Makwan Amirkhani
14 UFC Fights | 50% Win Rate | 5 Finishes (71%)
Makwan Amirkhani UFC Record & Pro MMA Record
Makwan Amirkhani is 7-7 in the UFC across 14 fights, with 1 win by knockout, 4 by submission and 2 by decision. The full pro MMA record is 20-11, 13-4 of it outside the UFC. Amirkhani competes at featherweight as a southpaw grappler, standing 5'10" with a 72" reach at 37 years old. The last bout was a win over Theo Kolehmainen by submission in Sep 2025.
Best attribute: takedown offense (takedowns landed per fight) — 89th percentile among 191 featherweight fighters (2.4/fight).
Makwan Amirkhani's UFC win rate is 50% (7 of 14 fights), and 71% of those wins came by finish. Amirkhani averages 2.4 takedowns per fight at 43% accuracy and stops 36% of opponents' takedown attempts.
- Pro MMA Record
- 20-11
- UFC Record
- 7-7
- Height
- 5'10"
- Reach
- 72"
- Age
- 37
- Stance
- Southpaw
- Last Fight
- W vs Theo Kolehmainen · Submission (Anaconda Choke) · Sep 2025
Pro record from Sherdog (snapshot 2026-07-03) plus every UFC bout since; UFC record from UFCStats.
Makwan Amirkhani's Last 5 Fights
Amirkhani is 1-4 in the last five UFC fights.
- Loss vs Jack Shore · Submission · R2 4:27 · UFC 286: Edwards vs. Usman 3 · Mar 2023
- Loss vs Jonathan Pearce · KO/TKO · R2 4:10 · UFC Fight Night: Blaydes vs. Aspinall · Jul 2022
- Win vs Mike Grundy · Submission · R1 0:57 · UFC Fight Night: Volkov vs. Aspinall · Mar 2022
- Loss vs Lerone Murphy · KO/TKO · R2 0:14 · UFC 267: Blachowicz vs. Teixeira · Oct 2021
- Loss vs Kamuela Kirk · Decision · R3 5:00 · UFC Fight Night: Rozenstruik vs. Sakai · Jun 2021
Striking
Fighter Profile
Offensive Output
Defensive
Strike Targets
Position Breakdown
Grappling
Takedowns & Control
Win Methods
Finish Probability by Round
Round-by-Round Output
Sig. Strikes Landed per Round — Makwan Amirkhani vs Average
Makwan Amirkhani lands 5.2 strikes in R1 but 7.8 in R3+ — output increases in later rounds.
Makwan Amirkhani's UFC Fight History
14 UFC fights on record (7-7), most recent first.
| Result | Opponent | Method | Rd · Time | Event | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| L | Jack Shore | Submission | R2 · 4:27 | UFC 286: Edwards vs. Usman 3 | 2023-03-18 |
| L | Jonathan Pearce | KO/TKO | R2 · 4:10 | UFC Fight Night: Blaydes vs. Aspinall | 2022-07-23 |
| W | Mike Grundy | Submission | R1 · 0:57 | UFC Fight Night: Volkov vs. Aspinall | 2022-03-19 |
| L | Lerone Murphy | KO/TKO | R2 · 0:14 | UFC 267: Blachowicz vs. Teixeira | 2021-10-30 |
| L | Kamuela Kirk | Decision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Rozenstruik vs. Sakai | 2021-06-05 |
| L | Edson Barboza | Decision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Moraes vs. Sandhagen | 2020-10-10 |
| W | Danny Henry | Submission | R1 · 3:15 | UFC 251: Usman vs. Masvidal | 2020-07-11 |
| L | Shane Burgos | KO/TKO | R3 · 4:32 | UFC 244: Masvidal vs. Diaz | 2019-11-02 |
| W | Chris Fishgold | Submission | R2 · 4:25 | UFC Fight Night: Gustafsson vs. Smith | 2019-06-01 |
| W | Jason Knight | Decision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Thompson vs. Till | 2018-05-27 |
| L | Arnold Allen | Decision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Manuwa vs. Anderson | 2017-03-18 |
| W | Mike Wilkinson | Decision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Silva vs Bisping | 2016-02-27 |
| W | Masio Fullen | Submission | R1 · 1:41 | UFC Fight Night: Jedrzejczyk vs Penne | 2015-06-20 |
| W | Andy Ogle | KO/TKO | R1 · 0:08 | UFC on FOX: Gustafsson vs Johnson | 2015-01-24 |
How Amirkhani Ranks at Featherweight
Percentile among the 191 featherweight fighters in our database (higher is better; absorbed strikes are inverted).
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