Marat Balaev
UFC DebutNickname“The Motivator”
Record
Streak
L3
Age
Date of birth
- Fighting out of
- St. Petersburg
- Born
- Russia
- Camp
- Motivator Team
- Weight class
- Lightweight
- Height
- 5'7" · 170 cm
Before the UFC
Marat Balaev 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
320-129-4
.713 win rate
Winning-record opponents
13 of 16
carried winning pro records
Pro bouts faced
18
16 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 18 bouts · 16 promotions · wins by 1 KO · 1 sub · 10 decFightPro · ACA 195 · ACA 190 · ACA 186 · ACA 126 +11
| Res | Opponent | Outcome | Finish | Rd | Time | Promotion | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| L | Vener Galiev37-15 | KO/TKO | Punches | R1 | 4:27 | ACA 195 | Nov 7, 2025 |
| L | Enrique Barzola23-10-2 | Submission | Rear-Naked Choke | R3 | 1:25 | ACA 190 | Aug 15, 2025 |
| L | Hacran Dias28-13-1 | Decision | Unanimous | R3 | 5:00 | ACA 186 | May 10, 2025 |
| W | Joao Luiz Nogueira28-12 | Decision | Unanimous | R3 | 5:00 | ACA 126 | Jul 15, 2021 |
| L | Felipe Froes27-11-1 | KO/TKO | Punches and Knee | R3 | 1:19 | ACA 116 | Dec 18, 2020 |
| W | Diego Brandao31-21 | Decision | Split | R3 | 5:00 | ACA 103 | Dec 14, 2019 |
| L | Decision | Unanimous | R5 | 5:00 | ACA 93 | Mar 16, 2019 | |
| W | Murad Machaev22-3 | KO/TKO | Punches | R1 | 3:43 | ACB 89 | Sep 8, 2018 |
| L | Yusuf Raisov22-3 | Submission | Rear-Naked Choke | R1 | 2:49 | ACB 86 | May 5, 2018 |
| W | Adlan Bataev18-4 | Decision | Split | R5 | 5:00 | ACB 61 | May 20, 2017 |
| W | Yusuf Raisov22-3 | Decision | Unanimous | R5 | 5:00 | ACB 50 | Dec 18, 2016 |
| W | Suleiman Bouhata16-10 | Submission | Rear-Naked Choke | R1 | 1:30 | ACB 41 | Jul 15, 2016 |
| W | Sergey Petrov1-5 | Decision | Unanimous | R2 | 5:00 | FightPro | Apr 1, 2016 |
| W | Mukhamed Kokov20-11 | Decision | Unanimous | R3 | 5:00 | ACB 31 | Mar 9, 2016 |
| W | Artem Ryazanov0-1 | Decision | Unanimous | R2 | 5:00 | FightPro | Feb 23, 2016 |
| W | Decision | Unanimous | R3 | 5:00 | ACB 23 | Oct 10, 2015 | |
| W | Isaac Barrios | Decision | Unanimous | R2 | 5:00 | M-1 | Aug 15, 2014 |
| W | Rakhmatilo Hasymov | Decision | Unanimous | R2 | 5:00 | FightPro | Dec 15, 2013 |
Non-UFC bouts (regional/other promotions) — shown for context only, excluded from Schedule Score, striking/grappling rates, and every UFC-scoped metric.