Ilir Latifi

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Ilir Latifi

Nickname“The Sledgehammer”

Record

16-9, 1 NC

Streak

L1

Age

43

Date of birth

Jul 28, 1983

Fighting out of: Malmo
Born: Sweden
Camp: Allstars Training Center
Weight class: Heavyweight
Height: 5'10" · 178 cm
Reach: 73" · 185 cm
Stance: Orthodox
Last fight: May 20, 2023

UFC fight history

ResultOpponentMethodDetailEvent

Rodrigo Nascimento

Rodrigo Nascimento

Heavyweight · Decision · Split · R3 · 5:00

UFC Fight Night: Dern vs. Hill · May 20, 2023

UFC Fight Night: Dern vs. Hill

Aleksei Oleinik

#15Aleksei Oleinik

Heavyweight · Decision · Unanimous · R3 · 5:00

UFC Fight Night: Dern vs. Yan · Oct 1, 2022

UFC Fight Night: Dern vs. Yan

Tanner Boser

#15Tanner Boser

Heavyweight · Decision · Split · R3 · 5:00

UFC Fight Night: Rozenstruik vs. Sakai · Jun 5, 2021

UFC Fight Night: Rozenstruik vs. Sakai

Derrick Lewis

#6Derrick Lewis

Heavyweight · Decision · Unanimous · R3 · 5:00

UFC 247: Jones vs. Reyes · Feb 8, 2020

UFC 247: Jones vs. Reyes

Volkan Oezdemir

#7Volkan Oezdemir

Light Heavyweight · KO/TKO · Punch to Head At Distance · R2 · 4:31

UFC Fight Night: Shevchenko vs. Carmouche 2 · Aug 10, 2019

Punch to Head At Distance

UFC Fight Night: Shevchenko vs. Carmouche 2

Corey Anderson

#9Corey Anderson

Light Heavyweight · Decision · Unanimous · R3 · 5:00

UFC 232: Jones vs. Gustafsson 2 · Dec 29, 2018

UFC 232: Jones vs. Gustafsson 2

Ovince Saint Preux

#5Ovince Saint Preux

Light Heavyweight · Submission · Guillotine Choke Standing · R1 · 3:48

UFC Fight Night: Emmett vs. Stephens · Feb 24, 2018

Guillotine Choke Standing

UFC Fight Night: Emmett vs. Stephens

Tyson Pedro

Light Heavyweight · Decision · Unanimous · R3 · 5:00

UFC 215: Nunes vs. Shevchenko 2 · Sep 9, 2017

UFC 215: Nunes vs. Shevchenko 2

Ryan Bader

Light Heavyweight · KO/TKO · Knee to Head At Distance · R2 · 2:06

UFC Fight Night: Arlovski vs. Barnett · Sep 3, 2016

Knee to Head At Distance

UFC Fight Night: Arlovski vs. Barnett

Gian Villante

#13Gian Villante

Light Heavyweight · Decision · Unanimous · R3 · 5:00

UFC 196: McGregor vs. Diaz · Mar 5, 2016

UFC 196: McGregor vs. Diaz

Sean O'Connell

Light Heavyweight · KO/TKO · Punch to Head At Distance · R1 · 0:30

UFC Fight Night: Dillashaw vs. Cruz · Jan 17, 2016

Punch to Head At Distance

UFC Fight Night: Dillashaw vs. Cruz

Hans Stringer

Light Heavyweight · KO/TKO · Punch to Head At Distance · R1 · 0:56

UFC Fight Night: Bisping vs. Leites · Jul 18, 2015

Punch to Head At Distance

UFC Fight Night: Bisping vs. Leites

Jan Blachowicz

Light Heavyweight · KO/TKO · Kick to Body At Distance · R1 · 1:58

UFC Fight Night: Nelson vs. Story · Oct 4, 2014

Kick to Body At Distance

UFC Fight Night: Nelson vs. Story

Chris Dempsey

Light Heavyweight · KO/TKO · Punch to Head At Distance · R1 · 2:07

UFC Fight Night: McGregor vs. Brandao · Jul 19, 2014

Punch to Head At Distance

UFC Fight Night: McGregor vs. Brandao

Cyrille Diabate

Cyrille Diabate

Light Heavyweight · Submission · Guillotine Choke On Ground · R1 · 3:02

UFC Fight Night: Gustafsson vs. Manuwa · Mar 8, 2014

Guillotine Choke On Ground

UFC Fight Night: Gustafsson vs. Manuwa

Gegard Mousasi

#10Gegard Mousasi

Light Heavyweight · Decision · Unanimous · R3 · 5:00

UFC on FUEL TV: Mousasi vs. Latifi · Apr 6, 2013

UFC on FUEL TV: Mousasi vs. Latifi

Outside the UFC

7-2, 1 NCacross 10 bouts · 8 promotions · wins by 3 KO · 2 sub · 2 decROTK · Superior Challenge 8 · United Glory · United Glory 15 · SF 17 +3

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Promotion	Date
W	Jorge Oliveira5-3-1	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	Superior Challenge 8	Oct 6, 2012
W	Tony Lopez65-35	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	United Glory	May 26, 2012
W	Denis Bogdanov0-5	Submission	Keylock	R1	0:00	United Glory 15	Mar 23, 2012
L	Emanuel Newton26-13-1	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	SF 17	Jul 15, 2011
W	Matteo Minonzio21-22	KO/TKO	Head Kick	R1	4:29	SHC 2	Apr 10, 2010
L	Tatsuya Mizuno27-16-1	KO/TKO	Knee and Punches	R3	0:15	ROTK	Nov 20, 2009
W	Darko Krbanjevic4-4-1	Submission	Keylock	R1	1:43	ROTK	May 22, 2009
W	Luis Silva5-12-1	KO/TKO	Submission to Punches	R1	1:20	ROTK	Feb 27, 2009
W	Roman Mihocka2-1	KO/TKO	Punches	R2	1:55	Superior Challenge 2	Oct 25, 2008
NC	Blagoy Ivanov19-7	No Contest	Ring Broke	R1	0:55	RPC 2	May 17, 2008

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

Amateur

1-0across 1 amateur bout · 1 promotionAdrenaline 3

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Promotion	Date
W	Christian Colombo8-4-1	Submission	North-South Choke	R1	—	Adrenaline 3	Sep 6, 2008

Amateur (pre-professional) bouts — shown for context only and excluded from the professional record and every UFC-scoped metric.

Career striking

OverallC51st

45%306 / 677

Striking accuracy

56%

Striking defense

Sig. strikes / min-0.88 differential

Landed2.05

Absorbed2.93

78%str + td

Defensive rating

Striking edge

+1%accuracy vs opp. landing

worseevenbetter

Strike maps

Sig. strikes by target

Head67%34th205
Body18%41st56
Leg15%48th45

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

Sig. strikes by position

70%Standing

Standing70%214
Clinch11%34
Ground19%58

Striking zones

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

UFC only

Ilir Latifi

Ilir Latifi

Landed per 15

Head

D

29th

20.6

29th

Body

D

37th

5.6

37th

Leg

C

45th

4.5

45th

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

C

56th

28.8

56th

Body

C

51st

8.3

51st

Leg

C

50th

6.8

50th

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	20.6	205	544	38%
Body	5.6	56	79	71%
Leg	4.5	45	54	83%

Absorbed (career total)

Zone	Per 15	Landed	Attempted	Accuracy
Head	28.8	286	765	37%
Body	8.3	82	149	55%
Leg	6.8	68	84	81%

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

Pace & fade

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

UFC only

Ilir Latifi

Ilir Latifi

16 UFC bouts (per‑round) · 149 min

109%

R3 pace · 8 bouts

Latifi holds steady (+2% per round through round 3). Within fights that reached round 3, Latifi lifts to 109% of round-1 output by round 3 (8 bouts).

Ilir Latifi

Latifi — HOLDSOutput / 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

Ilir Latifi

Latifilanded / min

Takedown attempts

Ilir Latifi

Latifiattempts / min

Control time

Ilir Latifi

Latifi% of round

Round	Output / min	Sig landed / min	Sig absorbed / min	TD att / min	Control	Bouts
R1	4.6	2.1	2.4	0.45	27%	16
R2	4.0	2.0	3.7	0.32	27%	10
R3	4.8	2.0	2.8	0.40	39%	8

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

Ilir Latifi

Ilir Latifi

16 resolved UFC bouts · 10 ranked at the time

Schedule Score

53/ 100

0255075100

Schedule strength

A+

87th

61%

87th

Win quality

C

47th

39%

47th

Opponent quality distribution

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

5

6

3

ChampionHeld the title in this weight class at the time
Top-5Ranked #1–#5 at the time
Ranked 6–15Ranked #6–#15 at the time
Building3+ UFC fights, ≥.40 win rate
UnprovenFewer than 3 fights, or sub-.40 win rate

Tier	Bouts	Record	Win rate
Champion	1	0-1	0%
Top-5	5	1-4	20%
Ranked 6–15	6	4-2	67%
Building	1	1-0	100%
Unproven	3	3-0	100%

Highest-quality opponents

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

All bouts — opponent quality bout-by-bout

Res	Opponent	Tier	Score	Date
L	Rodrigo Nascimento	Ranked 6–15	46	May 20, 2023
W	Aleksei Oleinik#15	Ranked 6–15	68	Oct 1, 2022
W	Tanner Boser#15	Ranked 6–15	60	Jun 5, 2021
L	Derrick Lewis#6	Top-5	83	Feb 8, 2020
L	Volkan Oezdemir#7	Top-5	82	Aug 10, 2019
L	Corey Anderson#9	Top-5	77	Dec 29, 2018
W	Ovince Saint Preux#5	Top-5	78	Feb 24, 2018
W	Tyson Pedro#13	Ranked 6–15	64	Sep 9, 2017
L	Ryan Bader#4	Top-5	83	Sep 3, 2016
W	Gian Villante#13	Ranked 6–15	64	Mar 5, 2016
W	Sean O'Connell	Unproven	12	Jan 17, 2016
W	Hans Stringer	Unproven	8	Jul 18, 2015
L	Jan Blachowicz	Champion	68	Oct 4, 2014
W	Chris Dempsey	Unproven	8	Jul 19, 2014
W	Cyrille Diabate	Building	18	Mar 8, 2014
L	Gegard Mousasi#10	Ranked 6–15	71	Apr 6, 2013

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.