
Tahir Abdullayev
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.
| Date | Opponent | Result | Method | Round | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 21, 2026 | Jake Matthews | Upcoming | — | — | UFC Fight Night: Procházka vs. Stirling |
| Jun 27, 2026 | Jefferson Nascimento | WIN | KOPunches | R3 · 4:28 | UFC Fight Night: Fiziev vs. Torres |
| Oct 25, 2025 | Siavash Dadras | WIN | SUBSubmission (Guillotine) | R2 | Georgian Fighting Championship 33 |
| Sep 13, 2025 | Alimjon Shadmanov | WIN | SUBSubmission (Shoulder Choke) | R1 | New Generation Fighting 5 |
| Aug 16, 2025 | Shokhruz Rakhmatov | WIN | SUBSubmission (North-South Choke) | R1 | BetCity Fight Nights 127: Vartanyan vs Aliev |
| Jun 14, 2025 | Oleg Kosinov | WIN | KOKO/TKO | R1 | Ural FC: Vinnikov vs. Safari |
| Oct 22, 2024 | Khotam BoynazarovTitle | LOSS | DECDecision - Unanimous | R5 | UAE Warriors 55 |
| May 18, 2024 | Shakhban AlkhasovTitle | WIN | KOKO/TKO | R2 | UAE Warriors 50 |
| Jul 14, 2023 | Yuriy Ermolenko | WIN | DECDecision - Split | R3 | AMC Fight Nights 121: Makhno vs. Bikrev |
| Feb 22, 2023 | Nikita Severov | WIN | KOKO/TKO | R1 | MMA Series 62: Tarasov vs. Bobryshev |
| Sep 17, 2022 | Josh TogoTitle | LOSS | DECDecision - Unanimous | R5 · 5:00 | UAE Warriors 33 |
| Oct 29, 2021 | Daniel Skibinski | WIN | KOKO/TKO | R1 · 0:45 | UAE Warriors 24 |
| Mar 20, 2021 | Alexey Lyapunov | WIN | SUBSubmission (Guillotine) | R3 | Eternal MMA 58 |
| Jul 18, 2020 | Kishvar Khudoyerov | WIN | KOKO/TKO | R1 | MMA Series 10: WKG & M-1 Online |
| Jun 28, 2019 | Makhir Aliev | WIN | SUBSubmission (Armbar) | R2 | M-1 Challenge 102: Rakhmonov vs. Varejao |
| Sep 28, 2018 | Dmitry Berezin | WIN | KOKO/TKO | R1 | Hooligan Fight Show: Battle for Tula 2 |
| Mar 30, 2018 | Roman Bogatov | LOSS | SUBSubmission (Arm Triangle) | R2 | M-1 Challenge 90: Kunchenko vs. Butenko |
| Feb 19, 2018 | Kewei Xu | WIN | KOKO/TKO | R1 | The King FC - The King Fighting Championship |
| Sep 9, 2017 | Alexey Balyberdin | WIN | SUBSubmission (Heel Hook) | R1 | Orion Fighter 3 |
| Apr 9, 2017 | Movsar Magomedov | WIN | KOTKO (Corner Stoppage) | R2 | Moscow Pankration Federation: International Festival of Pankration 2017 |
| May 7, 2016 | Sahib Murodov | WIN | KOKO/TKO | R1 | Orion Fighter 1 |
| Apr 24, 2016 | Rasul Mansurov | WIN | KOKO/TKO | R2 | Orion Mixfight: Pronin vs. Tereshin |
| Sep 19, 2015 | Rasul Mansurov | WIN | DECDecision - Unanimous | R3 | JFC: Jushkuch Fighting Championship |
Wins, losses and draws are Tahir Abdullayev’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.
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.


















