The American Kickboxing Academy [AKA] founder helped Nurmagomedov reach the top of MMA, whilst also guiding the careers of Islam Makhachev, Daniel Cormier, Cain Velasquez, and Luke Rockhold.

The family is from Santiago, Chile, where his father, Manuel, once competed as a South American WKN kickboxing champion and even became Ignacio's trainer when the latter opted to dip his toes into ...