Magomed Ankalaev Record, Stats & Next Fight

UFC fight history

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Event	Date
◆	Khalil Rountree Jr.Upcoming Light Heavyweight	—	—	—	—	UFC Abu Dhabi	Jul 25, 2026
L	#1Alex PereiraTitle Light Heavyweight	KO/TKO	Elbows to Head From Half Guard	R1	1:20	UFC 320: Ankalaev vs. Pereira 2	Oct 4, 2025
W	CAlex PereiraTitle Light Heavyweight	Decision	Unanimous	R5	5:00	UFC 313: Pereira vs. Ankalaev	Mar 8, 2025
W	#5Aleksandar Rakic Light Heavyweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC 308: Topuria vs. Holloway	Oct 26, 2024
W	#7Johnny Walker Light Heavyweight	KO/TKO	Punch to Head At Distance	R2	2:42	UFC Fight Night: Ankalaev vs. Walker 2	Jan 13, 2024
NC	#7Johnny Walker Light Heavyweight	No Contest	—	R1	3:13	UFC 294: Makhachev vs. Volkanovski 2	Oct 21, 2023
D	#1Jan BlachowiczTitle Light Heavyweight	Draw	—	R5	5:00	UFC 282: Blachowicz vs. Ankalaev	Dec 10, 2022
W	#5Anthony Smith Light Heavyweight	KO/TKO	Punches to Head On Ground	R2	3:09	UFC 277: Pena vs. Nunes 2	Jul 30, 2022
W	#5Thiago Santos Light Heavyweight	Decision	Unanimous	R5	5:00	UFC Fight Night: Santos vs. Ankalaev	Mar 12, 2022
W	#8Volkan Oezdemir Light Heavyweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC 267: Blachowicz vs. Teixeira	Oct 30, 2021
W	#8Nikita Krylov Light Heavyweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC Fight Night: Rozenstruik vs. Gane	Feb 27, 2021
W	Ion Cutelaba Light Heavyweight	KO/TKO	Punch to Head At Distance	R1	4:19	UFC 254: Khabib vs. Gaethje	Oct 24, 2020
W	Ion Cutelaba Light Heavyweight	KO/TKO	Punches to Head At Distance	R1	0:38	UFC Fight Night: Benavidez vs. Figueiredo	Feb 29, 2020
W	Dalcha Lungiambula Light Heavyweight	KO/TKO	Kick to Head At Distance Front Kick	R3	0:29	UFC Fight Night: Zabit vs. Kattar	Nov 9, 2019
W	Klidson Abreu Light Heavyweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC Fight Night: Blachowicz vs. Santos	Feb 23, 2019
W	Marcin Prachnio Light Heavyweight	KO/TKO	Kick to Head At Distance	R1	3:09	UFC Fight Night: Hunt vs. Oleinik	Sep 15, 2018
L	Paul Craig Light Heavyweight	Submission	Triangle Choke From Bottom Guard	R3	4:59	UFC Fight Night: Werdum vs. Volkov	Mar 17, 2018

Outside the UFC

8-0across 8 bouts · 7 promotions · wins by 4 KO · 4 decOC · WFCA 43 · WFCA 38 · WFCA 30 · WFCA 23 +2

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Promotion	Date
W	Celso Ricardo da Silva13-7	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	1:09	WFCA 43	Oct 4, 2017
W	Wagner Prado18-8-1	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	3:33	WFCA 38	May 21, 2017
W	Maxim Grishin35-12-2	KO/TKO	Punches	R4	1:13	WFCA 30	Oct 4, 2016
W	Artur Astakhov22-11	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	WFCA 23	Jun 11, 2016
W	Lloyd Marshbanks20-19	KO/TKO	Submission to Punches	R1	0:15	WFCA 17	Apr 9, 2016
W	Dovletdzhan Yagshimuradov26-8-1	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	OC	Oct 18, 2014
W	Denic Strahinja1-3	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	TFC	Jun 14, 2014
W	Vasily Babich11-8	Decision	Majority	R3	5:00	OC	Jan 18, 2014

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.

Amateur

15-1across 16 amateur bouts · 3 promotionsWMMAA · Russian MMA Union · FEFoMP and Russian MMA Union

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Promotion	Date
W	Marco Marchiello0-1	Other	—	R0	0:00	WMMAA	Nov 25, 2016
W	Joshua McGregor0-1	Other	—	R0	0:00	WMMAA	Nov 25, 2016
W	Erkinbek Inzhel1-2	Other	—	R0	0:00	WMMAA	Nov 25, 2016
W	Nadyr Bulkadarov1-1	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	4:45	Russian MMA Union	Dec 5, 2015
W	Hasan Mezhiev15-0	Decision	Unanimous	R2	5:00	WMMAA	Nov 28, 2015
W	Pavol Langer13-12	Other	—	R0	0:00	WMMAA	Nov 27, 2015
W	Michal Kotalik6-8	Other	—	R0	0:00	WMMAA	Nov 27, 2015
W	John Winter5-4	Other	—	R0	0:00	WMMAA	Nov 27, 2015
W	Nabi Mammadov3-3	Other	—	R0	0:00	WMMAA	Nov 27, 2015
W	Valentin Moldavsky15-4	Decision	Split	R3	3:00	Russian MMA Union	May 30, 2015
W	Mikhail Ragozin25-6	Decision	Unanimous	R2	5:00	FEFoMP and Russian MMA Union	Dec 20, 2014
W	Aziz Dzhumaniyazov3-2	Submission	Rear-Naked Choke	R1	1:18	Russian MMA Union	Nov 29, 2014
W	Sergey Arbuzov1-5	KO/TKO	Punch	R1	0:40	Russian MMA Union	Nov 28, 2014
L	Murad Abdurakhmanov14-3	Submission	—	R1	0:00	WMMAA	Sep 12, 2014
W	Rashit Amankulov2-1	Other	—	R0	0:00	WMMAA	Sep 11, 2014
W	Hasan Mezhiev15-0	Other	—	R0	0:00	WMMAA	Sep 11, 2014

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

Method of victory & defeat

KO / TKO

10 wins, 1 loss

W10

L1

Submission

0 wins, 1 loss

W0

L1

Decision

10 wins, 0 losses

W10

L0

Finishes

UFC KOs

6

Above avg · 16%Light Heavyweight

Knockdowns / fight

0.47

Above avg · 0.26Light Heavyweight

UFC submissions

0

Below avg · 8%Light Heavyweight

Submission attempts / fight

0.00

Below avg · 0.26Light Heavyweight

KO history

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

Magomed Ankalaev

PowerChin

Knockout rate

40%

6 KO/TKO wins

Knockdowns dealt

7

1.86 per 100 head

Clean KO losses

1

cuts / injury TKOs excluded

Knockdowns absorbed

1

0.67 per 100 head

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

Decision behavior

Judging

6 scorecards on file

Magomed Ankalaev

Scorecard luck

Cards have leaned their way

No split or majority decisions on file — this read comes from contested rounds alone. Judges have given them 3 of 4 rounds they disagreed on (75%).

Coin-flip decisions

Split + majority

None on file

Swing rounds

Judges disagreed

3–1

Won – Lost

75% went their way

Unanimous6 decisions · 100%

6W

Split

None

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

OverallB66th

52%677 / 1,289

Striking accuracy

56%

Striking defense

Sig. strikes / min+1.06 differential

Landed3.65

Absorbed2.59

72%str + td

Defensive rating

Striking edge

+8%accuracy vs opp. landing

worseevenbetter

Strike maps

Sig. strikes by target

Head56%53rd376
Body27%77th186
Leg17%59th115

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

Sig. strikes by position

71%Standing

Standing71%483
Clinch11%72
Ground18%122

Striking zones

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

UFC only

Magomed Ankalaev

Landed per 15

Head

C

53rd

30.4

53rd

Body

A

81st

15.0

81st

Leg

B

60th

9.3

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.

Absorbed per 15

Head

A+

96th

12.0

96th

Body

C

54th

9.0

54th

Leg

F

6th

17.4

6th

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	30.4	376	909	41%
Body	15.0	186	253	74%
Leg	9.3	115	127	91%

Absorbed (career total)

Zone	Per 15	Landed	Attempted	Accuracy
Head	12.0	149	647	23%
Body	9.0	111	186	60%
Leg	17.4	215	257	84%

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

Magomed Ankalaev

20%

Takedown accuracy

88%

Takedown defense

Control / 15 min+3.5 min net

On top4.1

On bottom0.5

Offense

Takedowns

C

48th

0.7

48th

TD accuracy

D

27th

20%

27th

Sub attempts

C

52nd

0.0

52nd

Control

A

71st

4.1 min

71st

Defense

TD defense

A

78th

88%

78th

Controlled

0.5 min

Career totals — landed / attempted, control time

Offense

Takedowns	9 / 44
Submission attempts	0
Control time	50:35

Defense

TDs defended	21 / 24
Control absorbed	6:44

Rates above are per 15 minutes of UFC fight time (186min 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

Magomed Ankalaev

15 UFC bouts (per‑round) · 186 min

142%

R3 pace · 9 bouts

Ankalaev builds (+13% per round through round 5). Within fights that reached round 3, Ankalaev lifts to 142% of round-1 output by round 3 (9 bouts).

Ankalaev ▲ 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

Ankalaevlanded / min

Takedown attempts

Ankalaevattempts / min

Control time

Ankalaev% of round

Round	Output / min	Sig landed / min	Sig absorbed / min	TD att / min	Control	Bouts
R1	4.2	3.4	3.0	0.11	11%	15
R2	5.6	4.1	2.9	0.14	27%	11
R3	5.8	3.6	2.4	0.37	28%	9
R4	7.6	3.3	1.2	0.60	62%	3
R5	7.1	3.5	1.4	0.40	59%	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

Magomed Ankalaev

16 resolved UFC bouts · 10 ranked at the time

Schedule Score

86/ 100

0255075100

Schedule strength

A+

96th

76%

96th

Win quality

A+

98th

80%

98th

Opponent quality distribution

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

3

5

3

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

Tier	Bouts	Record	Win rate
Champion	3	1-1-1	50%
Top-5	5	5-0	100%
Top-15	5	3-1, 1 NC	75%
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	Alex Pereira#1	Champion	98	Oct 4, 2025
W	Alex PereiraCHAMP	Champion	100	Mar 8, 2025
W	Aleksandar Rakic#5	Top-5	84	Oct 26, 2024
W	Johnny Walker#7	Top-15	73	Jan 13, 2024
NC	Johnny Walker#7	Top-15	73	Oct 21, 2023
D	Jan Blachowicz#1	Champion	97	Dec 10, 2022
W	Anthony Smith#5	Top-5	84	Jul 30, 2022
W	Thiago Santos#5	Top-5	86	Mar 12, 2022
W	Volkan Oezdemir#8	Top-5	82	Oct 30, 2021
W	Nikita Krylov#8	Top-5	76	Feb 27, 2021
W	Ion Cutelaba	Top-15	45	Oct 24, 2020
W	Ion Cutelaba	Top-15	45	Feb 29, 2020
W	Dalcha Lungiambula	Unproven	8	Nov 9, 2019
W	Klidson Abreu	Unproven	8	Feb 23, 2019
W	Marcin Prachnio	Unproven	8	Sep 15, 2018
L	Paul Craig	Top-15	49	Mar 17, 2018

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

14 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

6-0

6 bouts

Long layoff

> 180 days

6-1

7 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

10-1

11 bouts

First UFC bout

no precedent

1-1

2 bouts

Title fights

Performance with a belt on the line

All title fights

as challenger or champion

1-1

2 bouts

As champion

defending the belt

0-1

1 bout

As challenger

fighting for the belt

1-0

1 bout

Rematches

Performance when meeting an opponent again

All rematches

any second meeting

1-1

2 bouts

Revenge bouts

lost the first meeting

—

Encore bouts

won the first meeting

1-1

2 bouts

Activity & layoff

Last fight, activity, and divisional context.

Time since last UFC bout

9 months

Active

0–6 mo

Normal

6–12 mo

Layoff

12–18 mo

Extended

18+ mo

Magomed Ankalaev

Within a year

9 monthssince last bout

vs Alex Pereira · Oct 4, 2025

DraftKings fantasy scoring

DFSAs favorite 11-2As underdog 1-0

81.6

DK avg

84.2

Median

104.9

Ceiling

58.7

Floor

60%

Boom

7%

Bust

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