Rustam Asuev
UFC Debut
Record
Streak
W2
Age
Date of birth
- Fighting out of
- Grozny, Chechnya
- Born
- Russia
- Weight class
- Lightweight
- Height
- 5'7" · 170 cm
Before the UFC
Rustam Asuev 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
115-58-5
.665 win rate
Winning-record opponents
7 of 9
carried winning pro records
Pro bouts faced
12
9 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 12 bouts · 12 promotions · wins by 2 KO · 1 sub · 7 decACA 188 · ACA 177 · ACA 162 · ACA YE 22 · ACB 80 +7
| Res | Opponent | Outcome | Finish | Rd | Time | Promotion | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | John Teixeira28-13-2 | Decision | Unanimous | R3 | 5:00 | ACA 188 | Jun 28, 2025 |
| W | Decision | Split | R3 | 5:00 | ACA 177 | Jun 28, 2024 | |
| L | Islam Meshev14-9 | Decision | Unanimous | R3 | 5:00 | ACA 162 | Sep 2, 2023 |
| W | Decision | Split | R3 | 5:00 | ACA YE 22 | Nov 12, 2021 | |
| W | Juan Pablo Varela | Decision | Unanimous | R3 | 5:00 | ACB 80 | Feb 16, 2018 |
| L | KO/TKO | Retirement | R1 | 5:00 | ACB 73 | Oct 21, 2017 | |
| W | David Cubas21-7-3 | Decision | Unanimous | R3 | 5:00 | ACB 57 | Apr 15, 2017 |
| W | Kim Tinghaugen10-7 | Decision | Unanimous | R3 | 5:00 | ACB 47 | Oct 1, 2016 |
| W | Sergey Sinkevich | Decision | Unanimous | R3 | 5:00 | ACB 39 | May 28, 2016 |
| W | Edik Razahanov | Submission | Guillotine Choke | R1 | 1:38 | ACB 30 | Feb 20, 2016 |
| W | KO/TKO | Punches | R1 | 1:24 | ACB 23 | Oct 10, 2015 | |
| W | Shamil Gadzhiev1-3 | KO/TKO | Punches | R1 | 1:50 | ACB 11 | Nov 15, 2014 |
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.