Ion Cutelaba

"The Hulk"

AGE	32 / Dec 14, 1993
HEIGHT	6'1" / 185.42 cm
WEIGHT	205 lbs / 92.99 kg

ASSOCIATION
Timoshkov Sport Club / CSA Moldova

CLASS
Light Heavyweight

Wins 20

KO / TKO

65%

SUBMISSIONS

20%

DECISIONS

15%

OTHERS

Draws 1

Losses 12

KO / TKO

33%

SUBMISSIONS

33%

DECISIONS

25%

OTHERS

N/C 1

FIGHT HISTORY - PRO

Result	Fighter	Event	Method/Referee	R	Time
loss	Navajo Stirling	UFC Fight Night 279 - Kape vs. Horiguchi 2 Jun / 20 / 2026	TKO (Punches and Elbows) Kerry Hatley VIEW PLAY-BY-PLAY	2	3:23
win	Oumar Sy	UFC Fight Night 269 - Emmett vs. Vallejos Mar / 14 / 2026	Submission (Guillotine Choke) Herb Dean VIEW PLAY-BY-PLAY	1	4:24
loss	Modestas Bukauskas	UFC 315 - Muhammad vs. Della Maddalena May / 10 / 2025	Decision (Split) Dan Miragliotta VIEW PLAY-BY-PLAY	3	5:00
win	Ibo Aslan	UFC Fight Night 252 - Cejudo vs. Song Feb / 22 / 2025	Submission (Arm-Triangle Choke) Kevin MacDonald VIEW PLAY-BY-PLAY	1	2:51
win	Ivan Erslan	UFC Fight Night 243 - Moicano vs. St. Denis Sep / 28 / 2024	Decision (Split) Herb Dean VIEW PLAY-BY-PLAY	3	5:00
loss	Philipe Lins	UFC 299 - O'Malley vs. Vera 2 Mar / 09 / 2024	Decision (Unanimous) Mike Beltran VIEW PLAY-BY-PLAY	3	5:00
win	Tanner Boser	UFC on ESPN 44 - Holloway vs. Allen Apr / 15 / 2023	TKO (Punches) Keith Peterson VIEW PLAY-BY-PLAY	1	2:05
loss	Kennedy Nzechukwu	UFC Fight Night 215 - Nzechukwu vs. Cutelaba Nov / 19 / 2022	TKO (Flying Knee and Punches) Keith Peterson VIEW PLAY-BY-PLAY	2	1:02
loss	Johnny Walker	UFC 279 - Diaz vs. Ferguson Sep / 10 / 2022	Submission (Rear-Naked Choke) Mike Beltran VIEW PLAY-BY-PLAY	1	4:37
loss	Ryan Spann	UFC on ESPN 36 - Blachowicz vs. Rakic May / 14 / 2022	Submission (Guillotine Choke) Herb Dean VIEW PLAY-BY-PLAY	1	2:22
win	Devin Clark	UFC Fight Night 192 - Smith vs. Spann Sep / 18 / 2021	Decision (Unanimous) Keith Peterson VIEW PLAY-BY-PLAY	3	5:00
draw	Dustin Jacoby	UFC on ESPN 23 - Reyes vs. Prochazka May / 01 / 2021	Draw (Split) Mark Smith VIEW PLAY-BY-PLAY	3	5:00
loss	Magomed Ankalaev	UFC 254 - Nurmagomedov vs. Gaethje Oct / 24 / 2020	KO (Punches) Anders Ohlsson VIEW PLAY-BY-PLAY	1	4:19
loss	Magomed Ankalaev	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	Khalil Rountree	UFC Fight Night 160 - Hermansson vs. Cannonier Sep / 28 / 2019	TKO (Elbows) Marc Goddard VIEW PLAY-BY-PLAY	1	2:35
loss	Glover Teixeira	UFC Fight Night 150 - Jacare vs. Hermansson Apr / 27 / 2019	Submission (Rear-Naked Choke) Alan Abeles VIEW PLAY-BY-PLAY	2	3:37
win	Gadzhimurad Antigulov	UFC on Fox 30 - Alvarez vs. Poirier 2 Jul / 28 / 2018	TKO (Punches and Elbows) Marc Goddard VIEW PLAY-BY-PLAY	1	4:25
win	Henrique da Silva	UFC Fight Night 110 - Hunt vs. Lewis Jun / 10 / 2017	KO (Punches) Mark Craig VIEW PLAY-BY-PLAY	1	0:22
loss	Jared Cannonier	UFC - The Ultimate Fighter 24 Finale Dec / 03 / 2016	Decision (Unanimous) Yves Lavigne VIEW PLAY-BY-PLAY	3	5:00
win	Jonathan Wilson	UFC Fight Night 96 - Lineker vs. Dodson Oct / 01 / 2016	Decision (Unanimous) Herb Dean VIEW PLAY-BY-PLAY	3	5:00
loss	Misha Cirkunov	UFC Fight Night 89 - MacDonald vs. Thompson Jun / 18 / 2016	Submission (Arm-Triangle Choke) Herb Dean VIEW PLAY-BY-PLAY	3	1:22
win	Malik Merad	WWFC - Cage Encounter 4 Sep / 19 / 2015	TKO (Punches) Mohamed El Fadili	1	0:08
win	Vitaliy Onishchenko	WWFC - Cage Encounter 3 Apr / 04 / 2015	Submission (Omoplata) Vladimir Shemarov	1	2:37
win	Yuri Gorbenko	WWFC - Ukraine Selection 5 Feb / 28 / 2015	TKO (Punches) Vitaly Vovk	1	1:10
win	Izidor Bunea	WWFC - Cage Encounter 2 Dec / 13 / 2014	TKO (Punches) Vladimir Shemarov	1	1:13
win	Alexandru Stoica	WWFC - Cage Encounter 1 Jun / 14 / 2014	KO (Punch) Vladimir Shemarov	1	0:07
win	Constantin Padure	CSA FC - Adrenaline Apr / 04 / 2014	KO (Punch) Serghey Nechiporuk	1	1:05
win	Igor Gorkun	GEFC - Battle on the Gold Mountain Dec / 21 / 2013	KO (Punch) Aleksander Melnichenko	1	0:28
loss	Michal Andryszak	CWFC 58 - Cage Warriors Fighting Championship 58 Aug / 24 / 2013	Disqualification (Punches to Back of Head) Rich Mitchell	1	4:07
NC	Murod Khanturaev	AP - Grand Prix 2013 Jul / 07 / 2013	No Contest (Referee Error) Karen Pashikyan	1	0:24
win	Anatoli Ciumac	ECSF - Battle of Bessarabia Mar / 24 / 2013	TKO (Punches) Roman Curkanu	2	0:29
win	Igor Kukurudziak	ECSF - Adrenalin Dec / 14 / 2012	Submission (Omaplata) Roman Tsurkanu	1	0:42
win	Julian Chilikov	TBFR - The Battle For Ruse Jun / 22 / 2012	TKO (Punches)	1	0:25
win	Daglar Gasimov	CIS - Cup Apr / 05 / 2012	TKO (Punches)	1	0:27

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