Asu Almabayev
KazakhstanAsu Almabayev, “Zulfikar”, is a Flyweight from Kazakhstan with an official record of 24-3. MMA Hub holds 26 of those bouts: 23 wins and 3 losses, the wins coming 3 by knockout, 11 by submission and 9 by decision. The most recent bout on file is a third-round submission win over Charles Johnson at UFC Fight Night: Fiziev vs. Torres on 27 June 2026, the third win in a row.
| Date | Opponent | Result | Method | Round | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 21, 2026 | Kyoji Horiguchi | Upcoming | — | — | UFC Fight Night: Procházka vs. Stirling |
| Jun 27, 2026 | Charles Johnson | WIN | SUBSuloev Stretch | R3 · 3:33 | UFC Fight Night: Fiziev vs. Torres |
| Nov 22, 2025 | Alex Perez | WIN | SUBGuillotine Choke | R3 · 0:22 | UFC Fight Night: Tsarukyan vs. Hooker |
| Jul 26, 2025 | Jose Ochoa | WIN | DECDecision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Whittaker vs. de Ridder |
| Mar 1, 2025 | Manel Kape | LOSS | KOPunches | R3 · 2:16 | UFC Fight Night: Kape vs. Almabayev |
| Oct 19, 2024 | Matheus Nicolau | WIN | DECDecision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Hernandez vs. Pereira |
| Jun 15, 2024 | Jose Johnson | WIN | DECDecision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Perez vs. Taira |
| Mar 9, 2024 | CJ Vergara | WIN | DECDecision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC 299: O'Malley vs. Vera 2 |
| Aug 5, 2023 | Ode' Osbourne | WIN | SUBRear Naked Choke | R2 · 3:11 | UFC Fight Night: Sandhagen vs. Font |
| Nov 26, 2022 | Kenneth Maningat | WIN | SUBSubmission (Rear Naked Choke) | R1 · 3:30 | Brave CF 66 |
| Jul 30, 2022 | Zach Makovsky | WIN | DECDecision - Split | R3 · 5:00 | Brave CF 60 |
| Mar 11, 2022 | Imran Magaramov | WIN | DECDecision - Unanimous | R3 · 5:00 | Brave CF 57 |
| Dec 29, 2021 | Kayck Alencar | WIN | KOKO | R3 | Naiza FC: 36 |
| Aug 21, 2021 | Aleksander Doskalchuk | WIN | SUBSubmission (Rear Naked Choke) | R2 · 3:47 | Brave CF 53 / Octagon 22 |
| Dec 25, 2020 | Darkhan SkakovTitle | WIN | SUBSubmission (Rear Naked Choke) | R1 · 3:29 | NFC 27: Naiza Figher Championship 27 |
| Oct 19, 2019 | Chris KeladesTitle | WIN | DECDecision - Unanimous | R5 | M-1 Challenge 105: Rettinghouse vs. Morozov |
| Mar 30, 2019 | Pierre Ludet | WIN | SUBSubmission (Guillotine) | R2 · 1:50 | M-1 Challenge 101: Prikaza vs. Rakhmonov |
| Dec 15, 2018 | Kirill Fomenkov | WIN | SUBSubmission (Rear Naked Choke) | R2 | M-1 Challenge 100: Battle in Atyrau |
| Aug 31, 2018 | Saud Karagishov | WIN | KOKO/TKO | R2 · 4:09 | FNG: Fight Nights Global 88 |
| Apr 29, 2018 | Shamit Akhmaev | WIN | DECDecision - Unanimous | R3 | BYE 4 |
| Dec 30, 2017 | Kenan Jafarli | WIN | DECDecision - Unanimous | R2 | Alash Pride FC - Alash Pride |
| Sep 9, 2017 | Ibragim Mamaev | WIN | SUBSubmission (Peruvian Necktie) | R2 · 2:08 | ACB 69: Young Eagles 22 |
| Apr 1, 2017 | Mehman Mamedov | LOSS | DECDecision - Split | R3 | Alash Pride: Alash Aibary |
| Jan 28, 2017 | Tagir Ulanbekov | LOSS | KOTKO | R3 · 4:51 | FNG: Fight Nights Global 58 |
| Apr 22, 2016 | Galamirza Aivazov | WIN | SUBSubmission (Armbar) | R1 | EFN: Fight Nights Global 45 |
| Mar 3, 2016 | Oleg Edik | WIN | SUBSubmission (Rear Naked Choke) | R1 | Tech-Krep FC: Southern Front 3 |
| Feb 14, 2016 | Eldos Kaliev | WIN | KOTKO | R1 | Alash Pride: Selection 13 |
Wins, losses and draws are Asu Almabayev’s official record. Everything else is counted from the 26 bouts we hold a full result for — method, round and time. Per-fight striking and grappling statistics are not published in our data source, so they are not shown.
Asu Almabayev’s record, in numbers
Asu Almabayev’s official record is 24-3. Every figure on this page is counted instead from the 26 bouts MMA Hub holds a result for — 23 wins, 3 losses — because 1 bout from the official record is not in the history we hold.
The 23 wins break down as 3 by knockout, 11 by submission and 9 by decision — 14 of 23 inside the distance, a finish rate of 61%. Across all 26 bouts with a recorded finishing round, the average bout lasted 9 minutes 33 seconds.
Asu Almabayev has been stopped twice in the 26 bouts on file — 2 by knockout — which is 8% of them. The last 3 bouts on file are all wins.
Of the 26 bouts MMA Hub holds a result for, 2 were for a title and 3 were the main event of the card. Five of them have come since July 2024.
Set against the 248 Flyweight fighters MMA Hub holds eight or more bouts for, Asu Almabayev has a finish rate above 39% of them, a record of avoiding stoppage above 68% of them and a two-year bout count above 95% of them. The comparison is made inside the division rather than across the whole roster, because how often a division finishes depends heavily on what it weighs.
Asu Almabayev is listed at 5ft 4in with a reach of 65in, fights orthodox and is 32, born 25 January 1994.
These figures are recomputed from Asu Almabayev’s bout history each time results are synced, so they follow the record rather than a fixed snapshot.