Muin Gafurov
TajikistanMuin Gafurov, “Tajik”, is a Bantamweight from Tajikistan with an official record of 20-7. Cage Brothers holds 22 of those bouts: 15 wins and 7 losses, the wins coming 8 by knockout, 4 by submission and 3 by decision. The most recent bout on file is a third-round submission loss to Jakub Wikłacz at UFC Fight Night: Bautista vs. Oliveira on 7 February 2026.
| Date | Opponent | Result | Method | Round | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 7, 2026 | Jakub Wikłacz | LOSS | SUBGuillotine Choke | R3 · 4:59 | UFC Fight Night: Bautista vs. Oliveira |
| Jan 18, 2025 | Rinya Nakamura | WIN | DECDecision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC 311: Makhachev vs. Moicano |
| Jun 22, 2024 | Kyung Ho Kang | WIN | DECDecision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Whittaker vs. Aliskerov |
| Oct 21, 2023 | Said Nurmagomedov | LOSS | SUBGuillotine Choke | R1 · 1:13 | UFC 294: Makhachev vs. Volkanovski 2 |
| Jun 3, 2023 | John Castaneda | LOSS | DECDecision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Kara-France vs. Albazi |
| Oct 15, 2022 | Diego SilvaTitle | WIN | KOKO/TKO | R3 | LFA 144: Gafurov vs. Silva |
| Jun 11, 2022 | Herbeth Sousa | WIN | KOKO/TKO | R2 | LFA 134: Gafurov vs. Sousa |
| Sep 8, 2021 | Chad Anheliger | LOSS | DECDecision | R3 · 5:00 | Dana White's Contender Series: Season 5, Week 2 |
| Jan 15, 2021 | Walter Zamora | WIN | DECDecision - Unanimous | R3 · 5:00 | UAE Warriors 15 |
| Oct 25, 2019 | John Lineker | LOSS | DECDecision - Unanimous | R3 | ONE Championship: Dawn of Valor |
| Oct 6, 2018 | Leandro Issa | WIN | KOKO/TKO | R1 | ONE Championship 81: Kingdom of Heroes |
| Oct 14, 2017 | Italo Freitas | WIN | KOKO/TKO | R1 | TFC 5: Tajikistan Fighting Championship 5 |
| Mar 24, 2017 | Beno Adamia | WIN | KOKO/TKO | R1 · 2:45 | ACB 55: Tajikistan |
| Nov 27, 2016 | Tao Zhao | WIN | SUBSubmission (Armbar) | R1 | TFC Danghara 2016: Battle For The Title Of Ismoil Somoni 5 |
| Nov 27, 2016 | Sami Amin | WIN | KOKO/TKO | R1 | TFC Danghara 2016: Battle For The Title Of Ismoil Somoni 5 |
| Oct 7, 2016 | Kevin Belingon | LOSS | DECDecision - Unanimous | R3 | ONE Championship 48: State of Warriors |
| Apr 15, 2016 | Reece McLaren | LOSS | DECDecision - Unanimous | R3 | ONE Championship 41: Global Rivals |
| Jan 23, 2016 | Toni Tauru | WIN | KOKO/TKO | R3 | ONE Championship 37: Dynasty of Champions |
| Dec 11, 2015 | Yusef Abdollah | WIN | SUBSubmission (Armbar) | R1 · 1:11 | Professional Combat Sambo: Tajikitsan vs. Belarus |
| Sep 27, 2015 | Casey Suire | WIN | KOKO | R1 | ONE Championship 31: Odyssey of Champions |
| Feb 10, 2015 | Magomed Abdulaev | WIN | SUBSubmission (Guillotine) | R1 · 2:32 | Professional Combat Sambo: Russia Cup |
| Jan 24, 2015 | Alex Matrunenok | WIN | SUBSubmission (Armbar) | R1 · 3:07 | Alash Pride: Royal Plaza Volume 2 |
| — | Diego Silva | WIN | — | — | — |
| — | Herbeth Sousa | WIN | — | — | — |
Wins, losses and draws are Muin Gafurov’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.
Muin Gafurov’s record, in numbers
Muin Gafurov’s official record is 20-7. Every figure on this page is counted instead from the 22 bouts Cage Brothers holds a result for — 15 wins, 7 losses — because 5 bouts from the official record are not in the history we hold.
The 15 wins break down as 8 by knockout, 4 by submission and 3 by decision — 12 of 15 inside the distance, a finish rate of 80%. Across all 22 bouts with a recorded finishing round, the average bout lasted 7 minutes 5 seconds.
Muin Gafurov has been stopped twice in the 22 bouts on file — 2 by submission — which is 9% of them.
Of the 22 bouts Cage Brothers holds a result for, 1 was for a title and 2 were the main event of the card. Two of them have come since September 2024.
Set against the 450 Bantamweight fighters Cage Brothers holds eight or more bouts for, Muin Gafurov has a finish rate above 76% of them, a record of avoiding stoppage above 64% of them and a two-year bout count above 69% 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.
Muin Gafurov is listed at 5ft 7in with a reach of 68in, fights orthodox and is 30, born 16 May 1996.
These figures are recomputed from Muin Gafurov’s bout history each time results are synced, so they follow the record rather than a fixed snapshot.