Heavyweight
Sergei Pavlovich
21-3-0 UFC 9-3-0
One-Punch Power
Finisher
6'3"Height
84"Reach
SouthpawStance
34Age
7KO wins
0Sub wins
77.8%Finish rate
5:17Avg fight
Skill profile
striking
solid
1 read
grappling
decent
1 read
wrestling
not yet read
cardio
not yet read
durability
not yet read
Built on 63 minutes of tracked cage time across 12 statted fights — every axis is held down until there is more tape, so read this as a sketch rather than a verdict.
One-Punch Power
8 knockdowns · 1.89 per 15 min
Finisher
78% of wins by knockout or submission (7 KO, 0 sub)
Career rates — the raw numbers behind the chart
Sig. strikes landed / min4.49
Sig. strikes absorbed / min3.58
Striking accuracy44.7%
Striking defense56.2%
Knockdowns / 15 min1.89
Takedowns / 15 min0.47
Takedown accuracy25.0%
Takedown defense75.0%
Sub attempts / 15 min0.0
Control time12.0%
Record vs .500+ opponents8-3
Insider info
Sergei Pavlovich favored over Tallison Teixeira clear UFC Fight Night: Song vs Figueiredo · May 26, 2026
strikingsolid
grapplingdecent
Picked very clearly -- the analyst says he struggles to see how the opponent wins this fight outside of a lucky knockout shot.
Very good, solid striker with good forward pressure and really good, fight-ending power -- hasn't fully let his hands go since a past knockout loss, but the power is clearly still there. Good volume, boxing combinations, and a genuinely surprising reach advantage over a much taller opponent, a real and specific data point the analyst calls out. Decent grappler -- decent takedowns and top pressure -- and if he gets on top, the analyst notes that submissions off the back are extremely rare at heavyweight in the modern era, a structural fact about the division, not just this specific opponent.
Strengthreally good, fight-ending power, still present despite being more cautious since a past knockout loss
Strengthgenuinely surprising reach advantage over a much taller opponent
Strengthdecent takedowns and top pressure, benefits from the heavyweight division's rarity of bottom-game submissions
Striking trend
Fight history
W Tallison Teixeira 9-1 walk-in KO/TKO · R1 0:39 — UFC Fight Night: Song vs. Figueiredo · May 30, 2026
7/9Sig. strikes
0/4Absorbed
0/0Takedowns
0:05Control
1Knockdowns
0Sub attempts
W Waldo Cortes Acosta 14-1 walk-in Decision - Unanimous · R3 5:00 — UFC Fight Night: Walker vs. Zhang · August 23, 2025
61/133Sig. strikes
45/117Absorbed
0/3Takedowns
0:08Control
0Knockdowns
0Sub attempts
W Jairzinho Rozenstruik 15-5 walk-in Decision - Unanimous · R3 5:00 — UFC Fight Night: Adesanya vs. Imavov · February 1, 2025
25/60Sig. strikes
17/55Absorbed
2/2Takedowns
6:17Control
0Knockdowns
0Sub attempts
L Alexander Volkov 37-10 walk-in Decision - Unanimous · R3 5:00 — UFC Fight Night: Whittaker vs. Aliskerov · June 22, 2024
46/134Sig. strikes
83/159Absorbed
0/1Takedowns
0:15Control
0Knockdowns
0Sub attempts
L Tom Aspinall 13-3 walk-in TITLE KO/TKO · R1 1:09 — UFC 295: Prochazka vs. Pereira · November 11, 2023
1/7Sig. strikes
10/14Absorbed
0/0Takedowns
0:00Control
0Knockdowns
0Sub attempts
W Curtis Blaydes 17-3 walk-in KO/TKO · R1 3:08 — UFC Fight Night: Pavlovich vs. Blaydes · April 22, 2023
36/85Sig. strikes
14/56Absorbed
0/0Takedowns
0:02Control
1Knockdowns
0Sub attempts
W Tai Tuivasa 14-4 walk-in KO/TKO · R1 0:54 — UFC Fight Night: Thompson vs. Holland · December 3, 2022
23/44Sig. strikes
2/10Absorbed
0/0Takedowns
0:09Control
2Knockdowns
0Sub attempts
W Derrick Lewis 26-9 walk-in KO/TKO · R1 0:55 — UFC 277: Pena vs. Nunes 2 · July 30, 2022
15/24Sig. strikes
4/6Absorbed
0/0Takedowns
0:02Control
1Knockdowns
0Sub attempts
W Shamil Abdurakhimov 20-6 walk-in KO/TKO · R1 4:03 — UFC Fight Night: Volkov vs. Aspinall · March 19, 2022
21/47Sig. strikes
17/34Absorbed
0/0Takedowns
0:12Control
1Knockdowns
0Sub attempts
W Maurice Greene 8-2 walk-in KO/TKO · R1 2:11 — UFC Fight Night: Maia vs. Askren · October 26, 2019
20/37Sig. strikes
8/22Absorbed
0/0Takedowns
0:15Control
1Knockdowns
0Sub attempts
W Marcelo Golm 6-2 walk-in KO/TKO · R1 1:06 — UFC Fight Night: Overeem vs. Oleinik · April 20, 2019
17/26Sig. strikes
5/15Absorbed
0/0Takedowns
0:01Control
1Knockdowns
0Sub attempts
L Alistair Overeem 42-17 walk-in KO/TKO · R1 4:21 — UFC Fight Night: Blaydes vs. Ngannou 2 · November 24, 2018
13/32Sig. strikes
22/26Absorbed
0/2Takedowns
0:12Control
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
Wins by method
KO/TKO
16
Submission
0
Decision
5
Other
0
Losses by method
KO/TKO
2
Submission
0
Decision
1
Other
0
Fights by organization
UFC
12
Fight Nights Global
11
Full Fight
1
Full career — 24 fights, every organization
| Opponent | Method | Event | Org | Rd | Time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | Tallison Teixeira | KO (punches) | UFC Fight Night: Song vs. Figueiredo
May 30, 2026 |
UFC | 1 | 0:39 |
| W | Waldo Cortes-Acosta | Decision (unanimous) | UFC Fight Night: Walker vs. Zhang
August 23, 2025 |
UFC | 3 | 5:00 |
| W | Jairzinho Rozenstruik | Decision (unanimous) | UFC Fight Night: Adesanya vs. Imavov
February 1, 2025 |
UFC | 3 | 5:00 |
| L | Alexander Volkov | Decision (unanimous) | UFC on ABC: Whittaker vs. Aliskerov
June 22, 2024 |
UFC | 3 | 5:00 |
| L | Tom Aspinall | KO (punches) | UFC 295
November 11, 2023 |
UFC | 1 | 1:09 |
| W | Curtis Blaydes | TKO (punches) | UFC Fight Night: Pavlovich vs. Blaydes
April 22, 2023 |
UFC | 1 | 3:08 |
| W | Tai Tuivasa | KO (punches) | UFC on ESPN: Thompson vs. Holland
December 3, 2022 |
UFC | 1 | 0:54 |
| W | Derrick Lewis | TKO (punches) | UFC 277
July 30, 2022 |
UFC | 1 | 0:55 |
| W | Shamil Abdurakhimov | TKO (punches) | UFC Fight Night: Volkov vs. Aspinall
March 19, 2022 |
UFC | 1 | 4:03 |
| W | Maurice Greene | TKO (punches) | UFC Fight Night: Maia vs. Askren
October 26, 2019 |
UFC | 1 | 2:11 |
| W | Marcelo Golm | KO (punch) | UFC Fight Night: Overeem vs. Oleinik
April 20, 2019 |
UFC | 1 | 1:06 |
| L | Alistair Overeem | TKO (punches) | UFC Fight Night: Blaydes vs. Ngannou 2
November 24, 2018 |
UFC | 1 | 4:21 |
| W | Kirill Sidelnikov | TKO (punches) | Fight Nights Global 79
November 19, 2017 |
Fight Nights Global | 1 | 2:45 |
| W | Mikhail Mokhnatkin | Decision (unanimous) | Fight Nights Global 68
June 2, 2017 |
Fight Nights Global | 5 | 5:00 |
| W | Alexei Kudin | Decision (unanimous) | Fight Nights Global 54
November 16, 2016 |
Fight Nights Global | 3 | 5:00 |
| W | Akhmedshaikh Gelegaev | TKO (knee and punches) | Fight Nights Global 51
September 25, 2016 |
Fight Nights Global | 1 | 3:35 |
| W | Chaban Ka | TKO (punches) | Fight Nights Global 50
June 17, 2016 |
Fight Nights Global | 1 | 1:54 |
| W | Magomedbag Agaev | Decision (unanimous) | Fight Nights Global 46
April 29, 2016 |
Fight Nights Global | 3 | 5:00 |
| W | Ruben Wolf | TKO (punches) | Fight Nights Global 43
December 11, 2015 |
Fight Nights Global | 1 | 2:02 |
| W | Sultan Murtazaliev | TKO (punches) | Fight Nights Global 41
September 25, 2015 |
Fight Nights Global | 1 | 0:59 |
| W | Vladimir Daineko | KO (punch) | Fight Nights Global 40
July 31, 2015 |
Fight Nights Global | 1 | 0:24 |
| W | Ilja Škondrič | TKO (punches) | Full Fight 1
May 30, 2015 |
Full Fight | 1 | 1:15 |
| W | Sergey Buinachev | TKO (punches) | Fight Nights Global 33
March 21, 2015 |
Fight Nights Global | 1 | 0:20 |
| W | Alexander Derevyanko | TKO (punches) | Fight Nights Global 29
December 20, 2014 |
Fight Nights Global | 1 | 3:52 |
Career history from the fighter's Wikipedia record table (Sergei Pavlovich) — results only, no strike stats; UFC bouts are marked and carry full stats in the fight history above.
Division context
Hero photo of Sergei Pavlovich by Страна FM · CC BY 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons