Flyweight
Zhalgas Zhumagulov
16-9-0 (1 NC) UFC 1-6-0
Forward Pressure
Relentless Attack
5'4"Height
66"Reach
SwitchStance
38Age
0KO wins
1Sub wins
100.0%Finish rate
11:34Avg fight
Skill profile
- TD Defense Above avg 77
- Wrestling Average 66
- Striking Below avg 42
- Accuracy Below avg 36
- Grappling Below avg 32
- Durability Below avg 28
- Control Below avg 26
- Striking D Weak 9
Built on 81 minutes of tracked cage time across 7 statted fights — every axis is held down until there is more tape, so read this as a sketch rather than a verdict.
Forward Pressure
5.2 landed and 5.9 absorbed per minute — he turns fights into firefights
Relentless Attack
89 offensive actions per 15 min — strikes, takedown and submission attempts together
Career rates — the raw numbers behind the chart
Sig. strikes landed / min5.24
Sig. strikes absorbed / min5.86
Striking accuracy43.1%
Striking defense52.2%
Knockdowns / 15 min0.0
Takedowns / 15 min1.3
Takedown accuracy19.4%
Takedown defense75.0%
Sub attempts / 15 min0.19
Control time11.0%
Record vs .500+ opponents0-2
Striking trend
Fight history
L Joshua Van 7-1 walk-in Decision - Split · R3 5:00 — UFC Fight Night: Emmett vs. Topuria · June 24, 2023
103/287Sig. strikes
120/234Absorbed
1/5Takedowns
1:10Control
0Knockdowns
0Sub attempts
L Charles Johnson 11-3 walk-in Decision - Split · R3 5:00 — UFC Fight Night: Nzechukwu vs. Cutelaba · November 19, 2022
119/234Sig. strikes
115/209Absorbed
1/4Takedowns
1:03Control
0Knockdowns
0Sub attempts
L Jeff Molina 10-2 walk-in Decision - Split · R3 5:00 — UFC Fight Night: Volkov vs. Rozenstruik · June 4, 2022
37/112Sig. strikes
56/148Absorbed
2/13Takedowns
5:32Control
0Knockdowns
0Sub attempts
L Manel Kape 16-6 walk-in KO/TKO · R1 4:02 — UFC Fight Night: Font vs. Aldo · December 4, 2021
31/79Sig. strikes
53/72Absorbed
0/0Takedowns
0:00Control
0Knockdowns
0Sub attempts
W Jerome Rivera 10-5 walk-in Submission · R1 2:02 — UFC 264: Poirier vs. McGregor 3 · July 10, 2021
10/24Sig. strikes
11/40Absorbed
0/0Takedowns
0:12Control
0Knockdowns
1Sub attempts
L Amir Albazi 12-1 walk-in Decision - Unanimous · R3 5:00 — UFC 257: Poirier vs. McGregor · January 23, 2021
59/132Sig. strikes
68/169Absorbed
1/3Takedowns
0:27Control
0Knockdowns
0Sub attempts
L Raulian Paiva 19-3 walk-in Decision - Unanimous · R3 5:00 — UFC 251: Usman vs. Masvidal · July 11, 2020
66/119Sig. strikes
52/121Absorbed
2/11Takedowns
0:29Control
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
5
Submission
2
Decision
9
Other
0
Losses by method
KO/TKO
2
Submission
0
Decision
7
Other
0
No contests: 1
Fights by organization
Fight Nights Global
8
UFC
7
Oktagon
4
Naiza FC
2
Kunlun Fight
1
Alash Pride
1
Zhekpe Zhek
1
White Night FC
1
+ 1 more organizations in the full career list
Full career — 26 fights, every organization
| Opponent | Method | Event | Org | Rd | Time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NC | Igor Severino | NC (accidental punch to the groin) | Oktagon 89
June 6, 2026 |
Oktagon | 2 | 2:26 |
| W | David Dvořák | TKO (doctor stoppage) | Oktagon 81
December 28, 2025 |
Oktagon | 3 | 5:00 |
| W | Beno Adamia | Decision (unanimous) | Oktagon 73
June 28, 2025 |
Oktagon | 5 | 5:00 |
| W | Aaron Aby | Decision (unanimous) | Oktagon 63
November 9, 2024 |
Oktagon | 3 | 5:00 |
| W | Cleveland McLean | Decision (unanimous) | Naiza FC 57
February 24, 2024 |
Naiza FC | 3 | 5:00 |
| W | Masato Nakamura | TKO (punches) | Naiza FC 55
December 6, 2023 |
Naiza FC | 1 | 1:42 |
| L | Joshua Van | Decision (split) | UFC on ABC: Emmett vs. Topuria
June 24, 2023 |
UFC | 3 | 5:00 |
| L | Charles Johnson | Decision (split) | UFC Fight Night: Nzechukwu vs. Cuțelaba
November 19, 2022 |
UFC | 3 | 5:00 |
| L | Jeff Molina | Decision (split) | UFC Fight Night: Volkov vs. Rozenstruik
June 4, 2022 |
UFC | 3 | 5:00 |
| L | Manel Kape | TKO (punches) | UFC on ESPN: Font vs. Aldo
December 4, 2021 |
UFC | 1 | 4:02 |
| W | Jerome Rivera | Submission (guillotine choke) | UFC 264
July 10, 2021 |
UFC | 1 | 2:02 |
| L | Amir Albazi | Decision (unanimous) | UFC 257
January 24, 2021 |
UFC | 3 | 5:00 |
| L | Raulian Paiva | Decision (unanimous) | UFC 251
July 12, 2020 |
UFC | 3 | 5:00 |
| W | Ali Bagautinov | Decision (split) | Fight Nights Global 95
October 19, 2019 |
Fight Nights Global | 5 | 5:00 |
| W | Tagir Ulanbekov | Decision (majority) | Fight Nights Global 88
August 31, 2018 |
Fight Nights Global | 5 | 5:00 |
| W | Tyson Nam | Decision (unanimous) | Fight Nights Global 86
April 1, 2018 |
Fight Nights Global | 5 | 5:00 |
| W | Shajidul Haque | Decision (unanimous) | Fight Nights Global 80
November 26, 2017 |
Fight Nights Global | 3 | 5:00 |
| L | Vartan Asatryan | Decision (split) | Fight Nights Global 65
May 19, 2017 |
Fight Nights Global | 5 | 5:00 |
| W | Artur Bagautinov | KO (punch) | Fight Nights Global 62
March 31, 2017 |
Fight Nights Global | 2 | 1:53 |
| W | Ivan Andrushchenko | Decision (unanimous) | Fight Nights Global 55
November 22, 2016 |
Fight Nights Global | 3 | 5:00 |
| W | Oscar Dolchin | Decision (unanimous) | Fight Nights Global 46
April 29, 2016 |
Fight Nights Global | 3 | 5:00 |
| L | Zhifa Shang | Decision (split) | Kunlun Fight: Cage Fight Series 3
July 6, 2015 |
Kunlun Fight | 3 | 5:00 |
| L | Vartan Asatryan | TKO (punches) | Alash Pride: Royal Plaza Volume 2
January 24, 2015 |
Alash Pride | 2 | 3:00 |
| W | Bekzat Aliev | TKO (punches) | Zhekpe Zhek: Bantamweight Grand Prix
October 6, 2014 |
Zhekpe Zhek | 3 | 2:10 |
| W | Nurbay Mirzaliev | TKO (submission to punches) | White Night FC: Elets Battle
September 25, 2014 |
White Night FC | 2 | 3:14 |
| W | Yerlan Semebekov | TKO (Punches) | Altay Republik MMA League: Altay vs. Siberia
September 7, 2014 |
Altay Republik MMA League | 1 | 3:54 |
Career history from the fighter's Wikipedia record table (Zhalgas Zhumagulov) — results only, no strike stats; UFC bouts are marked and carry full stats in the fight history above.