Shamil Gaziev (14-2, 12) was born in Khunzakh, Dagestan ASSR, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union on February 10, 1990. At the age of 30 years on October 24, 2020, he made his professional MMA debut against Denis Gvozdev, winning the fight via 1st-round TKO.
On December 16, 2023, 33-year old Shamil Gaziev made his UFC debut on his 12th professional MMA fight at UFC 296 against a 32-year old Martin Buday, winning the fight in the 2nd round via TKO.
Gaziev's last fight was a 1st-round KO loss to Waldo Cortes-Acosta at UFC Fight Night: Tsarukyan vs. Hooker at age 35 on November 22, 2025. He is on a 1-fight losing streak.
He has fought five times in the UFC, and has a record of 3 wins and 2 losses in the promotion.
Some of Shamil Gaziev's best fights have been against Martin Buday, Thomas Petersen, Don'Tale Mayes, Darko Stošić and Pavel Dailidko. For details about these fights refer to "Best fights of Shamil Gaziev".
Gaziev has 2 losses on his MMA record. For details about these losses refer to "Shamil Gaziev Losses".
| # | Date | Opponent | Promotion | Weight | Round | Method | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
16  | Nov 22, 2025 35 years, 9 months 14-2 (12) | 34 years, 1 month 15-2 (8) | UFC | HW | 1 | KO | Loss Punch |
15 | Feb 1, 2025 34 years, 11 months 14-1 (12) | Thomas Petersen | UFC | HW | 1 | TKO | Win Punch |
14  | Aug 3, 2024 34 years, 5 months 13-1 (11) | 32 years, 6 months 11-6 (7) | UFC | HW | 3 | UD | Win |
13  | Mar 2, 2024 34 years 12-1 (11) | 35 years, 11 months 13-5 (12) | UFC | HW | 4 | TKO | Loss Retirement |
12  | Dec 16, 2023 33 years, 10 months 12-0 (11) | 32 years, 1 month 13-1 (9) | UFC | HW | 2 | TKO | Win Punches |
11 | Sep 19, 2023 33 years, 7 months 11-0 (10) | Greg Velasco | HW | 1 | SUB | Win Rear-naked choke | |
10  | Feb 18, 2023 33 years 10-0 (9) | 31 years 17-5 (12) | Brave | HW | 1 | TKO | Win Punches |
9 | Oct 28, 2022 32 years, 8 months 9-0 (8) | Pavel Dailidko | Brave | HW | 2 | KO | Win Punches |
8 | Jun 25, 2022 32 years, 4 months 8-0 (7) | Kirill Kornilov | HW | 3 | SD | Win | |
7 | Mar 27, 2022 32 years, 1 months 7-0 (7) | Aleksandr Kolomytsev | HW | 1 | SUB | Win Rear-naked choke | |
6 | Sep 24, 2021 31 years, 7 months 6-0 (6) | Grigoriy Ponomarev | HW | 1 | TKO | Win Knees and punches | |
5 | Jul 29, 2021 31 years, 5 months 5-0 (5) | Murad Adyrbaev | HW | 1 | SUB | Win Rear-naked choke | |
4 | Apr 3, 2021 31 years, 1 months 4-0 (4) | Alexey Druzhinin | HW | 1 | TKO | Win Punches | |
3 | Feb 27, 2021 31 years 3-0 (3) | Vladislav Kozlovskiy | LHW | 1 | TKO | Win Punches | |
2 | Dec 12, 2020 30 years, 10 months 2-0 (2) | Artur Bunkov | HW | 1 | TKO | Win Punches | |
1 | Oct 24, 2020 30 years, 8 months 1-0 (1) | Denis Gvozdev | HW | 1 | TKO | Win Punches |
