Islam Makhachev
RussiaIslam Makhachev is a Welterweight from Russia with an official record of 28-1. MMA Hub holds 21 of those bouts: 20 wins and 1 loss, the wins coming 4 by knockout, 9 by submission and 7 by decision. The most recent bout on file is a decision win over Jack Della Maddalena at UFC 322: Della Maddalena vs. Makhachev on 15 November 2025, the 16th win in a row.
| Date | Opponent | Result | Method | Round | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 15, 2026 | Ian Machado GarryTitle | WIN | DECDecision | R5 · - | UFC 330: Makhachev vs. Machado Garry |
| Nov 15, 2025 | Jack Della MaddalenaTitle | WIN | DECDecision | R5 · 5:00 | UFC 322: Della Maddalena vs. Makhachev |
| Jan 18, 2025 | Renato MoicanoTitle | WIN | SUBD'Arce Choke | R1 · 4:05 | UFC 311: Makhachev vs. Moicano |
| Jun 1, 2024 | Dustin PoirierTitle | WIN | SUBD'Arce Choke | R5 · 2:42 | UFC 302: Makhachev vs. Poirier |
| Oct 21, 2023 | Alexander VolkanovskiTitle | WIN | KOKick | R1 · 3:06 | UFC 294: Makhachev vs. Volkanovski 2 |
| Feb 11, 2023 | Alexander VolkanovskiTitle | WIN | DECDecision | R5 · 5:00 | UFC 284: Makhachev vs. Volkanovski |
| Oct 22, 2022 | Charles OliveiraTitle | WIN | SUBArm Triangle | R2 · 3:16 | UFC 280: Oliveira vs. Makhachev |
| Feb 26, 2022 | King Green | WIN | KOPunches | R1 · 3:23 | UFC Fight Night: Makhachev vs. Green |
| Oct 30, 2021 | Dan Hooker | WIN | SUBKimura | R1 · 2:25 | UFC 267: Blachowicz vs. Teixeira |
| Jul 17, 2021 | Thiago Moisés | WIN | SUBRear Naked Choke | R4 · 2:38 | UFC Fight Night: Makhachev vs. Moises |
| Mar 6, 2021 | Drew Dober | WIN | SUBArm Triangle | R3 · 1:37 | UFC 259: Blachowicz vs. Adesanya |
| Sep 7, 2019 | Davi Ramos | WIN | DECDecision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC 242: Khabib vs. Poirier |
| Apr 20, 2019 | Arman Tsarukyan | WIN | DECDecision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Overeem vs. Oleinik |
| Jul 28, 2018 | Kajan Johnson | WIN | SUBArmbar | R1 · 4:43 | UFC Fight Night: Alvarez vs. Poirier 2 |
| Jan 20, 2018 | Gleison Tibau | WIN | KOPunch | R1 · 0:57 | UFC 220: Miocic vs. Ngannou |
| Feb 12, 2017 | Nik Lentz | WIN | DECDecision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC 208: Holm vs. de Randamie |
| Sep 18, 2016 | Chris Wade | WIN | DECDecision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Poirier vs. Johnson |
| Oct 3, 2015 | Adriano Martins | LOSS | KOPunch | R1 · 1:46 | UFC 192: Cormier vs. Gustafsson |
| May 23, 2015 | Leo Kuntz | WIN | SUBRear Naked Choke | R2 · 2:38 | UFC 187: Johnson vs. Cormier |
| Jul 2, 2011 | Vladimir Egoyan | WIN | DECDecision - Split | R2 · 5:00 | ProFC: Union Nation Cup Final |
| Jul 1, 2011 | Magomed Ibragimov | WIN | SUBSubmission (Triangle Choke) | R2 · 3:15 | TFC 5: Tsumada Fighting Championship |
| May 6, 2011 | Martiros Grigoryan | WIN | KOTKO | R1 · 2:52 | ProFC: Union Nation Cup 15 |
Wins, losses and draws are Islam Makhachev’s official record. Everything else is counted from the 22 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.
Islam Makhachev’s record, in numbers
Islam Makhachev’s official record is 28-1. Every figure on this page is counted instead from the 21 bouts MMA Hub holds a result for — 20 wins, 1 loss — because 8 bouts from the official record are not in the history we hold.
The 20 wins break down as 4 by knockout, 9 by submission and 7 by decision — 13 of 20 inside the distance, a finish rate of 65%. Across all 21 bouts with a recorded finishing round, the average bout lasted 10 minutes 27 seconds.
Islam Makhachev has been stopped once in the 21 bouts on file, by knockout — 5% of them. The last 16 bouts on file are all wins.
Of the 21 bouts MMA Hub holds a result for, 6 were for a title and 8 were the main event of the card. Two of them have come since July 2024.
Set against the 566 Welterweight fighters MMA Hub holds eight or more bouts for, Islam Makhachev has a finish rate above 43% of them, a record of avoiding stoppage above 88% of them and a two-year bout count above 76% 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.
Islam Makhachev is listed at 5ft 10in with a reach of 70in, fights southpaw and is 34, born 26 October 1991.
These figures are recomputed from Islam Makhachev’s bout history each time results are synced, so they follow the record rather than a fixed snapshot.