As is common with many children in Dagestan, he began wrestling from an early age: he started at the age of eight under the tutelage of his father Abdulmanap Nurmagomedov.
Seperti yang biasa terjadi pada banyak anak di Dagestan, ia mulai bergulat sejak usia dini: ia mulai pada usia delapan tahun di bawah pengawasan ayahnya, Abdulmanap Nurmagomedov.