoke at the same tournament. A 13-year-old fighter fought with an opponent from Uganda. And the scenario of the battle was the same: a foreigner did not attack the opponent, and at the beginning of the second round collapsed after a weak blow. Even Ahmad himself was surprised at this outcome.

Moreover, the story repeated a year later. At the same “Akhmat” tournament, “Time of Legends” against Adam Kadyrov (at that time of 13-year) was a peer from Kabardino-Balkaria Aslan Bittiri. The battle that took place according to the rules of boxing looked much more dynamic than the previous ones - this time Kadyrov even beat in response.

At some point, both teenagers went into hard exchange with direct blows, Adam received two direct hits. After that, the referee stopped the battle, but for some reason began to count up to 10 to Bittirov-as it happens with a knockdown. A white towel was immediately thrown out of the corner of the Kabardian athlete, signaling the surrender. At this time, Bittirov stood, in surprise diluting his hands. Commentators did not understand anything.

After that, Adam was sharply criticized in social networks and accused of participating in a contractual battle. In addition, users noted that the fighters had different gloves: Kadyrov has ordinary professional, and his opponent has amateur, in which, due to a special design, it is simply impossible to strike a strong blow.

As a result, the chairman of the Chechnya parliament Magomed Daudov "announced the readiness of [Adam] at any time to conduct a second battle." As Daudov said, “respected and famous judges” noted that the referee behaved professionally. “Since the most important thing is the health of children, especially in this age category,” he said .

Supporters of the head of Chechnya also pointed out that the battle was stopped “according to the rules of amateur boxing”, and the judge noticed a certain heavy blow to Bittirov’s head. Ramzan Kadyrov himself stood up for his son and called the “black PR” the accusations of a dishonest victory: “If the judge sees that the blow fell into the eye, then he should stop the battle. It makes no difference whether my son is it or not. ”

Ramzan Kadyrov claimed that his sons (including Adam) “participated in battles” in Ukraine and “brought it to the Ponno Ukrainian”

In the fall of 2022, Ramzan Kadyrov said that his children participated in the war with Ukraine. As confirmation, he published a video where Adam and his brothers from the trench are shot from machine guns and grenade launcher.

According to Ramzan Kadyrov, the sons brought from the front on the Ponnoye of the Armed Forces of the Armed Forces, "made their way close to the enemy’s positions and provided the fire cover for advancing fighters." Commentators doubted that the video is genuine. Many noted that its details could not be shooting a real battle. A few days later, the head of the Ministry of Printing Chechnya Akhmed Dudaev recognized the video “The usual work of the installers”. At the same time, the Chechen authorities did not refute the participation of the Kadyrovs in hostilities.

In the same autumn, the ceremony of “entry into adulthood” by Adam Kadyrov was held in Chechnya. His father gave his son his father as a symbol of compliance with the Code of Honor. A few months later, in February 2023, already “adult” Adam was seen in Dubai driving a car. According to the law, 15-year-old Kadyrov cannot have a driver’s license.

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