Zelim Imadaev (8-3, 8) was born in Grozny, Chechen Republic, USSR on January 25, 1995. At the age of 21 years on April 2, 2016, he made his professional MMA debut against Stanislav Pavlenko, winning the fight via 1st-round KO.
On April 13, 2019, 24-year old Zelim Imadaev made his UFC debut on his 9th professional MMA fight at UFC 236 against a 33-year old Max Griffin but lost the fight via majority decision.
Imadaev's last fight was a 3rd-round submission loss to Michel Pereira at UFC Fight Night: Overeem vs. Sakai at age 25 on September 5, 2020. He retired on a 3-fight losing streak.
He has fought three times in the UFC, and has a record of 3 losses in the promotion.
Zelim Imadaev's best fight was against Ivan Gluhak.
Imadaev has 3 losses on his MMA record. For details about these losses refer to "Zelim Imadaev Losses".
| # | Date | Opponent | Promotion | Weight | Round | Method | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
11  | Sep 5, 2020 25 years, 7 months 8-3 (8) | 26 years, 10 months 23-11 (16) | UFC | 3 | SUB | Loss Rear-naked choke | |
10  | Nov 9, 2019 24 years, 9 months 8-2 (8) | 32 years, 3 months 16-5 (11) | UFC | 2 | KO | Loss Punch | |
9  | Apr 13, 2019 24 years, 2 months 8-1 (8) | 33 years, 4 months 14-6 (9) | UFC | 3 | MD | Loss | |
8 | Mar 30, 2018 23 years, 2 months 8-0 (8) | Ivan Gluhak | 1 | KO | Win Punch | ||
7 | Sep 29, 2017 22 years, 8 months 7-0 (7) | Yuri Izotov | 1 | KO | Win Spinning back elbow | ||
6 | May 21, 2017 22 years, 3 months 6-0 (6) | Kenan Guliev | 1 | TKO | Win Punches | ||
5 | Mar 4, 2017 22 years, 1 months 5-0 (5) | Chorshanbe Chorshanbiev | 3 | TKO | Win Punches | ||
4 | Dec 10, 2016 21 years, 10 months 4-0 (4) | Dmitriy Tuzov | 2 | TKO | Win Punch | ||
3 | Oct 6, 2016 21 years, 8 months 3-0 (3) | Kamardin Akhmadbekov | 1 | TKO | Win Punch | ||
2 | Aug 12, 2016 21 years, 6 months 2-0 (2) | Alexander Kovalenko | 2 | TKO | Win Punches | ||
1 | Apr 2, 2016 21 years, 2 months 1-0 (1) | Stanislav Pavlenko | 1 | KO | Win Punches |
