Magomed Ankalaev (20-1-1, 10) was born in Teletl', Dagestan, Russia on June 2, 1992. At the age of 21 years on January 18, 2014, he made his professional MMA debut against Vasily Babich, winning the fight via 3-round majority decision.
On March 17, 2018, 25-year old Magomed Ankalaev made his UFC debut on his 9th professional MMA fight at UFC Fight Night: Werdum vs. Volkov against a 30-year old Paul Craig but lost the fight via submission in the 3rd round.
On his 19th career fight at 30 years old, Magomed Ankalaev got a shot at the UFC Championship light-heavyweight titles against Jan Błachowicz on December 10, 2022 but lost the fight via 5-round draw.
He became the UFC light-heavyweight champion on March 8, 2025 at age 32 on his 23rd professional MMA fight at UFC 313 after defeating a 37-year old Alex Pereira via 5-round unanimous decision.
Ankalaev's last fight was a light-heavyweight title fight against Alex Pereira for Pereira's UFC Championship title on March 8, 2025. He won the fight via 5-round unanimous decision and was crowned the new light-heavyweight UFC champion. He is on a 3-fight winning streak.
He has fought 15 times in the UFC, and has a record of 12 wins, 1 loss, 1 draw and 1 no-contest in the promotion.
Some of Magomed Ankalaev's best fights have been against Alex Pereira, Marcin Prachnio, Ion Cuțelaba, Johnny Walker, Anthony Smith, Dalcha Lungiambula and Klidson Abreu.
| # | Date | Opponent | Promotion | Weight | Round | Method | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
23  | Mar 8, 2025 32 years, 9 months 20-1-1 (10) | 37 years, 8 months 12-2 (10) | UFC | LHW | 5 | UD | WIN Won UFC light-heavyweight title |
22  | Oct 26, 2024 32 years, 4 months 19-1-1 (10) | 32 years, 8 months 14-4 (10) | UFC | LHW | 3 | UD | WIN |
21  | Jan 13, 2024 31 years, 7 months 18-1-1 (10) | 31 years, 9 months 21-7 (19) | UFC | LHW | 2 | KO | WIN Punches |
20 | Oct 21, 2023 31 years, 4 months 17-1-1 (9) | 31 years, 6 months 21-7 (19) | UFC | LHW | 1 | NC | NC Illegal knee |
19  | Dec 10, 2022 30 years, 6 months 17-1-1 (9) | 39 years, 9 months 29-9 (18) | UFC | LHW | 5 | UD | DRAW Split For UFC light-heavyweight title Vacant |
18  | Jul 30, 2022 30 years, 1 months 17-1 (9) | 34 years 36-16 (34) | UFC | LHW | 2 | TKO | WIN Punches |
17  | Mar 12, 2022 29 years, 9 months 16-1 (8) | 38 years, 2 months 22-9 (16) | UFC | LHW | 5 | UD | WIN |
16  | Oct 30, 2021 29 years, 4 months 15-1 (8) | 32 years, 1 months 17-5 (13) | UFC | LHW | 3 | UD | WIN |
15  | Feb 27, 2021 28 years, 8 months 14-1 (8) | 28 years, 11 months 27-7 (26) | UFC | LHW | 3 | UD | WIN |
14  | Oct 24, 2020 28 years, 4 months 13-1 (8) | 26 years, 10 months 15-5 (14) | UFC | LHW | 1 | KO | WIN Punches |
13 | Feb 29, 2020 27 years, 8 months 12-1 (7) | 26 years, 2 months 15-4 (14) | UFC | LHW | 1 | TKO | WIN Head kicks and punches |
12  | Nov 9, 2019 27 years, 5 months 11-1 (6) | 32 years, 3 months 10-1 (6) | UFC | LHW | 3 | KO | WIN Front kick and punch |
11  | Feb 23, 2019 26 years, 8 months 10-1 (5) | 26 years, 1 months 14-2 (14) | UFC | LHW | 3 | UD | WIN |
10  | Sep 15, 2018 26 years, 3 months 9-1 (5) | 30 years, 2 months 13-3 (11) | UFC | LHW | 1 | TKO | WIN Head kick and punches |
9  | Mar 17, 2018 25 years, 9 months 8-1 (4) | 30 years, 3 months 9-2 (9) | UFC | LHW | 3 | SUB | LOSS Triangle choke |
8 | Oct 4, 2017 25 years, 4 months 8-0 (4) | Celso Ricardo da Silva | LHW | 1 | KO | WIN Punches | |
7 | Jun 21, 2017 25 years 7-0 (3) | Wagner Prado | LHW | 1 | KO | WIN Punches | |
6  | Oct 4, 2016 24 years, 4 months 6-0 (2) | 32 years, 5 months 23-6 (17) | LHW | 4 | TKO | WIN Punches | |
5 | Jun 11, 2016 24 years 5-0 (1) | Artur Astakhov | LHW | 3 | UD | WIN | |
4 | Apr 9, 2016 23 years, 10 months 4-0 (1) | Lloyd Marshbanks | LHW | 1 | TKO | WIN Submission to punches | |
3  | Oct 18, 2014 22 years, 4 months 3-0 (0) | 25 years, 4 months 9-3-1 (8) | LHW | 3 | UD | WIN | |
2 | Jun 14, 2014 22 years 2-0 (0) | Denić Strahinja | LHW | 3 | UD | WIN | |
1 | Jan 18, 2014 21 years, 7 months 1-0 (0) | Vasily Babich | LHW | 3 | MD | WIN |
