Hamdy Abdelwahab
Skill profile
138 MMA anchors Striking, Wrestling, TD Defense, Grappling · his tags and claims adjust Accuracy, Control · stats alone on Striking D, Durability.
Built on 60 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.
Career rates — the raw numbers behind the chart
Insider info
vs Chris Barnett lean UFC 321 Analysis, Prediction, And Breakdown · October 20, 2025
Picks Abdelwhab on skills/path but immediately questions laying -353 on a five-fight record -- a price caution, not a reversal.
A decent, forward-pressing striker who loops his punches and throws too many single shots, but carries real power and a heavy leg kick. His grappling is the bigger weapon -- takedowns, a good body-lock-and-trip, slams, top pressure and ground and pound -- and he is hard to take down himself, though he tires when he grapples. Only five or six official professional fights. As of 2025-10-20.
vs Mohammed Usman clear UFC Fight Night: Hill vs Rountree Full Card Analysis, Prediction & Breakdown · June 17, 2025 · 1 read since
Gives Abdelwahab's leg-kick/volume path, says he will 'outpoint' Usman, and settles plainly on him ('give me Hammy') despite expecting some cage-pressure moments against him.
An undefeated but lightly-regarded heavyweight prospect ('some asterisks' on the record, per the analyst). A decent, forward-pressure striker whose heavy leg kick is his best weapon, though he loops his punches and leans on single shots rather than combinations. Clearly the better grappler of the two: good takedowns including body-lock trips and slams, good takedown defense, top pressure and ground-and-pound. His path to the win is landing leg kicks and more volume while avoiding getting stuck against the cage.
vs Jamal Pogues coinflip UFC Fight Night Adesanya vs Imavov Full Card Analysis, Prediction & Breakdown · January 27, 2025 · 2 reads since
Names Abdelwahab and gives a clear wrestling-path mechanism, but explicitly instructs the viewer to stay away from betting the fight ('too many unknowns') and separately uses the root-beer wager-caution idiom about a juiced total line. Per the confidence-bar rule, idiom plus stay-away advice together mean coinflip.
Our paraphrase: an Olympic-pedigree wrestler for Iran, rated at the solid rung. His entries and control on top are praised (a body-lock trip, the ability to slam an opponent, strong pressure and finishing ground strikes), defensively sound against takedowns of his own. His punching is only decent and his shots are described as looping. Hasn't competed recently. The wrestling-vs-striking breakdown is said to favor him if this becomes a grappling match.
Striking trend
Fight history
W Chris Barnett 23-9 walk-in Decision - Unanimous · R3 5:00 — UFC 321: Aspinall vs. Gane · October 25, 2025
L Mohammed Usman 3-2 walk-in Decision - Unanimous · R3 5:00 — UFC Fight Night: Hill vs. Rountree Jr. · June 21, 2025
W Jamal Pogues 2-1 walk-in Decision - Split · R3 5:00 — UFC Fight Night: Adesanya vs. Imavov · February 1, 2025
NC Don'Tale Mayes 9-4 walk-in Overturned · R3 5:00 — UFC 277: Pena vs. Nunes 2 · July 30, 2022
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
No contests: 1
Fights by organization
Full career — 10 fights, every organization
| Opponent | Method | Event | Org | Rd | Time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| L | Anton Vinnikov | Decision (unanimous) | ACA 202
April 12, 2026 |
ACA | 3 | 5:00 |
| W | Chris Barnett | Decision (unanimous) | UFC 321
October 25, 2025 |
UFC | 3 | 5:00 |
| L | Mohammed Usman | Decision (unanimous) | UFC on ABC: Hill vs. Rountree Jr.
June 21, 2025 |
UFC | 3 | 5:00 |
| W | Jamal Pogues | Decision (split) | UFC Fight Night: Adesanya vs. Imavov
February 1, 2025 |
UFC | 3 | 5:00 |
| NC | Don'Tale Mayes | NC (overturned) | UFC 277
July 30, 2022 |
UFC | 3 | 5:00 |
| W | Matthew Strickland | KO (punch) | Jorge Masvidal's iKon FC 3
June 3, 2022 |
Jorge Masvidal's iKon FC | 1 | 0:27 |
| W | Tyler Lee | TKO (punches) | Gamebred FC: Freedom Fight Night
March 19, 2022 |
Gamebred FC | 1 | 0:26 |
| W | Dustin Clements | TKO (leg injury) | Jorge Masvidal's iKon FC 1
January 21, 2022 |
Jorge Masvidal's iKon FC | 3 | 3:25 |
| W | Connor McKenna | TKO (punches) | Gamebred Bareknuckle MMA 3
December 17, 2021 |
Gamebred Bareknuckle MMA | 1 | 0:33 |
| W | Matthew Strickland | TKO (punches) | Gamebred Bareknuckle MMA 2
October 1, 2021 |
Gamebred Bareknuckle MMA | 1 | 0:15 |
Career history from the fighter's Wikipedia record table (Hamdy Abdelwahab) — results only, no strike stats; UFC bouts are marked and carry full stats in the fight history above.
Division context
Headshot of Hamdy Abdelwahab by UFC · Official UFC athlete photo (copyright UFC; not freely licensed) · Wikimedia Commons · flattened onto dark background, cropped/resized