Khabib Nurmagomedov

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Khabib Nurmagomedov

Nickname“The Eagle”

Record

29-0

Streak

W29

Age

37

Date of birth

Sep 20, 1988

Fighting out of: Dagestan Republic
Born: Russia
Camps: American Kickboxing Academy·Fightspirit Team
Weight class: Lightweight
Height: 5'10" · 178 cm
Reach: 70" · 178 cm
Stance: Orthodox
Last fight: Oct 24, 2020

UFC fight history

ResultOpponentMethodDetailEvent

Justin Gaethje

#1Justin GaethjeTitle

Lightweight · Submission · Triangle Choke From Bottom Guard · R2 · 1:34

UFC 254: Khabib vs. Gaethje · Oct 24, 2020

Triangle Choke From Bottom Guard

UFC 254: Khabib vs. Gaethje

Dustin Poirier

#1Dustin PoirierTitle

Lightweight · Submission · Rear Naked Choke · R3 · 2:06

UFC 242: Khabib vs. Poirier · Sep 7, 2019

Rear Naked Choke

UFC 242: Khabib vs. Poirier

Conor McGregor

#1Conor McGregorTitle

Lightweight · Submission · Rear Naked Choke · R4 · 3:03

UFC 229: Khabib vs. McGregor · Oct 6, 2018

Rear Naked Choke

UFC 229: Khabib vs. McGregor

Al Iaquinta

#11Al IaquintaTitle

Lightweight · Decision · Unanimous · R5 · 5:00

UFC 223: Khabib vs. Iaquinta · Apr 7, 2018

UFC 223: Khabib vs. Iaquinta

Edson Barboza

#4Edson Barboza

Lightweight · Decision · Unanimous · R3 · 5:00

UFC 219: Cyborg vs. Holm · Dec 30, 2017

UFC 219: Cyborg vs. Holm

Michael Johnson

#6Michael Johnson

Lightweight · Submission · Kimura From Side Control · R3 · 2:31

UFC 205: Alvarez vs. McGregor · Nov 12, 2016

Kimura From Side Control

UFC 205: Alvarez vs. McGregor

Darrell Horcher

Darrell Horcher

Catch Weight · KO/TKO · Punches to Head From Back Control · R2 · 3:38

UFC on FOX: Teixeira vs. Evans · Apr 16, 2016

Punches to Head From Back Control

UFC on FOX: Teixeira vs. Evans

Rafael Dos Anjos

#5Rafael Dos Anjos

Lightweight · Decision · Unanimous · R3 · 5:00

UFC on FOX: Werdum vs. Browne · Apr 19, 2014

UFC on FOX: Werdum vs. Browne

Pat Healy

Lightweight · Decision · Unanimous · R3 · 5:00

UFC 165: Jones vs. Gustafsson · Sep 21, 2013

UFC 165: Jones vs. Gustafsson

Abel Trujillo

Lightweight · Decision · Unanimous · R3 · 5:00

UFC 160: Velasquez vs. Silva 2 · May 25, 2013

UFC 160: Velasquez vs. Silva 2

Thiago Tavares

Lightweight · KO/TKO · Elbows to Head From Half Guard · R1 · 1:55

UFC on FX: Belfort vs. Bisping · Jan 19, 2013

Elbows to Head From Half Guard

UFC on FX: Belfort vs. Bisping

Gleison Tibau

Lightweight · Decision · Unanimous · R3 · 5:00

UFC 148: Silva vs. Sonnen 2 · Jul 7, 2012

UFC 148: Silva vs. Sonnen 2

Kamal Shalorus

Lightweight · Submission · Rear Naked Choke · R3 · 2:08

UFC on FX: Guillard vs. Miller · Jan 20, 2012

Rear Naked Choke

UFC on FX: Guillard vs. Miller

Outside the UFC

16-0across 16 bouts · 7 promotions · wins by 6 KO · 6 sub · 4 decProFC · M-1 · PAC · TFC 3 · ProFC / GM Fight +2

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Promotion	Date
W	Arymarcel Santos50-45	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	3:33	ProFC	Oct 22, 2011
W	Vadim Sandulskiy8-5	Submission	Triangle Choke	R1	3:01	ProFC / GM Fight	Sep 15, 2011
W	Hamiz Mamedov8-4	Submission	Triangle Choke	R1	3:51	ProFC	Aug 5, 2011
W	Kadzhik Abadzhyan3-6	Submission	Triangle Choke	R1	4:28	ProFC	Jul 2, 2011
W	Ashot Shahinyan2-5	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	2:18	ProFC	May 6, 2011
W	Said Khalilov13-13	Submission	Kimura	R1	3:16	ProFC	Apr 9, 2011
W	Alexander Agafonov5-3	KO/TKO	Corner Stoppage	R2	5:00	M-1	Feb 12, 2011
W	Vitaliy Ostrovskiy9-11	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	4:06	M-1	Sep 18, 2010
W	Ali Bagov35-13	Decision	Unanimous	R2	5:00	GFP	Jun 10, 2010
W	Shahbulat Shamhalaev11-3-1	Submission	Armbar	R1	4:36	M-1	Nov 3, 2009
W	Eldar Eldarov14-1	KO/TKO	Punches	R2	2:44	TFC 3	Aug 8, 2009
W	Said Akhmed0-1	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	2:05	TFC 3	Aug 8, 2009
W	Shamil Abdulkerimov4-3	Decision	Unanimous	R2	5:00	PAC	Oct 11, 2008
W	Ramazan Kurbanismailov12-5-2	Decision	Unanimous	R2	5:00	PAC	Oct 11, 2008
W	Magomed Magomedov3-8	Decision	Unanimous	R2	5:00	PAC	Oct 11, 2008
W	Vusal Bayramov1-4	Submission	Triangle Choke	R1	2:20	CSFU	Sep 13, 2008

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

Career striking

OverallB68th

48%705 / 1,444

Striking accuracy

65%

Striking defense

Sig. strikes / min+2.35 differential

Landed4.10

Absorbed1.75

75%str + td

Defensive rating

Striking edge

+13%accuracy vs opp. landing

worseevenbetter

Strike maps

Sig. strikes by target

Head86%88th604
Body9%33rd65
Leg5%32nd36

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

Sig. strikes by position

54%Ground

Standing42%298
Clinch4%27
Ground54%380

Striking zones

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

UFC only

Khabib Nurmagomedov

Khabib Nurmagomedov

Landed per 15

Head

A+

91st

52.7

91st

Body

D

26th

5.7

26th

Leg

F

21st

3.1

21st

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+

89th

14.6

89th

Body

B

66th

7.7

66th

Leg

A

77th

4.0

77th

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	52.7	604	1,318	46%
Body	5.7	65	87	75%
Leg	3.1	36	39	92%

Absorbed (career total)

Zone	Per 15	Landed	Attempted	Accuracy
Head	14.6	167	661	25%
Body	7.7	88	155	57%
Leg	4.0	46	54	85%

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

Khabib Nurmagomedov

Khabib Nurmagomedov

13 UFC bouts (per‑round) · 172 min

91%

R3 pace · 10 bouts

Nurmagomedov fades (-6% per round through round 4). Within fights that reached round 3, Nurmagomedov keeps 91% of round-1 output by round 3 (10 bouts).

Khabib Nurmagomedov

Nurmagomedov ▼ FADESOutput / min

Faded points are drawn from a single bout that reached that round, so they’re less reliable than the solid points averaged over many fights.

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

Khabib Nurmagomedov

Nurmagomedovlanded / min

Takedown attempts

Khabib Nurmagomedov

Nurmagomedovattempts / min

Control time

Khabib Nurmagomedov

Nurmagomedov% of round

Round	Output / min	Sig landed / min	Sig absorbed / min	TD att / min	Control	Bouts
R1	8.2	3.9	1.8	0.78	49%	13
R2	9.7	4.8	1.4	0.74	66%	12
R3	7.5	3.0	1.8	0.77	56%	10
R4	7.3	5.2	2.6	0.37	24%	2
R5	9.9	6.0	3.2	0.60	51%	1

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

Khabib Nurmagomedov

Khabib Nurmagomedov

13 resolved UFC bouts · 8 ranked at the time

Schedule Score

94/ 100

0255075100

Schedule strength

A+

96th

77%

96th

Win quality

A+

100th

100%

100th

Opponent quality distribution

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

3

4

1

1

1

1

2

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
Cross-div rankedRanked #1–#15 in another division at the time
Contender-level8+ UFC wins entering the bout, ≥.55 win rate
Established5+ UFC wins entering the bout, ≥.500
UnprovenFewer than 3 fights, or sub-.40 win rate

Tier	Bouts	Record	Win rate
Champion	3	3-0	100%
Top-5	4	4-0	100%
Ranked 6–15	1	1-0	100%
Cross-div ranked	1	1-0	100%
Contender-level	1	1-0	100%
Established	1	1-0	100%
Unproven	2	2-0	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
W	Justin Gaethje#1	Champion	97	Oct 24, 2020
W	Dustin Poirier#1	Top-5	95	Sep 7, 2019
W	Conor McGregor#1	Champion	99	Oct 6, 2018
W	Al Iaquinta#11	Top-5	76	Apr 7, 2018
W	Edson Barboza#4	Top-5	83	Dec 30, 2017
W	Michael Johnson#6	Top-5	77	Nov 12, 2016
W	Darrell Horcher	Unproven	8	Apr 16, 2016
W	Rafael Dos Anjos#5	Champion	92	Apr 19, 2014
W	Pat Healy#10	Ranked 6–15	69	Sep 21, 2013
W	Abel Trujillo	Established	22	May 25, 2013
W	Thiago Tavares	Cross-div ranked	40	Jan 19, 2013
W	Gleison Tibau	Contender-level	45	Jul 7, 2012
W	Kamal Shalorus	Unproven	8	Jan 20, 2012

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.

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