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Tahir Abdullayev

“Tank”
Country
Azerbaijan
Record
20-3
Weight class
Welterweight
Height
5'8"
Reach
73"
Age
29
Stance
—
Career stats
Finish rate89%
17 of 19 wins inside the distance · 85th percentile
Durability95%
Stopped in 5% of bouts — 1 of 22 · 89th percentile
Activity6
Bouts in the last 24 months · 99th percentile
5:28
Avg bout length
5W
Streak
3
Title fights
0
Main events
Percentiles vs 567 welterweights
Counted from the 22 bouts on record, not the full 23-fight career

Tahir Abdullayev, “Tank”, is a Welterweight from Azerbaijan with an official record of 20-3. Cage Brothers holds 22 of those bouts: 19 wins and 3 losses, the wins coming 11 by knockout, 6 by submission and 2 by decision. The most recent bout on file is a third-round knockout win over Jefferson Nascimento at UFC Fight Night: Fiziev vs. Torres on 27 June 2026, the fifth win in a row.

Next fightAbdullayev vs Jake MatthewsUFC Fight Night: Procházka vs. Stirling · Nov 21, 2026
DateOpponentResultMethodRoundEvent
Nov 21, 2026Jake MatthewsUpcoming——UFC Fight Night: Procházka vs. Stirling
Jun 27, 2026Jefferson NascimentoWINKOPunchesR3 · 4:28UFC Fight Night: Fiziev vs. Torres
Oct 25, 2025Siavash DadrasWINSUBSubmission (Guillotine)R2Georgian Fighting Championship 33
Sep 13, 2025Alimjon ShadmanovWINSUBSubmission (Shoulder Choke)R1New Generation Fighting 5
Aug 16, 2025Shokhruz RakhmatovWINSUBSubmission (North-South Choke)R1BetCity Fight Nights 127: Vartanyan vs Aliev
Jun 14, 2025Oleg KosinovWINKOKO/TKOR1Ural FC: Vinnikov vs. Safari
Oct 22, 2024Khotam BoynazarovTitleLOSSDECDecision - UnanimousR5UAE Warriors 55
May 18, 2024Shakhban AlkhasovTitleWINKOKO/TKOR2UAE Warriors 50
Jul 14, 2023Yuriy ErmolenkoWINDECDecision - SplitR3AMC Fight Nights 121: Makhno vs. Bikrev
Feb 22, 2023Nikita SeverovWINKOKO/TKOR1MMA Series 62: Tarasov vs. Bobryshev
Sep 17, 2022Josh TogoTitleLOSSDECDecision - UnanimousR5 · 5:00UAE Warriors 33
Oct 29, 2021Daniel SkibinskiWINKOKO/TKOR1 · 0:45UAE Warriors 24
Mar 20, 2021Alexey LyapunovWINSUBSubmission (Guillotine)R3Eternal MMA 58
Jul 18, 2020Kishvar KhudoyerovWINKOKO/TKOR1MMA Series 10: WKG & M-1 Online
Jun 28, 2019Makhir AlievWINSUBSubmission (Armbar)R2M-1 Challenge 102: Rakhmonov vs. Varejao
Sep 28, 2018Dmitry BerezinWINKOKO/TKOR1Hooligan Fight Show: Battle for Tula 2
Mar 30, 2018Roman BogatovLOSSSUBSubmission (Arm Triangle)R2M-1 Challenge 90: Kunchenko vs. Butenko
Feb 19, 2018Kewei XuWINKOKO/TKOR1The King FC - The King Fighting Championship
Sep 9, 2017Alexey BalyberdinWINSUBSubmission (Heel Hook)R1Orion Fighter 3
Apr 9, 2017Movsar MagomedovWINKOTKO (Corner Stoppage)R2Moscow Pankration Federation: International Festival of Pankration 2017
May 7, 2016Sahib MurodovWINKOKO/TKOR1Orion Fighter 1
Apr 24, 2016Rasul MansurovWINKOKO/TKOR2Orion Mixfight: Pronin vs. Tereshin
Sep 19, 2015Rasul MansurovWINDECDecision - UnanimousR3JFC: Jushkuch Fighting Championship
KOPunchesR3 · 4:28
Siavash Dadras
Oct 25, 2025 · Georgian Fighting Championship 33
WIN
SUBSubmission (Guillotine)R2
Alimjon Shadmanov
Sep 13, 2025 · New Generation Fighting 5
WIN
SUBSubmission (Shoulder Choke)R1
Shokhruz Rakhmatov
Aug 16, 2025 · BetCity Fight Nights 127: Vartanyan vs Aliev
WIN
SUBSubmission (North-South Choke)R1
Oleg Kosinov
Jun 14, 2025 · Ural FC: Vinnikov vs. Safari
WIN
KOKO/TKOR1
Khotam Boynazarov
Oct 22, 2024 · UAE Warriors 55
LOSS
DECDecision - UnanimousR5Title
Shakhban Alkhasov
May 18, 2024 · UAE Warriors 50
WIN
KOKO/TKOR2Title
Yuriy Ermolenko
Jul 14, 2023 · AMC Fight Nights 121: Makhno vs. Bikrev
WIN
DECDecision - SplitR3
Nikita Severov
Feb 22, 2023 · MMA Series 62: Tarasov vs. Bobryshev
WIN
KOKO/TKOR1
Josh Togo
Sep 17, 2022 · UAE Warriors 33
LOSS
DECDecision - UnanimousR5 · 5:00Title
Daniel Skibinski
Oct 29, 2021 · UAE Warriors 24
WIN
KOKO/TKOR1 · 0:45
Alexey Lyapunov
Mar 20, 2021 · Eternal MMA 58
WIN
SUBSubmission (Guillotine)R3
Kishvar Khudoyerov
Jul 18, 2020 · MMA Series 10: WKG & M-1 Online
WIN
KOKO/TKOR1
Makhir Aliev
Jun 28, 2019 · M-1 Challenge 102: Rakhmonov vs. Varejao
WIN
SUBSubmission (Armbar)R2
Dmitry Berezin
Sep 28, 2018 · Hooligan Fight Show: Battle for Tula 2
WIN
KOKO/TKOR1
Roman Bogatov
Mar 30, 2018 · M-1 Challenge 90: Kunchenko vs. Butenko
LOSS
SUBSubmission (Arm Triangle)R2
Kewei Xu
Feb 19, 2018 · The King FC - The King Fighting Championship
WIN
KOKO/TKOR1
Alexey Balyberdin
Sep 9, 2017 · Orion Fighter 3
WIN
SUBSubmission (Heel Hook)R1
Movsar Magomedov
Apr 9, 2017 · Moscow Pankration Federation: International Festival of Pankration 2017
WIN
KOTKO (Corner Stoppage)R2
Sahib Murodov
May 7, 2016 · Orion Fighter 1
WIN
KOKO/TKOR1
Rasul Mansurov
Apr 24, 2016 · Orion Mixfight: Pronin vs. Tereshin
WIN
KOKO/TKOR2
Rasul Mansurov
Sep 19, 2015 · JFC: Jushkuch Fighting Championship
WIN
DECDecision - UnanimousR3

Tahir Abdullayev’s record, in numbers

Tahir Abdullayev’s official record is 20-3. Every figure on this page is counted instead from the 22 bouts Cage Brothers holds a result for — 19 wins, 3 losses — because 1 bout from the official record is not in the history we hold.

The 19 wins break down as 11 by knockout, 6 by submission and 2 by decision — 17 of 19 inside the distance, a finish rate of 89%. Across all 22 bouts with a recorded finishing round, the average bout lasted 5 minutes 28 seconds.

Tahir Abdullayev has been stopped once in the 22 bouts on file, by submission — 5% of them. The last 5 bouts on file are all wins.

Of the 22 bouts Cage Brothers holds a result for, 3 were for a title. Six of them have come since September 2024.

Set against the 569 Welterweight fighters Cage Brothers holds eight or more bouts for, Tahir Abdullayev has a finish rate above 85% of them, a record of avoiding stoppage above 89% of them and a two-year bout count above 99% 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.

Tahir Abdullayev is listed at 5ft 8in with a reach of 73in and is 29, born 2 February 1997.

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