Umar Nurmagomedov

BantamweightGrappler
8 - 2

10 UFC Fights | 80% Win Rate | 3 Finishes (38%)

Height
5' 8"
Reach
69"
Weight
135 lbs.
Age
30
Orthodox

Umar Nurmagomedov UFC Record & Pro MMA Record

Umar Nurmagomedov is 8-2 in the UFC across 10 fights, with 1 win by knockout, 2 by submission and 5 by decision. The full pro MMA record is 20-2, 12-0 of it outside the UFC. Nurmagomedov competes at bantamweight as an orthodox grappler, standing 5'8" with a 69" reach at 30 years old. The last bout was a loss to Song Yadong by knockout in Aug 2026.

Best attribute: takedown offense (takedowns landed per fight) — 96th percentile among 182 bantamweight fighters (3.5/fight).

Umar Nurmagomedov's UFC win rate is 80% (8 of 10 fights), and 38% of those wins came by finish. Nurmagomedov averages 3.5 takedowns per fight at 46% accuracy and stops 79% of opponents' takedown attempts.

Pro MMA Record
20-2
UFC Record
8-2
Height
5'8"
Reach
69"
Age
30
Stance
Orthodox
Last Fight
L vs Song Yadong · KO/TKO · Aug 2026

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

Umar Nurmagomedov's Last 5 Fights

Nurmagomedov is 3-2 in the last five UFC fights.

  1. Loss vs Song Yadong · KO/TKO · R2 1:48 · UFC Fight Night: Nurmagomedov vs. Song · Aug 2026
  2. Win vs Deiveson Figueiredo · Decision · R3 5:00 · UFC 324: Gaethje vs. Pimblett · Jan 2026
  3. Win vs Mario Bautista · Decision · R3 5:00 · UFC 321: Aspinall vs. Gane · Oct 2025
  4. Loss vs Merab Dvalishvili · Decision · R5 5:00 · UFC 311: Makhachev vs. Moicano · Jan 2025
  5. Win vs Cory Sandhagen · Decision · R5 5:00 · UFC Fight Night: Sandhagen vs. Nurmagomedov · Aug 2024

Striking

Fighter Profile

Offensive Output

Sig. Strikes / Min
3.8
+2.0x ratio
Accuracy
57%
above avg
Knockdowns / Fight
0.10

Defensive

Absorbed / Min
1.9
0.5x avg
Strike Differential
+1.9
Opp. Accuracy Against
39%
hard to hit

Strike Targets

Position Breakdown

Grappling

Takedowns & Control

Takedowns / Fight
3.5
above avg
Takedown Accuracy
46%
Takedown Defense
79%
Control Time / Fight
5:06
Sub Attempts / Fight
0.2

Win Methods

Finish Probability by Round

R1
10% KO
10% Sub
R2
0% KO
10% Sub
R3+
0% KO
0% Sub

Round-by-Round Output

Sig. Strikes Landed per Round — Umar Nurmagomedov vs Average

Umar Nurmagomedov lands 14.4 strikes in R1 but 19.8 in R3+ — output increases in later rounds.

Umar Nurmagomedov's UFC Fight History

10 UFC fights on record (8-2), most recent first.

ResultOpponentMethodRd · TimeEventDate
LSong YadongKO/TKOR2 · 1:48UFC Fight Night: Nurmagomedov vs. Song2026-08-29
WDeiveson FigueiredoDecisionR3 · 5:00UFC 324: Gaethje vs. Pimblett2026-01-24
WMario BautistaDecisionR3 · 5:00UFC 321: Aspinall vs. Gane2025-10-25
L★Merab DvalishviliDecisionR5 · 5:00UFC 311: Makhachev vs. Moicano2025-01-18
WCory SandhagenDecisionR5 · 5:00UFC Fight Night: Sandhagen vs. Nurmagomedov2024-08-03
WBekzat AlmakhanDecisionR3 · 5:00UFC Fight Night: Rozenstruik vs. Gaziev2024-03-02
WRaoni BarcelosKO/TKOR1 · 4:40UFC Fight Night: Strickland vs. Imavov2023-01-14
WNate ManessDecisionR3 · 5:00UFC Fight Night: Tsarukyan vs. Gamrot2022-06-25
WBrian KelleherSubmissionR1 · 3:15UFC 272: Covington vs. Masvidal2022-03-05
WSergey MorozovSubmissionR2 · 3:39UFC Fight Night: Chiesa vs. Magny2021-01-20

How Nurmagomedov Ranks at Bantamweight

Percentile among the 182 bantamweight fighters in our database (higher is better; absorbed strikes are inverted).

Striking volume3.8 sig. strikes/min
62nd percentile
Striking accuracy57%
93rd percentile
Strikes absorbed1.9/min
93rd percentile
Takedowns3.5/fight
96th percentile
Takedown defense79%
85th percentile
Knockdown power0.10/fight
38th percentile

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