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Tagir Ulanbekov

Country
Russia
Record
17-3
Weight class
Flyweight
Height
5'7"
Reach
70"
Age
35
Stance
Southpaw
Career stats
Finish rate47%
7 of 15 wins inside the distance · 21st percentile
Durability94%
Stopped in 6% of bouts — 1 of 18 · 77th percentile
Activity3
Bouts in the last 24 months · 78th percentile
11:57
Avg bout length
1L
Streak
1
Title fights
3
Main events
Percentiles vs 250 flyweights
Counted from the 18 bouts on record, not the full 20-fight career
Strikes & grappling
Sig. strikes landed / min3.01
298 landed from 618 attempts — 48% accuracy · 11th percentile
Takedowns / 15 min2.73
18 landed from 46 attempts — 39% accuracy · 72nd percentile
Knockdowns / 15 min0.15
1 in 8 statted bouts · 22nd percentile
Control time41%
40m of 1h 39m fought · 83rd percentile
Strikes by target
Head 81%
Body 14%
Leg 5%
Of 298 significant strikes landed
Percentiles vs 18 flyweights with a stats sheet
Strike and grappling figures counted from the 8 bouts with a recorded stats sheet — 1h 39m of fight time, of the 18 bouts on record

Tagir Ulanbekov is a Flyweight from Russia with an official record of 17-3. MMA Hub holds 18 of those bouts: 15 wins and 3 losses, the wins coming 1 by knockout, 6 by submission and 8 by decision. The most recent bout on file is a third-round submission loss to Kyoji Horiguchi at UFC Fight Night: Tsarukyan vs. Hooker on 22 November 2025.

DateOpponentResultMethodRoundEvent
Nov 22, 2025Kyoji HoriguchiLOSSSUBRear Naked ChokeR3 · 2:18UFC Fight Night: Tsarukyan vs. Hooker
Jun 21, 2025Azat MaksumWINDECDecisionR3 · 5:00UFC Fight Night: Hill vs. Rountree Jr.
Jan 18, 2025Clayton CarpenterWINDECDecisionR3 · 5:00UFC 311: Makhachev vs. Moicano
Dec 16, 2023Cody DurdenWINSUBRear Naked ChokeR2 · 4:25UFC 296: Edwards vs. Covington
Nov 5, 2022Nate ManessWINSUBGuillotine ChokeR1 · 2:11UFC Fight Night: Rodriguez vs. Lemos
Mar 5, 2022Tim ElliottLOSSDECDecisionR3 · 5:00UFC 272: Covington vs. Masvidal
Oct 30, 2021Allan NascimentoWINDECDecisionR3 · 5:00UFC 267: Blachowicz vs. Teixeira
Oct 10, 2020Bruno SilvaWINDECDecisionR3 · 5:00UFC Fight Night: Moraes vs. Sandhagen
Dec 13, 2019Denilson MatosWINSUBSubmission (Guillotine)R2 · 1:18GFC 22: Gorilla Fighting 22
Sep 27, 2019Denis AraujoWINSUBSubmission (Rear Naked Choke)R2 · 3:19GFC 17: Gorilla Fighting 17
May 3, 2019Alexander PodlesniyWINDECDecision - UnanimousR3 · 5:00GFC: GFC 11
Aug 31, 2018Zhalgas ZhumagulovTitleLOSSDECDecision - MajorityR5 · 5:00FNG: Fight Nights Global 88
Oct 8, 2017Vartan AsatryanWINSUBSubmission (Guillotine)R4 · 1:39FNG: Fight Nights Global 76
May 19, 2017Shajidul HaqueWINDECDecision - UnanimousR3 · 5:00FNG: Fight Nights Global 65
Jan 28, 2017Asu AlmabayevWINKOTKOR3 · 4:51FNG: Fight Nights Global 58
Nov 16, 2016Shyngys KairanovWINDECDecision - UnanimousR3EFN: Fight Nights Global 54
Apr 23, 2016Alexander NesterovWINSUBSubmission (Rear Naked Choke)R1Pride Fighting Show: The Stars of World MMA
May 30, 2015Ivan AndrushchenkoWINDECDecision - MajorityR2Atlas Fights: Cage Rage 25
SUBRear Naked ChokeR3 · 2:18
Jun 21, 2025 · UFC Fight Night: Hill vs. Rountree Jr.
WIN
DECDecisionR3 · 5:00
Jan 18, 2025 · UFC 311: Makhachev vs. Moicano
WIN
DECDecisionR3 · 5:00
Dec 16, 2023 · UFC 296: Edwards vs. Covington
WIN
SUBRear Naked ChokeR2 · 4:25
Nate Maness
Nov 5, 2022 · UFC Fight Night: Rodriguez vs. Lemos
WIN
SUBGuillotine ChokeR1 · 2:11
Mar 5, 2022 · UFC 272: Covington vs. Masvidal
LOSS
DECDecisionR3 · 5:00
Oct 30, 2021 · UFC 267: Blachowicz vs. Teixeira
WIN
DECDecisionR3 · 5:00
Oct 10, 2020 · UFC Fight Night: Moraes vs. Sandhagen
WIN
DECDecisionR3 · 5:00
Denilson Matos
Dec 13, 2019 · GFC 22: Gorilla Fighting 22
WIN
SUBSubmission (Guillotine)R2 · 1:18
Sep 27, 2019 · GFC 17: Gorilla Fighting 17
WIN
SUBSubmission (Rear Naked Choke)R2 · 3:19
Alexander Podlesniy
May 3, 2019 · GFC: GFC 11
WIN
DECDecision - UnanimousR3 · 5:00
Zhalgas Zhumagulov
Aug 31, 2018 · FNG: Fight Nights Global 88
LOSS
DECDecision - MajorityR5 · 5:00Title
Vartan Asatryan
Oct 8, 2017 · FNG: Fight Nights Global 76
WIN
SUBSubmission (Guillotine)R4 · 1:39
Shajidul Haque
May 19, 2017 · FNG: Fight Nights Global 65
WIN
DECDecision - UnanimousR3 · 5:00
Jan 28, 2017 · FNG: Fight Nights Global 58
WIN
KOTKOR3 · 4:51
Shyngys Kairanov
Nov 16, 2016 · EFN: Fight Nights Global 54
WIN
DECDecision - UnanimousR3
Alexander Nesterov
Apr 23, 2016 · Pride Fighting Show: The Stars of World MMA
WIN
SUBSubmission (Rear Naked Choke)R1
Ivan Andrushchenko
May 30, 2015 · Atlas Fights: Cage Rage 25
WIN
DECDecision - MajorityR2

Tagir Ulanbekov’s record, in numbers

Tagir Ulanbekov’s official record is 17-3. Every figure on this page is counted instead from the 18 bouts MMA Hub holds a result for — 15 wins, 3 losses — because 2 bouts from the official record are not in the history we hold.

The 15 wins break down as 1 by knockout, 6 by submission and 8 by decision — 7 of 15 inside the distance, a finish rate of 47%. Across all 18 bouts with a recorded finishing round, the average bout lasted 11 minutes 57 seconds.

Tagir Ulanbekov has been stopped once in the 18 bouts on file, by submission — 6% of them.

Of the 18 bouts MMA Hub holds a result for, 1 was for a title and 3 were the main event of the card. Three of them have come since July 2024.

Set against the 248 Flyweight fighters MMA Hub holds eight or more bouts for, Tagir Ulanbekov has a finish rate above 21% of them, a record of avoiding stoppage above 78% of them and a two-year bout count above 80% 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.

Tagir Ulanbekov is listed at 5ft 7in with a reach of 70in, fights southpaw and is 34, born 6 August 1991.

These figures are recomputed from Tagir Ulanbekov’s bout history each time results are synced, so they follow the record rather than a fixed snapshot.