UFC · Welterweight champion
Islam Makhachev
ChampionWelterweight
29–1–0
5 KO · 13 SUB · 11 DEC
- Height
- 5′10″178 cm
- Reach
- 70½″179 cm
- Weight
- 170 lb77 kg
- Age
- 35
- Born
- October 27, 1991
- From
- Makhachkala, Dagestan
- Style
- Sambo
- Stance
- Southpaw
- Team
- Eagles MMA
- Streak
- 17wins
- UFC
- 18–1
- Last
- Ian Machado GarryWin · August 15, 2026
Islam Makhachev is the UFC welterweight champion. The record is 29–1–0: five knockouts, thirteen submissions, and eleven decisions. The only loss is a first-round knockout to Adriano Martins at UFC 192 on October 3, 2015.
He won the vacant lightweight title against Charles Oliveira at UFC 280 on October 22, 2022, and defended it four times. The last defense was a first-round brabo choke of Renato Moicano at UFC 311 on January 18, 2025. He vacated the lightweight belt on June 28, 2025.
The welterweight title came in his debut at 170 pounds, a decision over Jack Della Maddalena at UFC 322 on November 15, 2025. He defended it once, by decision over Ian Machado Garry at UFC 330 on August 15, 2026.
Fights
| Date | Opponent | Result | Method | Round | Time | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ian Machado Garry | Win | Decision (unanimous)Defended the welterweight title. | 5 | 5:00 | UFC 330 | |
| Jack Della Maddalena | Win | Decision (unanimous)Won the welterweight title. | 5 | 5:00 | UFC 322 | |
| Renato Moicano | Win | Submission (brabo choke)Defended the lightweight title. | 1 | 4:05 | UFC 311 | |
| Dustin Poirier | Win | Submission (brabo choke)Defended the lightweight title. | 5 | 2:42 | UFC 302 | |
| Alexander Volkanovski | Win | KO (head kick and punches)Defended the lightweight title. | 1 | 3:06 | UFC 294 | |
| Alexander Volkanovski | Win | Decision (unanimous)Defended the lightweight title. | 5 | 5:00 | UFC 284 | |
| Charles Oliveira | Win | Submission (arm-triangle choke)Won the lightweight title. | 2 | 3:16 | UFC 280 | |
| Bobby Green | Win | TKO (punches) | 1 | 3:23 | UFC Fight Night: Makhachev vs. Green | |
| Dan Hooker | Win | Submission (kimura) | 1 | 2:25 | UFC 267 | |
| Thiago Moisés | Win | Submission (rear-naked choke) | 4 | 2:38 | UFC on ESPN: Makhachev vs. Moisés | |
| Drew Dober | Win | Submission (arm-triangle choke) | 3 | 1:37 | UFC 259 | |
| Davi Ramos | Win | Decision (unanimous) | 3 | 5:00 | UFC 242 | |
| Arman Tsarukyan | Win | Decision (unanimous) | 3 | 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Overeem vs. Oleinik | |
| Kajan Johnson | Win | Submission (armbar) | 1 | 4:43 | UFC on Fox: Alvarez vs. Poirier 2 | |
| Gleison Tibau | Win | KO (punch) | 1 | 0:57 | UFC 220 | |
| Nik Lentz | Win | Decision (unanimous) | 3 | 5:00 | UFC 208 | |
| Chris Wade | Win | Decision (unanimous) | 3 | 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Poirier vs. Johnson | |
| Adriano Martins | Loss | KO (punch)The only loss. | 1 | 1:46 | UFC 192 | |
| Leo Kuntz | Win | Submission (rear-naked choke) | 2 | 2:38 | UFC 187 | |
| Ivica Trušček | Win | Submission (inverted triangle choke) | 3 | 4:45 | M-1 Challenge 51 | |
| Yuri Ivlev | Win | Submission (armbar) | 1 | 3:10 | M-1 Challenge 49 | |
| Rander Junio | Win | Decision (unanimous) | 3 | 5:00 | M-1 Challenge 41 | |
| Mansour Barnaoui | Win | Decision (unanimous) | 3 | 5:00 | M-1 Challenge 38 | |
| Anatoly Kormilkin | Win | Submission (inverted triangle choke) | 1 | 3:17 | Lion's Fights 2 | |
| Migel Grigoryan | Win | Submission (triangle choke) | 1 | 4:25 | Siberian FC 1 | |
| Vladimir Egoyan | Win | Decision (split) | 2 | 5:00 | ProFC 29 | |
| Magomed Ibragimov | Win | Submission (triangle choke) | 2 | 3:15 | Tsumada FC 5 | |
| Martiros Grigoryan | Win | TKO (punches) | 1 | 2:52 | ProFC 28 | |
| Tengiz Khuchua | Win | KO (punch) | 1 | 0:30 | M-1: Selection Ukraine 2010 | |
| Magomed Bekbolatov | Win | Decision (unanimous) | 2 | 5:00 | Tsumada FC 4 |