The roster
FIGHTERS
Loading roster…
Islam Makhachev
RussiaLightweightActiveage 34
28-1
97% win rate
W16 streak
Career timeline
Each dot is a fight — green wins, red losses, larger dots are title fights. Hover for details, click to open the bout.
- Win
- Loss
- Draw / No contest
- Title
17 wins1 losslast 5: W W W W Wdrag to scroll · 1993–2025
Key stats
Six attributes derived from striking, grappling, and finishing rates.
Striking heatmap
Significant strikes by target zone, aggregated across all UFC rounds.
Round-by-round averages
Average values per round across the selected fights — toggle metrics below.
Filter
Metrics
| Metric | R1(18) | R2(11) | R3(9) | R4(4) | R5(3) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sig Str landed | 12.1 | 14.9 | 12.7 | 11.1 | 13.8 |
| Sig Str absorbed | 6.4 | 8.0 | 7.2 | 8.9 | 13.8 |
| Takedowns landed | 1.05 | 0.72 | 1.45 | 1.22 | 0.95 |
| Takedowns absorbed | 0.06 | 0.09 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Control time | 2:09 | 2:29 | 2:56 | 3:16 | 2:07 |
Fight history
Career UFC bouts in reverse chronological order.
- UFC 322: Della Maddalena vs. Makhachev2025-11-15W·U-Dec·R5 · 5:00
- UFC 311: Makhachev vs. Moicano2025-01-18W·Sub·R1 · 4:05
- UFC 302: Makhachev vs. Poirier2024-06-01W·Sub·R5 · 2:42
- UFC 294: Makhachev vs. Volkanovski 22023-10-21W·KO·R1 · 3:06
- UFC 284: Makhachev vs. Volkanovski2023-02-11W·U-Dec·R5 · 5:00
- UFC 280: Oliveira vs. Makhachev2022-10-22W·Sub·R2 · 3:16
- UFC Fight Night: Makhachev vs. Green2022-02-26W·KO·R1 · 3:23
- UFC 267: Blachowicz vs. Teixeira2021-10-30W·Sub·R1 · 2:25
- UFC Fight Night: Makhachev vs. Moises2021-07-17W·Sub·R4 · 2:38
- UFC 259: Blachowicz vs. Adesanya2021-03-06W·Sub·R3 · 1:37
- UFC 242: Khabib vs. Poirier2019-09-07W·U-Dec·R3 · 5:00
- UFC Fight Night: Overeem vs. Oleinik2019-04-20W·U-Dec·R3 · 5:00
- UFC Fight Night: Alvarez vs. Poirier 22018-07-28W·Sub·R1 · 4:43
- UFC 220: Miocic vs. Ngannou2018-01-20W·KO·R1 · 0:57
- UFC 208: Holm vs. De Randamie2017-02-11W·U-Dec·R3 · 5:00
- UFC Fight Night: Poirier vs. Johnson2016-09-17W·U-Dec·R3 · 5:00
- UFC 192: Cormier vs Gustafsson2015-10-03L·KO·R1 · 1:46
- UFC 187: Johnson vs Cormier2015-05-23W·Sub·R2 · 2:38
In the news
Recent MMA headlines that mention this fighter.
- Sherdog
Islam Makhachev, the former UFC lightweight champion, has weighed in on Sunday's main event at UFC Freedom 250, the historic fight card taking place on the White House south lawn in Washington, D.C.
- Sherdog
Islam Makhachev has revealed that his lightweight title defense against Dustin Poirier at UFC 302 in 2024 stands as the most enjoyable performance of his career, despite his more recent dominant…
- Sherdog
Similar fighters
Closest stylistic matches by inverse-Euclidean similarity over striking and grappling rates.
