Orkhan Valiyev
UFC Debut
Record
Streak
W1
- Fighting out of
- Baku
- Born
- Azerbaijan
- Weight class
- Lightweight
- Height
- 5'8" · 173 cm
Before the UFC
Orkhan Valiyev 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
73-26-1
.737 win rate
Winning-record opponents
7 of 7
carried winning pro records
Pro bouts faced
23
7 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 23 bouts · 15 promotions · wins by 6 KO · 4 sub · 1 decWJF · CFL 1 · IFC MMA · Alash Pride 103 · GFC 22 +10
| Res | Opponent | Outcome | Finish | Rd | Time | Promotion | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | Hamdi Akgun | Submission | Rear-Naked Choke | R1 | 2:31 | CFL 1 | May 28, 2026 |
| L | Mansur Tugizbaev4-1 | Submission | Arm-Triangle Choke | R1 | 1:23 | IFC MMA | Apr 4, 2026 |
| L | Ekper Gadzhiekperov20-10 | Submission | Guillotine Choke | R1 | 1:05 | Alash Pride 103 | Dec 22, 2024 |
| L | Maxim Davydov | Submission | Armbar | R1 | 4:03 | GFC 22 | Jul 7, 2023 |
| L | Dalibor Ugrenovic | KO/TKO | Punch | R1 | 1:03 | SBC 46 | Jan 21, 2023 |
| L | Sayd-Hamzat Avkhadov | KO/TKO | Punches | R1 | 0:56 | ACA YE 24 | Feb 19, 2022 |
| L | Shamkhan Danaev7-2 | KO/TKO | Punches | R1 | 2:40 | ACA YE 23 | Dec 25, 2021 |
| L | Magomed Magomedov | KO/TKO | Punches | R1 | 2:54 | Octagon Promotion | Dec 11, 2021 |
| L | Danil Vaganov10-8-1 | KO/TKO | Punches | R1 | 1:49 | OFC 11 | Nov 4, 2021 |
| L | Daud Gadzhiev | Submission | Rear-Naked Choke | R1 | 2:08 | SBC 34 | Sep 11, 2021 |
| W | Artur Albertyan | Submission | Choke | R2 | 2:45 | WJF | Aug 22, 2021 |
| W | Connel Duncan | KO/TKO | — | R3 | 4:25 | WJF | Jul 26, 2021 |
| W | Ahmet Yigit Turksoy | KO/TKO | — | R1 | 4:21 | WJF | Jun 6, 2021 |
| L | Ahmad Wali Hotak12-1 | Decision | — | R3 | 5:00 | TGFC 13 | May 14, 2021 |
| W | Elvin Hesimov | Submission | — | R1 | 2:45 | WJF | Feb 29, 2020 |
| W | Rustam Kurashvili | KO/TKO | — | R3 | 4:30 | WJF | Dec 22, 2019 |
| W | Giorgi Kobaladze | Submission | — | R1 | 4:30 | WJF | Nov 3, 2019 |
| W | Roma Mextiyev | KO/TKO | — | R1 | 1:30 | WJF | Apr 24, 2019 |
| W | Muhammed Kamali | KO/TKO | — | R1 | 3:10 | WJF | Mar 10, 2019 |
| W | Alireza Hakhamanesh | Decision | — | R3 | 5:00 | WJF | Jan 19, 2019 |
| W | Ali Nozouhouri | KO/TKO | Punches | R1 | 1:25 | AFC | Jan 5, 2019 |
| L | Levan Chokheli14-3 | KO/TKO | Punches | R1 | 0:22 | Georgia MMA | Jul 20, 2018 |
| L | Sarmat Guchmazov6-1 | Submission | Rear-Naked Choke | R2 | 3:08 | Camarao MMA | Mar 8, 2016 |
Non-UFC bouts (regional/other promotions) — shown for context only, excluded from Schedule Score, striking/grappling rates, and every UFC-scoped metric.