HeavyweightActive
Shamil Gaziev
Country
BahrainRecord
14-3
Weight class
Heavyweight
Height
6'4"
Reach
78"
Age
36
Stance
Orthodox
Career stats
12 of 14 wins inside the distance · 69th percentile
Stopped in 18% of bouts — 3 of 17 · 62nd percentile
Bouts in the last 24 months · 83rd percentile
5:23
Avg bout length
2L
Streak
0
Title fights
4
Main events
Percentiles vs 489 heavyweights
Strikes & grappling
167 landed from 363 attempts — 46% accuracy · 4th percentile
4 landed from 12 attempts — 33% accuracy · 79th percentile
2 in 7 statted bouts · 36th percentile
24m of 57m fought · 100th percentile
Head 72%
Body 26%
Leg 2%
Of 167 significant strikes landed
Percentiles vs 28 heavyweights with a stats sheet
Strike and grappling figures counted from the 7 bouts with a recorded stats sheet — 57m of fight time, of the 17 bouts on record
Next fightGaziev vs Kennedy NzechukwuUFC Fight Night: Hernandez vs. Rodrigues · Aug 22, 2026
| Date | Opponent | Result | Method | Round | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 22, 2026 | Kennedy Nzechukwu | Upcoming | — | — | UFC Fight Night: Hernandez vs. Rodrigues |
| May 2, 2026 | Brando Peričić | LOSS | KOPunch | R2 · 3:44 | UFC Fight Night: Della Maddalena vs. Prates |
| Nov 22, 2025 | Waldo Cortes Acosta | LOSS | KOPunch | R1 · 1:22 | UFC Fight Night: Tsarukyan vs. Hooker |
| Feb 1, 2025 | Thomas Petersen | WIN | KOPunch | R1 · 3:12 | UFC Fight Night: Adesanya vs. Imavov |
| Aug 3, 2024 | Don'Tale Mayes | WIN | DECDecision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Sandhagen vs. Nurmagomedov |
| Mar 2, 2024 | Jairzinho Rozenstruik | LOSS | KOKO/TKO | R4 · 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Rozenstruik vs. Gaziev |
| Dec 16, 2023 | Martin Buday | WIN | KOPunches | R2 · 0:56 | UFC 296: Edwards vs. Covington |
| Sep 20, 2023 | Greg Velasco | WIN | SUBRear Naked Choke | R1 · 2:38 | Dana White's Contender Series: Season 7, Week 7 |
| Feb 18, 2023 | Darko Stošić | WIN | KOTKO (Punches) | R1 · 2:54 | Brave CF 69 |
| Oct 28, 2022 | Pavel Dailidko | WIN | KOKO (Punch) | R2 · 0:46 | Brave CF 65 |
| Jun 25, 2022 | Kirill Kornilov | WIN | DECDecision - Split | R3 · 5:00 | Ares FC 7: Abdoul vs. Amoussou |
| Mar 27, 2022 | Aleksandr Kolomytsev | WIN | SUBSubmission (Rear Naked Choke) | R1 · - | ProFC 70 |
| Sep 24, 2021 | Grigoriy Ponomarev | WIN | KOTKO (Knees and Punches) | R2 | AMC: Fight Nights Global/Donskoy Ataman |
| Jul 29, 2021 | Murad Adyrbaev | WIN | SUBSubmission (Rear Naked Choke) | R1 | BFC Contender Series 7: Belarusian Fighting Championship |
| Apr 3, 2021 | Alexey Druzhinin | WIN | KOTKO (Punches) | R1 | MMA Series 29: World Cup |
| Feb 27, 2021 | Vladislav Kozlovskiy | WIN | KOKO | R1 | BFC 66: Belarusian Fighting Championship |
| Dec 12, 2020 | Artur Bunkov | WIN | KOTKO (Punches) | R1 · 0:20 | MMA Series 22: Fighting Championship Pankration |
| Oct 24, 2020 | Denis Gvozdev | WIN | KOTKO (Punches) | R1 · 0:23 | BFC 63: Belarusian Fighting Championship |
Upcoming
LOSS
KOPunchR2 · 3:44
KOPunchR1 · 1:22
Thomas Petersen
KOPunchR1 · 3:12
Don'Tale Mayes
DECDecisionR3 · 5:00
Jairzinho Rozenstruik
KOKO/TKOR4 · 5:00
Martin Buday
KOPunchesR2 · 0:56
Greg Velasco
SUBRear Naked ChokeR1 · 2:38
Darko Stošić
KOTKO (Punches)R1 · 2:54
Pavel Dailidko
KOKO (Punch)R2 · 0:46
Kirill Kornilov
DECDecision - SplitR3 · 5:00
Aleksandr Kolomytsev
SUBSubmission (Rear Naked Choke)R1 · -
Grigoriy Ponomarev
KOTKO (Knees and Punches)R2
Murad Adyrbaev
SUBSubmission (Rear Naked Choke)R1
Alexey Druzhinin
KOTKO (Punches)R1
Vladislav Kozlovskiy
KOKOR1
Artur Bunkov
KOTKO (Punches)R1 · 0:20
Denis Gvozdev
KOTKO (Punches)R1 · 0:23
How the wins came
Record
14
Wins
3
Losses
0
Draws
5:23
Avg bout length
2L
Streak
0
Title fights
4
Main events
Wins, losses and draws are Shamil Gaziev’s official record. Everything else is counted from the 17 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.