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Islam Makhachev
RussiaLightweightActiveage 34
28-1
97% win rate
W16 streak
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Scheduled and newly announced fights. Announced bouts are reported bookings not yet on the official card.
- UFC 3302026-08-15Welterweight
Career timeline
Each dot is a fight — green wins, red losses, larger dots are title fights. Hover for details, click to open the bout.
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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.
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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
Javier Mendez, Islam Makhachev's longtime head coach, has drawn a clear line on what trash talk is acceptable ahead of the UFC 330 welterweight title defense between his fighter and Ian Garry on…
- Sherdog
Javier Mendez, founder of the American Kickboxing Academy and longtime coach to champions including Khabib Nurmagomedov, Luke Rockhold, Cain Velasquez, and Daniel Cormier, believes Ian Garry's mental…
- MMA Fighting
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