Gabala judoka Karamat Huseynov, 60 kg, came on his first tie at the World Championships Seniors Baku 2018. Challenging for the Azerbaijan national team, he started from the round of 32 in the first day of the contest. The 20-year-old challenger beat Joran Schildermans only in 1 minute and 9 seconds. Then defeated also

Rio de Janeiro 2016 Olympic Games champion, silver winner of the World Cup 2014, 2-time European champion and best judoca of the Baku 2015 European Games Beslan Mudranov from Russia. Huseynov beat the world famous challenger in 2 minutes and 32 seconds. The in the round of 8, he faced Fransisko Garrigos from Spain and came out as the better on aggregate points. One another outstanding opponent was Naohisa Takato from Japan, who is Rio Olimpics bronze winner, 2-time world champion and the last World Cup winner. Karamat lost the fight. In the consolation round, he won on Kim Yong Gvon from Korea in 6 minutes and 44 seconds with a gold point. In the fight for the bronze, Karamat lost to Amiran Papinashvili from Georgia and finished fifth.