{"id":40434,"date":"2026-09-11T04:16:51","date_gmt":"2026-09-11T04:16:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/news\/news\/200-Rajabali-Shaidullaev-agrees-to-twoyear-MVP-deal-per-report-202760"},"modified":"2026-09-11T04:16:51","modified_gmt":"2026-09-11T04:16:51","slug":"20-0-rajabali-shaidullaev-agrees-to-two-year-mvp-deal-per-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/20-0-rajabali-shaidullaev-agrees-to-two-year-mvp-deal-per-report\/","title":{"rendered":"20-0 Rajabali Shaidullaev agrees to two-year MVP deal, per report"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/20-0-rajabali-shaidullaev-agrees-to-two-year-mvp-deal-per-report.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"\/><\/div>\n<p><a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Rajabali-Shaidullaev-365469\">Rajabali<br \/>\nShaidullaev<\/a> is set to compete under the <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/organizations\/Most-Valuable-Promotions-19337\"><br \/>\nMost Valuable Promotions<\/a> banner in 2027, per reports.<\/p>\n<p>The undefeated featherweight captured the <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/organizations\/Professional-Fighters-League-12241\"><br \/>\nProfessional Fighters League<\/a> title and retained his <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/organizations\/Rizin-Fighting-Federation-10333\"><br \/>\nRizin<\/a> championship with a unanimous decision victory over<br \/>\n<a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/AJ-McKee-194637\">A.J.<br \/>\nMcKee<\/a> in the main event of <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/events\/Rizin-FF-Super-Rizin-5-112576\">Super<br \/>\nRizin 5<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div id=\"adViAi\">\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h2>Rizin and PFL champion Rajabali Shaidullaev is expected to join<br \/>\nMVP in 2027<\/h2>\n<p>Shaidullaev has already agreed to a two-year deal with MVP,<br \/>\naccording to <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/arielhelwani\/status\/2098043333306114066\">Ariel Helwani<\/a>. The promotion will operate under the<br \/>\nMVP name beginning in 2027 following the MVP-PFL merger.<\/p>\n<p>The 25-year-old went the distance for the first time in his career<br \/>\nagainst McKee, having previously finished all of his victories.<br \/>\nHowever, Shaidullaev isn\u2019t finished with Rizin just yet. He is<br \/>\nslated to make one final appearance for the Japanese promotion on<br \/>\nits <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/events\/Rizin-FF-New-Years-Eve-Event-113795\"><br \/>\nNew Year\u2019s Eve card<\/a>, defending his featherweight title against<br \/>\n<a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Kyoma-Akimoto-406648\">Kyoma<br \/>\nAkimoto<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><center readability=\"4.2537993920973\"><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" readability=\"11.343465045593\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Razhabali Shaydullaev is now the RIZIN and<br \/>\nPFL featherweight champion.<\/p>\n<p>He has one fight left with RIZIN, and that will likely take place<br \/>\non NYE.<\/p>\n<p>So what about his deal with PFL\/MVP?<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m told he has a two-year deal in place with PFL\/MVP which<br \/>\ncommences in January. Done deal.\u2026<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ariel Helwani (@arielhelwani) <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/arielhelwani\/status\/2098043333306114066?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\"><br \/>\nSeptember 10, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center>  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rajabali Shaidullaev is set to compete under the Most Valuable Promotions banner in 2027, per reports. The undefeated featherweight captured the Professional Fighters League title and retained his Rizin championship with a unanimous decision victory over A.J. McKee in the main event of Super Rizin 5. Advertisement Rizin and PFL champion Rajabali Shaidullaev is expected [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":40435,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[150],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-40434","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-martial-arts-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40434","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=40434"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40434\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/40435"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40434"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40434"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40434"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}