Flyweight
Tagir Ulanbekov
17-3-0 UFC 6-2-0
Smothering Control
Positional Grappler
5'7"Height
70"Reach
SouthpawStance
35Age
0KO wins
2Sub wins
33.3%Finish rate
12:21Avg fight
Skill profile
striking
decent
1 read
grappling
good
1 read
wrestling
not yet read
cardio
not yet read
durability
not yet read
Smothering Control
41% of every fight spent in control position
Positional Grappler
strong control — rates 92 of 100 among UFC veterans
Career rates — the raw numbers behind the chart
Sig. strikes landed / min3.01
Sig. strikes absorbed / min3.44
Striking accuracy48.2%
Striking defense50.6%
Knockdowns / 15 min0.15
Takedowns / 15 min2.73
Takedown accuracy39.1%
Takedown defense63.3%
Sub attempts / 15 min1.52
Control time40.8%
Record vs .500+ opponents3-1
Insider info
Nate Maness favored — picked against Tagir Ulanbekov lean UFC Fight Night: Rodriguez vs Lemos · November 2, 2022
strikingdecent
grapplinggood
The analyst leans toward Maness as an underdog around plus-165 but says it's genuinely hard to make a confident official pick here.
Ulanbekov is tall for the flyweight division and has functional boxing built around a clean one-two, but his real strength is grappling — very good wrestling combined with long, dangerous guillotine-style submission attempts once a fight hits the mat. His last outing ended in defeat against Tim Elliott. The trouble in this particular matchup is that, for once, he's not the longer fighter, facing an opponent moving down who is unusually big and rangy for the weight class.
Strengthstrong wrestling and top-level grappling
Strengthdangerous submission threat off scrambles
Strengthclean, functional boxing
Weaknesscoming off a loss
Weaknessloses his usual length advantage in this matchup
Striking trend
Fight history
L Kyoji Horiguchi 33-5 walk-in Submission · R3 2:18 — UFC Fight Night: Tsarukyan vs. Hooker · November 22, 2025
6/27Sig. strikes
49/77Absorbed
1/2Takedowns
1:25Control
0Knockdowns
1Sub attempts
W Azat Maksum 1-1 walk-in Decision - Unanimous · R3 5:00 — UFC Fight Night: Hill vs. Rountree Jr. · June 21, 2025
68/118Sig. strikes
62/159Absorbed
0/8Takedowns
3:42Control
0Knockdowns
1Sub attempts
W Clayton Carpenter 2-0 walk-in Decision - Unanimous · R3 5:00 — UFC 311: Makhachev vs. Moicano · January 18, 2025
42/75Sig. strikes
42/69Absorbed
3/6Takedowns
6:49Control
0Knockdowns
0Sub attempts
W Cody Durden 16-4-1 walk-in Submission · R2 4:25 — UFC 296: Edwards vs. Covington · December 16, 2023
24/41Sig. strikes
32/43Absorbed
2/2Takedowns
6:03Control
1Knockdowns
5Sub attempts
W Nate Maness 14-2 walk-in Submission · R1 2:11 — UFC Fight Night: Rodriguez vs. Lemos · November 5, 2022
4/9Sig. strikes
4/10Absorbed
1/2Takedowns
1:34Control
0Knockdowns
1Sub attempts
L Tim Elliott 17-12-1 walk-in Decision - Unanimous · R3 5:00 — UFC 272: Covington vs. Masvidal · March 5, 2022
90/186Sig. strikes
79/179Absorbed
2/10Takedowns
4:55Control
0Knockdowns
1Sub attempts
W Allan Nascimento 18-5 walk-in Decision - Split · R3 5:00 — UFC 267: Blachowicz vs. Teixeira · October 30, 2021
18/40Sig. strikes
25/37Absorbed
4/5Takedowns
12:04Control
0Knockdowns
1Sub attempts
W Bruno Silva 0-1 walk-in Decision - Unanimous · R3 5:00 — UFC Fight Night: Moraes vs. Sandhagen · October 10, 2020
46/122Sig. strikes
47/114Absorbed
5/11Takedowns
3:47Control
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
0
Submission
9
Decision
8
Other
0
Losses by method
KO/TKO
0
Submission
1
Decision
2
Other
0
Fights by organization
UFC
8
Fight Nights Global
5
Gorilla Fighting
3
Liga Kavkaz
2
PRIDE Fighting Show
1
Fight Star
1
Full career — 20 fights, every organization
| Opponent | Method | Event | Org | Rd | Time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| L | Kyoji Horiguchi | Technical Submission (rear-naked choke) | UFC Fight Night: Tsarukyan vs. Hooker
November 22, 2025 |
UFC | 3 | 2:18 |
| W | Azat Maksum | Decision (unanimous) | UFC on ABC: Hill vs. Rountree Jr.
June 21, 2025 |
UFC | 3 | 5:00 |
| W | Clayton Carpenter | Decision (unanimous) | UFC 311
January 18, 2025 |
UFC | 3 | 5:00 |
| W | Cody Durden | Submission (face crank) | UFC 296
December 16, 2023 |
UFC | 2 | 4:25 |
| W | Nate Maness | Submission (guillotine choke) | UFC Fight Night: Rodriguez vs. Lemos
November 5, 2022 |
UFC | 1 | 2:11 |
| L | Tim Elliott | Decision (unanimous) | UFC 272
March 5, 2022 |
UFC | 3 | 5:00 |
| W | Allan Nascimento | Decision (split) | UFC 267
October 30, 2021 |
UFC | 3 | 5:00 |
| W | Bruno Gustavo da Silva | Decision (unanimous) | UFC Fight Night: Moraes vs. Sandhagen
October 11, 2020 |
UFC | 3 | 5:00 |
| W | Denilson Matos | Submission (guillotine choke) | Gorilla Fighting 22
December 13, 2019 |
Gorilla Fighting | 2 | 1:18 |
| W | Denis Araujo | Submission (rear-naked choke) | Gorilla Fighting 17
September 27, 2019 |
Gorilla Fighting | 2 | 3:19 |
| W | Aleksandr Podlesniy | Decision (unanimous) | Gorilla Fighting 11
May 3, 2019 |
Gorilla Fighting | 3 | 5:00 |
| L | Zhalgas Zhumagulov | Decision (majority) | Fight Nights Global 88
August 31, 2018 |
Fight Nights Global | 3 | 5:00 |
| W | Vartan Asatryan | Submission (guillotine choke) | Fight Nights Global 76
October 8, 2017 |
Fight Nights Global | 4 | 1:39 |
| W | Shajidul Haque | Decision (unanimous) | Fight Nights Global 65
May 19, 2017 |
Fight Nights Global | 3 | 5:00 |
| W | Asu Almabayev | TKO (submission to punches) | Fight Nights Global 58
January 28, 2017 |
Fight Nights Global | 3 | 4:51 |
| W | Shyngys Kairanov | Decision (unanimous) | Fight Nights Global 54
November 16, 2016 |
Fight Nights Global | 3 | 5:00 |
| W | Alexander Nesterov | Submission (rear-naked choke) | PRIDE Fighting Show: The Stars of World MMA
April 23, 2016 |
PRIDE Fighting Show | 1 | 2:18 |
| W | Ivan Andrushchenko | Decision (majority) | Fight Star: Battle on the Volga
May 30, 2015 |
Fight Star | 2 | 5:00 |
| W | Nurtilek Yerkuatuly | Submission (armbar) | Liga Kavkaz: Battle in Babayurt
February 1, 2015 |
Liga Kavkaz | 1 | 2:48 |
| W | Magomednur Aglarov | Submission (armbar) | Liga Kavkaz: Grand Umakhan Battle
July 7, 2013 |
Liga Kavkaz | 1 | 4:50 |
Career history from the fighter's Wikipedia record table (Tagir Ulanbekov) — results only, no strike stats; UFC bouts are marked and carry full stats in the fight history above.