Rizvan Kuniev

AGE	33 / Mar 10, 1992
HEIGHT	6'4" / 193.04 cm
WEIGHT	265 lbs / 120.2 kg

ASSOCIATION
Gorets Fight Club

CLASS
Heavyweight

Wins 12

KO / TKO

50%

SUBMISSIONS

17%

DECISIONS

25%

OTHERS

Draws 1

Losses 3

KO / TKO

SUBMISSIONS

DECISIONS

100%

OTHERS

N/C 1

Upcoming Fights

UFC Fight Night 266

February 07, 2026 UFC Apex, Las Vegas, Nevada, United States

Rizvan Kuniev

12-3-1 (WIN-LOSS-DRAW)

Ryan Spann

23-11-0 (WIN-LOSS-DRAW)

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FIGHT HISTORY - PRO

Result	Fighter	Event	Method/Referee	R	Time
loss	Curtis Blaydes	UFC on ABC 8 - Hill vs. Rountree Jun / 21 / 2025	Decision (Split) Herb Dean VIEW PLAY-BY-PLAY	3	5:00
win	Hugo Cunha	Dana White's Contender Series - Contender Series 2024: Week 2 Aug / 20 / 2024	TKO (Knee to the Body and Punches) Blake Grice VIEW PLAY-BY-PLAY	1	4:59
NC	Renan Ferreira	Professional Fighters League - PFL 2: 2023 Regular Season Apr / 07 / 2023	No Contest (Overturned) Herb Dean VIEW PLAY-BY-PLAY	3	5:00
win	Anthony Hamilton	EFC 46 - Eagle FC 46: Lee vs. Sanchez Mar / 11 / 2022	Submission (Guillotine Choke) Andrew Glenn	1	1:17
win	Edivan Mineiro Santos	Dana White's Contender Series - Contender Series 2021: Week 5 Sep / 28 / 2021	TKO (Punches) Mark Smith VIEW PLAY-BY-PLAY	3	1:00
win	Vladimir Daineko	EFC 31 - Eagle Fighting Championship 31 Dec / 19 / 2020	TKO (Corner Stoppage) Nikolay Sharipov	3	5:00
win	Ruud Vernooij	Eagles FC - Next Level Feb / 15 / 2020	Decision (Unanimous) Alexandru Petcoglo	3	5:00
win	Shamil Abasov	GFC 16 - Gorilla Fighting 16 Aug / 30 / 2019	TKO	3	4:53
win	Navid Yadegari	Gorets FC - For The Prizes Of V. Zolotov Jul / 06 / 2019	Submission (Rear-Naked Choke)	1	2:00
win	Jose Jimenez	UMC 1 - Ciumac vs. Ngeleka Jun / 02 / 2018	TKO (Punches) Emiliano Carosi	1	2:35
win	Konstantin Andreitsev	ProFC 64 - Tibilov vs. Shvets Dec / 24 / 2017	Decision (Unanimous) Ivan Lugovskoi	3	5:00
win	Charles Andrade	ProFC 63 - Gluhov vs. Wallace Sep / 10 / 2017	Decision (Unanimous) Armen Ananyan	3	5:00
loss	Justin Willis	IGF - Inoki Genome Fight 4 Aug / 29 / 2015	Decision (Unanimous)	2	5:00
loss	Darko Stosic	TFC - Tesla Fighting Championship 4 Jun / 14 / 2014	Decision (Unanimous) Dejan Tesic	3	5:00
win	Mikhail Istomin	VMC - Voronezh Mixfight Cup Jan / 20 / 2012	TKO (Punches)	2	0:00
draw	Ivan Gayvanovich	WMMAF - WMAC 2011 Finals Oct / 09 / 2011	Draw	2	5:00
win	Anatoli Ciumac	WMMAF - WMAC 2011 Semifinals Oct / 08 / 2011	N/A	0	0:00

FIGHT HISTORY - AMATEUR

Result	Fighter	Event	Method/Referee	R	Time
win	Dmitriy Sekira	WMMAA - 2018 European MMA Championships Oct / 13 / 2018	TKO (Punches)	1	4:29
win	Elgun Yusifov	WMMAA - 2018 European MMA Championships Oct / 13 / 2018	TKO (Punches)	1	2:48
win	Grigoriy Ponomarev	Russian MMA Union - 2018 Russian Amateur MMA Championships, Finals May / 13 / 2018	TKO (Punches)	2	3:55
win	Khuseyn Adamov	Russian MMA Union - 2018 Russian Amateur MMA Championships, Day 1 May / 12 / 2018		0	0:00
win	Magomed Saidov	Russian MMA Union - 2018 Russian Amateur MMA Championships, Day 1 May / 12 / 2018		0	0:00
win	Bagrat Adamiya	WMMAA - European MMA Championships - Finals Dec / 08 / 2017	TKO (Punches)	1	1:48
win	Artem Budkevich	WMMAA - European MMA Championships - Selection Dec / 07 / 2017		0	0:00
win	Athanasios Barkas	WMMAA - European MMA Championships - Selection Dec / 07 / 2017		0	0:00
win	Evgeni Boldyrev	M-1 Challenge 71 - Nemkov vs. Vegh Oct / 21 / 2016	TKO (Submission to Knees) Marco Broersen	1	3:13
loss	Zaur Gadzhibabayev	WMMAA - 2015 World MMA Championships - Selection Nov / 27 / 2015		0	0:00
win	Andrey Kovalev	WMMAA - 2015 World MMA Championships - Selection Nov / 27 / 2015		0	0:00
win	Sergey Saviankov	WMMAA - 2015 World MMA Championships - Selection Nov / 27 / 2015		0	0:00
win	Amirkhan Isagadzhiev	Russian MMA Union - Omsk Cup May / 30 / 2015	Decision (Unanimous) Dmitriy Sazonov	3	3:00
win	Vladimir Daineko	FEFoMP and Russian MMA Union - Russia's MMA Amateur Supercup Dec / 20 / 2014	Submission (Kimura)	2	3:00
win	Sergey Dyakonov	Russian MMA Union - Moscow Open Cup 2014, Day 1 Nov / 28 / 2014	Submission (Armbar)	1	1:56
loss	Zaur Gadzhibabayev	WMMAA - 2014 European Championships - Finals Nov / 16 / 2014		0	0:00
win	Faraj Osloub	WMMAA - 2014 European Championships - Selection Nov / 15 / 2014		0	0:00

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