Abubakar Nurmagomedov Record, Stats & Next Fight

UFC fight history

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Event	Date
L	#15Elizeu Zaleski dos Santos Welterweight	Decision	Split	R3	5:00	UFC Fight Night: Kara-France vs. Albazi	Jun 3, 2023
W	Gadzhi Omargadzhiev Welterweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC 280: Oliveira vs. Makhachev	Oct 22, 2022
W	Jared Gooden Welterweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC 260: Miocic vs. Ngannou	Mar 27, 2021
L	David Zawada Welterweight	Submission	Triangle Choke From Bottom Guard	R1	2:50	UFC Fight Night: Zabit vs. Kattar	Nov 9, 2019

Outside the UFC

15-2-1across 18 bouts · 14 promotions · wins by 6 KO · 4 sub · 5 decPFL · Sochi Star Club · OctagonMMA Warriors · WSOF 35 · WSOF 33 +9

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Promotion	Date
D	Bojan Velickovic25-13-2	Draw	Unanimous	R2	5:00	PFL	Oct 20, 2018
W	Jonatan Westin11-4	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	PFL	Aug 16, 2018
L	Pavel Kusch23-8	Submission	Rear-Naked Choke	R2	1:23	PFL	Jul 5, 2018
W	Matt Secor10-5	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	WSOF 35	Mar 18, 2017
W	John Howard29-19-1	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	WSOF 33	Oct 7, 2016
W	Matthew Frincu13-4	KO/TKO	Punches	R2	3:05	WSOF 30	Apr 2, 2016
W	Danny Davis Jr.13-14-1	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	WSOF 26	Dec 18, 2015
W	Jorge Moreno4-1	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	WSOF 22	Aug 1, 2015
W	Vladimir Gindzhu10-11	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	—	Fight Star	Feb 22, 2015
L	Magomed Mustafaev14-3	KO/TKO	Doctor Stoppage	R1	4:11	Sochi Star Club	Sep 1, 2014
W	Richard Totrov7-7	Submission	Rear-Naked Choke	R1	4:27	Sochi Star Club	Sep 1, 2014
W	Dmitrii Capmari3-2	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	3:36	Union of Veterans of Sport	Dec 21, 2013
W	Magomed Shakhbanov0-2	KO/TKO	Punches	R2	1:46	Liga Kavkaz	Jul 7, 2013
W	Yuri Grigoryan4-5	Submission	Kimura	R1	1:40	Russian MMA Union	Mar 31, 2013
W	Adylbek Zholdoshov1-2	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	3:40	OctagonMMA Warriors	Feb 21, 2013
W	Sergei Akinin4-25-1	KO/TKO	Corner Stoppage	R1	2:30	OctagonMMA Warriors	Feb 21, 2013
W	Anatoly Safronov25-39	Submission	Triangle Choke	R1	2:30	LK	Jul 3, 2012
W	Ibrahim Dzhantukhanov0-1	Submission	Armbar	R1	1:32	ProFC	Oct 22, 2011

Non-UFC bouts (regional/other promotions) and Dana White’s Contender Series — shown for context only, excluded from Schedule Score, striking/grappling rates, and every UFC-scoped metric.

Method of victory & defeat

KO / TKO

6 wins, 1 loss

W6

L1

Submission

4 wins, 2 losses

W4

L2

Decision

7 wins, 1 loss

W7

L1

KO history

Knockout power and chin durability (UFC; clean KOs only).

Abubakar Nurmagomedov

PowerChin

Knockout rate

0%

0 KO/TKO wins

Knockdowns dealt

0

0.00 per 100 head

Clean KO losses

0

cuts / injury TKOs excluded

Knockdowns absorbed

0

0.00 per 100 head

Chin gauges use a league scale: green = clean record, red = bottom ~10% of UFC fighters (4+ KO losses · 6+ knockdowns absorbed).

Never finished by strikesin the UFC

Decision behavior

Judging

3 scorecards on file

Abubakar Nurmagomedov

Scorecard luck

Wrong end of the cards

Won just 0 of 1 coin-flip decision — repeatedly on the wrong end of close calls. Judges have given them 2 of 3 rounds they disagreed on (67%).

Coin-flip decisions

Split + majority

0–1

Won – Lost

Swing rounds

Judges disagreed

2–1

Won – Lost

67% went their way

Unanimous2 decisions · 67%

2W

Split1 decision · 33%

1L

Majority

None

10-8 rounds

None scoredno 10-8 rounds in this fighter’s decisions

Most frequent judges

All judges →

Scorecard data ingested from MMA Decisions

Career striking

OverallB61st

53%133 / 250

Striking accuracy

65%

Striking defense

Sig. strikes / min+0.17 differential

Landed2.78

Absorbed2.61

77%str + td

Defensive rating

Striking edge

+18%accuracy vs opp. landing

worseevenbetter

Strike maps

Sig. strikes by target

Head68%55th90
Body15%44th20
Leg17%58th23

Color = division rank · green elite → red low · % = share of strikes

Sig. strikes by position

89%Standing

Standing89%119
Clinch10%13
Ground1%1

Striking zones

Per-15-minute breakdown — where this fighter lands, and where they get hit.

UFC only

Abubakar Nurmagomedov

Landed per 15

Head

C

54th

28.2

54th

Body

D

33rd

6.3

33rd

Leg

C

55th

7.2

55th

Ranks are division percentiles — e.g. 90th = top 10% of the weight class. Higher is always better: on “absorbed” rows the rank is inverted, so a high rank means they get hit less.

Absorbed per 15

Head

A

75th

21.3

75th

Body

D

30th

12.2

30th

Leg

B

60th

5.6

60th

Ranks are division percentiles — e.g. 90th = top 10% of the weight class. Higher is always better: on “absorbed” rows the rank is inverted, so a high rank means they get hit less.

Career totals — landed / attempted

Landed (career total)

Zone	Per 15	Landed	Attempted	Accuracy
Head	28.2	90	205	44%
Body	6.3	20	22	91%
Leg	7.2	23	23	100%

Absorbed (career total)

Zone	Per 15	Landed	Attempted	Accuracy
Head	21.3	68	261	26%
Body	12.2	39	76	51%
Leg	5.6	18	22	82%

UFCStats career rates, per 15 minutes. Percentiles vs the division; absorbed is inverted so higher is better.

Grappling

Per-15-minute breakdown of takedowns, submissions, and ground control.

UFC only

Abubakar Nurmagomedov

22%

Takedown accuracy

89%

Takedown defense

Control / 15 min+5.9 min net

On top6.4

On bottom0.4

Offense

Takedowns

C

58th

1.3

58th

TD accuracy

D

29th

22%

29th

Sub attempts

C

48th

0.0

48th

Control

A

77th

6.4 min

77th

Defense

TD defense

A

79th

89%

79th

Controlled

0.4 min

Career totals — landed / attempted, control time

Offense

Takedowns	4 / 18
Submission attempts	0
Control time	20:19

Defense

TDs defended	8 / 9
Control absorbed	1:23

Rates above are per 15 minutes of UFC fight time (48min total). Value colors reflect the per-15 rate’s percentile against the current weight class baseline; raw totals without a division reference stay neutral.

Pace & fade

Round-by-round work rate, and whether they fade.

UFC only

Abubakar Nurmagomedov

4 UFC bouts (per‑round) · 48 min

144%

R3 pace · 3 bouts

Nurmagomedov builds (+19% per round through round 3). Within fights that reached round 3, Nurmagomedov lifts to 144% of round-1 output by round 3 (3 bouts).

Nurmagomedov ▲ BUILDSOutput / min

Rounds backed by fewer than 2 bouts are drawn smaller and dimmed with an n= count — a deep round seen in one or two fights is a thin sample, not a settled rate. Per-round bout counts are in the breakdown below.

Full per-round breakdown

What drives the pace · per round

The composite output line above blends these three inputs — splitting them out shows whether the work rate is built on striking volume, takedown pressure, or top control, and which input fades.

Sig. strikes landed

Nurmagomedovlanded / min

Takedown attempts

Nurmagomedovattempts / min

Control time

Nurmagomedov% of round

Round	Output / min	Sig landed / min	Sig absorbed / min	TD att / min	Control	Bouts
R1	4.9	2.6	2.2	0.22	42%	4
R2	4.9	2.7	2.7	0.20	42%	3
R3	7.1	3.1	3.1	0.73	43%	3

Output / minis the headline work rate — significant strikes landed, plus 3 per takedown attempt, plus one per 15 seconds of control — so a takedown-and-grind round isn’t scored as idle the way bare striking volume would. The remaining columns are its components. Per-round rates use UFCStats per-round data (available for ~95% of bouts since 2008). Each round’s rates are averaged only over bouts that reached that round, so the bout count shrinks as rounds deepen. The final round of a finished fight is pro-rated by its actual length.

Schedule Score

Opponent quality, ranked across the UFC. Recent fights weighted heavier.

UFC only

Abubakar Nurmagomedov

4 resolved UFC bouts · 1 ranked at the time

Schedule Score

32/ 100

0255075100

Schedule strength

D

32nd

26%

32nd

Win quality

D

39th

36%

39th

Limited UFC sample (4 bouts). The headline Schedule Score is held toward a rookie baseline until a fighter has 6+ UFC bouts — a thin UFC résumé hasn’t yet proven a strong schedule. The component bars above are not down-weighted.

Opponent quality distribution

Every UFC bout, grouped by who the opponent was at the time.

1

3

Top-15Ranked #6–#15 at the time
UnprovenFewer than 3 fights, or sub-.40 win rate

Tier	Bouts	Record	Win rate
Top-15	1	0-1	0%
Unproven	3	2-1	67%

Highest-quality opponents

Toughest opponents on the scheduleScore, scored at the time of the fight.

Pre-UFC opposition

Moderate

Opponents' combined record

196-165-5

.543 win rate

Winning-record opponents

9 of 18

carried winning pro records

Pro bouts faced

18

all opponents have records on file

A descriptive read of the non-UFC slate from opponents’ full career pro records — not a UFC-grade Schedule Score.

All bouts — opponent quality bout-by-bout

Res	Opponent	Tier	Score	Date
L	Elizeu Zaleski dos Santos#15	Top-15	60	Jun 3, 2023
W	Gadzhi Omargadzhiev	Unproven	8	Oct 22, 2022
W	Jared Gooden	Unproven	8	Mar 27, 2021
L	David Zawada	Unproven	8	Nov 9, 2019

Per-bout quality scoring: champion = 100; same-division ranks 1–5 = 90 → 78 linear; ranks 6–15 = 75 → 60 linear; cross-division champion = 78; cross-division ranked = 45; title-fight challenger (no rank signal) = 50, bumped to 65 when opp had an elite career UFC record at the time. Unranked opponents are scored on UFC record-at-time (long-tenured vet 60, contender-level 45, established 30, building 18, unproven 8). P4P top-10 at time adds +5; top-3 adds +8 (capped at 100). The Schedule Score combines schedule strength (65%) and quality wins (35%), then is held toward a rookie baseline for fighters with limited UFC experience so a thin résumé reads honestly low.

Career cohorts

4 resolved UFC bouts

Performance broken down by situation — camp length, response to the previous result, title-fight presence, and rematches. Computed across every completed UFC bout.

Camp length

Days between fights

Short turnaround

< 100 days

—

Typical camp

100–180 days

—

Long layoff

> 180 days

2-1

3 bouts

UFC debut

first UFC bout

0-1

1 bout

Post-result bounce

Performance based on the previous UFC result

After a loss

next bout after a defeat

1-0

1 bout

After a win

next bout after a win

1-1

2 bouts

First UFC bout

no precedent

0-1

1 bout

Title fights

Performance with a belt on the line

All title fights

as challenger or champion

—

As champion

defending the belt

—

As challenger

fighting for the belt

—

Rematches

Performance when meeting an opponent again

All rematches

any second meeting

—

Revenge bouts

lost the first meeting

—

Encore bouts

won the first meeting

—

Activity & layoff

Last fight, activity, and divisional context.

Time since last UFC bout

3y 1mo

Active

0–6 mo

Normal

6–12 mo

Layoff

12–18 mo

Extended

18+ mo

Abubakar Nurmagomedov

Extended layoff

3y 1mosince last bout

vs Elizeu Zaleski dos Santos · Jun 3, 2023

DraftKings fantasy scoring

DFSAs favorite 2-1As underdog 0-1

48.1

DK avg

72.5

Median

74.7

Ceiling

13.5

Floor

0%

Boom

25%

Bust

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