Zhalgas Zhumagulov (18-9, 9) was born in Aktobe, Kazakh SSR, Soviet Union on August 29, 1988. At the age of 26 years on September 7, 2014, he made his professional MMA debut against Yerlan Semebekov, winning the fight via 1st-round TKO.
On July 12, 2020, 31-year old Zhalgas Zhumagulov made his UFC debut on his 17th professional MMA fight at UFC 251 against a 24-year old Raulian Paiva but lost the fight via unanimous decision.
Zhumagulov's last fight was a flyweight title fight against Beno Adamia for the vacant Oktagon Championship title on June 28, 2025. He won the fight via 5th-round unanimous decision and won the title. He is on a 4-fight winning streak.
He has fought seven times in the UFC, and has a record of 1 win and 6 losses in the promotion.
Some of Zhalgas Zhumagulov's best fights have been against Jerome Rivera, Tagir Ulanbekov, Ali Bagautinov, Aaron Aby, Shajidul Haque, Oscar Dolchin and Raulian Paiva. For details about these fights refer to "Best fights of Zhalgas Zhumagulov".
Zhumagulov has 9 losses on his MMA record. For details about these losses refer to "Zhalgas Zhumagulov Losses".
| # | Date | Opponent | Promotion | Weight | Round | Method | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
27 | Jun 28, 2025 36 years, 9 months 18-9 (9) | Beno Adamia | Oktagon | FL | 5 | UD | Win Won Oktagon flyweight title |
26  | Nov 9, 2024 36 years, 2 months 17-9 (9) | 34 years, 9 months 16-9-1 (7) | Oktagon | BT | 3 | UD | Win |
25 | Feb 24, 2024 35 years, 5 months 16-9 (9) | Cleveland McLean | BT | 3 | UD | Win | |
24 | Dec 6, 2023 35 years, 3 months 15-9 (9) | Masato Nakamura | FL | 1 | TKO | Win Punches | |
23  | Jun 24, 2023 34 years, 9 months 14-9 (8) | 21 years, 8 months 7-1 (7) | UFC | FL | 3 | SD | Loss |
22  | Nov 19, 2022 34 years, 2 months 14-8 (8) | 31 years, 10 months 11-3 (8) | UFC | FL | 3 | SD | Loss |
21  | Jun 4, 2022 33 years, 9 months 14-7 (8) | 24 years, 10 months 10-2 (8) | UFC | FL | 3 | SD | Loss |
20  | Dec 4, 2021 33 years, 3 months 14-6 (8) | 28 years 16-6 (14) | UFC | FL | 1 | TKO | Loss Punches |
19  | Jul 10, 2021 32 years, 10 months 14-5 (8) | 26 years, 2 months 10-5 (7) | UFC | FL | 1 | SUB | Win Guillotine choke |
18 | Jan 24, 2021 32 years, 4 months 13-5 (7) | Amir Albazi | UFC | FL | 3 | UD | Loss |
17  | Jul 12, 2020 31 years, 10 months 13-4 (7) | 24 years, 8 months 19-3 (7) | UFC | FL | 3 | UD | Loss |
16  | Oct 19, 2019 31 years, 1 months 13-3 (7) | 34 years, 4 months 19-6 (10) | FL | 5 | SD | Win | |
15  | Aug 31, 2018 30 years 12-3 (7) | 27 years, 1 month 8-0 (5) | FL | 5 | MD | Win | |
14  | Apr 1, 2018 29 years, 7 months 11-3 (7) | 34 years, 5 months 16-8-1 (10) | FL | 5 | UD | Win | |
13 | Nov 26, 2017 29 years, 2 months 10-3 (7) | Shajidul Haque | FL | 3 | UD | Win | |
12 | May 19, 2017 28 years, 8 months 9-3 (7) | Vartan Asatryan | FL | 5 | SD | Loss | |
11 | Mar 31, 2017 28 years, 7 months 9-2 (7) | Artur Bagautinov | FL | 2 | KO | Win Punch | |
10 | Nov 22, 2016 28 years, 2 months 8-2 (6) | Ivan Andrushchenko | FL | 3 | UD | Win | |
9 | Apr 29, 2016 27 years, 8 months 7-2 (6) | Oscar Dolchin | FL | 3 | UD | Win | |
8 | Jul 6, 2015 26 years, 10 months 6-2 (6) | Zhifa Shang | FL | 3 | SD | Loss | |
7 | Jan 24, 2015 26 years, 4 months 6-1 (6) | Vartan Asatryan | Pride | BT | 2 | TKO | Loss Punches |
6 | Oct 6, 2014 26 years, 1 months 6-0 (6) | Bekzat Aliev | BT | 3 | TKO | Win Punches | |
5 | Oct 6, 2014 26 years, 1 months 5-0 (5) | Salat Biskhanov | BT | 1 | TKO | Win Punches | |
4 | Oct 6, 2014 26 years, 1 months 4-0 (4) | Tyjybaev Andos | BT | 3 | TKO | Win Punches | |
3 | Oct 6, 2014 26 years, 1 months 3-0 (3) | Nursulat Serker | BT | 1 | TKO | Win Punches | |
2 | Sep 25, 2014 26 years 2-0 (2) | Nurbay Mirzaliev | FL | 2 | TKO | Win Submission to punches | |
1 | Sep 7, 2014 26 years 1-0 (1) | Yerlan Semebekov | FL | 1 | TKO | Win Punches |
