Until senior level Makhmudov took up wrestling aged six, following his two elder brothers
Beksultan Makhmudov and
Syimyk Makhmudov. He later won two Asian cadet championships and the 2017 Junior Asian championships. Makhmudov also became the cadet world champion in 2016, and won a silver medal at the 2017 Junior World Championships in
Tampere.
2018 In 2018, Makhmudov had his first senior level tournament when he entered the
Kyrgyzstan National Wrestling Championships. He won the 77 kg division, and was included to the senior national team. At the 2018 Asian Championships, Makhmudov competed in the 72 kg category, and won Ahmad Mahmoud Dashan (12–2), then Kuldeep Malik (8–0) and
Tomohiro Inoue (7–0). In the final he faced the
2017 World Wrestling Championships silver medalist Demeu Zhadrayev. He won 8–6, becoming the youngest ever wrestler from
Kyrgyzstan to earn a gold medal at senior level at the Asian Championships. At the 2018 Asian Games, Makhmudov moved back to the 77 kg division and reached the final, where he lost to
Mohammadali Geraei. At the 2018 Junior World Championships, he lost to Islam Opiev of Russia in the quarter-final but went on to wrestle in the repechage stage and won a bronze medal against Kamal Bey of the US in their rematch of the Junior World Championships final. ==2020 Olympic Games==