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Russia
Makhachkala, Dagestan
Islam Makhachev
AGE
33
/
Oct 27, 1991
HEIGHT
5'10"
/
177.8 cm
WEIGHT
155 lbs
/
70.31 kg
ASSOCIATION
Eagles MMA
/
American Kickboxing Academy
CLASS
Lightweight
Wins
26
KO
/
TKO
5
19%
SUBMISSIONS
12
46%
DECISIONS
9
35%
Losses
1
KO
/
TKO
1
100%
SUBMISSIONS
0
0%
DECISIONS
0
0%
FIGHT HISTORY - PRO
Result
Fighter
Event
Method/
Referee
R
Time
win
Dustin Poirier
UFC 302 - Makhachev vs. Poirier
Jun / 01 / 2024
Submission (Brabo Choke)
Keith Peterson
VIEW PLAY-BY-PLAY
5
2:42
win
Alexander Volkanovski
UFC 294 - Makhachev vs. Volkanovski 2
Oct / 21 / 2023
KO (Head Kick and Punches)
Marc Goddard
VIEW PLAY-BY-PLAY
1
3:06
win
Alexander Volkanovski
UFC 284 - Makhachev vs. Volkanovski
Feb / 11 / 2023
Decision (Unanimous)
Marc Goddard
VIEW PLAY-BY-PLAY
5
5:00
win
Charles Oliveira
UFC 280 - Oliveira vs. Makhachev
Oct / 22 / 2022
Submission (Arm-Triangle Choke)
Jason Herzog
VIEW PLAY-BY-PLAY
2
3:16
win
Bobby Green
UFC Fight Night 202 - Makhachev vs. Green
Feb / 26 / 2022
TKO (Punches)
Herb Dean
VIEW PLAY-BY-PLAY
1
3:23
win
Dan Hooker
UFC 267 - Blachowicz vs. Teixeira
Oct / 30 / 2021
Submission (Kimura)
Daniel Movahedi
VIEW PLAY-BY-PLAY
1
2:25
win
Thiago Moises
UFC on ESPN 26 - Makhachev vs. Moises
Jul / 17 / 2021
Submission (Rear-Naked Choke)
Herb Dean
VIEW PLAY-BY-PLAY
4
2:38
win
Drew Dober
UFC 259 - Blachowicz vs. Adesanya
Mar / 06 / 2021
Submission (Arm-Triangle Choke)
Chris Tognoni
VIEW PLAY-BY-PLAY
3
1:37
win
Davi Ramos
UFC 242 - Khabib vs. Poirier
Sep / 07 / 2019
Decision (Unanimous)
Peter Hickmott
VIEW PLAY-BY-PLAY
3
5:00
win
Arman Tsarukyan
UFC Fight Night 149 - Overeem vs. Oleynik
Apr / 20 / 2019
Decision (Unanimous)
Herb Dean
VIEW PLAY-BY-PLAY
3
5:00
win
Kajan Johnson
UFC on Fox 30 - Alvarez vs. Poirier 2
Jul / 28 / 2018
Submission (Armbar)
Andy Social
VIEW PLAY-BY-PLAY
1
4:43
win
Gleison Tibau
UFC 220 - Miocic vs. Ngannou
Jan / 20 / 2018
KO (Punch)
Dan Miragliotta
VIEW PLAY-BY-PLAY
1
0:57
win
Nik Lentz
UFC 208 - Holm vs. De Randamie
Feb / 11 / 2017
Decision (Unanimous)
Kevin MacDonald
VIEW PLAY-BY-PLAY
3
5:00
win
Chris Wade
UFC Fight Night 94 - Poirier vs. Johnson
Sep / 17 / 2016
Decision (Unanimous)
Dan Miragliotta
VIEW PLAY-BY-PLAY
3
5:00
loss
Adriano Martins
UFC 192 - Cormier vs. Gustafsson
Oct / 03 / 2015
KO (Punch)
Frank Collazo
VIEW PLAY-BY-PLAY
1
1:46
win
Leo Kuntz
UFC 187 - Johnson vs. Cormier
May / 23 / 2015
Submission (Rear-Naked Choke)
Jason Herzog
VIEW PLAY-BY-PLAY
2
2:38
win
Ivica Truscek
M-1 Challenge 51 - Fightspirit
Sep / 07 / 2014
Submission (Triangle Choke)
Marco Broersen
3
4:45
win
Yuri Ivlev
M-1 Challenge 49 - Battle in the Mountains
Jun / 07 / 2014
Submission (Armbar)
Vyacheslav Kiselev
1
3:10
win
Rander Junio
M-1 Global - M-1 Challenge 41
Aug / 21 / 2013
Decision (Unanimous)
Mika Sinkkonen
3
5:00
win
Mansour Barnaoui
M-1 Challenge 38 - Spring Battle
Apr / 09 / 2013
Decision (Unanimous)
3
5:00
win
Anatoly Kormilkin
Lion's Fights 2 - Battle of Two Capitals
Sep / 02 / 2012
Submission (Inverted Triangle Choke)
1
3:17
win
Migel Grigoryan
SFC - Siberian Fighting Championship 1
Dec / 15 / 2011
Submission (Triangle Choke)
1
4:25
win
Vladimir Egoyan
ProFC - Union Nation Cup Final
Jul / 02 / 2011
Decision (Split)
2
5:00
win
Magomed Ibragimov
TFC 5 - Tsumada Fighting Championship
Jul / 01 / 2011
Submission (Triangle Choke)
2
3:15
win
Martiros Grigoryan
ProFC - Union Nation Cup 15
May / 06 / 2011
TKO (Punches)
1
2:52
win
Tengiz Khuchua
M-1 Selection Ukraine 2010 - The Finals
Feb / 12 / 2011
KO (Punch)
1
0:30
win
Magomed Bekbolatov
TFC 4 - Tsumada Fighting Championship
Aug / 01 / 2010
Decision (Unanimous)
2
5:00
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