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Ilia Topuria
17-0tale of the tape = factsmetrics = our read

FightIQ’s profile

Built from Ilia Topuria’s own numbers — style, standout rate and current form. Not reported prose.

5'7" orthodox top-control wrestler with a 8-0 record, age 28. Standout metric: hits 61% of takedown attempts; defends 93% of takedowns. Form: last 5: WWWWW · on a 5-fight win streak · 245 days off · Elo 1601.

Top-control wrestlerHigh-volume strikerElite defensive
Assembled from the striking, grappling and form figures on this page, as of 2025-06-28. If a number isn’t in the data, it isn’t in this profile.

Tale of the tape facts

The facts, plainly — vitals and record from public UFC statistics; nickname, nationality, hometown and camp from the public fighter register. A field we can't source stays “pending”; it never shows a fake value.

NicknameEl Matador
NationalityGeorgia
HometownRustavi, Kvemo Kartli
Fighting out ofTopuria Team
Height5' 7"
Reach69.0"
StanceOrthodox
Age29
Date of birthJan 21, 1997
Weight155 lbs.
Pro record17-0
Finish splitpending

FightIQ Metrics

Six 0–100 scores, each a percentile rank against every fighter on record. Tap any i for what a score measures.

FightIQ's read — derived from the tape
Our read — derived, not official stats.
Striking78
Defence66
Grappling / TD70
Cardio64
Chin62
Fight IQ68

Our record on Ilia Topuria

The moat — every call we've made on this fighter, timestamped and graded in public. Nobody else can copy this.

FightIQ has picked Ilia Topuria 4×, 3 correct (3-1 — 75% right). The confidence % is the number we stood behind at the time — losses shown, toss-ups included.

DateOpponentCardWe saidResult
2026-06-15Justin GaethjeUFC Freedom 25077.4%Missed
2025-06-28Charles OliveiraUFC Fight Night: Royval vs Van75.7%Correct
2024-10-26Max HollowayUFC Fight Night: Murphy vs Ige62.1%Correct
2023-06-24Josh EmmettUFC Fight Night: Rebecki vs Radzhabov73.4%Correct

Strike zones

Strike zones

Ilia Topuria

Where the strikes go — and where they land on him. Career UFC totals, straight off the tape.

HEAD68.3%ACC 44%BODY21.1%ACC 70%LEGS10.6%ACC 80%
FightIQ read Head-first striker 68.3% upstairs — +5.4 on the field average, with the rest spread below.
Share by zonevs field average
HEAD
68.3% acc 44%+5.4 vs field
BODY
21.1% acc 70%+0.3 vs field
LEGS
10.6% acc 80%−5.7 vs field
Where the offence happens
DISTANCE 77%CLINCH 7%GROUND 16%

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.

10 UFC fights · 502 landed

Recent form

Pro record: 17-0. Timeline below is the bouts FightIQ has tracked (most recent first).

L · vs Justin GaethjeUFC Freedom 2502026-06-15
W · vs Charles OliveiraUFC Fight Night: Royval vs Van2025-06-28
W · vs Max HollowayUFC Fight Night: Murphy vs Ige2024-10-26
W · vs Josh EmmettUFC Fight Night: Rebecki vs Radzhabov2023-06-24
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