Misha Cirkunov

Light HeavyweightSubmission Artist
6 - 7

13 UFC Fights | 46% Win Rate | 6 Finishes (100%)

Height
6' 3"
Reach
77"
Weight
205 lbs.
Age
39
Orthodox

Misha Cirkunov UFC Record & Pro MMA Record

Misha Cirkunov is 6-7 in the UFC across 13 fights, with 1 win by knockout and 5 by submission. The full pro MMA record is 15-9, 9-2 of it outside the UFC. Cirkunov competes at light heavyweight as an orthodox submission artist, standing 6'3" with a 77" reach at 39 years old. The last bout was a loss to Alonzo Menifield by knockout in Oct 2022.

Best attribute: takedown offense (takedowns landed per fight) — 76th percentile among 140 light heavyweight fighters (1.3/fight).

Misha Cirkunov's UFC win rate is 46% (6 of 13 fights), and 100% of those wins came by finish. Cirkunov averages 1.3 takedowns per fight at 40% accuracy and stops 77% of opponents' takedown attempts.

Pro MMA Record
15-9
UFC Record
6-7
Height
6'3"
Reach
77"
Age
39
Stance
Orthodox
Last Fight
L vs Alonzo Menifield · KO/TKO · Oct 2022

Pro record from Sherdog (snapshot 2026-07-03) plus every UFC bout since; UFC record from UFCStats.

Misha Cirkunov's Last 5 Fights

Cirkunov is 1-4 in the last five UFC fights.

  1. Loss vs Alonzo Menifield · KO/TKO · R1 1:28 · UFC Fight Night: Grasso vs. Araujo · Oct 2022
  2. Loss vs Wellington Turman · Submission · R2 1:29 · UFC Fight Night: Makhachev vs. Green · Feb 2022
  3. Loss vs Krzysztof Jotko · Decision · R3 5:00 · UFC Fight Night: Santos vs. Walker · Oct 2021
  4. Loss vs Ryan Spann · KO/TKO · R1 1:11 · UFC Fight Night: Edwards vs. Muhammad · Mar 2021
  5. Win vs Jimmy Crute · Submission · R1 3:38 · UFC Fight Night: Cowboy vs. Gaethje · Sep 2019

Striking

Fighter Profile

Offensive Output

Sig. Strikes / Min
3.9
Accuracy
52%
above avg
Knockdowns / Fight
0.00

Defensive

Absorbed / Min
3.1
0.9x avg
Strike Differential
+0.8
Opp. Accuracy Against
42%

Strike Targets

Position Breakdown

Grappling

Takedowns & Control

Takedowns / Fight
1.3
Takedown Accuracy
40%
Takedown Defense
77%
Control Time / Fight
1:21
Sub Attempts / Fight
0.5

Win Methods

Finish Probability by Round

R1
8% KO
23% Sub
R2
0% KO
8% Sub
R3+
0% KO
8% Sub

Round-by-Round Output

Sig. Strikes Landed per Round — Misha Cirkunov vs Average

Misha Cirkunov's UFC Fight History

13 UFC fights on record (6-7), most recent first.

ResultOpponentMethodRd · TimeEventDate
LAlonzo MenifieldKO/TKOR1 · 1:28UFC Fight Night: Grasso vs. Araujo2022-10-15
LWellington TurmanSubmissionR2 · 1:29UFC Fight Night: Makhachev vs. Green2022-02-26
LKrzysztof JotkoDecisionR3 · 5:00UFC Fight Night: Santos vs. Walker2021-10-02
LRyan SpannKO/TKOR1 · 1:11UFC Fight Night: Edwards vs. Muhammad2021-03-13
WJimmy CruteSubmissionR1 · 3:38UFC Fight Night: Cowboy vs. Gaethje2019-09-14
LJohnny WalkerKO/TKOR1 · 0:36UFC 235: Jones vs. Smith2019-03-02
WPatrick CumminsSubmissionR1 · 2:40UFC Fight Night: Oezdemir vs. Smith2018-10-27
LGlover TeixeiraKO/TKOR1 · 2:45UFC Fight Night: Lawler vs. Dos Anjos2017-12-16
LVolkan OezdemirKO/TKOR1 · 0:28UFC Fight Night: Gustafsson vs. Teixeira2017-05-28
WNikita KrylovSubmissionR1 · 4:38UFC 206: Holloway vs. Pettis2016-12-10
WIon CutelabaSubmissionR3 · 1:22UFC Fight Night: MacDonald vs Thompson2016-06-18
WAlex NicholsonSubmissionR2 · 1:28UFC Fight Night: Hendricks vs Thompson2016-02-06
WDaniel JollyKO/TKOR1 · 4:45UFC Fight Night: Holloway vs Oliveira2015-08-23

How Cirkunov Ranks at Light Heavyweight

Percentile among the 140 light heavyweight fighters in our database (higher is better; absorbed strikes are inverted).

Striking volume3.9 sig. strikes/min
66th percentile
Striking accuracy52%
65th percentile
Strikes absorbed3.1/min
64th percentile
Takedowns1.3/fight
76th percentile
Takedown defense77%
64th percentile
Knockdown power0.00/fight
0th percentile

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