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Amir Albazi (Arabic: أمير البازي; born October 27, 1993) is an Iraqi professional mixed martial artist who competes in the Flyweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). As of February 27, 2024, he is #3 in the UFC flyweight rankings.
Early life and education
Amir was born in Baghdad. When he was seven years old, he fled Baghdad in the middle of the night alongside his family, then moving to Syria, where Amir saw his father for the first time since he was a toddler. The family stayed in Syria for a year and a half, before moving to Sweden.
Amir's family settled in Bredäng, a district in Stockholm in which immigrants and refugees made up 60% of the population. Amir got into a lot of fights and trouble as a kid, resulting in his joining a street gang as a teenager. His interest in mixed martial arts happened overnight as he watched an old UFC fight on the television. Having been impressed by this new type of professional fighting, Amir looked up the cheapest MMA gym and signed up the next day. Albazi moved to London in 2013, and graduated from University of Roehampton with a degree in sports science.
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