Muslim Salikhov

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Muslim Salikhov

Nickname“King of Kung Fu”

Record

22-6

Streak

L1

Age

42

Date of birth

Jun 9, 1984

Fighting out of: Buynaksk, Dagestan
Born: Russia
Camp: Abdulmanap Nurmagomedov School
Weight class: Welterweight
Height: 5'11" · 180 cm
Reach: 70" · 178 cm
Stance: Orthodox
Last fight: Nov 8, 2025

UFC fight history

ResultOpponentMethodDetailEvent

Ignacio Bahamondes

Ignacio BahamondesUpcoming

Noche UFC: Rodriguez vs Silva · Sep 12, 2026

Noche UFC: Rodriguez vs Silva

Uros Medic

Welterweight · KO/TKO · Punch to Head At Distance · R1 · 1:03

UFC Fight Night: Bonfim vs. Brown · Nov 8, 2025

Punch to Head At Distance

UFC Fight Night: Bonfim vs. Brown

Carlos Leal

Welterweight · KO/TKO · Punch to Head At Distance · R1 · 0:42

UFC Fight Night: Whittaker vs. De Ridder · Jul 26, 2025

Punch to Head At Distance

UFC Fight Night: Whittaker vs. De Ridder

Song Kenan

Welterweight · KO/TKO · Kick to Head At Distance Wheel kick · R1 · 3:49

UFC Fight Night: Yan vs. Figueiredo · Nov 23, 2024

Kick to Head At Distance Wheel kick

UFC Fight Night: Yan vs. Figueiredo

Santiago Ponzinibbio

#14Santiago Ponzinibbio

Welterweight · Decision · Split · R3 · 5:00

UFC Fight Night: Namajunas vs. Cortez · Jul 13, 2024

UFC Fight Night: Namajunas vs. Cortez

Randy Brown

Welterweight · KO/TKO · Punch to Head At Distance · R1 · 3:17

UFC Fight Night: Dolidze vs. Imavov · Feb 3, 2024

Punch to Head At Distance

UFC Fight Night: Dolidze vs. Imavov

Nicolas Dalby

Welterweight · Decision · Unanimous · R3 · 5:00

UFC Fight Night: Vettori vs. Cannonier · Jun 17, 2023

UFC Fight Night: Vettori vs. Cannonier

Andre Fialho

Welterweight · KO/TKO · Kick to Head At Distance Wheel Kick · R3 · 1:03

UFC Fight Night: Nzechukwu vs. Cutelaba · Nov 19, 2022

Kick to Head At Distance Wheel Kick

UFC Fight Night: Nzechukwu vs. Cutelaba

Li Jingliang

#14Li Jingliang

Welterweight · KO/TKO · Punches to Head At Distance · R2 · 4:38

UFC Fight Night: Ortega vs. Rodriguez · Jul 16, 2022

Punches to Head At Distance

UFC Fight Night: Ortega vs. Rodriguez

Francisco Trinaldo

Francisco Trinaldo

Welterweight · Decision · Unanimous · R3 · 5:00

UFC Fight Night: Rozenstruik vs. Sakai · Jun 5, 2021

UFC Fight Night: Rozenstruik vs. Sakai

Elizeu Zaleski dos Santos

#15Elizeu Zaleski dos Santos

Welterweight · Decision · Split · R3 · 5:00

UFC 251: Usman vs. Masvidal · Jul 11, 2020

UFC 251: Usman vs. Masvidal

Laureano Staropoli

Laureano Staropoli

Welterweight · Decision · Unanimous · R3 · 5:00

UFC Fight Night: Maia vs. Askren · Oct 26, 2019

UFC Fight Night: Maia vs. Askren

Nordine Taleb

Welterweight · KO/TKO · Punch to Head At Distance · R1 · 4:26

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

Punch to Head At Distance

UFC 242: Khabib vs. Poirier

Ricky Rainey

Welterweight · KO/TKO · Punch to Head At Distance · R2 · 4:12

UFC Fight Night: Poirier vs. Gaethje · Apr 14, 2018

Punch to Head At Distance

UFC Fight Night: Poirier vs. Gaethje

Alex Garcia

Welterweight · Submission · Rear Naked Choke · R2 · 3:22

UFC Fight Night: Bisping vs. Gastelum · Nov 25, 2017

Rear Naked Choke

UFC Fight Night: Bisping vs. Gastelum

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) — shown for context only, excluded from Schedule Score, striking/grappling rates, and every UFC-scoped metric.

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%79th125
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

Muslim Salikhov

Landed per 15

Head

C

50th

26.8

50th

Body

A

84th

14.8

84th

Leg

B

65th

9.0

65th

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

28th

12.8

28th

Leg

C

43rd

7.8

43rd

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.

Pace & fade

Round-by-round work rate, and whether they fade.

UFC only

Muslim Salikhov

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).

Muslim Salikhov

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

Muslim Salikhov

Salikhovlanded / min

Takedown attempts

Muslim Salikhov

Salikhovattempts / min

Control time

Muslim Salikhov

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

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

1

1

3

1

3

Ranked 6–15Ranked #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
Ranked 6–15	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	Ranked 6–15	53	Nov 8, 2025
W	Carlos Leal	Building	15	Jul 26, 2025
W	Song Kenan	Established	30	Nov 23, 2024
W	Santiago Ponzinibbio#14	Ranked 6–15	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	Ranked 6–15	65	Jul 16, 2022
W	Francisco Trinaldo	Cross-div ranked	45	Jun 5, 2021
W	Elizeu Zaleski dos Santos#15	Ranked 6–15	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.