Bantamweight · “Lucky”
Timur Valiev
19-5-0 (1 NC) UFC 2-1-0 (1 NC)
Precision Striker
Positional Grappler
Gets Dropped
5'6"Height
67"Reach
OrthodoxStance
36Age
0KO wins
0Sub wins
0%Finish rate
12:59Avg fight
Skill profile
- Accuracy Above avg 75
- Striking Above avg 70
- Control Average 68
- Wrestling Average 52
- TD Defense Average 46
- Grappling Below avg 44
- Striking D Below avg 27
- Durability Weak 11
Built on 51 minutes of tracked cage time across 4 statted fights — every axis is held down until there is more tape, so read this as a sketch rather than a verdict.
Precision Striker
above avg accuracy — rates 75 of 100 among UFC veterans
Positional Grappler
average control — rates 68 of 100 among UFC veterans
Gets Dropped
knocked down 5 times in 51 minutes of cage time
Career rates — the raw numbers behind the chart
Sig. strikes landed / min5.19
Sig. strikes absorbed / min3.33
Striking accuracy53.0%
Striking defense45.3%
Knockdowns / 15 min0.29
Takedowns / 15 min1.73
Takedown accuracy40.0%
Takedown defense55.6%
Sub attempts / 15 min0.29
Control time27.1%
Record vs .500+ opponents1-1
Striking trend
Fight history
L Jack Shore 15-0 walk-in Decision - Unanimous · R3 5:00 — UFC Fight Night: Volkov vs. Aspinall · March 19, 2022
72/150Sig. strikes
70/107Absorbed
2/3Takedowns
2:03Control
0Knockdowns
1Sub attempts
W Raoni Barcelos 16-1 walk-in Decision - Majority · R3 5:00 — UFC Fight Night: Gane vs. Volkov · June 26, 2021
77/190Sig. strikes
69/131Absorbed
0/6Takedowns
0:42Control
0Knockdowns
0Sub attempts
W Martin Day 8-5 walk-in Decision - Unanimous · R3 5:00 — UFC Fight Night: Overeem vs. Volkov · February 6, 2021
55/76Sig. strikes
8/28Absorbed
4/6Takedowns
11:19Control
0Knockdowns
0Sub attempts
NC Trevin Jones 12-6 walk-in Overturned · R2 1:59 — UFC Fight Night: Munhoz vs. Edgar · August 22, 2020
66/93Sig. strikes
26/50Absorbed
0/0Takedowns
0:01Control
1Knockdowns
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
5
Submission
2
Decision
12
Other
0
Losses by method
KO/TKO
0
Submission
0
Decision
5
Other
0
No contests: 1
Fights by organization
WSOF
6
UFC
4
ACA
3
Gorilla Fighting
2
PFL
2
PFL Fight Night
1
Fight Nights Global
1
Colosseum Battles Champions
1
+ 5 more organizations in the full career list
Full career — 25 fights, every organization
| Opponent | Method | Event | Org | Rd | Time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| L | David Dzhibilov | Decision (split) | ACA 190
August 15, 2025 |
ACA | 3 | 5:00 |
| W | Makharbek Karginov | Decision (split) | ACA 179
September 8, 2024 |
ACA | 3 | 5:00 |
| L | Aleksandr Podlesniy | Decision (unanimous) | ACA 172
March 9, 2024 |
ACA | 3 | 5:00 |
| L | Jack Shore | Decision (unanimous) | UFC Fight Night: Volkov vs. Aspinall
March 19, 2022 |
UFC | 3 | 5:00 |
| W | Raoni Barcelos | Decision (majority) | UFC Fight Night: Gane vs. Volkov
June 26, 2021 |
UFC | 3 | 5:00 |
| W | Martin Day | Decision (unanimous) | UFC Fight Night: Overeem vs. Volkov
February 6, 2021 |
UFC | 3 | 5:00 |
| NC | Trevin Jones | NC (overturned) | UFC on ESPN: Munhoz vs. Edgar
August 22, 2020 |
UFC | 2 | 1:59 |
| W | Taigro Costa | Decision (unanimous) | Gorilla Fighting 22
December 13, 2019 |
Gorilla Fighting | 3 | 5:00 |
| W | Giovanni da Silva Santos Jr. | TKO (punches) | Gorilla Fighting 14
July 13, 2019 |
Gorilla Fighting | 1 | 3:58 |
| W | Bekbulat Magomedov | Decision (unanimous) | PFL 4 (2018)
July 19, 2018 |
PFL | 3 | 5:00 |
| W | Max Coga | Decision (unanimous) | PFL 1 (2018)
June 7, 2018 |
PFL | 3 | 5:00 |
| W | Josenaldo Silva | Submission (rear-naked choke) | PFL Fight Night
November 2, 2017 |
PFL Fight Night | 3 | 2:12 |
| W | Chris Gutiérrez | Decision (unanimous) | WSOF 33
October 7, 2016 |
WSOF | 3 | 5:00 |
| L | Chris Gutiérrez | Decision (split) | WSOF 28
February 2, 2016 |
WSOF | 3 | 5:00 |
| W | Tito Jones | Decision (unanimous) | WSOF 23
September 18, 2015 |
WSOF | 3 | 5:00 |
| W | Ed West | TKO (elbows and punches) | WSOF 19
March 28, 2015 |
WSOF | 1 | 1:39 |
| W | Isaiah Chapman | Decision (unanimous) | WSOF 13
September 13, 2014 |
WSOF | 3 | 5:00 |
| W | Adam Acquaviva | TKO (flying knee) | WSOF 10
June 21, 2014 |
WSOF | 3 | 1:35 |
| W | Oleg Borisov | Decision (unanimous) | Fight Nights Global: Battle of Moscow 8
November 3, 2012 |
Fight Nights Global | 3 | 5:00 |
| W | Algiz Vakhitov | TKO (punches) | Colosseum Battles Champions
October 21, 2012 |
Colosseum Battles Champions | 1 | 1:34 |
| W | Evgeniy Lazukov | TKO (punches) | Dictator FC 1
June 28, 2012 |
Dictator FC | 1 | 4:36 |
| W | Bruno Marques | Decision (unanimous) | Battle of Stars 2
June 16, 2012 |
Battle of Stars | 3 | 5:00 |
| W | Fernando Cosenday | Decision (unanimous) | Top Fight: Battle of the Gyms
February 25, 2012 |
Top Fight | 2 | 5:00 |
| W | Gadzhimurad Gasanov | Submission (armbar) | Urkarakh Fights
July 22, 2011 |
Urkarakh Fights | 1 | 4:28 |
| L | Olle Raberg | Decision (unanimous) | World Ultimate Full Contact 16
September 4, 2010 |
World Ultimate Full Contact | 1 | 10:00 |
Career history from the fighter's Wikipedia record table (Timur Valiev) — results only, no strike stats; UFC bouts are marked and carry full stats in the fight history above.