Nikita Krylov

“The Miner”

Light Heavyweight

Russia#15 Light Heavyweight

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Next: vs Abdul Rakhman Yakhyaev · UFC 333 · Prelims Sat, Oct 24 · 12:00 PM ET

31WINS

12LOSSES

0DRAWS

13KO/TKO

16SUB

2DEC

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

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UFC 333: Volkanovski vs EvloevNext fight

vs Abdul Rakhman Yakhyaev

Prelims Sat, Oct 24 · 12:00 PM ET · Light Heavyweight · Etihad Arena, Yas Island/Yas West, United Arab Emirates

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Tale of the tape

Age: 34 · born Mar 7, 1992 UFC.com
Height: 6′3″ 190 cm UFC.com
Reach: 77.5″ 197 cm UFC.com
Leg reach: 44.5″ 113 cm UFC.com
Stance: Orthodox UFCStats
Weight class: Light Heavyweight UFC.com
UFC ranking: #15 Light Heavyweight UFC.com
Fighting style: Karate UFC.com
Team / gym: Fight Club No1 - Moscow, Russia UFC.com
Born: Donetsk, Ukraine UFC.com
Fights out of / flag: Russia UFC.com
UFC debut: Sep. 1, 2013 UFC.com
1st-round finishes: 23 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 accuracy689 of 1271 landed

2%Takedown accuracy1⚑ of 60 landed

4.38Sig. strikes landedper min

2.75Sig. strikes absorbedper min

48%Striking defense

2.19Takedownsper 15 min

53%Takedown defense

1.14Submission attemptsper 15 min

0.57Knockdownsper 15 min

07:09Average fight time

Sig. strikes by position

Standing408 59%

Clinch156 23%

Ground125 18%

Sig. strikes by target

Head406 59%

Body171 25%

Leg112 16%

⚑ = 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 22 bouts

Res	Opponent	Method	Rd	Time	Event	Date
L	Robert Whittaker	KO/TKO	3	1:01	UFC 329: McGregor vs. Holloway 2	Jul 11, 2026	↗
W	Modestas Bukauskas	KO/TKO	3	4:57	UFC 324: Gaethje vs. Pimblett	Jan 24, 2026	↗
L	Bogdan Guskov	KO/TKO	1	4:18	UFC Fight Night: Whittaker vs. De Ridder	Jul 26, 2025	↗
L	Dominick Reyes	KO/TKO	1	2:24	UFC 314: Volkanovski vs. Lopes	Apr 12, 2025	↗
W	Ryan Spann	Submission	1	3:38	UFC Fight Night: Yan vs. Dvalishvili	Mar 11, 2023	↗
W	Volkan Oezdemir	Decision - Unanimous	3	5:00	UFC 280: Oliveira vs. Makhachev	Oct 22, 2022	↗
W	Alexander Gustafsson	KO/TKO	1	1:07	UFC Fight Night: Blaydes vs. Aspinall	Jul 23, 2022	↗
L	Paul Craig	Submission	1	3:57	UFC Fight Night: Volkov vs. Aspinall	Mar 19, 2022	↗
L	Magomed Ankalaev	Decision - Unanimous	3	5:00	UFC Fight Night: Rozenstruik vs. Gane	Feb 27, 2021	↗
W	Johnny Walker	Decision - Unanimous	3	5:00	UFC Fight Night: Lee vs. Oliveira	Mar 14, 2020	↗
L	Glover Teixeira	Decision - Split	3	5:00	UFC Fight Night: Cowboy vs. Gaethje	Sep 14, 2019	↗
W	Ovince Saint Preux	Submission	2	2:30	UFC 236: Holloway vs. Poirier 2	Apr 13, 2019	↗
L	Jan Blachowicz	Submission	2	2:41	UFC Fight Night: Hunt vs. Oleinik	Sep 15, 2018	↗
L	Misha Cirkunov	Submission	1	4:38	UFC 206: Holloway vs. Pettis	Dec 10, 2016	↗
W	Ed Herman	KO/TKO	2	0:40	UFC 201: Lawler vs. Woodley	Jul 30, 2016	↗
W	Francimar Barroso	Submission	2	3:11	UFC Fight Night: Overeem vs Arlovski	May 8, 2016	↗
W	Marcos Rogerio de Lima	Submission	1	2:29	UFC Fight Night: Holloway vs Oliveira	Aug 23, 2015	↗
W	Stanislav Nedkov	Submission	1	1:24	UFC on FOX: Gustafsson vs Johnson	Jan 24, 2015	↗
W	Cody Donovan	KO/TKO	1	4:57	UFC Fight Night: McGregor vs Brandao	Jul 19, 2014	↗
L	Ovince Saint Preux	Submission	1	1:29	UFC 171: Hendricks vs Lawler	Mar 15, 2014	↗
W	Walt Harris	KO/TKO	1	0:25	UFC on FOX: Henderson vs Thomson	Jan 25, 2014	↗
L	Soa Palelei	KO/TKO	3	1:34	UFC 164: Henderson vs Pettis 2	Aug 31, 2013	↗

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.