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The Clinch

Russian Federation 2015-2026 · 45 rounds on file

Islam Makhachev

18-1-0 W-L-D in this database

Islam Makhachev, photograph by Новости ННТ
Strike accuracy 485/830
Takedown accuracy 41/73
Sig. strikes / round 10.8
Control / round 2:15
Inside the distance 61% 11 of 18 wins
Height
5′10″177.8 cm
Reach
70″177.8 cm
Leg reach
--
Stance
Southpaw
Age
3527 OCT 1991
Listed weight
170 lb77.1 kg
Submission Grappler Automatically assigned from data across 18 fights - 4.9 takedown attempts and 45% control time per 15 minutes.

Who they have fought

Every completed bout, grouped by the opponent's style.

Grappling 9 9-0-0 vs 1626 avg
Positional Controller 6 6-0-0
Submission Grappler 3 3-0-0
Hybrid 7 7-0-0 vs 1596 avg
Well-Rounded 7 7-0-0
Striking 2 1-1-0 vs 1601 avg
Distance Striker 2 1-1-0
-- Not classified 1 1-0-0 --

Opponent styles are assigned from their own fight data, not from a training background. They describe how those opponents have fought. Bars scale against 9 bouts, the largest group.

The career, in order

One bar per bout, oldest on the left. Height is the significant strikes landed in that fight.

23 MAY 2015 - beat Leo Kuntz · Submission 03 OCT 2015 - lost to Adriano Martins · Technical Knockout 17 SEP 2016 - beat Chris Wade · Decision (Unanimous) 11 FEB 2017 - beat Nik Lentz · Decision (Unanimous) 20 JAN 2018 - beat Gleison Tibau · Technical Knockout 28 JUL 2018 - beat Kajan Johnson · Submission 20 APR 2019 - beat Arman Tsarukyan · Decision (Unanimous) 07 SEP 2019 - beat Davi Ramos · Decision (Unanimous) 06 MAR 2021 - beat Drew Dober · Submission 17 JUL 2021 - beat Thiago Moises · Submission 30 OCT 2021 - beat Dan Hooker · Submission 26 FEB 2022 - beat King Green · Technical Knockout 22 OCT 2022 - beat Charles Oliveira · Submission 11 FEB 2023 - beat Alexander Volkanovski · Decision (Unanimous) 21 OCT 2023 - beat Alexander Volkanovski · Technical Knockout 01 JUN 2024 - beat Dustin Poirier · Submission 18 JAN 2025 - beat Renato Moicano · Submission 15 NOV 2025 - beat Jack Della Maddalena · Decision (Unanimous) 15 AUG 2026 - beat Ian Machado Garry · Decision (Unanimous)

Won Lost Draw / no contest

What they do with a round

Summed over 45 rounds across 18 of 19 bouts - the ones the corpus has per-round observations for.

Per round

Sig. strikes landed 10.8
Sig. strikes absorbed 6.4
Takedowns landed 0.9
Knockdowns 0.1
Sub. attempts 0.3
Control time 2:15 of each 5:00 round

Accuracy

Sig. strikes 58% 485/830
Takedowns 56% 41/73
Opponents’ accuracy 38% 287/755

Where the strikes land

Head 71% 344
Body 24% 114
Leg 6% 27

And from where

At distance 57% 278
In the clinch 18% 89
On the ground 24% 118

How the bouts ended

KO / TKO 3 won Technical Knockout · 3-1
Submission 8 won Submission · 8-0
Decision 7 won Decision (Unanimous) · 7-0

Every bout

Most recent first. Struck and absorbed are significant strikes.

Date Opponent Result Method End Struck Absorbed Event
15 AUG 2026 Ian Machado Garry Won Decision (Unanimous) R5 5:00 -- -- UFC 330
15 NOV 2025 Jack Della Maddalena Won Decision (Unanimous) R5 5:00 30 18 UFC 322: Della Maddalena vs. Makhachev
18 JAN 2025 Renato Moicano Won Submission R1 4:05 6 9 UFC 311: Makhachev vs. Moicano
01 JUN 2024 Dustin Poirier Won Submission R5 2:42 88 74 UFC 302: Makhachev vs. Poirier
21 OCT 2023 Alexander Volkanovski Won Technical Knockout R1 3:06 24 4 UFC 294: Makhachev vs. Volkanovski 2
11 FEB 2023 Alexander Volkanovski Won Decision (Unanimous) R5 5:00 57 70 UFC 284: Makhachev vs. Volkanovski
22 OCT 2022 Charles Oliveira Won Submission R2 3:16 30 19 UFC 280: Oliveira vs. Makhachev
26 FEB 2022 King Green Won Technical Knockout R1 3:23 14 9 UFC Fight Night: Makhachev vs. Green
30 OCT 2021 Dan Hooker Won Submission R1 2:25 2 4 UFC 267: Blachowicz vs. Teixeira
17 JUL 2021 Thiago Moises Won Submission R4 2:38 61 13 UFC Fight Night: Makhachev vs. Moises
06 MAR 2021 Drew Dober Won Submission R3 1:37 15 10 UFC 259: Blachowicz vs. Adesanya
07 SEP 2019 Davi Ramos Won Decision (Unanimous) R3 5:00 43 7 UFC 242: Khabib vs. Poirier
20 APR 2019 Arman Tsarukyan Won Decision (Unanimous) R3 5:00 14 13 UFC Fight Night: Overeem vs. Oleinik
28 JUL 2018 Kajan Johnson Won Submission R1 4:43 7 7 UFC Fight Night: Alvarez vs. Poirier 2
20 JAN 2018 Gleison Tibau Won Technical Knockout R1 0:57 3 2 UFC 220: Miocic vs. Ngannou
11 FEB 2017 Nik Lentz Won Decision (Unanimous) R3 5:00 43 13 UFC 208: Holm vs. De Randamie
17 SEP 2016 Chris Wade Won Decision (Unanimous) R3 5:00 12 5 UFC Fight Night: Poirier vs. Johnson
03 OCT 2015 Adriano Martins Lost Technical Knockout R1 1:46 4 3 UFC 192: Cormier vs Gustafsson
23 MAY 2015 Leo Kuntz Won Submission R2 2:38 32 7 UFC 187: Johnson vs Cormier

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