Magomed Ankalaev

AGE	33 / Jun 2, 1992
HEIGHT	6'3" / 190.5 cm
WEIGHT	205 lbs / 92.99 kg

ASSOCIATION
Gorets Fight Club

CLASS
Light Heavyweight

Wins 20

KO / TKO

50%

SUBMISSIONS

DECISIONS

50%

Draws 1

Losses 2

KO / TKO

50%

SUBMISSIONS

50%

DECISIONS

N/C 1

FIGHT HISTORY - PRO

Result	Fighter	Event	Method/Referee	R	Time
loss	Alex Pereira	UFC 320 - Ankalaev vs. Pereira 2 Oct / 04 / 2025	TKO (Punches and Elbows) Herb Dean VIEW PLAY-BY-PLAY	1	1:20
win	Alex Pereira	UFC 313 - Pereira vs. Ankalaev Mar / 08 / 2025	Decision (Unanimous) Marc Goddard VIEW PLAY-BY-PLAY	5	5:00
win	Aleksandar Rakic	UFC 308 - Topuria vs. Holloway Oct / 26 / 2024	Decision (Unanimous) Vitor Ribeiro VIEW PLAY-BY-PLAY	3	5:00
win	Johnny Walker	UFC Fight Night 234 - Ankalaev vs. Walker 2 Jan / 13 / 2024	KO (Punches) Marc Goddard VIEW PLAY-BY-PLAY	2	2:42
NC	Johnny Walker	UFC 294 - Makhachev vs. Volkanovski 2 Oct / 21 / 2023	No Contest (Illegal Knee) Daniel Movahedi VIEW PLAY-BY-PLAY	1	3:13
draw	Jan Blachowicz	UFC 282 - Blachowicz vs. Ankalaev Dec / 10 / 2022	Draw (Split) Marc Goddard VIEW PLAY-BY-PLAY	5	5:00
win	Anthony Smith	UFC 277 - Pena vs. Nunes 2 Jul / 30 / 2022	TKO (Punches) Jacob Montalvo VIEW PLAY-BY-PLAY	2	3:09
win	Thiago Santos	UFC Fight Night 203 - Santos vs. Ankalaev Mar / 12 / 2022	Decision (Unanimous) Mark Smith VIEW PLAY-BY-PLAY	5	5:00
win	Volkan Oezdemir	UFC 267 - Blachowicz vs. Teixeira Oct / 30 / 2021	Decision (Unanimous) Marc Goddard VIEW PLAY-BY-PLAY	3	5:00
win	Nikita Krylov	UFC Fight Night 186 - Rozenstruik vs. Gane Feb / 27 / 2021	Decision (Unanimous) Mark Smith VIEW PLAY-BY-PLAY	3	5:00
win	Ion Cutelaba	UFC 254 - Nurmagomedov vs. Gaethje Oct / 24 / 2020	KO (Punches) Anders Ohlsson VIEW PLAY-BY-PLAY	1	4:19
win	Ion Cutelaba	UFC Fight Night 169 - Benavidez vs. Figueiredo Feb / 29 / 2020	TKO (Head Kicks and Punches) Kevin MacDonald VIEW PLAY-BY-PLAY	1	0:38
win	Dalcha Lungiambula	UFC Fight Night 163 - Magomedsharipov vs. Kattar Nov / 09 / 2019	KO (Front Kick and Punch) Marc Goddard VIEW PLAY-BY-PLAY	3	0:29
win	Klidson Abreu	UFC Fight Night 145 - Blachowicz vs. Santos Feb / 23 / 2019	Decision (Unanimous) Leon Roberts VIEW PLAY-BY-PLAY	3	5:00
win	Marcin Prachnio	UFC Fight Night 136 - Hunt vs. Oleynik Sep / 15 / 2018	TKO (Head Kick and Punches) Herb Dean VIEW PLAY-BY-PLAY	1	3:09
loss	Paul Craig	UFC Fight Night 127 - Werdum vs. Volkov Mar / 17 / 2018	Submission (Triangle Choke) Marc Goddard VIEW PLAY-BY-PLAY	3	4:59
win	Celso Ricardo da Silva	WFCA 43 - Grozny Battle Oct / 04 / 2017	KO (Punches) Stanislav Novitsky	1	1:09
win	Wagner Prado	WFCA 38 - Grozny Battle May / 21 / 2017	KO (Punches) Vyacheslav Kiselev	1	3:33
win	Maxim Grishin	WFCA 30 - 2016 WFC Akhmat Grand Prix Final Oct / 04 / 2016	TKO (Punches) Ashot Ashugyan	4	1:13
win	Artur Astakhov	WFCA 23 - Grand Prix Akhmat Jun / 11 / 2016	Decision (Unanimous) Armen Ananyan	3	5:00
win	Lloyd Marshbanks	WFCA 17 - Grand Prix Akhmat Apr / 09 / 2016	TKO (Submission to Punches) Viktor Korneev	1	0:15
win	Dovletdzhan Yagshimuradov	OC - Oplot Challenge 103 Oct / 18 / 2014	Decision (Unanimous)	3	5:00
win	Denic Strahinja	TFC - Tesla Fighting Championship 4 Jun / 14 / 2014	Decision (Unanimous) Dejan Tesic	3	5:00
win	Vasily Babich	OC - Oplot Challenge 96 Jan / 18 / 2014	Decision (Majority) Andrey Kolovorotny	3	5:00

FIGHT HISTORY - PRO EXHIBITION

Result	Fighter	Event	Method/Referee	R	Time
win	Nadyr Bulkadarov	Russian MMA Union - 2015 Russian MMA Super Cup Dec / 05 / 2015	TKO (Punches) John McCarthy	1	4:45

FIGHT HISTORY - AMATEUR

Result	Fighter	Event	Method/Referee	R	Time
win	Erkinbek Inzhel	WMMAA - 2016 World MMA Championships - Selection Nov / 25 / 2016		0	0:00
win	Joshua McGregor	WMMAA - 2016 World MMA Championships - Selection Nov / 25 / 2016		0	0:00
win	Marco Marchiello	WMMAA - 2016 World MMA Championships - Selection Nov / 25 / 2016		0	0:00
win	Hasan Mezhiev	WMMAA - 2015 World MMA Championships - Finals Nov / 28 / 2015	Decision (Unanimous)	2	5:00
win	Michal Kotalik	WMMAA - 2015 World MMA Championships - Selection Nov / 27 / 2015		0	0:00
win	John Winter	WMMAA - 2015 World MMA Championships - Selection Nov / 27 / 2015		0	0:00
win	Nabi Mammadov	WMMAA - 2015 World MMA Championships - Selection Nov / 27 / 2015		0	0:00
win	Pavol Langer	WMMAA - 2015 World MMA Championships - Selection Nov / 27 / 2015		0	0:00
win	Valentin Moldavsky	Russian MMA Union - Omsk Cup May / 30 / 2015	Decision (Split) Dmitriy Sazonov	3	3:00
win	Mikhail Ragozin	FEFoMP and Russian MMA Union - Russia's MMA Amateur Supercup Dec / 20 / 2014	Decision (Unanimous)	2	5:00
win	Aziz Dzhumaniyazov	Russian MMA Union - Moscow Open Cup 2014, Finals Nov / 29 / 2014	Submission (Rear-Naked Choke)	1	1:18
win	Sergey Arbuzov	Russian MMA Union - Moscow Open Cup 2014, Day 1 Nov / 28 / 2014	KO (Punch)	1	0:40
loss	Murad Abdurakhmanov	WMMAA - 2014 World Championships - Finals Sep / 12 / 2014	Submission	1	0:00
win	Hasan Mezhiev	WMMAA - 2014 World Championships - Selection Sep / 11 / 2014		0	0:00
win	Rashit Amankulov	WMMAA - 2014 World Championships - Selection Sep / 11 / 2014		0	0:00

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