Said Nurmagomedov

Compare with another fighter

Said Nurmagomedov

Record

18-5

Streak

L2

Age

34

Date of birth

Apr 5, 1992

Fighting out of: Makhachkala, Dagestan
Born: Russia
Camp: Fight Club Akhmat
Weight class: Bantamweight
Height: 5'8" · 173 cm
Reach: 70" · 178 cm
Stance: Orthodox
Last fight: Jul 26, 2025
Cut risk: 34%

UFC fight history

ResultOpponentMethodDetailEvent

Bryce Mitchell

Bantamweight · Decision · Unanimous · R3 · 5:00

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

UFC Fight Night: Whittaker vs. De Ridder

Vinicius Oliveira

Vinicius Oliveira

Bantamweight · Decision · Unanimous · R3 · 5:00

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

UFC Fight Night: Adesanya vs. Imavov

Muin Gafurov

Bantamweight · Submission · Guillotine Choke On Ground · R1 · 1:13

UFC 294: Makhachev vs. Volkanovski 2 · Oct 21, 2023

Guillotine Choke On Ground

UFC 294: Makhachev vs. Volkanovski 2

Jonathan Martinez

Jonathan Martinez

Bantamweight · Decision · Unanimous · R3 · 5:00

UFC Fight Night: Yan vs. Dvalishvili · Mar 11, 2023

UFC Fight Night: Yan vs. Dvalishvili

Saidyokub Kakhramonov

Saidyokub Kakhramonov

Bantamweight · Submission · Guillotine Choke On Ground · R2 · 3:50

UFC Fight Night: Cannonier vs. Strickland · Dec 17, 2022

Guillotine Choke On Ground

UFC Fight Night: Cannonier vs. Strickland

Douglas Silva de Andrade

#14Douglas Silva de Andrade

Bantamweight · Decision · Unanimous · R3 · 5:00

UFC Fight Night: Dos Anjos vs. Fiziev · Jul 9, 2022

UFC Fight Night: Dos Anjos vs. Fiziev

Cody Stamann

#15Cody Stamann

Bantamweight · Submission · Guillotine Choke On Ground · R1 · 0:47

UFC 270: Ngannou vs. Gane · Jan 22, 2022

Guillotine Choke On Ground

UFC 270: Ngannou vs. Gane

Mark Striegl

Bantamweight · KO/TKO · Punches to Head On Ground · R1 · 0:51

UFC Fight Night: Ortega vs. The Korean Zombie · Oct 17, 2020

Punches to Head On Ground

UFC Fight Night: Ortega vs. The Korean Zombie

Raoni Barcelos

Bantamweight · Decision · Unanimous · R3 · 5:00

UFC Fight Night: Edgar vs. The Korean Zombie · Dec 21, 2019

UFC Fight Night: Edgar vs. The Korean Zombie

Ricardo Ramos

Bantamweight · KO/TKO · Spinning Back Kick Body · R1 · 2:28

UFC Fight Night: Assuncao vs. Moraes 2 · Feb 2, 2019

Spinning Back Kick Body

UFC Fight Night: Assuncao vs. Moraes 2

Justin Scoggins

#11Justin Scoggins

Flyweight · Decision · Split · R3 · 5:00

UFC Fight Night: Dos Santos vs. Ivanov · Jul 14, 2018

UFC Fight Night: Dos Santos vs. Ivanov

Outside the UFC

11-1across 12 bouts · 9 promotions · wins by 2 KO · 3 sub · 6 decAbsolute Championship Berkut · WFCA 42 · WFCA 35 · WFCA 30 · WFCA 22 +4

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Promotion	Date
W	Luis Alberto Nogueira23-13-2	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	WFCA 42	Sep 27, 2017
W	Anderson dos Santos25-14	Submission	Guillotine Choke	R1	1:52	WFCA 35	Apr 1, 2017
W	Abdul-Rakhman Dudaev34-10	Decision	Unanimous	R5	5:00	WFCA 30	Oct 4, 2016
W	Walter Pereira Jr.17-10	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	WFCA 22	May 22, 2016
W	Diego Marlon30-15	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	WFCA 16	Mar 12, 2016
L	Magomed Bibulatov21-4	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	Absolute Championship Berkut	Jun 22, 2014
W	German Barsegyan9-6-1	KO/TKO	Doctor Stoppage	R1	1:50	Absolute Championship Berkut	May 18, 2014
W	Magomed-Emin Hazhgeriev3-3	Decision	Unanimous	R2	5:00	Absolute Championship Berkut	Mar 30, 2014
W	Aslan Toktarbaev11-4	Decision	Unanimous	R2	5:00	Absolute Championship Berkut	Mar 2, 2014
W	Akhmed Sarapov0-1	KO/TKO	Punch	R1	4:40	Liga Kavkaz	Aug 15, 2013
W	Jolon Uulu Jayloobay0-1	Submission	Armbar	R1	1:35	VT	May 12, 2012
W	Oscar Nave11-15	Submission	Armbar	R1	2:03	WUFC	Aug 22, 2009

Non-UFC bouts (regional/other promotions) — shown for context only, excluded from Schedule Score, striking/grappling rates, and every UFC-scoped metric.

Amateur

5-1across 6 amateur bouts · 3 promotionsWMMAA · Russian MMA Union · M-1

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Promotion	Date
W	Roman Stakhuv6-3	Other	—	R0	0:00	WMMAA	Oct 18, 2013
W	Alikhon Khasanov15-7-1	Other	—	R0	0:00	WMMAA	Oct 17, 2013
W	Sergey Morozov19-5	Other	—	R0	0:00	WMMAA	Oct 17, 2013
W	Archil Taziashvili9-8	Other	—	R0	0:00	WMMAA	Oct 17, 2013
W	Abdulmutalib Gairbekov21-4-1	Submission	Guillotine Choke	R2	2:00	Russian MMA Union	Jun 3, 2013
L	Magomed Magomedov22-5	Decision	Unanimous	R2	5:00	M-1	Sep 30, 2012

Amateur (pre-professional) bouts — shown for context only and excluded from the professional record and every UFC-scoped metric.

Career striking

OverallC53rd

48%321 / 661

Striking accuracy

55%

Striking defense

Sig. strikes / min+1.03 differential

Landed3.08

Absorbed2.05

59%str + td

Defensive rating

Striking edge

+3%accuracy vs opp. landing

worseevenbetter

Strike maps

Sig. strikes by target

Head54%39th173
Body25%61st79
Leg21%65th69

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

Sig. strikes by position

76%Standing

Standing76%244
Clinch14%46
Ground10%31

Striking zones

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

UFC only

Said Nurmagomedov

Said Nurmagomedov

Landed per 15

Head

D

36th

24.9

36th

Body

B

62nd

11.4

62nd

Leg

A

71st

9.9

71st

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

A+

95th

12.8

95th

Body

A

75th

7.5

75th

Leg

D

35th

10.5

35th

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	24.9	173	474	36%
Body	11.4	79	108	73%
Leg	9.9	69	79	87%

Absorbed (career total)

Zone	Per 15	Landed	Attempted	Accuracy
Head	12.8	89	294	30%
Body	7.5	52	91	57%
Leg	10.5	73	97	75%

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

Said Nurmagomedov

Said Nurmagomedov

11 UFC bouts (per‑round) · 104 min

99%

R3 pace · 6 bouts

Nurmagomedov holds steady (-3% per round through round 3). Within fights that reached round 3, Nurmagomedov sustains 99% of round-1 output by round 3 (6 bouts).

Said Nurmagomedov

Nurmagomedov ▼ FADESOutput / 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

Said Nurmagomedov

Nurmagomedovlanded / min

Takedown attempts

Said Nurmagomedov

Nurmagomedovattempts / min

Control time

Said Nurmagomedov

Nurmagomedov% of round

Round	Output / min	Sig landed / min	Sig absorbed / min	TD att / min	Control	Bouts
R1	4.9	3.6	1.6	0.30	9%	11
R2	4.5	2.9	2.7	0.41	8%	7
R3	4.6	2.6	2.0	0.43	18%	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

Said Nurmagomedov

Said Nurmagomedov

11 resolved UFC bouts · 3 ranked at the time

Schedule Score

45/ 100

0255075100

Schedule strength

B

69th

41%

69th

Win quality

A

84th

53%

84th

Opponent quality distribution

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

6

1

1

2

1

Ranked 6–15Ranked #6–#15 at the time
Cross-div rankedRanked #1–#15 in another division at the time
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	6	3-3	50%
Cross-div ranked	1	0-1	0%
Established	1	1-0	100%
Building	2	2-0	100%
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
L	Bryce Mitchell	Cross-div ranked	45	Jul 26, 2025
L	Vinicius Oliveira	Ranked 6–15	46	Feb 1, 2025
W	Muin Gafurov	Building	15	Oct 21, 2023
L	Jonathan Martinez	Ranked 6–15	60	Mar 11, 2023
W	Saidyokub Kakhramonov	Building	15	Dec 17, 2022
W	Douglas Silva de Andrade#14	Ranked 6–15	62	Jul 9, 2022
W	Cody Stamann#15	Ranked 6–15	67	Jan 22, 2022
W	Mark Striegl	Unproven	8	Oct 17, 2020
L	Raoni Barcelos	Ranked 6–15	48	Dec 21, 2019
W	Ricardo Ramos	Established	26	Feb 2, 2019
W	Justin Scoggins#11	Ranked 6–15	67	Jul 14, 2018

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.