Ilir Latifi
16 UFC Fights | 56% Win Rate | 5 Finishes (56%)
Ilir Latifi UFC Record & Pro MMA Record
Ilir Latifi is 9-7 in the UFC across 16 fights, with 3 wins by knockout, 2 by submission and 4 by decision. The full pro MMA record is 16-9 (1 NC), 7-2 of it outside the UFC. Latifi competes at light heavyweight as an orthodox complete fighter, standing 5'10" with a 73" reach at 44 years old. The last bout was a loss to Rodrigo Nascimento by decision in May 2023.
Best attribute: takedown offense (takedowns landed per fight) — 76th percentile among 140 light heavyweight fighters (1.3/fight).
Ilir Latifi's UFC win rate is 56% (9 of 16 fights), and 56% of those wins came by finish. Latifi averages 1.3 takedowns per fight at 36% accuracy, and no opponent has completed a UFC takedown on Latifi.
- Pro MMA Record
- 16-9 (1 NC)
- UFC Record
- 9-7
- Height
- 5'10"
- Reach
- 73"
- Age
- 44
- Stance
- Orthodox
- Last Fight
- L vs Rodrigo Nascimento · Decision · May 2023
Pro record from Sherdog (snapshot 2026-07-03) plus every UFC bout since; UFC record from UFCStats.
Ilir Latifi's Last 5 Fights
Latifi is 2-3 in the last five UFC fights.
- Loss vs Rodrigo Nascimento · Decision · R3 5:00 · UFC Fight Night: Dern vs. Hill · May 2023
- Win vs Aleksei Oleinik · Decision · R3 5:00 · UFC Fight Night: Dern vs. Yan · Oct 2022
- Win vs Tanner Boser · Decision · R3 5:00 · UFC Fight Night: Rozenstruik vs. Sakai · Jun 2021
- Loss vs Derrick Lewis · Decision · R3 5:00 · UFC 247: Jones vs. Reyes · Feb 2020
- Loss vs Volkan Oezdemir · KO/TKO · R2 4:31 · UFC Fight Night: Shevchenko vs. Carmouche 2 · Aug 2019
Striking
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Round-by-Round Output
Sig. Strikes Landed per Round — Ilir Latifi vs Average
Ilir Latifi lands 8.3 strikes in R1 but 10.1 in R3+ — output increases in later rounds.
Ilir Latifi's UFC Fight History
16 UFC fights on record (9-7), most recent first.
| Result | Opponent | Method | Rd · Time | Event | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| L | Rodrigo Nascimento | Decision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Dern vs. Hill | 2023-05-20 |
| W | Aleksei Oleinik | Decision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Dern vs. Yan | 2022-10-01 |
| W | Tanner Boser | Decision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Rozenstruik vs. Sakai | 2021-06-05 |
| L | Derrick Lewis | Decision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC 247: Jones vs. Reyes | 2020-02-08 |
| L | Volkan Oezdemir | KO/TKO | R2 · 4:31 | UFC Fight Night: Shevchenko vs. Carmouche 2 | 2019-08-10 |
| L | Corey Anderson | Decision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC 232: Jones vs. Gustafsson 2 | 2018-12-29 |
| W | Ovince Saint Preux | Submission | R1 · 3:48 | UFC Fight Night: Emmett vs. Stephens | 2018-02-24 |
| W | Tyson Pedro | Decision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC 215: Nunes vs Shevchenko 2 | 2017-09-09 |
| L | Ryan Bader | KO/TKO | R2 · 2:06 | UFC Fight Night: Arlovski vs. Barnett | 2016-09-03 |
| W | Gian Villante | Decision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC 196: McGregor vs Diaz | 2016-03-05 |
| W | Sean O'Connell | KO/TKO | R1 · 0:30 | UFC Fight Night: Dillashaw vs Cruz | 2016-01-17 |
| W | Hans Stringer | KO/TKO | R1 · 0:56 | UFC Fight Night: Bisping vs Leites | 2015-07-18 |
| L | Jan Blachowicz | KO/TKO | R1 · 1:58 | UFC Fight Night: Nelson vs Story | 2014-10-04 |
| W | Chris Dempsey | KO/TKO | R1 · 2:07 | UFC Fight Night: McGregor vs Brandao | 2014-07-19 |
| W | Cyrille Diabate | Submission | R1 · 3:02 | UFC Fight Night: Gustafsson vs Manuwa | 2014-03-08 |
| L | Gegard Mousasi | Decision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC on FUEL TV: Mousasi vs Latifi | 2013-04-06 |
How Latifi Ranks at Light Heavyweight
Percentile among the 140 light heavyweight fighters in our database (higher is better; absorbed strikes are inverted).
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