Light Heavyweight
Misha Cirkunov
15-9-0 UFC 6-7-0
Finisher
Relentless Attack
Suspect Chin
KO-Prone
6'3"Height
77"Reach
OrthodoxStance
39Age
1KO wins
5Sub wins
100.0%Finish rate
4:43Avg fight
Skill profile
striking
not yet read
grappling
solid
1 read
wrestling
not yet read
cardio
not yet read
durability
not yet read
138 MMA anchors Durability, Grappling · stats alone on Striking, Accuracy, Striking D, Wrestling, TD Defense, Control.
Built on 61 minutes of tracked cage time across 13 statted fights — every axis is held down until there is more tape, so read this as a sketch rather than a verdict.
Finisher
100% of wins by knockout or submission (1 KO, 5 sub)
Relentless Attack
84 offensive actions per 15 min — strikes, takedown and submission attempts together
Suspect Chin
138 MMA · Oct 2022 tags chin: suspect
KO-Prone
5 of 7 losses came by knockout
Career rates — the raw numbers behind the chart
Sig. strikes landed / min3.86
Sig. strikes absorbed / min3.06
Striking accuracy51.9%
Striking defense57.8%
Knockdowns / 15 min0.0
Takedowns / 15 min4.15
Takedown accuracy39.5%
Takedown defense76.9%
Sub attempts / 15 min1.71
Control time28.4%
Record vs .500+ opponents3-6
Insider info
vs Alonzo Menifield lean UFC Fight Night: Grasso vs Araujo Full Card Analysis, Preview, and Prediction · October 10, 2022
grapplingsolid
Stated plainly more than once, but wrapped in repeated odds complaints and an explicit admission that he may be giving Cirkunov too much credit -- real self-doubt about the strength of the read, short of a flat reversal.
Visibly fading at 35 -- a stretch of three straight defeats closes out his last five, and nearly every one of those losses ended in a finish rather than a decision. Still has a real finishing game of his own on the resume, several submissions plus one UFC ground-and-pound stoppage, and has shown he can grind out adversity, but the analyst reads this overall as a fighter running out of time.
StrengthGenuine finishing ability, five submission wins in the UFC
StrengthCan grind through adversity
WeaknessFinished in almost every recent loss
WeaknessThree straight losses, visibly aging at 35
Striking trend
Fight history
L Alonzo Menifield 12-3 walk-in KO/TKO · R1 1:28 — UFC Fight Night: Grasso vs. Araujo · October 15, 2022
5/8Sig. strikes
8/17Absorbed
0/4Takedowns
0:00Control
0Knockdowns
0Sub attempts
L Wellington Turman 17-5 walk-in Submission · R2 1:29 — UFC Fight Night: Makhachev vs. Green · February 26, 2022
30/44Sig. strikes
15/19Absorbed
1/3Takedowns
3:04Control
0Knockdowns
1Sub attempts
L Krzysztof Jotko 22-5 walk-in Decision - Split · R3 5:00 — UFC Fight Night: Santos vs. Walker · October 2, 2021
41/91Sig. strikes
41/95Absorbed
5/17Takedowns
4:06Control
0Knockdowns
0Sub attempts
L Ryan Spann 18-6 walk-in KO/TKO · R1 1:11 — UFC Fight Night: Edwards vs. Muhammad · March 13, 2021
5/18Sig. strikes
16/29Absorbed
0/0Takedowns
0:00Control
0Knockdowns
0Sub attempts
W Jimmy Crute 10-0 walk-in Submission · R1 3:38 — UFC Fight Night: Cowboy vs. Gaethje · September 14, 2019
6/10Sig. strikes
21/35Absorbed
1/2Takedowns
2:28Control
0Knockdowns
1Sub attempts
L Johnny Walker 16-3 walk-in KO/TKO · R1 0:36 — UFC 235: Jones vs. Smith · March 2, 2019
1/2Sig. strikes
4/8Absorbed
0/0Takedowns
0:00Control
0Knockdowns
0Sub attempts
W Patrick Cummins 10-5 walk-in Submission · R1 2:40 — UFC Fight Night: Oezdemir vs. Smith · October 27, 2018
11/18Sig. strikes
3/5Absorbed
1/1Takedowns
0:40Control
0Knockdowns
2Sub attempts
L Glover Teixeira 26-6 walk-in KO/TKO · R1 2:45 — UFC Fight Night: Lawler vs. Dos Anjos · December 16, 2017
21/43Sig. strikes
13/21Absorbed
0/0Takedowns
0:11Control
0Knockdowns
0Sub attempts
L Volkan Oezdemir 11-1 walk-in KO/TKO · R1 0:28 — UFC Fight Night: Gustafsson vs. Teixeira · May 28, 2017
9/19Sig. strikes
5/7Absorbed
0/0Takedowns
0:00Control
0Knockdowns
0Sub attempts
W Nikita Krylov 21-4 walk-in Submission · R1 4:38 — UFC 206: Holloway vs. Pettis · December 10, 2016
8/18Sig. strikes
16/29Absorbed
2/3Takedowns
0:40Control
0Knockdowns
1Sub attempts
W Ion Cutelaba 11-1 walk-in Submission · R3 1:22 — UFC Fight Night: MacDonald vs Thompson · June 18, 2016
44/94Sig. strikes
24/115Absorbed
1/3Takedowns
1:14Control
0Knockdowns
1Sub attempts
W Alex Nicholson 6-1 walk-in Submission · R2 1:28 — UFC Fight Night: Hendricks vs Thompson · February 6, 2016
32/63Sig. strikes
16/51Absorbed
3/6Takedowns
2:08Control
0Knockdowns
1Sub attempts
W Daniel Jolly 0-0 walk-in KO/TKO · R1 4:45 — UFC Fight Night: Holloway vs Oliveira · August 23, 2015
24/29Sig. strikes
6/14Absorbed
3/4Takedowns
2:55Control
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
4
Submission
9
Decision
2
Other
0
Losses by method
KO/TKO
5
Submission
3
Decision
1
Other
0
Fights by organization
UFC
13
Hard Knocks
2
PFC
1
Fivestar FL
1
King of the Ring VI
1
Score Fighting Series
1
Knockout Entertainment - MMA
1
Ultimate Generation Combat
1
+ 3 more organizations in the full career list
Full career — 24 fights, every organization
| Opponent | Method | Event | Org | Rd | Time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| L | Alonzo Menifield | KO (punches) | UFC Fight Night: Grasso vs. Araújo
October 15, 2022 |
UFC | 1 | 1:28 |
| L | Wellington Turman | Submission (armbar) | UFC Fight Night: Makhachev vs. Green
February 26, 2022 |
UFC | 2 | 1:29 |
| L | Krzysztof Jotko | Decision (split) | UFC Fight Night: Santos vs. Walker
October 2, 2021 |
UFC | 3 | 5:00 |
| L | Ryan Spann | TKO (punches) | UFC Fight Night: Edwards vs. Muhammad
March 13, 2021 |
UFC | 1 | 1:11 |
| W | Jimmy Crute | Submission (peruvian necktie) | UFC Fight Night: Cowboy vs. Gaethje
September 14, 2019 |
UFC | 1 | 3:38 |
| L | Johnny Walker | TKO (flying knee and punches) | UFC 235
March 2, 2019 |
UFC | 1 | 0:38 |
| W | Patrick Cummins | Submission (arm-triangle choke) | UFC Fight Night: Volkan vs. Smith
October 27, 2018 |
UFC | 1 | 2:40 |
| L | Glover Teixeira | TKO (punches) | UFC on Fox: Lawler vs. dos Anjos
December 16, 2017 |
UFC | 1 | 2:45 |
| L | Volkan Oezdemir | KO (punch) | UFC Fight Night: Gustafsson vs. Teixeira
May 28, 2017 |
UFC | 1 | 0:28 |
| W | Nikita Krylov | Submission (guillotine choke) | UFC 206
December 10, 2016 |
UFC | 1 | 4:38 |
| W | Ion Cuțelaba | Submission (arm-triangle choke) | UFC Fight Night: MacDonald vs. Thompson
June 18, 2016 |
UFC | 3 | 1:22 |
| W | Alex Nicholson | Submission (neck crank) | UFC Fight Night: Hendricks vs. Thompson
February 6, 2016 |
UFC | 2 | 1:28 |
| W | Daniel Jolly | KO (punches) | UFC Fight Night: Holloway vs. Oliveira
August 23, 2015 |
UFC | 1 | 4:45 |
| W | Shaun Asher | Submission (armbar) | Hard Knocks 43
May 22, 2015 |
Hard Knocks | 1 | 1:20 |
| W | Rodney Wallace | TKO (head kick) | Hard Knocks 41
January 30, 2015 |
Hard Knocks | 1 | 2:00 |
| W | Martin Desilets | Submission (inverted triangle choke) | PFC 2
March 8, 2014 |
PFC | 1 | 2:36 |
| W | Jon Ganshorn | Submission (armbar) | Fivestar FL 9: Northern Nightmare
September 7, 2013 |
Fivestar FL | 1 | 1:59 |
| L | Aaron Johnson | Submission (heel hook) | King of the Ring VI
March 17, 2012 |
King of the Ring VI | 1 | 2:11 |
| W | Ali Mokdad | Decision (unanimous) | Score Fighting Series 3
December 3, 2011 |
Score Fighting Series | 3 | 5:00 |
| W | Ion Cherdivara | Decision (unanimous) | Knockout Entertainment - MMA: The Reckoning
April 2, 2011 |
Knockout Entertainment - MMA | 3 | 5:00 |
| W | Ricardeau Francois | TKO (punches) | Ultimate Generation Combat 26
March 4, 2011 |
Ultimate Generation Combat | 1 | 0:56 |
| W | Shawn Pauliuk | Submission (punches) | Armageddon FC 3: Evolution
July 17, 2010 |
Armageddon FC | 1 | 0:57 |
| L | Roy Boughton | Submission (armbar) | Warrior One MMA 5
June 19, 2010 |
Warrior One MMA | 2 | 2:33 |
| W | Jeff Doyle | TKO (punches) | Ringside MMA 5: Triple Threat
January 30, 2010 |
Ringside MMA | 1 | 0:40 |
Career history from the fighter's Wikipedia record table (Misha Cirkunov) — results only, no strike stats; UFC bouts are marked and carry full stats in the fight history above.
Division context
Headshot of Misha Cirkunov by Todd0329 · CC BY 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons · cropped and resized