Ion Cutelaba
MoldovaIon Cutelaba, “The Hulk”, is a Heavyweight from Moldova with an official record of 20-12-1 (1 NC). Cage Brothers holds 26 of those bouts: 13 wins, 12 losses and 1 no contest, the wins coming 7 by knockout, 3 by submission and 3 by decision. The most recent bout on file is a second-round knockout loss to Navajo Stirling at UFC Fight Night: Kape vs. Horiguchi 2 on 20 June 2026.
| Date | Opponent | Result | Method | Round | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 20, 2026 | Navajo Stirling | LOSS | KOPunches | R2 · 3:23 | UFC Fight Night: Kape vs. Horiguchi 2 |
| Mar 14, 2026 | Oumar Sy | WIN | SUBGuillotine Choke | R1 · 4:24 | UFC Fight Night: Emmett vs. Vallejos |
| May 10, 2025 | Modestas Bukauskas | LOSS | DECDecision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC 315: Muhammad vs. Della Maddalena |
| Feb 22, 2025 | Ibo Aslan | WIN | SUBArm Triangle | R1 · 2:51 | UFC Fight Night: Cejudo vs. Song |
| Sep 28, 2024 | Ivan Erslan | WIN | DECDecision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Moicano vs. Saint Denis |
| Mar 9, 2024 | Philipe Lins | LOSS | DECDecision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC 299: O'Malley vs. Vera 2 |
| Apr 15, 2023 | Tanner Boser | WIN | KOPunches | R1 · 2:05 | UFC Fight Night: Holloway vs. Allen |
| Nov 19, 2022 | Kennedy Nzechukwu | LOSS | KOKnee | R2 · 1:02 | UFC Fight Night: Nzechukwu vs. Cutelaba |
| Sep 10, 2022 | Johnny Walker | LOSS | SUBRear Naked Choke | R1 · 4:37 | UFC 279: Diaz vs. Ferguson |
| May 14, 2022 | Ryan Spann | LOSS | SUBGuillotine Choke | R1 · 2:22 | UFC Fight Night: Blachowicz vs. Rakic |
| Sep 18, 2021 | Devin Clark | WIN | DECDecision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Smith vs. Spann |
| May 1, 2021 | Dustin Jacoby | NC | Draw | R3 · 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Reyes vs. Prochazka |
| Oct 24, 2020 | Magomed Ankalaev | LOSS | KOPunch | R1 · 4:19 | UFC 254: Khabib vs. Gaethje |
| Feb 29, 2020 | Magomed Ankalaev | LOSS | KOPunches | R1 · 0:38 | UFC Fight Night: Benavidez vs. Figueiredo |
| Sep 28, 2019 | Khalil Rountree Jr. | WIN | KOElbows | R1 · 2:35 | UFC Fight Night: Hermansson vs. Cannonier |
| Apr 27, 2019 | Glover Teixeira | LOSS | SUBRear Naked Choke | R2 · 3:37 | UFC Fight Night: Jacare vs. Hermansson |
| Jul 28, 2018 | Gadzhimurad Antigulov | WIN | KOElbows | R1 · 4:25 | UFC Fight Night: Alvarez vs. Poirier 2 |
| Jun 11, 2017 | Henrique da Silva | WIN | KOPunch | R1 · 0:22 | UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs. Hunt |
| Dec 4, 2016 | Jared Cannonier | LOSS | DECDecision | R3 · 5:00 | The Ultimate Fighter 24 Finale |
| Dec 3, 2016 | Jared Cannonier | LOSS | DECDecision - Unanimous | R3 | Urban Fight Night 9: Fight of the Nations |
| Oct 2, 2016 | Jonathan Wilson | WIN | DECDecision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Lineker vs. Dodson |
| Jun 19, 2016 | Misha Cirkunov | LOSS | SUBArm Triangle | R3 · 1:22 | UFC Fight Night: MacDonald vs. Thompson |
| Sep 19, 2015 | Malik Merad | WIN | KOKO (Punch) | R1 · 0:08 | WWFC: Cage Encounter 4 |
| Apr 4, 2015 | Vitali Onishchenko | WIN | SUBSubmission (Omoplata) | R1 · 2:37 | WWFC: Cage Encounter 3 |
| Feb 27, 2015 | Yuri Gorbenko | WIN | KOTKO (Punches) | R1 · 1:10 | WWFC: Ukraine Selection 5 |
| Dec 21, 2013 | Igor Gorkun | WIN | KOKO (Punch) | R1 · 0:28 | GEFC: Battle on the Gold Mountain |
Wins, losses and draws are Ion Cutelaba’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.
Ion Cutelaba’s record, in numbers
Ion Cutelaba’s official record is 20-12-1 (1 NC). Every figure on this page is counted instead from the 26 bouts Cage Brothers holds a result for — 13 wins, 12 losses and 1 no contest — because 8 bouts from the official record are not in the history we hold.
The 13 wins break down as 7 by knockout, 3 by submission and 3 by decision — 10 of 13 inside the distance, a finish rate of 77%. Across all 26 bouts with a recorded finishing round, the average bout lasted 7 minutes 1 seconds.
Ion Cutelaba has been stopped 8 times in the 26 bouts on file — 4 by knockout and 4 by submission — which is 31% of them.
Of the 26 bouts Cage Brothers holds a result for, 2 were the main event of the card. Five of them have come since September 2024.
Set against the 486 Heavyweight fighters Cage Brothers holds eight or more bouts for, Ion Cutelaba has a finish rate above 50% of them, a record of avoiding stoppage above 24% of them and a two-year bout count above 94% 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.
Ion Cutelaba is listed at 6ft 1in with a reach of 75in, fights southpaw and is 32, born 13 December 1993.
These figures are recomputed from Ion Cutelaba’s bout history each time results are synced, so they follow the record rather than a fixed snapshot.