Damir Ismagulov
Skill profile
138 MMA anchors Striking, Wrestling, TD Defense · his tags and claims adjust Accuracy, Striking D, Grappling, Control · stats alone on Durability.
Career rates — the raw numbers behind the chart
Insider info
vs Grant Dawson emphatic UFC Fight Night Strickland vs Magomedov Full Card Breakdown & Predictions (UFC Vegas 76) · June 27, 2023
He says Dawson wins this with no problem and that it will be more one-sided than people think, repeating the pick several times with a specific method (submission) and round, without voicing a single doubt about the win anywhere in the chapter; the extensive wager detail is purely about bet sizing and props, which does not demote the grade.
A patient, range-based striker who mixes punches and kicks into combinations and picks his spots rather than blitzing in, with striking defense described as solid. He also has pretty good takedown defense, though the analyst immediately qualifies that he doesn't know how long it can hold up against relentless pressure. He is coming back from a short retirement to finish out his contract.
vs Arman TSarukyan coinflip UFC Fight Night: Cannonier vs Strickland Full Card Analysis, Preview, & Prediction · December 14, 2022 · 1 read since
Explicit: calls it a close fight and says he is 'not confident enough' to bet on it, or would bet very little.
Has a height/reach advantage in this matchup and, per the analyst, the better striking at range -- his clearest path to victory if he can keep the fight at distance. He shares similarly strong wrestling and ground-and-pound with Tsarukyan, plus good takedown defense, but is more vulnerable once the fight closes to tight range.
Striking trend
Fight history
L Grant Dawson 18-1-1 walk-in Decision - Unanimous · R3 5:00 — UFC Fight Night: Strickland vs. Magomedov · July 1, 2023
L Arman Tsarukyan 18-3 walk-in Decision - Unanimous · R3 5:00 — UFC Fight Night: Cannonier vs. Strickland · December 17, 2022
W Guram Kutateladze 12-2 walk-in Decision - Split · R3 5:00 — UFC Fight Night: Kattar vs. Emmett · June 18, 2022
W Rafael Alves 19-9 walk-in Decision - Unanimous · R3 5:00 — UFC Fight Night: Font vs. Garbrandt · May 22, 2021
W Thiago Moises 12-3 walk-in Decision - Unanimous · R3 5:00 — UFC Fight Night: Andrade vs. Zhang · August 31, 2019
W Joel Alvarez 15-1 walk-in Decision - Unanimous · R3 5:00 — UFC Fight Night: Blachowicz vs. Santos · February 23, 2019
W Alex Gorgees 0-0 walk-in Decision - Unanimous · R3 5:00 — UFC Fight Night: Dos Santos vs. Tuivasa · December 1, 2018
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
Fights by organization
+ 1 more organizations in the full career list
Full career — 28 fights, every organization
| Opponent | Method | Event | Org | Rd | Time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | Alan Patrick | TKO (punches) | Alash Pride 108
May 27, 2025 |
Alash Pride | 2 | 4:33 |
| W | Oberdan Tenório | KO (spinning back kick) | Alash Pride 100
September 21, 2024 |
Alash Pride | 1 | 2:12 |
| W | Dimitry Klimov | Decision (unanimous) | Hardcore MMA 93
July 13, 2024 |
Hardcore MMA | 3 | 5:00 |
| L | Grant Dawson | Decision (unanimous) | UFC on ESPN: Strickland vs. Magomedov
July 1, 2023 |
UFC | 3 | 5:00 |
| L | Arman Tsarukyan | Decision (unanimous) | UFC Fight Night: Cannonier vs. Strickland
December 17, 2022 |
UFC | 3 | 5:00 |
| W | Guram Kutateladze | Decision (split) | UFC on ESPN: Kattar vs. Emmett
June 18, 2022 |
UFC | 3 | 5:00 |
| W | Rafael Alves | Decision (unanimous) | UFC Fight Night: Font vs. Garbrandt
May 22, 2021 |
UFC | 3 | 5:00 |
| W | Thiago Moisés | Decision (unanimous) | UFC Fight Night: Andrade vs. Zhang
August 31, 2019 |
UFC | 3 | 5:00 |
| W | Joel Álvarez | Decision (unanimous) | UFC Fight Night: Błachowicz vs. Santos
February 23, 2019 |
UFC | 3 | 5:00 |
| W | Alex Gorgees | Decision (unanimous) | UFC Fight Night: dos Santos vs. Tuivasa
December 2, 2018 |
UFC | 3 | 5:00 |
| W | Artem Damkovsky | TKO (hand injury) | M-1 Challenge 94
June 15, 2018 |
M-1 Challenge | 1 | 3:53 |
| W | Raul Tutarauli | Decision (unanimous) | M-1 Challenge 88
February 22, 2018 |
M-1 Challenge | 5 | 5:00 |
| W | Rogério Matias da Conceição | Decision (unanimous) | M-1 Challenge 85
November 10, 2017 |
M-1 Challenge | 3 | 5:00 |
| W | Maxim Divnich | TKO (punches) | M-1 Challenge 78
May 26, 2017 |
M-1 Challenge | 5 | 4:47 |
| W | Morgan Heraud | TKO (punches) | M-1 Challenge 74
February 18, 2017 |
M-1 Challenge | 3 | 1:31 |
| W | Murat Bakhtorazov | TKO (punches) | Alash Pride FC: Zhekpe Zhek
December 15, 2016 |
Alash Pride FC | 1 | 3:52 |
| W | Rubenilton Pereira | Decision (unanimous) | M-1 Challenge 72
November 18, 2016 |
M-1 Challenge | 3 | 5:00 |
| W | Ilias Chyngyzbek | Decision (unanimous) | Naiza FC 6
September 16, 2016 |
Naiza FC | 5 | 5:00 |
| W | Raul Tutarauli | TKO (punches) | M-1 Challenge 66
May 27, 2016 |
M-1 Challenge | 3 | 3:49 |
| W | Vyacheslav Ten | Submission (rear-naked choke) | M-1 Challenge 65
April 8, 2016 |
M-1 Challenge | 1 | 2:31 |
| W | Gennady Sysoev | TKO (submission to punches) | Scythian Gold: MMA Fight Night
March 4, 2016 |
Scythian Gold | 3 | — |
| W | Javier Fuentes | TKO (punches) | Orenburg MMA Federation: Scythian Gold 2015
November 21, 2015 |
Orenburg MMA Federation | 1 | — |
| L | Ramazan Esenbaev | Decision (unanimous) | M-1 Challenge 61
September 20, 2015 |
M-1 Challenge | 3 | 5:00 |
| W | Pedro Eugenio Granjo | TKO (punches) | M-1 Challenge 59
July 3, 2015 |
M-1 Challenge | 1 | 2:53 |
| W | Sergei Andreev | Decision (unanimous) | M-1 Challenge 57
May 2, 2015 |
M-1 Challenge | 3 | 5:00 |
| W | Faud Aliev | Decision (unanimous) | Kazakhstan MMA Federation: Battle of Nomads 3
April 11, 2015 |
Kazakhstan MMA Federation | 3 | 5:00 |
| W | Eldar Magomedov | TKO (punches) | Kazakhstan MMA Federation: Battle of Nomads 2
November 30, 2014 |
Kazakhstan MMA Federation | 1 | 4:32 |
| W | David Bácskai | TKO (punches) | Orenburg MMA Federation: Scythian Gold 2014
October 18, 2014 |
Orenburg MMA Federation | 1 | 3:57 |
Career history from the fighter's Wikipedia record table (Damir Ismagulov) — results only, no strike stats; UFC bouts are marked and carry full stats in the fight history above.
Division context
Headshot of Damir Ismagulov by UFC · Official UFC athlete photo (copyright UFC; not freely licensed) · Wikimedia Commons · flattened onto dark background, cropped/resized