Shamil Gaziev
BahrainShamil Gaziev is a Heavyweight from Bahrain with an official record of 14-3. The 14 wins came 9 by knockout, 3 by submission and 2 by decision. The most recent bout on file is a second-round knockout loss to Brando Peričić at UFC Fight Night: Della Maddalena vs. Prates on 2 May 2026, the second defeat in a row.
| Date | Opponent | Result | Method | Round | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 21, 2026 | Tallison Teixeira | Upcoming | — | — | UFC Fight Night: Procházka vs. Stirling |
| Aug 22, 2026 | Kennedy Nzechukwu | WIN | KOPunch | R1 · 1:20 | 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 |
Wins, losses and draws are Shamil Gaziev’s official record. Everything else is counted from the 18 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.
Shamil Gaziev’s record, in numbers
Shamil Gaziev’s record is 14-3, and MMA Hub holds a full result for all 17 bouts in it. Every figure below is counted from them.
The 14 wins break down as 9 by knockout, 3 by submission and 2 by decision — 12 of 14 inside the distance, a finish rate of 86%. Across the 16 of 17 bouts with a recorded finishing round, the average bout lasted 5 minutes 23 seconds.
Shamil Gaziev has been stopped 3 times in the 17 bouts on file — 3 by knockout — which is 18% of them. The last 2 bouts on file are both losses.
Of the 17 bouts MMA Hub holds a result for, 4 were the main event of the card. Four of them have come since July 2024.
Set against the 498 Heavyweight fighters MMA Hub holds eight or more bouts for, Shamil Gaziev has a finish rate above 69% of them, a record of avoiding stoppage above 62% of them and a two-year bout count above 88% 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.
Shamil Gaziev is listed at 6ft 4in with a reach of 78in, fights orthodox and is 36, born 9 February 1990.
These figures are recomputed from Shamil Gaziev’s bout history each time results are synced, so they follow the record rather than a fixed snapshot.