Shara ’Bullet’ Magomedov: Dagestani striking, going broke, surviving in Thailand, making it to UFC

Sharabutdin Magomedov, also known as Shara ’Bullet’, was our guest on the Red Corner Talk podcast, hosted by Denis Geiko. Shara told us about his attempts to make a living in kickboxing and Muay Thai in Thailand, his transition to MMA, the toughest moments of his life caused by health and financial issues, finally making it to UFC, meeting with Javier Mendez and Dana White, as well as his Hollywood acting plans. On June 22 Shara will fight at UFC Saudi Arabia card against Joilton Lutterbach. Denis Geiko: Shara Bullet: 00:00 In this podcast 00:31 Documentary preview 00:59 Shara on fighting Thailand & China, getting robbed 08:44 ’I needed to provide for my family’ 09:42 Two MMA brought more than 12 kickboxing ones 13:17 Looking up to Fedor Emelianenko 14:48 Shara as a young MMA fan 15:50 ’Khabib Nurmagomedov paved the way for us all’ 17:08 ’My family wanted me to get an education’ 18:28 Shara on his school days/Fighting in school 23:02 Moving to Moscow 24:18 Love from fans in Abu Dhabi 25:54 Charles Oliveira 26:56 Importance of being active on Instagram 28:57 Khabib is an encyclopedia for me 29:46 Bellator fighter with a bullet in his knee 31:19 UFC debut 33:14 Dagestani striking 33:38 Zabit Magomedsharipov 34:40 Javier Mendez 35:38 Liger 36:39 Hollywood movie role 37:33 Ali Abdelaziz 38:21 Grappling/ADCC controversy 43:13 Football 48:06 Knife story 51:03 Fights over hair color 53:18 Street fights affecting pro career 54:32 Modern Dagstani youth 55:53 Shara’s daughters 57:51 Hard times with the wife 01:00:03 Hardships in Thailand 01:02:24 What Shara does with money 01:03:32 ’I always broke everything around me’ 01:05:25 Eye injury 01:06:18 Role model 01:07:51 Alexander Ovechkin 01:08:57 Shara working as a park administrator 01:10:00 Business #UFC #SaudiArabia #SharaBullet