Nassourdine Imavov

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Nassourdine Imavov

Nickname“The Sniper”

Record

17-4, 1 NC

Streak

W5

Age

31

Date of birth

Mar 1, 1995

Fighting out of: Paris
Born: Russia
Camp: Venum Training Camp
Weight class: Middleweight
Height: 6'3" · 191 cm
Reach: 75" · 191 cm
Stance: Orthodox
Last fight: Sep 6, 2025

UFC fight history

ResultOpponentMethodDetailEvent

Caio Borralho

#7Caio Borralho

Middleweight · Decision · Unanimous · R5 · 5:00

UFC Fight Night: Imavov vs. Borralho · Sep 6, 2025

UFC Fight Night: Imavov vs. Borralho

Israel Adesanya

#2Israel Adesanya

Middleweight · KO/TKO · Punch to Head At Distance · R2 · 0:30

UFC Fight Night: Adesanya vs. Imavov · Feb 1, 2025

Punch to Head At Distance

UFC Fight Night: Adesanya vs. Imavov

Brendan Allen

#8Brendan Allen

Middleweight · Decision · Unanimous · R3 · 5:00

UFC Fight Night: Moicano vs. Saint Denis · Sep 28, 2024

UFC Fight Night: Moicano vs. Saint Denis

Jared Cannonier

#4Jared Cannonier

Middleweight · KO/TKO · Punches to Head At Distance · R4 · 1:34

UFC Fight Night: Cannonier vs. Imavov · Jun 8, 2024

Punches to Head At Distance

UFC Fight Night: Cannonier vs. Imavov

Roman Dolidze

#8Roman Dolidze

Middleweight · Decision · Majority · R5 · 5:00

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

UFC Fight Night: Dolidze vs. Imavov

Chris Curtis

#14Chris Curtis

Middleweight · No Contest · R2 · 3:04

UFC 289: Nunes vs. Aldana · Jun 10, 2023

UFC 289: Nunes vs. Aldana

Sean Strickland

Sean Strickland

Light Heavyweight · Decision · Unanimous · R5 · 5:00

UFC Fight Night: Strickland vs. Imavov · Jan 14, 2023

UFC Fight Night: Strickland vs. Imavov

Joaquin Buckley

Joaquin Buckley

Middleweight · Decision · Unanimous · R3 · 5:00

UFC Fight Night: Gane vs. Tuivasa · Sep 3, 2022

UFC Fight Night: Gane vs. Tuivasa

Edmen Shahbazyan

#11Edmen Shahbazyan

Middleweight · KO/TKO · Elbows to Head From Crucifix · R2 · 4:52

UFC 268: Usman vs. Covington 2 · Nov 6, 2021

Elbows to Head From Crucifix

UFC 268: Usman vs. Covington 2

Ian Heinisch

#15Ian Heinisch

Middleweight · KO/TKO · Punches to Head On Ground · R2 · 3:09

UFC Fight Night: Sandhagen vs. Dillashaw · Jul 24, 2021

Punches to Head On Ground

UFC Fight Night: Sandhagen vs. Dillashaw

Phil Hawes

Middleweight · Decision · Majority · R3 · 5:00

UFC Fight Night: Blaydes vs. Lewis · Feb 20, 2021

UFC Fight Night: Blaydes vs. Lewis

Jordan Williams

Jordan Williams

Middleweight · Decision · Unanimous · R3 · 5:00

UFC Fight Night: Holm vs. Aldana · Oct 3, 2020

UFC Fight Night: Holm vs. Aldana

Outside the UFC

8-2across 10 bouts · 10 promotions · wins by 3 KO · 4 sub · 1 decAres 1 · TFL 18 · Devil's Cage · CCMMA 1 · CFC Malta 2 +5

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Promotion	Date
W	Jonathan Meunier9-2	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	4:27	Ares 1	Dec 14, 2019
W	Mateusz Gluch8-12	Submission	Kimura	R1	—	TFL 18	Sep 28, 2019
W	Francesco Demontis1-3	Submission	Rear-Naked Choke	R1	2:26	Devil's Cage	Jul 26, 2019
W	Gregor Weibel15-5-1	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	CCMMA 1	May 17, 2019
W	Gary Formosa0-1	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	2:02	CFC Malta 2	Nov 4, 2017
L	Michal Michalski14-6	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	FEN 19	Oct 14, 2017
W	Paul Lawrence4-1	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	2:43	CFC Malta 1	May 13, 2017
W	Yanis Cheurfa6-4	Submission	Brabo Choke	R1	2:32	FN1	Apr 8, 2016
W	Said Magomed Tachaev1-2	Submission	Rear-Naked Choke	R1	3:20	GFA	Mar 5, 2016
L	Majdeddine Ayadi16-4	Submission	Guillotine Choke	R1	4:49	100% Fight 27	Feb 4, 2016

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

54%727 / 1,342

Striking accuracy

58%

Striking defense

Sig. strikes / min+1.11 differential

Landed4.28

Absorbed3.17

70%str + td

Defensive rating

Striking edge

+12%accuracy vs opp. landing

worseevenbetter

Strike maps

Sig. strikes by target

Head70%80th507
Body20%71st147
Leg10%54th73

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

Sig. strikes by position

71%Standing

Standing71%519
Clinch16%116
Ground13%92

Striking zones

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

UFC only

Nassourdine Imavov

Nassourdine Imavov

Landed per 15

Head

A

83rd

43.4

83rd

Body

A

74th

12.6

74th

Leg

C

52nd

6.3

52nd

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

C

54th

28.9

54th

Body

C

48th

8.9

48th

Leg

D

27th

9.8

27th

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	43.4	507	1,057	48%
Body	12.6	147	198	74%
Leg	6.3	73	87	84%

Absorbed (career total)

Zone	Per 15	Landed	Attempted	Accuracy
Head	28.9	337	1,027	33%
Body	8.9	104	166	63%
Leg	9.8	114	154	74%

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

Nassourdine Imavov

Nassourdine Imavov

11 UFC bouts (per‑round) · 175 min

147%

R3 pace · 8 bouts

Imavov builds (+4% per round through round 5). Within fights that reached round 3, Imavov lifts to 147% of round-1 output by round 3 (8 bouts).

Nassourdine Imavov

Imavov ▲ 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

Nassourdine Imavov

Imavovlanded / min

Takedown attempts

Nassourdine Imavov

Imavovattempts / min

Control time

Nassourdine Imavov

Imavov% of round

Round	Output / min	Sig landed / min	Sig absorbed / min	TD att / min	Control	Bouts
R1	4.1	3.1	2.8	0.18	10%	11
R2	5.6	4.3	2.1	0.10	25%	11
R3	6.1	4.8	3.8	0.23	14%	8
R4	5.1	4.8	5.0	0.00	8%	4
R5	5.4	4.9	4.2	0.00	11%	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

Nassourdine Imavov

Nassourdine Imavov

12 resolved UFC bouts · 8 ranked at the time

Schedule Score

82/ 100

0255075100

Schedule strength

A+

91st

68%

91st

Win quality

A+

99th

88%

99th

Opponent quality distribution

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

1

3

4

1

1

1

1

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
Cross-div champHeld a title in another weight class at the time
Cross-div rankedRanked #1–#15 in another division at the time
Building3+ UFC fights, ≥.40 win rate
UnprovenFewer than 3 fights, or sub-.40 win rate

Tier	Bouts	Record	Win rate
Champion	1	1-0	100%
Top-5	3	3-0	100%
Ranked 6–15	4	3-0, 1 NC	100%
Cross-div champ	1	0-1	0%
Cross-div ranked	1	1-0	100%
Building	1	0-1	0%
Unproven	1	1-0	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
W	Caio Borralho#7	Top-5	78	Sep 6, 2025
W	Israel Adesanya#2	Champion	96	Feb 1, 2025
W	Brendan Allen#8	Top-5	78	Sep 28, 2024
W	Jared Cannonier#4	Top-5	85	Jun 8, 2024
W	Roman Dolidze#8	Ranked 6–15	73	Feb 3, 2024
NC	Chris Curtis#14	Ranked 6–15	63	Jun 10, 2023
L	Sean Strickland	Cross-div champ	67	Jan 14, 2023
W	Joaquin Buckley	Cross-div ranked	40	Sep 3, 2022
W	Edmen Shahbazyan#11	Ranked 6–15	69	Nov 6, 2021
W	Ian Heinisch#15	Ranked 6–15	67	Jul 24, 2021
L	Phil Hawes	Building	15	Feb 20, 2021
W	Jordan Williams	Unproven	8	Oct 3, 2020

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.

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