Welterweight · “King of Kung Fu”
Muslim Salikhov
22-6-0 UFC 9-5-0
5'11"Height
70"Reach
OrthodoxStance
1984-06-09Born
5KO wins
0Sub wins
55.6%Finish rate
9:02Avg fight
Statistical profile
The shape of their game.
Percentile scores against UFC veterans — volume-aware, and honest about small samples. The rim is reserved for true specialists.
Radar — percentile vs UFC veterans
Career rates
Sig. strikes landed / min3.37
Sig. strikes absorbed / min2.96
Striking accuracy49.7%
Striking defense62.4%
Takedowns / 15 min1.07
Takedown accuracy32.1%
Takedown defense72.4%
Sub attempts / 15 min0.0
Control time6.5%
Record vs .500+ opponents6-5
Striking trend
Output, fight by fight.
Significant strikes landed per minute over the last 8 fights — green dots are wins, red are losses.
Fight history
Every walk to the cage.
14 UFC bouts, newest first. Tap a fight for the full stat line — opponent records are shown as of fight night.
L Uros Medic 5-3 walk-in KO/TKO · R1 1:03 — UFC Fight Night: Bonfim vs. Brown · 2025-11-08
2/5Sig. strikes
8/13Absorbed
0/0Takedowns
0:00Control
0Knockdowns
0Sub attempts
W Carlos Leal 1-1 walk-in KO/TKO · R1 0:42 — UFC Fight Night: Whittaker vs. De Ridder · 2025-07-26
3/9Sig. strikes
5/9Absorbed
0/0Takedowns
0:00Control
1Knockdowns
0Sub attempts
W Song Kenan 6-4 walk-in KO/TKO · R1 3:49 — UFC Fight Night: Yan vs. Figueiredo · 2024-11-23
20/28Sig. strikes
9/21Absorbed
0/1Takedowns
0:02Control
1Knockdowns
0Sub attempts
W Santiago Ponzinibbio 11-6 walk-in Decision - Split · R3 5:00 — UFC Fight Night: Namajunas vs. Cortez · 2024-07-13
46/121Sig. strikes
41/117Absorbed
0/5Takedowns
0:00Control
0Knockdowns
0Sub attempts
L Randy Brown 11-5 walk-in KO/TKO · R1 3:17 — UFC Fight Night: Dolidze vs. Imavov · 2024-02-03
10/22Sig. strikes
13/46Absorbed
0/0Takedowns
0:00Control
0Knockdowns
0Sub attempts
L Nicolas Dalby 5-3-1 walk-in Decision - Unanimous · R3 5:00 — UFC Fight Night: Vettori vs. Cannonier · 2023-06-17
57/88Sig. strikes
86/140Absorbed
2/2Takedowns
0:55Control
0Knockdowns
0Sub attempts
W Andre Fialho 2-2 walk-in KO/TKO · R3 1:03 — UFC Fight Night: Nzechukwu vs. Cutelaba · 2022-11-19
56/95Sig. strikes
17/66Absorbed
1/3Takedowns
3:07Control
0Knockdowns
0Sub attempts
L Li Jingliang 10-5 walk-in KO/TKO · R2 4:38 — UFC Fight Night: Ortega vs. Rodriguez · 2022-07-16
23/56Sig. strikes
38/87Absorbed
1/4Takedowns
1:10Control
0Knockdowns
0Sub attempts
W Francisco Trinaldo 16-6 walk-in Decision - Unanimous · R3 5:00 — UFC Fight Night: Rozenstruik vs. Sakai · 2021-06-05
62/118Sig. strikes
39/128Absorbed
2/3Takedowns
2:07Control
1Knockdowns
0Sub attempts
W Elizeu Zaleski dos Santos 8-2 walk-in Decision - Split · R3 5:00 — UFC 251: Usman vs. Masvidal · 2020-07-11
40/88Sig. strikes
46/138Absorbed
0/3Takedowns
0:02Control
0Knockdowns
0Sub attempts
W Laureano Staropoli 2-0 walk-in Decision - Unanimous · R3 5:00 — UFC Fight Night: Maia vs. Askren · 2019-10-26
63/132Sig. strikes
42/138Absorbed
3/5Takedowns
0:30Control
0Knockdowns
0Sub attempts
W Nordine Taleb 7-4 walk-in KO/TKO · R1 4:26 — UFC 242: Khabib vs. Poirier · 2019-09-07
10/23Sig. strikes
6/26Absorbed
0/0Takedowns
0:02Control
1Knockdowns
0Sub attempts
W Ricky Rainey 0-0 walk-in KO/TKO · R2 4:12 — UFC Fight Night: Poirier vs. Gaethje · 2018-04-14
25/48Sig. strikes
19/44Absorbed
0/2Takedowns
0:19Control
1Knockdowns
0Sub attempts
L Alex Garcia 4-3 walk-in Submission · R2 3:22 — UFC Fight Night: Bisping vs. Gastelum · 2017-11-25
10/27Sig. strikes
6/24Absorbed
0/0Takedowns
0:00Control
0Knockdowns
0Sub attempts
Walk-in records count UFC bouts in this database. For the pre-UFC career, see the record breakdown below or the Tapology button up top.
Record breakdown
How the record was built.
Full pro career, from the fighter's Wikipedia record table (Muslim Salikhov) — results only; UFC bouts carry full stats in the fight history above.
Wins by method
KO/TKO
15
Submission
2
Decision
5
Other
0
Losses by method
KO/TKO
3
Submission
2
Decision
1
Other
0
Fights by organization
UFC
14
M-1 Challenge
3
Top of the Forbidden City
2
Kunlun Fight MMA
1
YunFeng Showdown
1
Kunlun Fight
1
Superstar Fight
1
Dagestan Cage Fighting
1
+ 4 more organizations in the full career list
Full career — 28 fights, every organization
| Opponent | Method | Event | Org | Rd | Time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| L | Uroš Medić | TKO (punches) | UFC Fight Night: Bonfim vs. Brown
2025-11-08 |
UFC | 1 | 1:03 |
| W | Carlos Leal Miranda | KO (punch) | UFC on ABC: Whittaker vs. de Ridder
2025-07-26 |
UFC | 1 | 0:42 |
| W | Song Kenan | KO (spinning wheel kick) | UFC Fight Night: Yan vs. Figueiredo
2024-11-23 |
UFC | 1 | 3:49 |
| W | Santiago Ponzinibbio | Decision (split) | UFC on ESPN: Namajunas vs. Cortez
2024-07-13 |
UFC | 3 | 5:00 |
| L | Randy Brown | KO (punches) | UFC Fight Night: Dolidze vs. Imavov
2024-02-03 |
UFC | 1 | 3:17 |
| L | Nicolas Dalby | Decision (unanimous) | UFC on ESPN: Vettori vs. Cannonier
2023-06-17 |
UFC | 3 | 5:00 |
| W | André Fialho | TKO (spinning wheel kick and punches) | UFC Fight Night: Nzechukwu vs. Cuțelaba
2022-11-19 |
UFC | 3 | 1:03 |
| L | Li Jingliang | TKO (punches and elbows) | UFC on ABC: Ortega vs. Rodríguez
2022-07-16 |
UFC | 2 | 4:38 |
| W | Francisco Trinaldo | Decision (unanimous) | UFC Fight Night: Rozenstruik vs. Sakai
2021-06-05 |
UFC | 3 | 5:00 |
| W | Elizeu Zaleski dos Santos | Decision (split) | UFC 251
2020-07-12 |
UFC | 3 | 5:00 |
| W | Laureano Staropoli | Decision (unanimous) | UFC Fight Night: Maia vs. Askren
2019-10-26 |
UFC | 3 | 5:00 |
| W | Nordine Taleb | KO (punch) | UFC 242
2019-09-07 |
UFC | 1 | 4:26 |
| W | Ricky Rainey | KO (punches) | UFC on Fox: Poirier vs. Gaethje
2018-04-14 |
UFC | 2 | 4:12 |
| L | Alex Garcia | Submission (rear-naked choke) | UFC Fight Night: Bisping vs. Gastelum
2017-11-25 |
UFC | 2 | 3:22 |
| W | Melvin Guillard | KO (spinning hook kick) | Kunlun Fight MMA 12
2017-06-01 |
Kunlun Fight MMA | 1 | 1:33 |
| W | Akoundou Epelet Evy Johannes | Submission (arm-triangle choke) | YunFeng Showdown 1
2017-05-25 |
YunFeng Showdown | 1 | 3:23 |
| W | Ivan Jorge | KO (spinning back kick) | Kunlun Fight: Cage Series 6
2016-10-21 |
Kunlun Fight | 1 | 1:04 |
| W | Gang Zhang | Submission (arm-triangle choke) | Superstar Fight 3
2016-05-21 |
Superstar Fight | 1 | — |
| W | Artem Shokalo | KO (spinning back kick) | Dagestan Cage Fighting 2016
2016-04-02 |
Dagestan Cage Fighting | 1 | 2:31 |
| W | Kurbanjiang Tuluosibake | TKO (spinning back kick and punches) | Bullets Fly FC 3
2016-01-16 |
Bullets Fly FC | 1 | 0:18 |
| W | Tsuyoshi Yamashita | TKO (punches) | W.I.N. FC
2015-07-18 |
W.I.N. FC | 1 | — |
| W | Gele Qing | KO (punches) | CKF: Zhong Wu Ultimate Fighting
2015-04-18 |
CKF | 1 | 3:50 |
| W | Victor Sckoteski | TKO (punches) | M-1 Challenge 53
2014-11-25 |
M-1 Challenge | 1 | 4:27 |
| W | Filip Kotarlic | KO (punch) | M-1 Challenge 44
2013-11-30 |
M-1 Challenge | 1 | 3:05 |
| W | Deyan Topalski | Decision (unanimous) | M-1 Challenge 38
2013-04-09 |
M-1 Challenge | 3 | 5:00 |
| L | Kris Hocum | Submission (rear-naked choke) | Beirut Elite FC: First Blood
2012-12-15 |
Beirut Elite FC | 1 | 1:40 |
| W | Dankao Sakda | KO (punch) | Top of the Forbidden City 4
2011-08-19 |
Top of the Forbidden City | 1 | 6:56 |
| W | Tao Wang-hong | TKO (arm injury) | Top of the Forbidden City 2
2011-07-22 |
Top of the Forbidden City | 1 | 0:51 |
Career history from the fighter's Wikipedia record table (Muslim Salikhov) — results only, no strike stats; UFC bouts are marked and carry full stats in the fight history above.
Division context
Measured against the division.
Versus the Welterweight average, over 190 qualified fighters (5+ UFC fights, 30+ minutes of cage time). Green = better than average, red = worse; the tick mark is the division mean. "Strikes absorbed" counts lower as better.