Misha Cirkunov

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Misha Cirkunov

Record

15-9

Streak

L4

Age

39

Date of birth

Feb 27, 1987

Fighting out of: Riga
Born: Latvia
Camp: Xtreme Couture
Weight class: Light Heavyweight
Height: 6'3" · 191 cm
Reach: 77" · 196 cm
Stance: Orthodox
Last fight: Oct 15, 2022
Cut risk: 70%

UFC fight history

ResultOpponentMethodDetailEvent

Alonzo Menifield

Alonzo Menifield

Light Heavyweight · KO/TKO · Punch to Head At Distance · R1 · 1:28

UFC Fight Night: Grasso vs. Araujo · Oct 15, 2022

Punch to Head At Distance

UFC Fight Night: Grasso vs. Araujo

Wellington Turman

Wellington Turman

Middleweight · Submission · Armbar From Bottom Guard · R2 · 1:29

UFC Fight Night: Makhachev vs. Green · Feb 26, 2022

Armbar From Bottom Guard

UFC Fight Night: Makhachev vs. Green

Krzysztof Jotko

#15Krzysztof Jotko

Middleweight · Decision · Split · R3 · 5:00

UFC Fight Night: Santos vs. Walker · Oct 2, 2021

UFC Fight Night: Santos vs. Walker

Ryan Spann

Light Heavyweight · KO/TKO · Punches to Head On Ground · R1 · 1:11

UFC Fight Night: Edwards vs. Muhammad · Mar 13, 2021

Punches to Head On Ground

UFC Fight Night: Edwards vs. Muhammad

Jimmy Crute

Light Heavyweight · Submission · Peruvian Necktie On Ground · R1 · 3:38

UFC Fight Night: Cowboy vs. Gaethje · Sep 14, 2019

Peruvian Necktie On Ground

UFC Fight Night: Cowboy vs. Gaethje

Johnny Walker

Light Heavyweight · KO/TKO · Flying Knee Head · R1 · 0:36

UFC 235: Jones vs. Smith · Mar 2, 2019

Flying Knee Head

UFC 235: Jones vs. Smith

Patrick Cummins

#14Patrick Cummins

Light Heavyweight · Submission · Arm Triangle From Side Control · R1 · 2:40

UFC Fight Night: Oezdemir vs. Smith · Oct 27, 2018

Arm Triangle From Side Control

UFC Fight Night: Oezdemir vs. Smith

Glover Teixeira

#3Glover Teixeira

Light Heavyweight · KO/TKO · Punches to Head From Back Control · R1 · 2:45

UFC Fight Night: Lawler vs. Dos Anjos · Dec 16, 2017

Punches to Head From Back Control

UFC Fight Night: Lawler vs. Dos Anjos

Volkan Oezdemir

#5Volkan Oezdemir

Light Heavyweight · KO/TKO · Punch to Head In Clinch · R1 · 0:28

UFC Fight Night: Gustafsson vs. Teixeira · May 28, 2017

Punch to Head In Clinch

UFC Fight Night: Gustafsson vs. Teixeira

Nikita Krylov

#8Nikita Krylov

Light Heavyweight · Submission · Guillotine Choke On Ground · R1 · 4:38

UFC 206: Holloway vs. Pettis · Dec 10, 2016

Guillotine Choke On Ground

UFC 206: Holloway vs. Pettis

Ion Cutelaba

Light Heavyweight · Submission · Arm Triangle From Side Control · R3 · 1:22

UFC Fight Night: MacDonald vs. Thompson · Jun 18, 2016

Arm Triangle From Side Control

UFC Fight Night: MacDonald vs. Thompson

Alex Nicholson

Light Heavyweight · Submission · Neck Crank From Back Control · R2 · 1:28

UFC Fight Night: Hendricks vs. Thompson · Feb 6, 2016

Neck Crank From Back Control

UFC Fight Night: Hendricks vs. Thompson

Daniel Jolly

Light Heavyweight · KO/TKO · Punches to Head From Back Control · R1 · 4:45

UFC Fight Night: Holloway vs. Oliveira · Aug 23, 2015

Punches to Head From Back Control

UFC Fight Night: Holloway vs. Oliveira

Outside the UFC

9-2across 11 bouts · 10 promotions · wins by 4 KO · 3 sub · 2 decHKFC · PFC 2 · FFL 9 · King of the Ring · SFS 3 +5

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Promotion	Date
W	Shaun Asher14-5-1	Submission	Armbar	R1	1:20	HKFC	May 22, 2015
W	Rodney Wallace26-16-1	KO/TKO	Head Kick	R1	2:00	HKFC	Jan 30, 2015
W	Martin Desilets11-4	Submission	Triangle Choke	R1	2:36	PFC 2	Mar 8, 2014
W	Jon Ganshorn5-4	Submission	Armbar	R1	1:59	FFL 9	Sep 7, 2013
L	Aaron Johnson13-10	Submission	Heel Hook	R1	2:11	King of the Ring	Mar 17, 2012
W	Ali Mokdad6-4	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	SFS 3	Dec 3, 2011
W	Ion Cherdivara1-1	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	Knockout Entertainment	Apr 2, 2011
W	Ricardeau Francois14-11	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	0:56	UGC 26	Mar 4, 2011
W	Shawn Pauliuk0-7	KO/TKO	Submission to Punches	R1	0:57	AFC 3	Jul 17, 2010
L	Roy Boughton14-8	Submission	Armbar	R2	2:33	W-1 MMA 5	Jun 19, 2010
W	Jeff Doyle0-2	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	0:40	Ringside MMA 5	Jan 30, 2010

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

Career striking

OverallB65th

51%237 / 457

Striking accuracy

57%

Striking defense

Sig. strikes / min+0.80 differential

Landed3.86

Absorbed3.06

67%str + td

Defensive rating

Striking edge

+8%accuracy vs opp. landing

worseevenbetter

Strike maps

Sig. strikes by target

Head65%62nd153
Body24%73rd57
Leg11%51st27

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

Sig. strikes by position

57%Standing

Standing57%135
Clinch22%52
Ground21%50

Striking zones

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

UFC only

Misha Cirkunov

Misha Cirkunov

Landed per 15

Head

B

66th

37.3

66th

Body

A

77th

13.9

77th

Leg

C

48th

6.6

48th

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

B

62nd

29.0

62nd

Body

C

51st

9.8

51st

Leg

C

56th

7.1

56th

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	37.3	153	348	44%
Body	13.9	57	80	71%
Leg	6.6	27	29	93%

Absorbed (career total)

Zone	Per 15	Landed	Attempted	Accuracy
Head	29.0	119	347	34%
Body	9.8	40	60	67%
Leg	7.1	29	38	76%

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

Misha Cirkunov

Misha Cirkunov

13 UFC bouts (per‑round) · 61 min

163%

R3 pace · 2 bouts

Cirkunov builds (+17% per round through round 3). Within fights that reached round 3, Cirkunov lifts to 163% of round-1 output by round 3 (2 bouts).

Misha Cirkunov

Cirkunov ▲ 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

Misha Cirkunov

Cirkunovlanded / min

Takedown attempts

Misha Cirkunov

Cirkunovattempts / min

Control time

Misha Cirkunov

Cirkunov% of round

Round	Output / min	Sig landed / min	Sig absorbed / min	TD att / min	Control	Bouts
R1	7.1	4.2	3.0	0.62	27%	13
R2	5.8	3.4	3.3	0.46	25%	4
R3	9.7	2.8	3.0	1.73	42%	2

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

Misha Cirkunov

Misha Cirkunov

13 resolved UFC bouts · 6 ranked at the time

Schedule Score

46/ 100

0255075100

Schedule strength

A

81st

52%

81st

Win quality

D

38th

36%

38th

Opponent quality distribution

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

1

2

7

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
UnprovenFewer than 3 fights, or sub-.40 win rate

Tier	Bouts	Record	Win rate
Champion	1	0-1	0%
Top-5	2	1-1	50%
Ranked 6–15	7	3-4	43%
Unproven	3	2-1	67%

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	Alonzo Menifield	Ranked 6–15	54	Oct 15, 2022
L	Wellington Turman	Unproven	12	Feb 26, 2022
L	Krzysztof Jotko#15	Ranked 6–15	67	Oct 2, 2021
L	Ryan Spann#13	Ranked 6–15	69	Mar 13, 2021
W	Jimmy Crute	Ranked 6–15	45	Sep 14, 2019
L	Johnny Walker	Ranked 6–15	51	Mar 2, 2019
W	Patrick Cummins#14	Ranked 6–15	67	Oct 27, 2018
L	Glover Teixeira#3	Champion	94	Dec 16, 2017
L	Volkan Oezdemir#5	Top-5	84	May 28, 2017
W	Nikita Krylov#8	Top-5	76	Dec 10, 2016
W	Ion Cutelaba	Ranked 6–15	42	Jun 18, 2016
W	Alex Nicholson	Unproven	8	Feb 6, 2016
W	Daniel Jolly	Unproven	8	Aug 23, 2015

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.