Shamil Gaziev
Heavyweight
BahrainUFC
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15WINS
3LOSSES
0DRAWS
10KO/TKO
3SUB
2DEC
Upcoming bout
Main card Sat, Nov 21 · 1:00 PM ET · Heavyweight · ABHA Arena, Doha, Qatar
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Tale of the tape
- Age
- 36 · born Feb 10, 1990 UFC.com
- Height
- 6′4″ 193 cm UFC.com
- Reach
- 78.5″ 199 cm UFC.com
- Leg reach
- 45″ 114 cm UFC.com
- Stance
- Orthodox UFCStats
- Weight class
- Heavyweight UFC.com
- Fighting style
- MMA UFC.com
- Team / gym
- KHK Team UFC.com
- Born
- Khunzakh, Dagestan, Russia UFC.com
- Fights out of / flag
- Bahrain UFC.com
- UFC debut
- Dec. 16, 2023 UFC.com
- 1st-round finishes
- 10 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
46%Striking accuracy169 of 368 landed
0%Takedown accuracy0⚑ of 12 landed
2.9Sig. strikes landedper min
4.86Sig. strikes absorbedper min
45%Striking defense
1.03Takedownsper 15 min
83%Takedown defense
0.26Submission attemptsper 15 min
0.77Knockdownsper 15 min
07:17Average 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 7 bouts
| Res | Opponent | Method | Rd | Date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | Kennedy Nzechukwu | KO/TKO | 1 | Aug 22, 2026 | ↗ |
| L | Brando Pericic | KO/TKO | 2 | May 2, 2026 | ↗ |
| L | Waldo Cortes Acosta | KO/TKO | 1 | Nov 22, 2025 | ↗ |
| W | Thomas Petersen | KO/TKO | 1 | Feb 1, 2025 | ↗ |
| W | Don'Tale Mayes | Decision - Unanimous | 3 | Aug 3, 2024 | ↗ |
| L | Jairzinho Rozenstruik | KO/TKO | 4 | Mar 2, 2024 | ↗ |
| W | Martin Buday | KO/TKO | 2 | Dec 16, 2023 | ↗ |
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.