MAGOMED ANKALAEV

“BIG ANK”

RUSSIA • LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT

W-L-D 21-2-1

(T)KO 11-1

SUB 0-1

BIOGRAPHY

COUNTRY Russia

WT CLASS Light Heavyweight

HT / WT 6′ 3″, 205 lbs

BIRTHDATE 6/2/1992 (34)

STANCE Orthodox

REACH 75″

TEAM Gorets

Magomed Ankalaev Record

WINS 21

KO/TKO

11

SUB

0

DECISION

10

LOSSES 2

KO/TKO

1

SUB

1

DECISION

0

DRAWS 1

KO/TKO

0

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0

DECISION

1

NO CONTEST 1

NC

1

Magomed Ankalaev Fight History

Date	Opponent	Method	Duration	Event
Oct 4, 2025	Alex Pereira 🥇	L (KO/TKO)	Rnd 1 (1:20)	UFC 320: Ankalaev vs. Pereira 2
Mar 8, 2025	Alex Pereira 🥇	W (Decision – Unanimous)	Rnd 5 (5:00)	UFC 313: Pereira vs. Ankalaev
Oct 26, 2024	Aleksandar Rakic	W (Decision – Unanimous)	Rnd 3 (5:00)	UFC 308: Topuria vs. Holloway
Jan 13, 2024	Johnny Walker	W (KO/TKO)	Rnd 2 (2:42)	UFC Fight Night: Ankalaev vs. Walker 2
Oct 21, 2023	Johnny Walker	D (No Contest)	Rnd 1 (3:13)	UFC 294: Makhachev vs. Volkanovski 2
Dec 10, 2022	Jan Blachowicz 🥇	D (Draw)	Rnd 5 (5:00)	UFC 282: Blachowicz vs. Ankalaev
Jul 30, 2022	Anthony Smith	W (KO/TKO)	Rnd 2 (3:09)	UFC 277: Peña vs. Nunes 2
Mar 12, 2022	Thiago Santos	W (Decision – Unanimous)	Rnd 5 (5:00)	UFC Fight Night: Santos vs. Ankalaev
Oct 30, 2021	Volkan Oezdemir	W (Decision – Unanimous)	Rnd 3 (5:00)	UFC 267: Blachowicz vs. Teixeira
Feb 27, 2021	Nikita Krylov	W (Decision – Unanimous)	Rnd 3 (5:00)	UFC Fight Night: Rozenstruik vs. Gane
Oct 24, 2020	Ion Cutelaba	W (KO/TKO)	Rnd 1 (4:19)	UFC 254: Khabib vs. Gaethje
Feb 29, 2020	Ion Cutelaba	W (KO/TKO)	Rnd 1 (0:38)	UFC Fight Night: Benavidez vs. Figueiredo
Nov 9, 2019	Dalcha Lungiambula	W (KO/TKO)	Rnd 3 (0:29)	UFC Fight Night: Zabit vs. Kattar
Feb 23, 2019	Klidson Abreu	W (Decision – Unanimous)	Rnd 3 (5:00)	UFC Fight Night: Blachowicz vs. Santos
Sep 15, 2018	Marcin Prachnio	W (KO/TKO)	Rnd 1 (3:09)	UFC Fight Night: Hunt vs. Oleinik
Mar 17, 2018	Paul Craig	L (Submission)	Rnd 3 (4:59)	UFC Fight Night: Werdum vs. Volkov
Oct 4, 2017	Celso Ricardo da Silva	W (KO)	Rnd 1 (1:09)	WFCA 43: Grozny Battle
May 21, 2017	Wagner Prado 🥇	W (KO/TKO)	Rnd 1 (3:33)	WFCA 38: Grozny Battle
Oct 4, 2016	Maxim Grishin 🥇	W (TKO)	Rnd 4 (1:13)	WFCA 30: 2016 WFC Akhmat Grand Prix Final
Jun 11, 2016	Artur Astakhov	W (Decision – Unanimous)	Rnd 3 (5:00)	WFCA 23: Grand Prix Akhmat
Apr 9, 2016	Lloyd Marshbanks	W (TKO)	Rnd 1 (0:15)	WFCA 17: Grand Prix Akhmat
Dec 5, 2015	Nadyr Bulkadarov	W (TKO)	Rnd 1 (4:45)	Russian MMA Union – 2015 Russian MMA Super Cup
Oct 18, 2014	Dovlet Yagshimuradov	W (Decision – Unanimous)	Rnd 3 (5:00)	OC: Oplot Challenge 103
Jun 14, 2014	Denic Strahinja	W (Decision – Unanimous)	Rnd 3 (5:00)	TFC: Tesla Fighting Championship 4
Jan 18, 2014	Vasily Babich	W (Decision – Majority)	Rnd 3 (5:00)	OC: Oplot Challenge 96