Askar Askarov
Skill profile
138 MMA anchors Striking · his tags and claims adjust Durability, Wrestling, Control · stats alone on Accuracy, Striking D, TD Defense, Grappling.
Built on 75 minutes of tracked cage time across 5 statted fights — every axis is held down until there is more tape, so read this as a sketch rather than a verdict.
Career rates — the raw numbers behind the chart
Insider info
vs Brandon Royval coinflip UFC Fight Night: Grasso vs Araujo Full Card Analysis, Preview, and Prediction · October 10, 2022
He states the matchup is essentially 50/50 in his own words, picks Royval while calling himself not mega confident, and then explicitly tells viewers not to wager on the fight at all before using the root-beer idiom -- exactly the combination the standing rule reads as coinflip.
Top-tier at winning individual minutes on the ground with boxing and cage pressure, and a genuinely high-level, pressuring grappler who gets a lot of takedowns without smothering. Decent boxing of his own. Has shown he can battle through adversity even in a loss to a quality opponent. Height/reach are a real disadvantage here, 5'6" and 67in reach versus Royval's 5'9" and 70.5in.
Striking trend
Fight history
L Kai Kara-France 23-9 walk-in Decision - Unanimous · R3 5:00 — UFC Fight Night: Blaydes vs. Daukaus · March 26, 2022
W Joseph Benavidez 28-7 walk-in Decision - Unanimous · R3 5:00 — UFC 259: Blachowicz vs. Adesanya · March 6, 2021
W Alexandre Pantoja 22-4 walk-in Decision - Unanimous · R3 5:00 — UFC Fight Night: Figueiredo vs. Benavidez 2 · July 18, 2020
W Tim Elliott 15-9-1 walk-in Decision - Unanimous · R3 5:00 — UFC 246: McGregor vs. Cowboy · January 18, 2020
D Brandon Moreno 15-5 walk-in Decision - Split · R3 5:00 — UFC Fight Night: Rodriguez vs. Stephens · September 21, 2019
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
Losses by method
Draws: 1
Fights by organization
Full career — 17 fights, every organization
| Opponent | Method | Event | Org | Rd | Time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | Alan Gomes de Castro | Decision (unanimous) | ACA 166
November 24, 2023 |
ACA | 3 | 5:00 |
| L | Kai Kara-France | Decision (unanimous) | UFC on ESPN: Blaydes vs. Daukaus
March 26, 2022 |
UFC | 3 | 5:00 |
| W | Joseph Benavidez | Decision (unanimous) | UFC 259
March 6, 2021 |
UFC | 3 | 5:00 |
| W | Alexandre Pantoja | Decision (unanimous) | UFC Fight Night: Figueiredo vs. Benavidez 2
July 19, 2020 |
UFC | 3 | 5:00 |
| W | Tim Elliott | Decision (unanimous) | UFC 246
January 18, 2020 |
UFC | 3 | 5:00 |
| D | Brandon Moreno | Draw (split) | UFC Fight Night: Rodríguez vs. Stephens
September 21, 2019 |
UFC | 3 | 5:00 |
| W | Rasul Albaskhanov | Technical Submission (guillotine choke) | ACB 86
May 5, 2018 |
ACB | 2 | 1:59 |
| W | Anthony Leone | Submission (twister) | ACB 58
April 22, 2017 |
ACB | 3 | 2:41 |
| W | José Maria Tomé | Submission (anaconda choke) | ACB 48
October 22, 2016 |
ACB | 5 | 1:57 |
| W | Ruslan Abiltarov | Submission (rear-naked choke) | ACB 38
May 20, 2016 |
ACB | 2 | 1:37 |
| W | Marcin Lasota | TKO (punches) | ACB 29
February 6, 2016 |
ACB | 2 | 3:35 |
| W | Kirill Medvedovsky | Submission (rear-naked choke) | ACB 22
September 12, 2015 |
ACB | 3 | 3:56 |
| W | Vyacheslav Gagiev | TKO (punches) | ACB 17
May 12, 2015 |
ACB | 2 | 1:56 |
| W | Vakha Kadyrov | TKO (punches) | Khasavyurt Fight: Dagestan MMA Open Cup 2014
June 21, 2014 |
Khasavyurt Fight | 1 | 3:15 |
| W | Elvin Abbasov | Submission (armbar) | Grand European FC: Lights of Baku 2
February 15, 2014 |
Grand European FC | 2 | 3:45 |
| W | Kvanzhakov Kantemir | TKO (punches) | Sparta Martial Arts Club: Team Sosnovy Bor vs. Team Leningrad Oblast
December 8, 2013 |
Sparta Martial Arts Club | 1 | 2:14 |
| W | Shamil Amirov | Submission (rear-naked choke) | Liga Kavkaz: Grand Umakhan Battle
July 7, 2013 |
Liga Kavkaz | 2 | 2:05 |
Career history from the fighter's Wikipedia record table (Askar Askarov) — results only, no strike stats; UFC bouts are marked and carry full stats in the fight history above.
Division context
Headshot of Askar Askarov by UFC · Official UFC athlete photo (copyright UFC; not freely licensed) · Wikimedia Commons · flattened onto dark background, cropped/resized