Video: PFL champion Timur Khizriev was shot 5 times in Dagestan
Tragically, PFL Featherweight champion Timur Khizriev was shot five times today (July 15, 2025) in Makhachkala, Dagestan, and is now hospitalized.
Russian outlet VestnikMMA, which obtained video of the incident, reported that Timur Khizriev was ambushed by two masked men on Daniyalov Street. As he exited his Gelendvagen, the attackers opened fire, hitting him with five bullets from a traumatic pistol. Khizriev is alive and undergoing surgery.
🚨В Махачкале расстреляли чемпиона PFL Тимура Хизриева (18-0).
— Вестник ММА (@VestnikMMA) July 15, 2025
Двое в масках подкараулили Тимура во дворе жилого дома на улице Даниялова. Когда он вышел из гелендвагена, нападавшие открыли стрельбу. В спортсмена попали 5 пуль от травмата пистолета. Хизриев в операционной, жив. pic.twitter.com/KnUN4NYRKX
Khizriev’s management informed MMAjunkie that while the fighter remains hospitalized, his life is not in danger. The reason behind the attack is currently unknown.
The undefeated PFL Featherweight champion, Timur Khizriev, boasts an impressive 18-0 MMA record. The 29-year-old Makhachkala, Dagestan native achieved his greatest success in 2024, going 4-0 with the PFL to claim the featherweight title. He also had a perfect 3-0 run in Bellator MMA between 2022 and 2023.