Just days after picking up his third win in the UFC, Ali Bagautinov was back home in his motherland for a once-in-a-lifetime honor. Bagautinov, from the Russian republic of Dagestan, got to carry the Olympic torch ahead of the 2014 Winter Olympic Games, which open this week in Sochi, Russia. Bagautinov posted a picture of himself with the torch on his Instagram feed. The Olympic torch relay takes place for both the summer and winter Games and starts in Greece, the home of the Olympics. The torch then travels around the world to the site of the Games
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UFC flyweight Ali Bagautinov carries Olympic torch in Russia – MMA Junkie