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Islam Makhachev is 17-1 in 18 UFC fights, a run that began with his debut on May 23, 2015.
He has won each of his past five. He beat Alexander Volkanovski by unanimous decision over five rounds on Feb. 11, 2023, in a lightweight title bout, then stopped Volkanovski by knockout in the first round of their rematch on Oct. 21, 2023.
Two submissions followed. He finished Dustin Poirier in the fifth round on June 1, 2024, and submitted Renato Moicano in the first round on Jan. 18, 2025.
His most recent appearance came at welterweight: a five-round unanimous decision over Jack Della Maddalena on Nov. 15, 2025, in a welterweight title bout.
All five of those fights were booked as UFC title bouts, and three of the five went the full five rounds.
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.
| Nickname | pending |
| Nationality | Russia |
| Hometown | Makhachkala, Dagestan |
| Fighting out of | pending |
| Height | 5' 10" |
| Reach | 70.0" |
| Stance | Southpaw |
| Age | 34 |
| Date of birth | Oct 27, 1991 |
| Weight | 170 lbs. |
| Pro record | 28-1 |
| Finish split | pending |
Six 0–100 scores, each a percentile rank against every fighter on record. Tap any i for what a score measures.
The moat — every call we've made on this fighter, timestamped and graded in public. Nobody else can copy this.
FightIQ has picked Islam Makhachev 6×, 6 correct (6-0 — 100% right). The confidence % is the number we stood behind at the time — losses shown, toss-ups included.
| Date | Opponent | Card | We said | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-15 | Ian Machado Garry | Makhachev vs Machado Garry | 68.2% | Correct |
| 2025-11-15 | Jack Della Maddalena | UFC Fight Night: Daukaus vs Meerschaert | 70.2% | Correct |
| 2025-01-18 | Renato Moicano | UFC Fight Night: Rosa vs Perez | 76.6% | Correct |
| 2024-06-01 | Dustin Poirier | UFC Fight Night: Holland vs Oleksiejczuk | 67.1% | Correct |
| 2023-10-21 | Alexander Volkanovski | UFC Fight Night: Magomedov vs Silva | 64.4% | Correct |
| 2023-02-11 | Alexander Volkanovski | UFC Fight Night: Culibao vs Baghdasaryan | 66.9% | Correct |
Where the strikes go — and where they land on him. Career UFC totals, straight off the tape.
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.
Pro record: 28-1. Timeline below is the bouts FightIQ has tracked (most recent first).
