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Muslim Salikhov

“King of Kung Fu”

Welterweight

Russia2-fight losing streak

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22WINS

7LOSSES

0DRAWS

15KO/TKO

2SUB

5DEC

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

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Tale of the tape

Age: 42 · born Jun 9, 1984 UFC.com
Height: 5′11″ 180 cm UFC.com
Reach: 70″ 178 cm UFC.com
Leg reach: 41″ 104 cm UFC.com
Stance: Orthodox UFCStats
Weight class: Welterweight UFC.com
Team / gym: Abdulmanap Nurmagomedov School UFC.com
Born: Russia UFC.com
Fights out of / flag: Russia UFC.com
UFC debut: Nov. 25, 2017 UFC.com
1st-round finishes: 15 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

49%Striking accuracy469 of 957 landed

0%Takedown accuracy0⚑ of 36 landed

3.31Sig. strikes landedper min

3.2Sig. strikes absorbedper min

61%Striking defense

1.27Takedownsper 15 min

72%Takedown defense

0Submission attemptsper 15 min

0.53Knockdownsper 15 min

09:26Average fight time

Sig. strikes by position

Standing396 84%

Clinch28 6%

Ground45 10%

Sig. strikes by target

Head238 51%

Body135 29%

Leg96 20%

⚑ = 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 15 bouts

Res	Opponent	Method	Rd	Time	Event	Date
L	Ignacio Bahamondes	Decision - Unanimous	3	5:00	Noche UFC: Silva vs. Delgado	Sep 12, 2026	↗
L	Uros Medic	KO/TKO	1	1:03	UFC Fight Night: Bonfim vs. Brown	Nov 8, 2025	↗
W	Carlos Leal	KO/TKO	1	0:42	UFC Fight Night: Whittaker vs. De Ridder	Jul 26, 2025	↗
W	Song Kenan	KO/TKO	1	3:49	UFC Fight Night: Yan vs. Figueiredo	Nov 23, 2024	↗
W	Santiago Ponzinibbio	Decision - Split	3	5:00	UFC Fight Night: Namajunas vs. Cortez	Jul 13, 2024	↗
L	Randy Brown	KO/TKO	1	3:17	UFC Fight Night: Dolidze vs. Imavov	Feb 3, 2024	↗
L	Nicolas Dalby	Decision - Unanimous	3	5:00	UFC Fight Night: Vettori vs. Cannonier	Jun 17, 2023	↗
W	Andre Fialho	KO/TKO	3	1:03	UFC Fight Night: Nzechukwu vs. Cutelaba	Nov 19, 2022	↗
L	Li Jingliang	KO/TKO	2	4:38	UFC Fight Night: Ortega vs. Rodriguez	Jul 16, 2022	↗
W	Francisco Trinaldo	Decision - Unanimous	3	5:00	UFC Fight Night: Rozenstruik vs. Sakai	Jun 5, 2021	↗
W	Elizeu Zaleski dos Santos	Decision - Split	3	5:00	UFC 251: Usman vs. Masvidal	Jul 11, 2020	↗
W	Laureano Staropoli	Decision - Unanimous	3	5:00	UFC Fight Night: Maia vs. Askren	Oct 26, 2019	↗
W	Nordine Taleb	KO/TKO	1	4:26	UFC 242: Khabib vs. Poirier	Sep 7, 2019	↗
W	Ricky Rainey	KO/TKO	2	4:12	UFC Fight Night: Poirier vs. Gaethje	Apr 14, 2018	↗
L	Alex Garcia	Submission	2	3:22	UFC Fight Night: Bisping vs. Gastelum	Nov 25, 2017	↗

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.