Tagir Ulanbekov

Tagir Ulanbekov (17-3) is a flyweight fighting out of Makhachkala, Russia. Tagir Ulanbekov's last fight was a loss to Kyoji Horiguchi by submission (rear-naked choke) at UFC Fight Night: Tsarukyan vs. Hooker in November 2025.

Record17-3-0

DivisionFlyweight

Height5'7"

Reach70"

Age34

Last FightNov 22, 2025

BornJul 8, 1991

BirthplaceDagestan, Russia

Fighting out ofMakhachkala, Russia

UFC Career Stats:

Sig. strikes landed / min3.01

Striking accuracy48%

Sig. strikes absorbed / min3.44

Striking defense51%

Takedowns / 15 min2.73

Takedown accuracy39%

Takedown defense63%

Sub attempts / 15 min1.52

8 UFC fights through Oct 31, 2026. Source: UFCStats

Fight History:

*Exhibition (EX.) fights included in history

Result	Opponent	Division	Method	Rnd / Time	Event	Date	Fight
L	Kyoji Horiguchi	Flyweight	Technical Submission (Rear-naked choke)	R3 · 2:18	UFC Fight Night: Tsarukyan vs. Hooker	Nov 22, 2025	View
W	Azat Maksum	Flyweight	Decision (Unanimous)	R3	UFC Fight Night	Jun 21, 2025
W	Clayton Carpenter	Flyweight	Decision (Unanimous)	R3	UFC 311: Makhachev vs. Moicano	Jan 18, 2025
W	Cody Durden	Flyweight	Submission (Rear Naked Choke)	R2 · 4:25	UFC 296: Edwards vs. Covington	Dec 16, 2023
W	Nate Maness	Flyweight	Submission (Standing Guillotine Choke)	R1 · 2:11	UFC Fight Night	Nov 5, 2022
L	Tim Elliott	Flyweight	Decision (Unanimous)	R3	UFC 272: Covington vs. Masvidal	Mar 5, 2022
W	Allan Nascimento	Flyweight	Decision (Split)	R3	UFC 267: Błachowicz vs. Teixeira	Oct 30, 2021
W	Bruno Gustavo da Silva	Flyweight	Decision (Unanimous)	R3	UFC Fight Night	Oct 10, 2020
W	Denilson Matos	Flyweight	Submission (Guillotine Choke)	R2 · 1:20	GFC 22	Dec 13, 2019
W	Denis Araujo	Flyweight	Submission (Choke)	R2 · 3:19	GFC 17	Sep 27, 2019
W	Aleksandr Podlesniy	Flyweight	Decision (Unanimous)	R3	GFC 11	May 3, 2019
L	Zhalgas Zhumagulov	Flyweight	Decision (Majority)	R5	Fight Nights Global 88	Aug 31, 2018
W	Vartan Asatryan	Flyweight	Submission (Guillotine Choke)	R4 · 1:39	Fight Nights Global 76	Oct 8, 2017
W	Shajidul Haque	Bantamweight	Decision (Unanimous)	R3	Fight Nights Global 65	May 19, 2017
W	Asu Almabayev	Flyweight	KO/TKO (Punches)	R3 · 4:51	Fight Nights Global 58	Jan 28, 2017
W	Shyngys Kairanov	Catchweight	Decision (Unanimous)	R3	Fight Nights Global 54	Nov 16, 2016
W	Alexander Nesterov	Bantamweight	Submission (Rear Naked Choke)	R1 · 2:18	PRIDE Fighting Show 1	Apr 23, 2016
W	Ivan Andrushchenko	Bantamweight	Decision (Majority)	R2	Fight Stars	May 30, 2015
W	Nurtilek Yerkuatuly	Bantamweight	Submission (Armbar)	R1 · 2:48	Kavkaz League	Feb 1, 2015
W	Magomednur Aglarov	Bantamweight	Submission (Armbar)	R1 · 4:50	Kavkaz League	Jul 7, 2013

LKyoji Horiguchi
Nov 22, 2025
UFC Fight Night: Tsarukyan vs. Hooker·Flyweight
Technical Submission (Rear-naked choke)·R3 · 2:18View
WAzat Maksum
Jun 21, 2025
UFC Fight Night·Flyweight
Decision (Unanimous)·R3
WClayton Carpenter
Jan 18, 2025
UFC 311: Makhachev vs. Moicano·Flyweight
Decision (Unanimous)·R3
WCody Durden
Dec 16, 2023
UFC 296: Edwards vs. Covington·Flyweight
Submission (Rear Naked Choke)·R2 · 4:25
WNate Maness
Nov 5, 2022
UFC Fight Night·Flyweight
Submission (Standing Guillotine Choke)·R1 · 2:11
LTim Elliott
Mar 5, 2022
UFC 272: Covington vs. Masvidal·Flyweight
Decision (Unanimous)·R3
WAllan Nascimento
Oct 30, 2021
UFC 267: Błachowicz vs. Teixeira·Flyweight
Decision (Split)·R3
WBruno Gustavo da Silva
Oct 10, 2020
UFC Fight Night·Flyweight
Decision (Unanimous)·R3
WDenilson Matos
Dec 13, 2019
GFC 22·Flyweight
Submission (Guillotine Choke)·R2 · 1:20
WDenis Araujo
Sep 27, 2019
GFC 17·Flyweight
Submission (Choke)·R2 · 3:19
WAleksandr Podlesniy
May 3, 2019
GFC 11·Flyweight
Decision (Unanimous)·R3
LZhalgas Zhumagulov
Aug 31, 2018
Fight Nights Global 88·Flyweight
Decision (Majority)·R5
WVartan Asatryan
Oct 8, 2017
Fight Nights Global 76·Flyweight
Submission (Guillotine Choke)·R4 · 1:39
WShajidul Haque
May 19, 2017
Fight Nights Global 65·Bantamweight
Decision (Unanimous)·R3
WAsu Almabayev
Jan 28, 2017
Fight Nights Global 58·Flyweight
KO/TKO (Punches)·R3 · 4:51
WShyngys Kairanov
Nov 16, 2016
Fight Nights Global 54·Catchweight
Decision (Unanimous)·R3
WAlexander Nesterov
Apr 23, 2016
PRIDE Fighting Show 1·Bantamweight
Submission (Rear Naked Choke)·R1 · 2:18
WIvan Andrushchenko
May 30, 2015
Fight Stars·Bantamweight
Decision (Majority)·R2
WNurtilek Yerkuatuly
Feb 1, 2015
Kavkaz League·Bantamweight
Submission (Armbar)·R1 · 2:48
WMagomednur Aglarov
Jul 7, 2013
Kavkaz League·Bantamweight
Submission (Armbar)·R1 · 4:50