Al Yakvinta is a successful mixed martial artist who fought with UFC world star Khabib Nurmagomedov. On the account of a man dozens of victories over rivals from various countries, his defeats can be counted on the fingers.
Biography
The future professional fighter was born in 1987 in the city of New York. Al's birthday was on April 30th. As the man himself notes, he has a lot of Italian roots.
From childhood, the boy wanted to play sports, he was attracted to the struggle. Already from school, the teenager tried to compete in various competitions of the municipal type, but achieved practically no success there.
Having received secondary education, Yakvinta decided to go to college. There he had the opportunity to represent a new educational institution in wrestling competitions. At this stage of his formation as a fighter, Al could not achieve any impressive results, he only took places in the middle of the list of participants.
In the second year of training, the young man discovered the world of mixed martial arts, then he realized that this sports direction attracted him much more than what he had been doing all his life. Despite the fact that Al was quite “crushed” in the first training session, he did not give up and continued to practice.
Career at MMA
Yakvint began his ascent along the path of a mixed martial arts fighter from an amateur level, he easily had his first 12 victories. Then in 2009, the guy made his debut in the professional ring, he became the finalist of the 15th season of the famous television show The Ultimate Fighter, held under the auspices of the "Absolute Fight Championship".
In the decisive duel in this competition, Al made an unfortunate mistake and allowed the opponent to take control of his back, so the novice fighter was defeated. Despite the second place, the UFC offered him a contract, and the guy continued to speak within the organization.
The second time, Yakvinta was able to win a brilliant victory over a strong opponent: Ryan Couture. Subsequently, his career went uphill, the next dozen personal fights ended with the guy winning over various opponents, among them were UFC champions.
Fight with Khabib Nurmagomedov
Al went to this fight with a series of five victories in a row, he hoped to take the champion belt from the world famous Habib. The first round was left to the Dagestan athlete; he left Yakvinte practically no chance. The remaining 3 parts of the match were practically “in one gate”, the Russian took the victory from the American athlete by unanimous decision.
