Usman Nurmagomedov (20-0, 14) was born in Kizilyurt, Dagestan, Russia on April 17, 1998. At the age of 18 years on March 26, 2017, he made his professional MMA debut against Imran Abdiev, winning the fight via 1st-round submission.
Nurmagomedov's last fight was a lightweight title fight against Paul Hughes for Hughes' PFL World Championship title on October 3, 2025. He won the fight via 5-round unanimous decision and was crowned the new lightweight PFL champion. He is currently undefeated and is on a 20-fight winning streak.
Some of Usman Nurmagomedov's best fights have been against Chris Gonzalez, Patricky Pitbull, Benson Henderson, Alexandr Shabliy, Paul Hughes, Manny Muro and Patrik Pietilä. For details about these fights refer to "Best fights of Usman Nurmagomedov".
| # | Date | Opponent | Promotion | Weight | Round | Method | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
21  | Oct 3, 2025 27 years, 5 months 20-0 (14) | 28 years, 6 months 14-2 (10) | PFL | LT | 5 | UD | Win Won PFL World lightweight title |
20 | Jan 25, 2025 26 years, 9 months 19-0 (14) | 27 years, 9 months 13-1 (9) | PFL | LT | 5 | MD | Win Defended Bellator World lightweight title |
19  | Sep 7, 2024 26 years, 4 months 18-0 (14) | 31 years, 4 months 24-3 (19) | Bellator | LT | 5 | UD | Win Defended Bellator World lightweight title |
18  | Oct 7, 2023 25 years, 5 months 17-0 (14) | 38 years, 5 months 12-3 (8) | Bellator | LT | 5 | NC | NC Overturned |
17  | Mar 10, 2023 24 years, 10 months 17-0 (14) | 39 years, 3 months 30-11 (14) | Bellator | LT | 1 | SUB | Win Rear-naked choke |
16  | Nov 18, 2022 24 years, 7 months 16-0 (13) | 36 years, 9 months 24-10 (17) | Bellator | LT | 5 | UD | Win Won Bellator World lightweight title |
15  | Jul 22, 2022 24 years, 3 months 15-0 (13) | 30 years, 11 months 7-1 (3) | Bellator | LT | 1 | SUB | Win Guillotine choke |
14 | Oct 23, 2021 23 years, 6 months 14-0 (12) | Patrik Pietilä | Bellator | LT | 1 | SUB | Win Rear-naked choke |
13 | Jul 31, 2021 23 years, 3 months 13-0 (11) | Manny Muro | Bellator | LT | 1 | TKO | Win Knee to the body |
12 | Apr 2, 2021 22 years, 11 months 12-0 (10) | Mike Hamel | Bellator | LT | 3 | UD | Win |
11 | Sep 9, 2020 22 years, 4 months 11-0 (10) | Svyatoslav Shabanov | LT | 2 | TKO | Win Punches | |
10 | Jul 31, 2020 22 years, 3 months 10-0 (9) | Jerry Kvarnstrom | LT | 1 | TKO | Win Punches and elbows | |
9 | Feb 9, 2020 21 years, 9 months 9-0 (8) | Ruslan Tuyakov | LT | 2 | TKO | Win Knees | |
8 | Nov 29, 2019 21 years, 7 months 8-0 (7) | Roman Golovinov | LT | 1 | TKO | Win Punches | |
7 | Sep 27, 2019 21 years, 5 months 7-0 (6) | Kazim Zhakhangirov | LT | 2 | SUB | Win Guillotine choke | |
6 | Jul 28, 2019 21 years, 3 months 6-0 (5) | Ruslan Hisamutdinov | LT | 3 | UD | Win | |
5 | Mar 3, 2019 20 years, 10 months 5-0 (5) | Brian Gonzalez | LT | 1 | TKO | Win Punches | |
4 | Feb 17, 2019 20 years, 10 months 4-0 (4) | Romeo Njia | FT | 1 | SUB | Win Rear-naked choke | |
3 | Dec 28, 2018 20 years, 8 months 3-0 (3) | Issei Moriyama | Brave | FT | 1 | TKO | Win Punches |
2 | Dec 14, 2018 20 years, 7 months 2-0 (2) | Dmitriy Berestovskiy | FT | 1 | TKO | Win Doctor stoppage | |
1 | Mar 26, 2017 18 years, 11 months 1-0 (1) | Imran Abdiev | FT | 1 | SUB | Win Armbar |
