Uali Kurzhev was born on 28 April 1989, he is from the republic of
Karachay-Cherkessia. Kurzhev is a three-time
sambo world champion, having won the 74 kg title in
2011,
2012 &
2019. He also won the
European Championships in
2013 and the
2013 Summer Universiade. In
Judo he won bronze at the
2014 Tyumen Grand Slam, then gold at
the 2015 edition. At the
2016 Tashkent Grand Prix he won bronze, gold at the
2016 Qingdao Grand Prix, bronze at the
2017 Zagreb Grand Prix as well at the
2017 Tbilisi Grand Prix. He also won a bronze at the
2018 Ekaterinburg Grand Slam. Competing in
Submission grappling in October 2022, after he missed hydration twice and became ineligible for the inaugural
ONE Grappling World Championship at
ONE on Prime Video 3, Kurzhev was submitted by
Kade Ruotolo with a heel hook at the 4:26 mark of the 10-minute bout. Kurzhev was scheduled to face Tommy Langaker on 25 February 2023, at
ONE Fight Night 7. Kurzhev was submitted with a heelhook at 2:58. ==References==