Nordine Taleb (15-7, 7) was born in Saint-Tropez, France on June 10, 1981. At the age of 26 years on November 24, 2007, he made his professional MMA debut against Louis-Philippe Carles, winning the fight via 3-round unanimous decision.
On October 4, 2014, 33-year old Nordine Taleb made his UFC debut on his 12th professional MMA fight at UFC Fight Night: MacDonald vs. Saffiedine against a 26-year old Li Jingliang, winning the fight via 3-round split decision.
Taleb's last fight was a 1st-round KO loss to Muslim Salikhov at UFC 242 at age 38 on September 7, 2019. He retired from the sport of MMA following this loss.
He has fought 11 times in the UFC, and has a record of 6 wins and 5 losses in the promotion.
Some of Nordine Taleb's best fights have been against Danny Roberts, Erick Silva, Chris Clements, Oliver Enkamp, Kyle Prepolec, Li Jingliang and Matt Secor.
Taleb has 7 losses on his MMA record.
| # | Date | Opponent | Promotion | Weight | Round | Method | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
22  | Sep 7, 2019 38 years, 2 months 15-7 (7) | 35 years, 2 months 14-2 (13) | UFC | WL | 1 | KO | LOSS Punch |
21  | May 4, 2019 37 years, 10 months 15-6 (7) | 29 years, 8 months 14-5 (11) | UFC | WL | 3 | UD | WIN |
20  | Oct 27, 2018 37 years, 4 months 14-6 (7) | 27 years, 8 months 19-3 (12) | UFC | WL | 2 | TKO | LOSS Punches |
19  | May 27, 2018 36 years, 11 months 14-5 (7) | 35 years, 8 months 11-1 (8) | UFC | WL | 1 | SUB | LOSS Rear-naked choke |
18  | Dec 16, 2017 36 years, 6 months 14-4 (7) | 30 years, 5 months 14-2 (10) | UFC | WL | 1 | KO | WIN Head kick and punch |
17  | May 28, 2017 35 years, 11 months 13-4 (6) | 25 years, 9 months 7-0 (5) | UFC | WL | 3 | UD | WIN |
16  | Feb 19, 2017 35 years, 8 months 12-4 (6) | 30 years, 4 months 23-3 (19) | UFC | WL | 3 | UD | LOSS |
15  | Mar 5, 2016 34 years, 8 months 12-3 (6) | 31 years, 8 months 18-6 (14) | UFC | WL | 2 | KO | WIN Punch |
14  | Aug 1, 2015 34 years, 1 months 11-3 (5) | 24 years, 6 months 8-0 (6) | UFC | WL | 2 | SUB | LOSS Guillotine choke |
13  | Apr 25, 2015 33 years, 10 months 11-2 (5) | 39 years, 2 months 12-5 (11) | UFC | WL | 3 | UD | WIN |
12  | Oct 4, 2014 33 years, 3 months 10-2 (5) | 26 years, 6 months 9-2 (5) | UFC | WL | 3 | SD | WIN |
11 | Apr 16, 2014 32 years, 10 months 9-2 (5) | Vik Grujic | TUF | MD | 3 | UD | WIN |
10  | Sep 28, 2012 31 years, 3 months 8-2 (5) | 32 years, 1 months 19-6 (16) | Bellator | WL | 3 | UD | LOSS |
9 | May 4, 2012 30 years, 10 months 8-1 (5) | Matt MacGrath | Bellator | WL | 2 | TKO | WIN Punches |
8 | Apr 6, 2012 30 years, 9 months 7-1 (4) | Matt Secor | Bellator | WL | 3 | UD | WIN |
7 | Nov 28, 2011 30 years, 5 months 6-1 (4) | Pete Sell | WL | 2 | TKO | WIN Punches Won Ring of Combat welterweight title | |
6 | Oct 1, 2011 30 years, 3 months 5-1 (3) | Szymon Boniecki | 1 | TKO | WIN Punches | ||
5 | Jun 11, 2011 30 years 4-1 (2) | John Salgado | 1 | KO | WIN Head kick | ||
4 | Oct 23, 2010 29 years, 4 months 3-1 (1) | Chad Cox | 3 | UD | WIN | ||
3 | Mar 20, 2010 28 years, 9 months 2-1 (1) | Dean Martins | 2 | TKO | WIN Punches | ||
2 | Mar 14, 2008 26 years, 9 months 1-1 (0) | Guillaume DeLorenzi | 3 | TKO | LOSS Punches | ||
1 | Nov 24, 2007 26 years, 5 months 1-0 (0) | Louis-Philippe Carles | 3 | UD | WIN |
