# Lubomir Guedjev

Lubomir Roumenov Guedjev (born 11 January 1978) is a Bulgarian former MMA fighter, coach, event organizer, manager, and advisor who spent over 20 years in the United Arab Emirates and specialized in the combat sports industry. Currently, he works as an entrepreneur with two companies to his name. He has organized over 400 brazilian jiu-jitsu and Grappling tournaments on 4 continents.

## Early life and education

Guedjev was born in Plovdiv, Bulgaria. He completed his Bachelor of Business Administration from Arden University.

## Career

Guedjev is a former MMA fighter who competed in MMA, BJJ, Grappling, Muay Thai, and KUDO where he held a Title Belt in WFC promotion. He is also an instructor who produced champions in the field. He guides sportsmen towards achieving their goals, or the goals of the organization. He was the head referee of the ADCC Grappling Tournament, the most prestigious grappling event in the world, where he refereed the greatest fights between 1999 and 2005.

### Entrepreneurship

Guedjev established the first MMA and BJJ Federations in Bulgaria, and organized the first professional MMA event in Bulgaria in 2007 in Plovdiv, under Shooto Federation. He was the one to pioneer the MMA and BJJ in Bulgaria.
He returned to Bulgaria in 2021 and founded two companies, Fight Scout App, a mobile app for combat sports, and Geo Wash Bulgaria, the first mobile ecological car wash in Bulgaria.
Fight Scout is a social networking app that enables users to discover and connect with other members of the combat sports community. Fight Scout facilitates users to connect with others in their vicinity or worldwide who share their interest in martial arts, boxing, and other combat sports.

### Manager

Guedjev was selected to lead Abu Dhabi’s project initiative on incorporating the martial art of Jiu-Jitsu in all government schools as part of their educational curriculum, a mission directed by the Crown Prince of the Emirate. He was the technical manager for Palms Sports LLC in Abu Dhabi, leading a team of 400 professional instructors, and several team leaders and supervisors. He helped to create the training programs, assessment criteria, health and safety standards, and all other technical aspects of the project. He played a key role in organizing hundreds of competitions, demonstrations, exhibitions, and sports fairs.

### Event manager

Guedjev organized and looked after many sporting events on four continents, taking part in all organizational elements. Initially, he served the duties from stage concepts, lights, sound, screenplay, building and managing the teams of people working on the event, to the brand’s marketing campaign, monetization strategies, network coverage, contracts on copyrights and distribution, content generation, and digital technology implementation. He also established and managed the Abu Dhabi Warriors MMA event, and organized over 400 BJJ and Grappling tournaments on 4 continents.

### Consultant

Guedjev worked for the UAE Presidential Guards on their hand-to-hand combative training, where he managed a team of 60 instructors and designed the training programs, specific courses, and the standards for measuring performance. He also worked with organizations in China, Russia, India, and UAE where he offered a wide range of services in the field of building sports infrastructure and event management.