269:(NAC) hearing in which "administrative and some operational concerns" were cited, relating to lawsuits and media reports regarding conflict of interest and potential violations of Nevada regulations against promotion officials also serving as a fighter’s manager. Standard 467.104 of the Code of Unarmed Combat of the Nevada State Athletic Commission prohibits "a promoter or any of its members, stockholders, officials, matchmakers or assistant matchmakers act directly or indirectly as his or her manager; or hold any financial interest in the unarmed combatant’s management or earnings from contests or exhibitions." Abdelaziz later made a statement about his conflict of interest, stating that he "never did mismatches" when matchmaking.
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were sued by RusFighters LLC. The lawsuit claims
Minakov breached an exclusive agent agreement with RusFighters signed in 2016 when he used Abdelaziz to sign a new contract. The agreement obligated Minakov to pay 20% of his gross performance compensation to RusFighters LLC. Using Abdelaziz, Minakov
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Coming off of a loss in Japan, upon his return to Renzo Gracie's academy in New York where he trained, Gracie suggested
Abdelaziz stop fighting and start managing fighters. In 2008, Abdelaziz founded Dominance MMA Management. Early on, he managed Gregor, Igor and
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Despite a public announcement of his departure, it was alleged in a legal complaint filed against the promotion and its new owner, MMAX Investment
Partners (doing business as PFL), that the organization "continued to use Abdelaziz throughout 2016".
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of his life, particularly after he was reportedly administered a polygraph examination. The FBI ended its relationship with
Abdelaziz and the American government unsuccessfully attempted to deport him. This information was publicized in the book
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Abdelaziz was the executive vice president and matchmaker for the World Series of
Fighting (WSOF, later acquired and reorganized into the Professional Fighters League, PFL). In December 2015, Abdelaziz left his position following a
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signed an agreement with
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Abdelaziz has publicly supported former US president
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252:and former featherweight champion
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624:Professional record breakdown
588:Submission (guillotine choke)
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552:Submission (heel hook)
198:Olympic Training Center
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171:Ali Ibrahim Abdelaziz
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516:Submission (armbar)
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709:Shinya Aoki
585:Chee Bates
353:Matt Apuzzo
320:David Cohen
78:Lightweight
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1147:. Sherdog
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336:Venezuela
102:2003–2007
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474:Caol Uno
410:3 losses
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179:Egyptian
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204:Career
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