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Khamzat Chimaev
“Borz”
Middleweight
United Arab Emirates#1 MiddleweightUFC
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15WINS
1LOSSES
0DRAWS
6KO/TKO
6SUB
3DEC
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Tale of the tape
- Age
- 32 · born May 1, 1994 UFC.com
- Height
- 6′2″ 188 cm UFC.com
- Reach
- 75″ 190 cm UFC.com
- Leg reach
- 40″ 102 cm UFC.com
- Stance
- Orthodox UFCStats
- Weight class
- Middleweight UFC.com
- UFC ranking
- #1 Middleweight UFC.com
- Fighting style
- Wrestler UFC.com
- Team / gym
- TKMMA Fit, Akhmat MMA UFC.com
- Fights out of / flag
- United Arab Emirates UFC.com
- UFC debut
- Jul. 15, 2020 UFC.com
- 1st-round finishes
- 9 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
54%Striking accuracy396 of 730 landed
7%Takedown accuracy4⚑ of 60 landed
4.01Sig. strikes landedper min
2.98Sig. strikes absorbedper min
52%Striking defense
5.32Takedownsper 15 min
88%Takedown defense
1.37Submission attemptsper 15 min
0.3Knockdownsper 15 min
09:52Average fight time
⚑ = 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 10 bouts
| Res | Opponent | Method | Rd | Date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| L | Sean Strickland | Decision - Split | 5 | May 9, 2026 | ↗ |
| W | Dricus Du Plessis | Decision - Unanimous | 5 | Aug 16, 2025 | ↗ |
| W | Robert Whittaker | Submission | 1 | Oct 26, 2024 | ↗ |
| W | Kamaru Usman | Decision - Majority | 3 | Oct 21, 2023 | ↗ |
| W | Kevin Holland | Submission | 1 | Sep 10, 2022 | ↗ |
| W | Gilbert Burns | Decision - Unanimous | 3 | Apr 9, 2022 | ↗ |
| W | Li Jingliang | Submission | 1 | Oct 30, 2021 | ↗ |
| W | Gerald Meerschaert | KO/TKO | 1 | Sep 19, 2020 | ↗ |
| W | Rhys McKee | KO/TKO | 1 | Jul 25, 2020 | ↗ |
| W | John Phillips | Submission | 2 | Jul 15, 2020 | ↗ |
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.