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Magomed Ankalaev
RULight HeavyweightActiveage 33
21 — 2 — 1
91% win rate
L1 streak
Peak Vertex
2025-03-0883-26 vs current
AfterWvs Alex Pereira · U-Dec
EndedLvs Alex Pereira · KO · 2025-10-04 · score → 66
Career timeline
Each dot is a fight — green wins, red losses, larger dots are title fights. Hover for details, click to open the bout.
12 wins2 losses2 drawslast 5: L W W W Ddrag to scroll · 1993–2026
Key stats
Six attributes derived from striking, grappling, and finishing rates.
Striking heatmap
Significant strikes by target zone, aggregated across all UFC rounds.
Strikes landed
- Head38356%
- Body18927%
- Legs11817%
Strikes absorbed
Round-by-round averages
Average values per round across the selected fights — toggle metrics below.
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Metrics
| Metric | R1(16) | R2(11) | R3(9) | R4(3) | R5(3) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sig Str landed | 19.9 | 21.8 | 18.3 | 16.7 | 17.7 |
| Sig Str absorbed | 20.7 | 14.1 | 10.7 | 6.0 | 7.0 |
| Takedowns landed | 0.10 | 0.27 | 0.44 | 0.67 | 0.00 |
| Takedowns absorbed | 0.13 | 0.09 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Control time | 0:34 | 1:22 | 1:17 | 3:06 | 2:57 |
Fight history
Career UFC bouts in reverse chronological order.
- UFC 320: Ankalaev vs. Pereira 22025-10-04L·KO·R1 · 1:20
- UFC 313: Pereira vs. Ankalaev2025-03-08W·U-Dec·R5 · 5:00
- UFC 308: Topuria vs. Holloway2024-10-26W·U-Dec·R3 · 5:00
- UFC Fight Night: Ankalaev vs. Walker 22024-01-13W·KO·R2 · 2:42
- UFC 294: Makhachev vs. Volkanovski 22023-10-21D·TKO·R1 · 3:13
- UFC 282: Blachowicz vs. Ankalaev2022-12-10D·S-Dec·R5 · 5:00
- UFC 277: Pena vs. Nunes 22022-07-30W·KO·R2 · 3:09
- UFC Fight Night: Santos vs. Ankalaev2022-03-12W·U-Dec·R5 · 5:00
- UFC 267: Blachowicz vs. Teixeira2021-10-30W·U-Dec·R3 · 5:00
- UFC Fight Night: Rozenstruik vs. Gane2021-02-27W·U-Dec·R3 · 5:00
- UFC 254: Khabib vs. Gaethje2020-10-24W·KO·R1 · 4:19
- W·KO·R1 · 0:38
- UFC Fight Night: Zabit vs. Kattar2019-11-09W·KO·R3 · 0:29
- UFC Fight Night: Blachowicz vs. Santos2019-02-23W·U-Dec·R3 · 5:00
- UFC Fight Night: Hunt vs. Oleinik2018-09-15W·KO·R1 · 3:09
- UFC Fight Night: Werdum vs. Volkov2018-03-17L·Sub·R3 · 4:59
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