Alexander Romanov (22-4, 18) was born in Comrat, SSR Moldova, Soviet Union on December 11, 1990. At the age of 25 years on November 19, 2016, he made his professional MMA debut against Yuriy Protsenko, winning the fight via 1st-round submission.
On September 12, 2020, 29-year old Alexander Romanov made his UFC debut on his 12th professional MMA fight at UFC Fight Night: Waterson vs. Hill against a 34-year old Roque Martinez, winning the fight in the 2nd round via submission.
Romanov's last fight was a 2nd-round submission win against Rodrigo Nascimento at PFL Chicago: Pettis vs. McKee at age 35 on April 11, 2026. He is on a 3-fight winning streak.
He has fought ten times in the UFC, and has a record of 7 wins and 3 losses in the promotion.
Some of Alexander Romanov's best fights have been against Jared Vanderaa, Roque Martinez, Marcos Rogério de Lima, Chase Sherman, Blagoy Ivanov, Juan Espino and Timothy Johnson. For details about these fights refer to "Best fights of Alexander Romanov".
Romanov has 4 losses on his MMA record. For details about these losses refer to "Alexander Romanov Losses".
| # | Date | Opponent | Promotion | Weight | Round | Method | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
27  | Apr 11, 2026 35 years, 4 months 22-4 (18) | 33 years, 4 months 12-4 (8) | PFL | HW | 2 | SUB | Win Guillotine choke |
26 | Mar 28, 2026 35 years, 3 months 21-4 (17) | Jared Vanderaa | HW | 1 | SUB | Win Rear-naked choke | |
25 | Nov 15, 2025 34 years, 11 months 20-4 (16) | Cameron Graham | HW | 1 | SUB | Win Rear-naked choke | |
24  | Aug 21, 2025 34 years, 8 months 19-4 (15) | 33 years, 7 months 21-2 (12) | PFL | HW | 5 | SD | Loss |
23  | Jun 27, 2025 34 years, 6 months 19-3 (15) | 33 years, 4 months 14-4 (5) | PFL | HW | 1 | NC | NC Accidental knee to groin |
22  | May 1, 2025 34 years, 4 months 19-3 (15) | 40 years, 1 month 18-11 (13) | PFL | HW | 1 | SUB | Win Guillotine choke |
21 | Nov 2, 2024 33 years, 10 months 18-3 (14) | 31 years, 11 months 11-2 (8) | UFC | HW | 3 | UD | Win |
20  | Jun 1, 2024 33 years, 5 months 17-3 (14) | 32 years, 11 months 20-3 (19) | UFC | HW | 1 | SUB | Loss Rear-naked choke |
19  | Jul 1, 2023 32 years, 6 months 17-2 (14) | 36 years, 8 months 19-5 (11) | UFC | HW | 3 | UD | Win |
18  | Mar 11, 2023 32 years, 3 months 16-2 (14) | 34 years, 4 months 35-10 (26) | UFC | HW | 1 | TKO | Loss Punches |
17  | Aug 20, 2022 31 years, 8 months 16-1 (14) | 36 years, 9 months 22-7 (14) | UFC | HW | 3 | MD | Loss |
16  | Apr 30, 2022 31 years, 4 months 16-0 (14) | 32 years, 5 months 15-9 (14) | UFC | HW | 1 | SUB | Win Keylock |
15  | Oct 9, 2021 30 years, 9 months 15-0 (13) | 29 years, 4 months 12-5 (10) | UFC | HW | 2 | TKO | Win Punches |
14  | Apr 17, 2021 30 years, 4 months 14-0 (12) | 40 years, 6 months 10-1 (8) | UFC | HW | 3 | SD | Win |
13  | Nov 7, 2020 29 years, 10 months 13-0 (12) | 35 years, 5 months 17-6-1 (15) | UFC | HW | 1 | CKO | Win Forearm choke |
12  | Sep 12, 2020 29 years, 9 months 12-0 (12) | 34 years, 6 months 15-5-2 (11) | UFC | HW | 2 | SUB | Win Arm-triangle choke |
11 | Feb 16, 2019 28 years, 2 months 11-0 (11) | Sérgio Freitas | HW | 1 | TKO | Win Submission to injury | |
10 | Nov 3, 2018 27 years, 10 months 10-0 (10) | Sultan Murtazaliev | HW | 3 | TKO | Win Punches | |
9  | Aug 22, 2018 27 years, 8 months 9-0 (9) | 36 years, 1 month 16-7-1 (14) | HW | 1 | SUB | Win Neck crank | |
8 | May 26, 2018 27 years, 5 months 8-0 (8) | Ion Grigore | HW | 1 | SUB | Win Forearm choke | |
7 | Feb 10, 2018 27 years, 1 months 7-0 (7) | Alexander Stolyarov | HW | 1 | TKO | Win Punches Won EFC heavyweight title | |
6 | Nov 4, 2017 26 years, 10 months 6-0 (6) | Ravshankhon Khusanov | HW | 1 | TKO | Win Punches | |
5 | Jun 24, 2017 26 years, 6 months 5-0 (5) | Yuri Gorbenko | HW | 1 | SUB | Win Forearm choke | |
4 | May 20, 2017 26 years, 5 months 4-0 (4) | Evgeniy Golub | HW | 1 | TKO | Win Punches | |
3 | Apr 8, 2017 26 years, 3 months 3-0 (3) | Shota Betlemidze | HW | 1 | SUB | Win Rear-naked choke | |
2 | Feb 18, 2017 26 years, 2 months 2-0 (2) | Andrey Burdiniuk | HW | 3 | SUB | Win Neck crank | |
1 | Nov 19, 2016 25 years, 11 months 1-0 (1) | Yuriy Protsenko | HW | 1 | SUB | Win Rear-naked choke |
