Blagoy Ivanov (19-7, 11) was born in Sofia, People's Republic of Bulgaria on October 9, 1986. At the age of 21 years on October 13, 2007, he made his professional MMA debut against Kamen Georgiev, winning the fight via 1st-round TKO.
On July 14, 2018, 31-year old Blagoy Ivanov made his UFC debut on his 19th professional MMA fight at UFC Fight Night: dos Santos vs. Ivanov against a 34-year old Junior dos Santos but lost the fight via unanimous decision.
Ivanov's last fight was a 3-round unanimous decision loss to Sergei Bilostenniy at PFL 1 at age 37 on April 4, 2024. He is on a 3-fight losing streak.
He has fought eight times in the UFC, and has a record of 3 wins and 5 losses in the promotion.
Some of Blagoy Ivanov's best fights have been against Shawn Jordan, Lavar Johnson, Derrick Mehmen, Ben Rothwell, Tai Tuivasa, Marcos Rogério de Lima and William Penn. For details about these fights refer to "Best fights of Blagoy Ivanov".
Ivanov has 7 losses on his MMA record. For details about these losses refer to "Blagoy Ivanov Losses".
| # | Date | Opponent | Promotion | Weight | Round | Method | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
27 | Apr 4, 2024 37 years, 5 months 19-7 (11) | Sergei Bilostenniy | PFL | HW | 3 | UD | LOSS |
26  | Jul 1, 2023 36 years, 8 months 19-6 (11) | 32 years, 6 months 16-2 (14) | UFC | HW | 3 | UD | LOSS |
25  | Feb 4, 2023 36 years, 3 months 19-5 (11) | 37 years, 2 months 23-7 (14) | UFC | HW | 3 | UD | LOSS |
24  | May 7, 2022 35 years, 6 months 19-4 (11) | 36 years, 11 months 19-7-1 (16) | UFC | HW | 3 | UD | WIN |
23  | May 30, 2020 33 years, 7 months 18-4 (11) | 29 years 14-1-1 (11) | UFC | HW | 3 | SD | LOSS |
22  | Nov 2, 2019 33 years 18-3 (11) | 34 years, 8 months 21-7 (19) | UFC | HW | 3 | SD | LOSS |
21  | Jun 8, 2019 32 years, 7 months 18-2 (11) | 26 years, 2 months 9-1 (8) | UFC | HW | 3 | UD | WIN |
20  | Mar 9, 2019 32 years, 5 months 17-2 (11) | 37 years, 4 months 36-10 (33) | UFC | HW | 3 | UD | WIN |
19  | Jul 14, 2018 31 years, 9 months 16-2 (11) | 34 years, 5 months 18-5 (14) | UFC | HW | 5 | UD | LOSS |
18 | Nov 2, 2017 31 years 16-1 (11) | Caio Alencar | PFL | HW | 3 | UD | WIN Defended PFL heavyweight title |
17  | Mar 18, 2017 30 years, 5 months 15-1 (11) | 32 years, 4 months 19-7 (18) | WSOF | HW | 1 | TKO | WIN Punches Defended WSOF heavyweight title |
16 | Jun 17, 2016 29 years, 8 months 14-1 (10) | Josh Copeland | WSOF | HW | 5 | UD | WIN Defended WSOF heavyweight title |
15  | Oct 17, 2015 29 years 13-1 (10) | 30 years, 4 months 19-6 (13) | WSOF | HW | 2 | TKO | WIN Punches Defended WSOF heavyweight title |
14 | Jun 5, 2015 28 years, 7 months 12-1 (9) | Smealinho Rama | WSOF | HW | 3 | SUB | WIN Guillotine choke Won WSOF heavyweight title |
13  | May 17, 2014 27 years, 7 months 11-1 (8) | 25 years, 6 months 21-4 (17) | Bellator | HW | 2 | SUB | LOSS Rear-naked choke |
12  | Apr 11, 2014 27 years, 6 months 11-0 (8) | 36 years, 10 months 18-8 (18) | Bellator | HW | 1 | SUB | WIN Americana |
11 | Mar 7, 2014 27 years, 4 months 10-0 (7) | Rich Hale | Bellator | HW | 3 | UD | WIN |
10 | Nov 22, 2013 27 years, 1 months 9-0 (7) | Keith Bell | Bellator | HW | 1 | SUB | WIN Rear-naked choke |
9 | Sep 13, 2013 26 years, 11 months 8-0 (6) | Manny Lara | Bellator | HW | 1 | SUB | WIN Standing guillotine choke |
8 | Dec 24, 2011 25 years, 2 months 7-0 (5) | Ricco Rodriguez | HW | 3 | TKO | WIN Retirement | |
7 | Oct 1, 2011 24 years, 11 months 6-0 (4) | Zak Jensen | Bellator | HW | 2 | CKO | WIN Guillotine choke |
6 | Mar 26, 2011 24 years, 5 months 5-0 (4) | William Penn | Bellator | 1 | TKO | WIN Punches | |
5 | Oct 9, 2010 24 years 4-0 (3) | Svetoslav Zahariev | 1 | SUB | WIN Rear-naked choke | ||
4 | Aug 2, 2009 22 years, 9 months 3-0 (2) | Kazuyuki Fujita | 3 | SD | WIN | ||
3  | May 17, 2008 21 years, 7 months 2-0 (2) | 24 years, 9 months | 1 | NC | NC Ring broke | ||
2 | Mar 9, 2008 21 years, 5 months 2-0 (2) | Yancho Dimitrov | 1 | TKO | WIN Punches | ||
1 | Oct 13, 2007 21 years 1-0 (1) | Kamen Georgiev | 1 | TKO | WIN Corner stoppage |
