Tagir Ulanbekov (17-3, 9) was born in Dylym, Dagestan ASSR, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union on July 8, 1991. At the age of 21 years on July 7, 2013, he made his professional MMA debut against Magomednur Aglarov, winning the fight via 1st-round submission.
On October 11, 2020, 29-year old Tagir Ulanbekov made his UFC debut on his 13th professional MMA fight at UFC Fight Night: Moraes vs. Sandhagen against a 30-year old Bruno Gustavo da Silva, winning the fight via 3-round unanimous decision.
Ulanbekov's last fight was a 3rd-round choke-out loss to Kyoji Horiguchi at UFC Fight Night: Tsarukyan vs. Hooker at age 34 on November 22, 2025. He is on a 1-fight losing streak.
He has fought eight times in the UFC, and has a record of 6 wins and 2 losses in the promotion.
Some of Tagir Ulanbekov's best fights have been against Cody Durden, Nate Maness, Bruno Gustavo da Silva, Clayton Carpenter, Allan Nascimento, Azat Maksum and Asu Almabayev. For details about these fights refer to "Best fights of Tagir Ulanbekov".
Ulanbekov has 3 losses on his MMA record. For details about these losses refer to "Tagir Ulanbekov Losses".
| # | Date | Opponent | Promotion | Weight | Round | Method | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
20  | Nov 22, 2025 34 years, 4 months 17-3 (9) | 35 years, 1 month 34-5 (19) | UFC | FL | 3 | CKO | Loss Rear-naked choke |
19 | Jun 21, 2025 33 years, 11 months 17-2 (9) | Azat Maksum | UFC | FL | 3 | UD | Win |
18 | Jan 18, 2025 33 years, 6 months 16-2 (9) | Clayton Carpenter | UFC | FL | 3 | UD | Win |
17  | Dec 16, 2023 32 years, 5 months 15-2 (9) | 32 years, 8 months 16-4-1 (11) | UFC | FL | 2 | SUB | Win Face crank |
16  | Nov 5, 2022 31 years, 3 months 14-2 (8) | 31 years, 4 months 14-2 (8) | UFC | FL | 1 | SUB | Win Guillotine choke |
15  | Mar 5, 2022 30 years, 7 months 13-2 (7) | 35 years, 2 months 17-12-1 (8) | UFC | FL | 3 | UD | Loss |
14 | Oct 30, 2021 30 years, 3 months 13-1 (7) | Allan Nascimento | UFC | FL | 3 | SD | Win |
13  | Oct 11, 2020 29 years, 3 months 12-1 (7) | 30 years, 6 months 10-4-2 (6) | UFC | FL | 3 | UD | Win |
12 | Dec 13, 2019 28 years, 5 months 11-1 (7) | Denilson Matos | FL | 2 | SUB | Win Guillotine choke | |
11 | Sep 27, 2019 28 years, 2 months 10-1 (6) | Denis Araujo | FL | 2 | SUB | Win Rear-naked choke | |
10 | May 3, 2019 27 years, 9 months 9-1 (5) | Aleksandr Podlesniy | FL | 3 | UD | Win | |
9  | Aug 31, 2018 27 years, 1 months 8-1 (5) | 30 years 11-3 (7) | FL | 3 | MD | Loss | |
8 | Oct 8, 2017 26 years, 3 months 8-0 (5) | Vartan Asatryan | FL | 4 | SUB | Win Guillotine choke | |
7 | May 19, 2017 25 years, 10 months 7-0 (4) | Shajidul Haque | BT | 3 | UD | Win | |
6  | Jan 28, 2017 25 years, 6 months 6-0 (4) | 23 years 4-0 (3) | FL | 3 | TKO | Win Submission to punches | |
5 | Nov 16, 2016 25 years, 4 months 5-0 (3) | Shyngys Kairanov | BT | 3 | UD | Win | |
4 | Apr 23, 2016 24 years, 9 months 4-0 (3) | Alexander Nesterov | BT | 1 | SUB | Win Rear-naked choke | |
3 | May 30, 2015 23 years, 10 months 3-0 (2) | Ivan Andrushchenko | BT | 2 | MD | Win | |
2 | Feb 1, 2015 23 years, 6 months 2-0 (2) | Nurtilek Yerkuatuly | BT | 1 | SUB | Win Armbar | |
1 | Jul 7, 2013 21 years, 11 months 1-0 (1) | Magomednur Aglarov | BT | 1 | SUB | Win Armbar |
