Muslim Salikhov Record, Stats & Next Fight

UFC fight history

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Event	Date
L	Uros Medic Welterweight	KO/TKO	Punch to Head At Distance	R1	1:03	UFC Fight Night: Bonfim vs. Brown	Nov 8, 2025
W	Carlos Leal Welterweight	KO/TKO	Punch to Head At Distance	R1	0:42	UFC Fight Night: Whittaker vs. De Ridder	Jul 26, 2025
W	Song Kenan Welterweight	KO/TKO	Kick to Head At Distance Wheel kick	R1	3:49	UFC Fight Night: Yan vs. Figueiredo	Nov 23, 2024
W	#14Santiago Ponzinibbio Welterweight	Decision	Split	R3	5:00	UFC Fight Night: Namajunas vs. Cortez	Jul 13, 2024
L	Randy Brown Welterweight	KO/TKO	Punch to Head At Distance	R1	3:17	UFC Fight Night: Dolidze vs. Imavov	Feb 3, 2024
L	Nicolas Dalby Welterweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC Fight Night: Vettori vs. Cannonier	Jun 17, 2023
W	Andre Fialho Welterweight	KO/TKO	Kick to Head At Distance Wheel Kick	R3	1:03	UFC Fight Night: Nzechukwu vs. Cutelaba	Nov 19, 2022
L	#14Li Jingliang Welterweight	KO/TKO	Punches to Head At Distance	R2	4:38	UFC Fight Night: Ortega vs. Rodriguez	Jul 16, 2022
W	Francisco Trinaldo Welterweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC Fight Night: Rozenstruik vs. Sakai	Jun 5, 2021
W	#15Elizeu Zaleski dos Santos Welterweight	Decision	Split	R3	5:00	UFC 251: Usman vs. Masvidal	Jul 11, 2020
W	Laureano Staropoli Welterweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC Fight Night: Maia vs. Askren	Oct 26, 2019
W	Nordine Taleb Welterweight	KO/TKO	Punch to Head At Distance	R1	4:26	UFC 242: Khabib vs. Poirier	Sep 7, 2019
W	Ricky Rainey Welterweight	KO/TKO	Punch to Head At Distance	R2	4:12	UFC Fight Night: Poirier vs. Gaethje	Apr 14, 2018
L	Alex Garcia Welterweight	Submission	Rear Naked Choke	R2	3:22	UFC Fight Night: Bisping vs. Gastelum	Nov 25, 2017

Outside the UFC

13-1across 14 bouts · 11 promotions · wins by 10 KO · 2 sub · 1 decM-1 · Kunlun Fight · IPFC · SF · Cage Fighting +6

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Promotion	Date
W	Melvin Guillard33-24-2	KO/TKO	Spinning Hook Kick	R1	1:33	Kunlun Fight	Jun 1, 2017
W	Akoundou Epelet Evy Johannes1-5	Submission	Arm-Triangle Choke	R1	3:23	IPFC	May 25, 2017
W	Ivan Jorge27-8	KO/TKO	Spinning Hook Kick	R1	1:04	Kunlun Fight	Oct 21, 2016
W	Gang Zhang3-2	Submission	Arm-Triangle Choke	R1	—	SF	May 21, 2016
W	Artem Shokalo28-23	KO/TKO	Spinning Back Kick to the Body	R1	2:31	Cage Fighting	Apr 2, 2016
W	Tuluosibake Kuerbanjiang34-20	KO/TKO	Spinning Back Kick and Punches	R1	0:18	BFFC	Jan 16, 2016
W	Takashi Yamashita6-6	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	—	W.I.N. FC	Jul 18, 2015
W	Gele Qing26-10-1	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	3:50	CKF World Federation	Apr 18, 2015
W	Victor Sckoteski6-4	KO/TKO	Punch	R1	4:27	M-1	Nov 25, 2014
W	Filip Kotarlic5-3	KO/TKO	Punch	R1	3:05	M-1	Nov 30, 2013
W	Deyan Topalski16-6	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	M-1	Apr 9, 2013
L	Kris Hocum9-6	Submission	Rear-Naked Choke	R1	1:40	Beirut Elite Fighting Championship	Dec 15, 2012
W	Dankao Sakda0-1	KO/TKO	Punch	R1	6:56	TFC 4	Aug 19, 2011
W	Wang Hong Tao0-3	KO/TKO	Arm Injury	R1	0:51	TFC 2	Jul 22, 2011

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.

Method of victory & defeat

KO / TKO

15 wins, 3 losses

W15

L3

Submission

2 wins, 2 losses

W2

L2

Decision

5 wins, 1 loss

W5

L1

Finishes

UFC KOs

5

Above avg · 13%Welterweight

Knockdowns / fight

0.36

Above avg · 0.24Welterweight

UFC submissions

0

Below avg · 7%Welterweight

Submission attempts / fight

0.00

Below avg · 0.39Welterweight

KO history

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

Muslim Salikhov

PowerChin

Knockout rate

36%

5 KO/TKO wins

Knockdowns dealt

5

2.21 per 100 head

Clean KO losses

3

cuts / injury TKOs excluded

Knockdowns absorbed

3

1.49 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

5 scorecards on file

Muslim Salikhov

Scorecard luck

Cards have leaned their way

Won 2 of 2 coin-flip decisions — the kind of close calls that have tended to fall their way. Judges have given them 4 of 7 rounds they disagreed on (57%).

Coin-flip decisions

Split + majority

2–0

Won – Lost

Swing rounds

Judges disagreed

4–3

Won – Lost

57% went their way

Unanimous3 decisions · 60%

2W1L

Split2 decisions · 40%

2W

Majority

None

10-8 rounds

2 rounds total

2

Won

0

Lost

Most frequent judges

All judges →

Scorecard data ingested from MMA Decisions

Career striking

OverallB68th

49%427 / 860

Striking accuracy

62%

Striking defense

Sig. strikes / min+0.41 differential

Landed3.37

Absorbed2.96

67%str + td

Defensive rating

Striking edge

+11%accuracy vs opp. landing

worseevenbetter

Strike maps

Sig. strikes by target

Head53%51st226
Body29%78th125
Leg18%63rd76

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

Sig. strikes by position

84%Standing

Standing84%358
Clinch7%28
Ground10%41

Striking zones

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

UFC only

Muslim Salikhov

Landed per 15

Head

C

50th

26.8

50th

Body

A

83rd

14.8

83rd

Leg

B

64th

9.0

64th

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

69th

23.8

69th

Body

D

27th

12.8

27th

Leg

C

44th

7.8

44th

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	26.8	226	602	38%
Body	14.8	125	176	71%
Leg	9.0	76	82	93%

Absorbed (career total)

Zone	Per 15	Landed	Attempted	Accuracy
Head	23.8	201	731	27%
Body	12.8	108	172	63%
Leg	7.8	66	94	70%

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

Muslim Salikhov

32%

Takedown accuracy

72%

Takedown defense

Control / 15 min-0.8 min net

On top1.0

On bottom1.8

Offense

Takedowns

C

50th

1.1

50th

TD accuracy

D

38th

32%

38th

Sub attempts

D

41st

0.0

41st

Control

D

28th

1.0 min

28th

Defense

TD defense

B

65th

72%

65th

Controlled

1.8 min

Career totals — landed / attempted, control time

Offense

Takedowns	9 / 28
Submission attempts	0
Control time	8:14

Defense

TDs defended	21 / 29
Control absorbed	15:07

Rates above are per 15 minutes of UFC fight time (127min 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

Muslim Salikhov

14 UFC bouts (per‑round) · 127 min

100%

R3 pace · 6 bouts

Salikhov builds (+9% per round through round 3). Within fights that reached round 3, Salikhov sustains 100% of round-1 output by round 3 (6 bouts).

Salikhov ▲ 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

Salikhovlanded / min

Takedown attempts

Salikhovattempts / min

Control time

Salikhov% of round

Round	Output / min	Sig landed / min	Sig absorbed / min	TD att / min	Control	Bouts
R1	3.9	3.0	2.6	0.22	6%	14
R2	4.7	3.7	2.6	0.24	7%	9
R3	4.6	3.8	4.4	0.19	7%	6

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

Muslim Salikhov

14 resolved UFC bouts · 3 ranked at the time

Schedule Score

44/ 100

0255075100

Schedule strength

B

66th

40%

66th

Win quality

A

78th

49%

78th

Opponent quality distribution

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

4

1

3

1

3

Top-15Ranked #6–#15 at the time
Cross-div rankedRanked #1–#15 in another division at the time
Long-tenured vet12+ UFC wins entering the bout, ≥.60 win rate
Contender-level8+ UFC wins entering the bout, ≥.55 win rate
Established5+ UFC wins entering the bout, ≥.500
Building3+ UFC fights, ≥.40 win rate
UnprovenFewer than 3 fights, or sub-.40 win rate

Tier	Bouts	Record	Win rate
Top-15	4	2-2	50%
Cross-div ranked	1	1-0	100%
Long-tenured vet	1	0-1	0%
Contender-level	1	0-1	0%
Established	3	2-1	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	Uros Medic	Top-15	53	Nov 8, 2025
W	Carlos Leal	Building	15	Jul 26, 2025
W	Song Kenan	Established	30	Nov 23, 2024
W	Santiago Ponzinibbio#14	Top-15	69	Jul 13, 2024
L	Randy Brown	Long-tenured vet	55	Feb 3, 2024
L	Nicolas Dalby	Contender-level	40	Jun 17, 2023
W	Andre Fialho	Unproven	12	Nov 19, 2022
L	Li Jingliang#14	Top-15	65	Jul 16, 2022
W	Francisco Trinaldo	Cross-div ranked	45	Jun 5, 2021
W	Elizeu Zaleski dos Santos#15	Top-15	60	Jul 11, 2020
W	Laureano Staropoli	Unproven	8	Oct 26, 2019
W	Nordine Taleb	Established	30	Sep 7, 2019
W	Ricky Rainey	Unproven	8	Apr 14, 2018
L	Alex Garcia	Established	26	Nov 25, 2017

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

1-0

1 bout

Typical camp

100–180 days

4-1

5 bouts

Long layoff

> 180 days

4-3

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

3-1

4 bouts

After a win

next bout after a win

6-3

9 bouts

First UFC bout

no precedent

0-1

1 bout

Title fights

Performance with a belt on the line

All title fights

as challenger or champion

—

As champion

defending the belt

—

As challenger

fighting for the belt

—

Rematches

Performance when meeting an opponent again

All rematches

any second meeting

—

Revenge bouts

lost the first meeting

—

Encore bouts

won the first meeting

—

Activity & layoff

Last fight, activity, and divisional context.

Time since last UFC bout

8 months

Active

0–6 mo

Normal

6–12 mo

Layoff

12–18 mo

Extended

18+ mo

Muslim Salikhov

Within a year

8 monthssince last bout

vs Uros Medic · Nov 8, 2025

DraftKings fantasy scoring

DFSAs favorite 5-3As underdog 3-2

59.0

DK avg

71.3

Median

104.1

Ceiling

4.0

Floor

43%

Boom

29%

Bust

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