Roman Kopylov (14-4, 12) was born in Schebzavod, Belovsky District, Kemerovo Oblast, Soviet Union on May 4, 1991. At the age of 24 years on April 1, 2016, he made his professional MMA debut against Felipe Nsue, winning the fight via 3-round unanimous decision.
On November 9, 2019, 28-year old Roman Kopylov made his UFC debut on his 9th professional MMA fight at UFC Fight Night: Magomedsharipov vs. Kattar against a 29-year old Karl Roberson but lost the fight via submission in the 3rd round.
Kopylov's last fight was a 3-round unanimous decision loss to Paulo Costa at UFC 318 at age 34 on July 19, 2025. He is on a 1-fight losing streak.
He has fought ten times in the UFC, and has a record of 6 wins and 4 losses in the promotion.
Some of Roman Kopylov's best fights have been against Punahele Soriano, Chris Curtis, Alessio Di Chirico, Yasubey Enomoto, Claudio Ribeiro, Josh Fremd and César Almeida.
Kopylov has 4 losses on his MMA record.
| # | Date | Opponent | Promotion | Weight | Round | Method | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
18  | Jul 19, 2025 34 years, 2 months 14-4 (12) | 34 years, 2 months 14-4 (12) | UFC | MD | 3 | UD | LOSS |
17  | Jan 11, 2025 33 years, 8 months 14-3 (12) | 37 years, 5 months 31-11 (18) | UFC | MD | 3 | TKO | WIN Head kick |
16  | Jun 1, 2024 33 years 13-3 (11) | 36 years, 2 months 5-0 (4) | UFC | MD | 3 | SD | WIN |
15  | Feb 17, 2024 32 years, 9 months 12-3 (11) | 30 years, 3 months 11-2 (8) | UFC | MD | 2 | SUB | LOSS Rear-naked choke |
14 | Sep 16, 2023 32 years, 4 months 12-2 (11) | Josh Fremd | UFC | MD | 2 | KO | WIN Punch to the body |
13 | Jul 29, 2023 32 years, 2 months 11-2 (10) | Claudio Ribeiro | UFC | MD | 2 | KO | WIN Head kick |
12  | Jan 14, 2023 31 years, 8 months 10-2 (9) | 30 years, 1 months 9-2 (8) | UFC | MD | 2 | TKO | WIN Body kick and punches |
11  | Sep 3, 2022 31 years, 3 months 9-2 (8) | 32 years, 8 months 13-6 (10) | UFC | MD | 3 | KO | WIN Punches |
10 | Oct 30, 2021 30 years, 5 months 8-2 (7) | Albert Duraev | UFC | MD | 3 | UD | LOSS |
9  | Nov 9, 2019 28 years, 6 months 8-1 (7) | 29 years, 1 months 8-2 (5) | UFC | MD | 3 | SUB | LOSS Rear-naked choke |
8  | Dec 27, 2018 27 years, 7 months 8-0 (7) | 35 years 18-10 (8) | MD | 4 | KO | WIN Punch to the body | |
7 | Mar 30, 2018 26 years, 10 months 7-0 (6) | Abusupyan Alikhanov | MD | 4 | TKO | WIN Corner stoppage | |
6 | Aug 8, 2017 26 years, 3 months 6-0 (5) | Luiz Gustavo Dutra | MD | 1 | KO | WIN Punch | |
5 | Jun 30, 2017 26 years, 1 months 5-0 (4) | Kobe Ortiz | MD | 2 | TKO | WIN Corner stoppage | |
4 | Feb 23, 2017 25 years, 9 months 4-0 (3) | Artem Shokalo | MD | 3 | TKO | WIN Punches | |
3 | Nov 26, 2016 25 years, 6 months 3-0 (2) | Islam Gugov | LHW | 2 | KO | WIN Spinning back kick to the body | |
2 | Aug 21, 2016 25 years, 3 months 2-0 (1) | José Santos | LHW | 3 | KO | WIN Punch | |
1 | Apr 1, 2016 24 years, 10 months 1-0 (0) | Felipe Nsue | MD | 3 | UD | WIN |
