Mamed Khalidov (Russian: Мамед Магомедович Халидов, tr. Mamied Magomedowicz Chalidow, IPA: ; Polish: Mamed Chalidow ; born 17 July 1980 in Grozny) is a Polish retired mixed martial artist of Chechen ethnicity. He is best known for competing in the Middleweight division of Polish MMA promotion KSW. He is a former KSW Middleweight Champion
Mamed Khalidov was born in Chechnya, Russia. He began practicing Kyokushin around age of 12 or 13 where he also holds black belt in. At age of 17 he fled from his homeland to Poland and continued practicing kyokushin while adding other combat styles on his repertoire such as Taekwondo, Shotokan Wrestling and Boxing soon after his arrival. He also became competitive in all sports. Later he also became interested about becoming mixed martial artist and went training Mixed martial arts, Muay Thai, Combat Sambo, Brazilian jiu-jitsu and Grappling.