Akop Stepanyan
UFC DebutNickname“Sniper”
Record
Streak
L1
Age
Date of birth
- Fighting out of
- St. Petersburg
- Born
- Russia
- Weight class
- Featherweight
- Height
- 5'9" · 175 cm
Before the UFC
Akop Stepanyan makes their UFC debut
Our striking, grappling, and schedule metrics are measured from UFC fights, so they come online after this bout. Here is the career they bring in — and how live the opposition has been.
Pre-UFC opposition
StrongOpponents' combined record
535-278-13
.658 win rate
Winning-record opponents
31 of 36
carried winning pro records
Pro bouts faced
44
36 opponents with records on file
A descriptive read of the non-UFC slate from opponents’ full career pro records — not a UFC-grade Schedule Score.
UFC fight history
No UFC bouts on record yet.
Outside the UFC
across 44 bouts · 28 promotions · wins by 17 KO · 2 sub · 9 decFEFoMP · League S-70 · Bellator · OFS · Northwestern League of Combat Sambo +23
| Res | Opponent | Outcome | Finish | Rd | Time | Promotion | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| L | Valery Gritsutin20-12 | KO/TKO | — | R2 | 0:50 | Yuzhniy Rubezh | Dec 21, 2024 |
| W | Arlen Ribeiro12-7-1 | KO/TKO | Punches | R2 | 2:14 | AMC Fight Nights 124 | Aug 23, 2024 |
| L | Nikita Podkovalnikov13-7 | Submission | Rear-Naked Choke | R3 | 2:27 | OFC 29 | Apr 15, 2023 |
| L | Shamil Gasanov14-2 | Submission | Guillotine Choke | R1 | 1:40 | ProFC 69 | Dec 18, 2021 |
| L | Roman Silagadze6-3-1 | Submission | Arm-Triangle Choke | R2 | — | AMC Fight Nights 100 | Apr 10, 2021 |
| W | Mikhail Gogitidze13-12 | KO/TKO | Punches | R2 | 0:59 | AMC Fight Nights 99 | Dec 25, 2020 |
| W | Shahin Najafi13-14 | KO/TKO | Punches | R2 | 1:35 | GFC 22 | Dec 13, 2019 |
| NC | Elnur Agaev17-9 | No Contest | doctors stoppage | R1 | 4:07 | MFP 226 | Dec 15, 2018 |
| L | Magomed Sulumov12-5 | Decision | Unanimous | R3 | 5:00 | ACB 89 | Sep 8, 2018 |
| L | Andrew Fisher20-10-1 | KO/TKO | Leg Injury | R2 | 1:01 | ACB 74 | Nov 18, 2017 |
| W | Felipe Cruz20-6-1 | KO/TKO | Spinning Wheel Kick | R1 | 4:38 | ACB 62 | Jun 17, 2017 |
| L | Mukhamed Kokov20-11 | Submission | Kimura | R3 | 0:50 | ACB 57 | Apr 15, 2017 |
| W | Thiago Meller21-9 | Decision | Split | R3 | 5:00 | League S-70 | Aug 21, 2016 |
| W | Will Chope42-24 | Decision | Split | R3 | 5:00 | ADW | May 24, 2016 |
| L | Vener Galiev37-15 | Submission | Rear-Naked Choke | R3 | 3:16 | EFN | Apr 22, 2016 |
| W | Leonardo Laiola11-4 | KO/TKO | Punches | R1 | 4:59 | OFS | Nov 20, 2015 |
| W | Sungjo Jeong0-1 | KO/TKO | Punches | R1 | 0:11 | MFP | Oct 31, 2015 |
| W | Andre Winner22-13-2 | Decision | Unanimous | R3 | 5:00 | League S-70 | Aug 29, 2015 |
| W | Helson Henriques9-6-1 | Decision | Unanimous | R3 | 5:00 | FEFoFP | Jun 6, 2015 |
| W | Mohamed Hassan Badawy11-10 | KO/TKO | Punches | R2 | 4:19 | OFS | May 16, 2015 |
| W | Clayton Henriques | Decision | Unanimous | R3 | 5:00 | FEFoMP | Apr 18, 2015 |
| W | Eddie Yagin16-7-1 | KO/TKO | Head Kick | R2 | 4:44 | FEFoMP and Russian MMA Union | Dec 20, 2014 |
| W | Mikhail Kyslytsa15-4 | KO/TKO | Punch | R1 | 4:45 | BF | Nov 1, 2014 |
| W | Anatoli Angielovskyi3-4 | KO/TKO | Spinning Back Kick and Punches | R1 | 2:47 | OFS | Oct 17, 2014 |
| L | Mike Richman18-8 | KO/TKO | Punches | R1 | 4:05 | Bellator | Nov 2, 2013 |
| L | Justin Wilcox14-7 | Submission | Rear-Naked Choke | R2 | 2:20 | Bellator | Sep 13, 2013 |
| W | Chris Saunders16-8 | KO/TKO | Kick to the Body and Punches | R3 | 3:55 | Bellator | Mar 7, 2013 |
| L | Marlon Sandro29-7-2 | Decision | Majority | R3 | 5:00 | Bellator | Feb 7, 2013 |
| L | Wagnney Fabiano16-4 | Submission | Armbar | R1 | 3:24 | BFC | Oct 12, 2012 |
| W | Akhmed Aliev24-10 | KO/TKO | Punch | R1 | 2:11 | League S-70 | Aug 11, 2012 |
| W | Anatoliy Pokrovskiy12-8-1 | KO/TKO | Punch | R2 | 1:50 | League S-70 | May 25, 2012 |
| W | Antti Virtanen | Submission | Guillotine Choke | R1 | 0:53 | LFN 7 | Apr 14, 2012 |
| W | Evgeny Lakhin13-10 | KO/TKO | Punch | R3 | 3:19 | League S-70 | Feb 18, 2012 |
| W | Dmitriy Ushkanov | Decision | Split | R2 | 5:00 | FEFoMP | Dec 17, 2011 |
| W | Submission | Guillotine Choke | R1 | 2:35 | FWR | Nov 25, 2011 | |
| W | Atchin Chaoshen Ne2-5 | Decision | Unanimous | R2 | 5:00 | FEFoMP | May 7, 2011 |
| W | Aleksey Ershik | Decision | Unanimous | R2 | 5:00 | FEFoMP | Apr 16, 2011 |
| W | Mikhail Drinovski | Decision | Unanimous | R2 | 5:00 | Northwestern League of Combat Sambo | Oct 23, 2010 |
| W | Kazbek Magomedov | KO/TKO | Punches | R1 | 3:24 | Northwestern League of Combat Sambo | Sep 11, 2010 |
| W | Andrei Shpota | KO/TKO | Punch | R1 | 3:42 | ProFC | Feb 13, 2010 |
| W | Djamal Kurbanov11-6-1 | KO/TKO | Kick | R3 | 1:09 | FEFoMP | Nov 21, 2009 |
| L | Magomed Magomedov2-1 | Submission | Rear-Naked Choke | R1 | 3:30 | M-1 | Jul 22, 2009 |
| L | Djamal Kurbanov11-6-1 | Decision | Unanimous | R3 | 5:00 | FEFoMP | Apr 25, 2009 |
| L | Zagalav Mahachev | Submission | Armbar | R1 | 4:55 | M-1 | Apr 19, 2009 |
Non-UFC bouts (regional/other promotions) — shown for context only, excluded from Schedule Score, striking/grappling rates, and every UFC-scoped metric.