Temirkhan Temirkhanov
UFC DebutNickname“Tank”
Record
Streak
W13
Age
Date of birth
- Fighting out of
- Yekaterinburg, Sverdlovsk Oblast
- Born
- Russia
- Weight class
- Middleweight
- Height
- 5'10" · 178 cm
Before the UFC
Temirkhan Temirkhanov 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
207-112-1
.649 win rate
Winning-record opponents
12 of 15
carried winning pro records
Pro bouts faced
17
15 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 17 bouts · 11 promotions · wins by 10 KO · 1 sub · 5 decRCC · Kaganat MMA · RCC 25 · RCC 24 · RCC 23 +6
| Res | Opponent | Outcome | Finish | Rd | Time | Promotion | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | Luciano Palhano21-6 | KO/TKO | Punches | R1 | 2:53 | RCC 25 | Jul 4, 2026 |
| W | Rodrigo Lidio15-7 | KO/TKO | Punches | R1 | 0:40 | RCC 24 | Dec 12, 2025 |
| W | Denilson Souza | KO/TKO | Knee | R1 | 4:06 | RCC 23 | Sep 12, 2025 |
| W | Adil Boranbayev22-13-1 | KO/TKO | Head Kick and Punches | R2 | 0:39 | RCC 22 | May 31, 2025 |
| W | Junior Luiz13-6 | Submission | Neck Crank | R1 | 3:02 | RCC 21 | Dec 14, 2024 |
| W | Decision | Unanimous | R3 | 5:00 | RCC | Sep 14, 2024 | |
| W | German Kokaev8-4 | KO/TKO | Head Kick | R2 | 4:54 | RCC | Mar 9, 2024 |
| W | Milson Castro20-7 | Decision | Unanimous | R3 | 5:00 | RCC | Jul 8, 2023 |
| W | Viktor Azatyan12-6 | KO/TKO | Head Kick | R1 | 2:55 | RCC | Feb 4, 2023 |
| W | Neilson Gomes22-7 | Decision | Unanimous | R3 | 5:00 | RCC | Sep 23, 2022 |
| W | Yurik Smoyan16-9 | Decision | Unanimous | R3 | 5:00 | RCC | Jun 25, 2022 |
| W | Ulugbek Oskanov9-6 | KO/TKO | — | R1 | 2:34 | MMA Series 34 | Jun 12, 2021 |
| W | Alexey Novikov6-20 | KO/TKO | Punches | R1 | 1:33 | Kaganat MMA | Sep 26, 2020 |
| L | Islam Omarov17-0 | Decision | Unanimous | R3 | 5:00 | Kaganat MMA | Sep 28, 2019 |
| W | Zhantemir Abduganiev0-1 | KO/TKO | Punches | R1 | 0:00 | Battle Promotion | Aug 18, 2019 |
| W | Galenbek Shakarbekov | KO/TKO | — | R1 | 0:57 | WCSA Combat League | Dec 16, 2018 |
| W | Ivan Ivlev3-9 | Decision | Unanimous | R2 | 5:00 | CLAS | May 17, 2018 |
Non-UFC bouts (regional/other promotions) — shown for context only, excluded from Schedule Score, striking/grappling rates, and every UFC-scoped metric.
Amateur
3-0across 3 amateur bouts · 1 promotionBMMAF
| Res | Opponent | Outcome | Finish | Rd | Time | Promotion | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | Shamil Utsaev | Other | — | R0 | 0:00 | BMMAF | Feb 25, 2017 |
| W | Ilnar Nabiev | Other | — | R0 | 0:00 | BMMAF | Feb 25, 2017 |
| W | Daniil Zelenskiy | Other | — | R0 | 0:00 | BMMAF | Feb 25, 2017 |
Amateur (pre-professional) bouts — shown for context only and excluded from the professional record and every UFC-scoped metric.
In the news
All news →- Open Thread, July 28, 2026: Tanks, Muay Thai and Chickpeas!mmamania · Jul 28, 2026
- Zuffa Boxing wants Tank vs. Shakursherdog · Jul 28, 2026
- Dana White confirms interest in working with Gervonta ‘Tank’ Davis: ‘We’ve talked to them’mmafighting · Jul 27, 2026
- The story behind Khabib Nurmagomedov's legendary gas tanksherdog · Jul 15, 2026
- Dalton Rosta Dismisses Aaron Jeffery Part 3: “They Don’t Want to Tank My Stock to Give Him Another Opportunity”lowkickmma · Jul 8, 2026