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Nikita Krylov vs Abdul Rakhman Yakhyaev

Light Heavyweight · 3 rounds · Volkanovski vs Evloev
UFC 12-10 · Pro 31-12
Red corner
VS
UFC 3-0 · Pro 10-0
Blue corner

The prediction

Our pick, its confidence, the method read and the time we published it are on the bout’s own page — the one URL that carries the prediction before the fight and the graded result after it.

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Tale of the tape

Nikita Krylov vs Abdul Rakhman Yakhyaev — the facts, side by side. ▲ marks the reach edge.

UFC 12-10UFC recordUFC 3-0
31-12Pro record10-0
The MinerNickname—
6' 3"Height6' 2"
77"Reach▲78"
OrthodoxStanceOrthodox
34Age25
205 lbs.Weight205 lbs.
UkraineNationalityTurkey
Krasnyi Luch, Luhansk, UkraineBorn in—
Kislovodsk, RussiaFights out of—
Raty TeamCampNuremberg MMA
Vitals and record from public UFC statistics; nickname, nationality and camp from the public fighter register. Where a fighter was born and where they fight out of come from their Wikipedia entry; where we hold neither, the hometown shown is Sherdog’s. The UFC record is counted from the official results themselves.

FightIQ Metrics

Our read — not official stats. Six 0–100 scores, each a percentile rank against the fighter’s own weight class (the full roster where a division is too thin to rank in). The better score on each row is highlighted in that fighter's corner colour.

Nikita KrylovAbdul Rakhman Yakhyaev
80
Striking
96
56
Defence
80
58
Grappling / TD
96
44
Cardio
n/a
60
Chin
74 limited sample
60
Fight IQ
86
Our read — derived, not official stats. Ranked within weight class.

Strike zones

Strike zones

Where they go — head to head

Career UFC significant strikes by target zone. Red corner left, blue corner right.

Nikita Krylov22 UFC fights · 689 landed

58.9%
HEAD
94.7%
24.8%
BODY
5.3%
16.3%
LEGS
0.0%

Abdul Rakhman Yakhyaev3 UFC fights · 19 landed

Limited sample

Significant strikes only, as recorded by UFCStats, across the fighter's whole UFC career. Shares are raw counts — nothing here is modelled or smoothed. Accuracy is landed ÷ attempted and comes from the per-round tape, which covers slightly fewer fights than the totals do. “Field” is the average fighter in that weight class, or across every division where a class is too small to average.

Stat-by-stat

Nikita Krylov (left) vs Abdul Rakhman Yakhyaev (right) — career striking & grappling rates. The fighter ahead on each row is highlighted in their corner colour.

Strikes landed / min
4.38
vs
8.64
Striking accuracy
54%
vs
68%
Strikes absorbed / min
2.75
vs
2.22
Striking defence
48%
vs
59%
Takedowns / 15 min
2.19
vs
11.11
Takedown accuracy
38%
vs
75%
Takedown defence
53%
vs
100%
Sub attempts / 15 min
1.1
vs
7.4
Career averages from public UFC statistics. On “strikes absorbed / min”, fewer is better.

Live market

The market line next to the live prediction-market price — information only, not a bet call.

Sportsbook line
Nikita Krylov+350
Abdul Rakhman Yakhyaev-450
Live · Polymarket
Nikita Krylov20% · +413
Abdul Rakhman Yakhyaev80% · -413
as of 2026-10-20T10:51:02Z · $813 liquidity. The implied chance is the market's number, not ours.

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