An Irish born Finnish renowned mixed martial artist Makwan Amirkhani, also known as Mr. Finland, currently plays in the featherweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship. He is well recognized for his first round eight-second knockout on Andy Ogle, recording one of the fastest knockouts in UFC history.
Makwan Amirkhani was born on 8th November 1988, in Turki, Finland. His birth sign is Scorpio. Talking about his nationality, he is Finnish and belongs to Kurdish ethnicity. Further, in the aftermath of the Iran-Iraq War, Amirkhani’s family relocated to Finland, where he was raised up alongside his brother Aresh Amirkhani and sister Pari Moradi.
Since the age of four, Amirkhani began training martial arts. He has won several titles in both the styles of Freestyle and Greco-Roman wrestling.
Makwan Amirkhani has earned huge name, fame, and wealth through his professional mixed martial arts career and modeling career. As of 2018, the UFC fighter earns $108,500 as his salary. His UFC 183 career earning prize money was $98,000.
In 2015, he earned $36,000 in total for his two fights winning and $ 50,000 for his win in January. In total, he is expected to have won $86,000 in 2015.
Though he has not disclosed his exact figure of net worth, by looking at his career it is assumed that his net worth is no less than millions of dollars.
Besides, he frequently visits world expensive holiday destination in his vacation. He always carries himself with branded and expensive accessories, which indicates his luxurious and lavish.
At the age of sixteen, Amirkhani started training in mixed martial arts. In 2010, he had his first professional fight. Prior signing with the UFC, he accumulated a record of 10-2, with 8 finishes, all by submission and all in the first round.
In December 2014, Amirkhani signed with the Ultimate Fighting Championship.
On 24th January 2015, he made his official debut against Andy Ogle at UFC on Fox 14, where he grabbed victory only in 8 seconds into the first round as well as received a “Performance of the Night bonus”.
On 27th February 2016, he won the fight against Mike Wilkinson by unanimous decision at UFC Fight Night 84. He faced Arnold Allen at UFC Fight Night 107, where he lost the fight by the split decision on 18th March 2017.
Apart, he has a keen interest in modeling too and has worked as a model. Amirkhani was the first runner-up in 2012 Mr. Finland pageant, which his nickname refers to after having success in MMA Career. He has also been featured in numerous reality television shows in Finland and has published an autobiography in the year 2017.
Despite being raised in Finland, Amirkhani remains proud of his Kurdish Heritage as well as huge part of his fan base are Kurds.
He holds the Kurdish flag during weigh-ins in the UFC.
Handsome hunk, Amirkhani is unmarried at the age of twenty-nine and enjoying his singlehood. Though he is extremely active on social media sites such as Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter, he has not posted a single photo with a lady who could be his possible girlfriend.
However, he has shared some status on his Facebook mentioning that his girlfriend was taken by someone. the status read:
So many media have been asking why i left from Allstars and why i left from Sweden. Thing is that somebody broke my trust and when somebody do that to me its hard to me forgive that. I fuckin miss the gym because there is 99% good people. But hey they say "there is bad apples in every basket". I will miss many people from that gym! Im not the kind person who goes around and talk shit, so i dont want to say anything bad about anyone. To me best choice was that i just leave. They say somebody took my girlfriend, i say that i never had a girlfriend. So its kind of hard to do that, Hehe. I still have coach Alan 'Finfou' Nascimento with me and many other fighters that i Will never forget. But people lets be honest with this, small shit compare to what is happening right now all around the world. So lets not make a big deal out of this. Life goes on!
PS. Gyms around the world, is there a place for Mr.Finland?!?
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Some source also believes that he left Sweden after his girlfriend dumped him.
Apart, he is an animal lover. His Instagram account is jam-packed with his adorable dog. It seems that he spends quality time with his pet and often take with himself.
