Ion Cutelaba

“The Hulk”

Light Heavyweight

Moldova

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20WINS

12LOSSES

1DRAWS

13KO/TKO

4SUB

3DEC

Pro MMA recordSource: UFC.com athlete profile (official)Checked 2026-10-22

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Tale of the tape

Age: 32 · born Dec 14, 1993 UFC.com
Height: 6′1″ 185 cm UFC.com
Reach: 75″ 190 cm UFC.com
Leg reach: 41″ 104 cm UFC.com
Stance: Southpaw UFCStats
Weight class: Light Heavyweight UFC.com
Fighting style: Sambo UFC.com
Team / gym: CSA Team Moldova UFC.com
Born: Moldova UFC.com
Fights out of / flag: Moldova UFC.com
UFC debut: Jun. 19, 2016 UFC.com
1st-round finishes: 16 UFC.com

UFC.com: UFC.com athlete profile (official) · checked 2026-10-22 · UFCStats: UFCStats.com fighter page (data via the public ufcstats.com mirror, snapshot 2026-10-18)

UFC career stats

44%Striking accuracy694 of 1591 landed

7%Takedown accuracy6⚑ of 88 landed

4.13Sig. strikes landedper min

3.42Sig. strikes absorbedper min

46%Striking defense

4.02Takedownsper 15 min

76%Takedown defense

0.27Submission attemptsper 15 min

0.18Knockdownsper 15 min

08:00Average fight time

Sig. strikes by position

Standing416 60%

Clinch138 20%

Ground140 20%

Sig. strikes by target

Head480 69%

Body124 18%

Leg90 13%

⚑ = UFC.com and UFCStats disagree on this number. We show the official UFC.com figure and have flagged it for review.

Source: UFC.com athlete profile (official) (UFC stats are for UFC bouts only) · checked 2026-10-22

UFC fight history 21 bouts

Res	Opponent	Method	Rd	Time	Event	Date
L	Navajo Stirling	KO/TKO	2	3:23	UFC Fight Night: Kape vs. Horiguchi	Jun 20, 2026	↗
W	Oumar Sy	Submission	1	4:24	UFC Fight Night: Emmett vs. Vallejos	Mar 14, 2026	↗
L	Modestas Bukauskas	Decision - Split	3	5:00	UFC 315: Muhammad vs. Della Maddalena	May 10, 2025	↗
W	Ibo Aslan	Submission	1	2:51	UFC Fight Night: Cejudo vs. Song	Feb 22, 2025	↗
W	Ivan Erslan	Decision - Split	3	5:00	UFC Fight Night: Moicano vs. Saint Denis	Sep 28, 2024	↗
L	Philipe Lins	Decision - Unanimous	3	5:00	UFC 299: O'Malley vs. Vera 2	Mar 9, 2024	↗
W	Tanner Boser	KO/TKO	1	2:05	UFC Fight Night: Holloway vs. Allen	Apr 15, 2023	↗
L	Kennedy Nzechukwu	KO/TKO	2	1:02	UFC Fight Night: Nzechukwu vs. Cutelaba	Nov 19, 2022	↗
L	Johnny Walker	Submission	1	4:37	UFC 279: Diaz vs. Ferguson	Sep 10, 2022	↗
L	Ryan Spann	Submission	1	2:22	UFC Fight Night: Blachowicz vs. Rakic	May 14, 2022	↗
W	Devin Clark	Decision - Unanimous	3	5:00	UFC Fight Night: Smith vs. Spann	Sep 18, 2021	↗
D	Dustin Jacoby	Decision - Split	3	5:00	UFC Fight Night: Reyes vs. Prochazka	May 1, 2021	↗
L	Magomed Ankalaev	KO/TKO	1	4:19	UFC 254: Khabib vs. Gaethje	Oct 24, 2020	↗
L	Magomed Ankalaev	KO/TKO	1	0:38	UFC Fight Night: Benavidez vs. Figueiredo	Feb 29, 2020	↗
W	Khalil Rountree Jr.	KO/TKO	1	2:35	UFC Fight Night: Hermansson vs. Cannonier	Sep 28, 2019	↗
L	Glover Teixeira	Submission	2	3:37	UFC Fight Night: Jacare vs. Hermansson	Apr 27, 2019	↗
W	Gadzhimurad Antigulov	KO/TKO	1	4:25	UFC Fight Night: Alvarez vs. Poirier 2	Jul 28, 2018	↗
W	Henrique da Silva	KO/TKO	1	0:22	UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs. Hunt	Jun 10, 2017	↗
L	Jared Cannonier	Decision - Unanimous	3	5:00	The Ultimate Fighter: Tournament of Champions Finale	Dec 3, 2016	↗
W	Jonathan Wilson	Decision - Unanimous	3	5:00	UFC Fight Night: Lineker vs. Dodson	Oct 1, 2016	↗
L	Misha Cirkunov	Submission	3	1:22	UFC Fight Night: MacDonald vs Thompson	Jun 18, 2016	↗

UFC bouts only. Source: UFCStats.com bout pages (via the public mirror, snapshot 2026-10-18) · checked 2026-10-22. Bouts outside the UFC aren’t listed because we only republish history we can trace to an official source.