MOSCOW (Sputnik) — The announcement was made on Friday after his win in a fight against Russia's Konstantin Skrel in Moscow.
The 44-year-old jiu-jitsu World Champion, nicknamed ‘"The Snowman," has a Russian girlfriend and has been seeking to become a Russian citizen for the past two years.
He is the second well-known US fighter to obtain the Russian citizenship this year after legendary boxer Roy Jones Jr.