Magomed Ankalaev
Russian mixed martial artist
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| March 8 2025 | Defeated Alex Pereira to win the UFC Light Heavyweight Championship by unanimous decision at UFC 313. |
| October 26 2024 | Defeated Aleksandar Rakić at UFC 308 via unanimous decision. |
| January 13 2024 | Defeated Johnny Walker at UFC Fight Night 234 by knockout in the second round, earning Performance of the Night award. |
| December 10 2022 | Fought Jan Błachowicz for the vacant UFC Light Heavyweight Championship at UFC 282, resulting in a controversial split draw. |
| July 30 2022 | Defeated Anthony Smith at UFC 277 via technical knockout in the second round. |
| March 12 2022 | Defeated Thiago Santos at UFC Fight Night 203 via unanimous decision. |
| October 30 2021 | Defeated Volkan Oezdemir at UFC 267 in Abu Dhabi via unanimous decision. |
| February 27 2021 | Defeated Nikita Krylov at UFC Fight Night 186 via unanimous decision. |
| October 2020 | Defeated Ion Cuțelaba at UFC 254 via knockout in the first round, earning Performance of the Night award. |
| February 29 2020 | Defeated Ion Cuțelaba at UFC Fight Night 169 via controversial technical knockout in the first round. |
| November 9 2019 | Defeated Dalcha Lungiambula at UFC Fight Night 163 via knockout in the third round, earning Performance of the Night award. |
| February 23 2019 | Defeated Klidson Abreu by unanimous decision at UFC Fight Night 145 after original opponent Darko Stošić withdrew due to injury. |
| September 15 2018 | Defeated Marcin Prachnio at UFC Fight Night: Hunt vs. Oleinik with a knockout, earning his first UFC win and Performance of the Night award. |
| March 2018 | Made his UFC promotional debut against Paul Craig at UFC Fight Night: Werdum vs. Volkov, suffering his first professional loss via triangle choke in the last seconds of round three. |
| October 2017 | Signed with the UFC after winning the World Fighting Championship Akhmat's world title. |
| 2016 | Won Gold at World MMA Association (WMMAA) World Championship in Light Heavyweight category |
| 2016 | Won World Fighting Championship Akhmat (WFCA) Light Heavyweight World Grand Prix Tournament |
| 2016 | Won Gold at Russian MMA Championship in Light Heavyweight category |
| 2016 | Won Gold at Combat Sambo Cup of Dagestan in Light Heavyweight category |
| 2016 | Wins the Akhmat FC Light Heavyweight Grand Prix, establishing himself as a prominent fighter in the mixed martial arts circuit. |
| 2016 | Won Gold at World Championship in Light Heavyweight category |
| November 2016 | Won the Combat Sambo Cup of Dagestan and gold medal in the WMMAA Championship in Macau, China. |
| May 2016 | Won the Russian MMA Championship by beating Magomed Shakhrudinov in the tournament finals. |
| 2015 | Won Gold at World MMA Association (WMMAA) World Championship in Light Heavyweight category |
| 2015 | Won Gold at Russian Cup: North Caucasian Federal District in Light Heavyweight category |
| 2015 | Won Gold at Russian MMA Championship in Light Heavyweight category |
| 2015 | Won Gold at MMA Cup of Dagestan in Light Heavyweight category |
| 2015 | Named Mixed Martial Artist of Russia by the Russian MMA federation. |
| December 2015 | Won the MMA Super Cup of Russia by beating Nadyr Bulkadarov in a pro exhibition fight. |
| November 2015 | Won gold medal in the WMMAA World Championship held in Prague, Czech Republic. |
| May 2015 | Won the Russian MMA Championship by beating Valentin Moldavsky via split decision in the final. |
| April 2015 | Won the Russian Cup by beating Muslim Magomedov in the final. |
| March 2015 | Won the finals of the MMA Cup of Dagestan by defeating Muslim Magomedov. |
| 2014 | Won Gold at Russian MMA Union Russian MMA Championship in Light Heavyweight category |
| 2014 | Won Gold at Moscow Open Cup in Light Heavyweight category |
| 2014 | Won Gold at Super Cup of Russia in Light Heavyweight category |
| 2014 | Won Silver at World MMA Association (WMMAA) World Championship in Light Heavyweight category |
| 2014 | Won Silver at World Championship in Light Heavyweight category |
| 2014 | Won Gold at Russian MMA Championship in Light Heavyweight category |
| June 2014 | At the Russian MMA Championship, beat Valentin Moldavsky in the semi-final and Vadim Nemkov in the finals, qualifying for the WMMAA Championship in Minsk, Belarus. Won silver medal in the WMMAA Championship. |
| January 18 2014 | Magomed Ankalaev made his professional MMA debut at Oplot Challenge 96, defeating Vasily Babich of Ukraine by majority decision. |
| 2013 | Won Gold at World MMA Association (WMMAA) World Cup in Light Heavyweight category |
| December 2013 | Won gold medal at the WMMAA's World Cup in Baku, Azerbaijan, defeating Kazakhstani Rustam Malaev in the finals. |
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