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Magomed Ankalaev
Light Heavyweight
Russia#1 Light HeavyweightUFC
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22WINS
2LOSSES
1DRAWS
12KO/TKO
0SUB
10DEC
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Tale of the tape
- Age
- 34 · born Jun 2, 1992 UFC.com
- Height
- 6′3″ 190 cm UFC.com
- Reach
- 75″ 190 cm UFC.com
- Leg reach
- 46″ 117 cm UFC.com
- Stance
- Orthodox UFCStats
- Weight class
- Light Heavyweight UFC.com
- UFC ranking
- #1 Light Heavyweight UFC.com
- Fighting style
- MMA UFC.com
- Team / gym
- Atletica Sports UFC.com
- Born
- Russia UFC.com
- Fights out of / flag
- Russia UFC.com
- UFC debut
- Mar. 17, 2018 UFC.com
- 1st-round finishes
- 6 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
52%Striking accuracy744 of 1421 landed
0%Takedown accuracy0⚑ of 49 landed
3.52Sig. strikes landedper min
2.49Sig. strikes absorbedper min
55%Striking defense
0.85Takedownsper 15 min
88%Takedown defense
0.21Submission attemptsper 15 min
0.5Knockdownsper 15 min
12:27Average 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 17 bouts
| Res | Opponent | Method | Rd | Date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | Bogdan Guskov | KO/TKO | 5 | Jul 25, 2026 | ↗ |
| L | Alex Pereira | KO/TKO | 1 | Oct 4, 2025 | ↗ |
| W | Alex Pereira | Decision - Unanimous | 5 | Mar 8, 2025 | ↗ |
| W | Aleksandar Rakic | Decision - Unanimous | 3 | Oct 26, 2024 | ↗ |
| W | Johnny Walker | KO/TKO | 2 | Jan 13, 2024 | ↗ |
| NC | Johnny Walker | Could Not Continue | 1 | Oct 21, 2023 | ↗ |
| D | Jan Blachowicz | Decision - Split | 5 | Dec 10, 2022 | ↗ |
| W | Anthony Smith | KO/TKO | 2 | Jul 30, 2022 | ↗ |
| W | Thiago Santos | Decision - Unanimous | 5 | Mar 12, 2022 | ↗ |
| W | Volkan Oezdemir | Decision - Unanimous | 3 | Oct 30, 2021 | ↗ |
| W | Nikita Krylov | Decision - Unanimous | 3 | Feb 27, 2021 | ↗ |
| W | Ion Cutelaba | KO/TKO | 1 | Oct 24, 2020 | ↗ |
| W | Ion Cutelaba | KO/TKO | 1 | Feb 29, 2020 | ↗ |
| W | Dalcha Lungiambula | KO/TKO | 3 | Nov 9, 2019 | ↗ |
| W | Klidson Abreu | Decision - Unanimous | 3 | Feb 23, 2019 | ↗ |
| W | Marcin Prachnio | KO/TKO | 1 | Sep 15, 2018 | ↗ |
| L | Paul Craig | Submission | 3 | Mar 17, 2018 | ↗ |
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.