Join us today (June 24th) as we cover Karate Combat 40 live and on location from Miami, Florida. There’s a welterweight title unification bout headlining the card, as the returning 170-pound king, ...

Instead of a Finish of the Week for the start of this week I wanted to try something new for the MMA fans who read my pieces but aren’t familiar with the stars of other competitive striking sports. In ...

Azerbaijan''s five-time World Champion Rafael Aghayev (-75 kg) has won Karate 1-Premier League held in Dubai in the last day of competitions. Rafael Aghayev was among the big winners of the second ...

Azerbaijani karate fighter Rafael Aghayev has reached the kumite semi-finals at the 4th Islamic Solidarity Games in Baku. Aghayev defeated his rival from Saudi Arabia, Sultan Al Zahrani, with a score ...

Italy's Luigi Busa ended Rafael Aghayev’s pursuit of a record-breaking sixth Karate World Championships gold medal with victory over the Azerbaijani star in a hard-fought men’s under-75 kilograms ...

Azerbaijani karate fighter Rafael Aghayev has advanced to 75 kg karate (kumite) finals at the 4th Islamic Solidarity Games in Baku. Azerbaijani karate fighter Rafael Aghayev has advanced to 75 kg ...

Azerbaijan’s Rafael Aghayev marked his first appearance of the World Karate Federation (WKF) Karate1-Premier League season by reaching the final of the men’s under 75 kilograms kumite event in Dubai.

Azerbaijan's Rafael Aghayev lived up to his billing as the ‘Maradona’ of karate by winning the men’s 75kg kumite after compatriot Firdovsi Farzaliyev claimed the hosts' first European Games gold medal ...

Globoesporte has compiled a list of the 100 best athletes in various sports 100 days before the Summer Olympic Games in Tokyo. Azerbaijan karateka Rafael Aghayev, who is a 5-time world champion, and ...

Erman Eltemur hails Rafael Aghayev as one of the best karate competitors in the world after beating the Azeri favourite in the -75kg kumite category at Baku 2015. Aghayev entered Crystal Hall 3 to a ...