Abusupiyan Magomedov

Magomedov produced one of his sharpest UFC finishes in Baku, hurting Oleksiejczuk early, dropping him, and then wrapping up the guillotine before the round could settle. It was a fast, layered win that showed both his long-range striking and how quickly he can turn damage into a submission.

Key moments

• He buzzed Oleksiejczuk first rather than jumping straight into the grappling exchange.
• The knockdown created the opening for Magomedov to chase the neck on the mat.
• The guillotine finish came at 3:25 of round one, closing the fight before Oleksiejczuk could recover.

Magomedov stayed in the fight through the opening round, but Pyfer changed everything almost immediately after the second began. Pyfer hurt him early in the round, switched to grappling once the opening appeared, and forced the submission at 1:46.

Key moments

• The decisive swing came right after the start of round two rather than late in the fight.
• Pyfer landed the damaging sequence first and only then transitioned to the mat.
• Once Pyfer secured back control and the finishing grip, Magomedov had little room to escape.

Rather than matching Pereira's volatility, he fought a measured fifteen minutes and forced the bout to be scored on his terms.

Key moments

• All three judges scored the fight 30-27 for Magomedov.
• He turned the matchup into a controlled decision instead of an improvisational brawl.
• It gave Magomedov another quality middleweight result against an established UFC name.

Magomedov had to work deeper into this one than in some of his earlier finishes, but he still found the submission once the fight reached the third round. The arm-triangle at 3:14 gave him a composed late finish over another dangerous middleweight finisher.

Key moments

• He survived long enough to turn the fight into a late grappling finish instead of a pure power exchange.
• The finish arrived at 3:14, showing Magomedov could still close once the bout got extended.
• It backed up the idea that his submission threat remains live even against aggressive pressure fighters.

Magomedov opened his 2024 turnaround with a dominant decision over Alves, winning every card by a wide margin.

Key moments

• The lopsided cards showed round-winning control rather than a narrow point-fight.
• It was an important reset after back-to-back UFC losses to Borralho and Strickland.
• The result started the four-win stretch that rebuilt his standing at middleweight.

Magomedov started well and did his best work early to the body, but Borralho steadily took the fight over with cleaner jabs, knees, and a much stronger closing stretch.

Key moments

• Magomedov won the early optics for many observers with pressure and body shots.
• An eye-poke break in round one interrupted Borralho after damage had already started to show on his face.
• Borralho's jab and knee work kept building through rounds two and three.
• Late in the fight Borralho hurt Magomedov, forced him to the fence, and briefly took the back.

Magomedov had a strong first round and looked dangerous early, but he could not sustain that pace once Strickland settled in behind the jab. Round two turned into a one-way pressure fight, with Strickland walking him down until the barrage on the fence forced the stoppage.

Key moments

• Magomedov did some of the better work in round one with kicks, straight lefts, and a takedown.
• Strickland flipped the fight early in round two with his jab and sharp one-two combinations.
• Magomedov's output fell off badly once Strickland took over the tempo.
• The finish came at 4:20 of round two with Magomedov shelled along the cage.

Magomedov's UFC debut lasted only nineteen seconds and could hardly have gone better. He stunned Stoltzfus with a front kick up the middle, swarmed immediately, and produced one of the fastest middleweight finishes in UFC history.

Key moments

• The front kick was the first clean strike and instantly changed the fight.
• An uppercut and follow-up left hook dumped Stoltzfus to the floor.
• Magomedov never gave him a chance to reset once the opening appeared.
• Two final right hands completed the 0:19 stoppage and earned a Performance of the Night bonus.

Magomedov's long-awaited KSW debut was measured early and decisive once he locked onto the neck in the second round. Kesik went unconscious in the choke rather than tapping, which is why the result is officially listed as a technical submission.

Key moments

• The finish came in round two after a more patient first stretch than many of Magomedov's quicker wins.
• Officially the result is a technical submission, not a standard tap-out submission.
• Kesik lost consciousness in the guillotine as the hold tightened.
• The stoppage came at 1:53 of the second round.

Magomedov bounced back from the PFL final loss with a quick first-round kimura in Germany.

Key moments

• The submission was locked up only 47 seconds into the fight.
• Officially the finish is a kimura from the opening round.
• It was Magomedov's first fight after the Louis Taylor knockout loss in the PFL final.

Magomedov entered the PFL middleweight final with a real chance to cash the promotion's biggest check, but the fight ended almost immediately. Taylor knocked him out with the first clean punch he landed and stole the title and million-dollar prize in thirty-three seconds.

Key moments

• This was the 2018 PFL middleweight championship fight.
• Taylor won the belt and $1 million with a first-round knockout.
• The official time was 0:33 of round one.

On a one-night playoff card, Magomedov came back after his quarterfinal draw and beat Sy over two rounds to reach the PFL championship fight. It was a controlled semifinal win that mattered as much for surviving the turnaround as for anything spectacular inside the cage.

Key moments

• This was the 2018 PFL middleweight semifinal.
• The bout was scheduled for two rounds and went the full distance.
• Magomedov got the unanimous decision after already fighting earlier that night.
• The win sent him into the season final against Louis Taylor.

Magomedov blasted through Goncalves in the opening round to strengthen his position in the PFL regular season. PFL's own material frames it as a clean knockout shot to the jaw that put Goncalves down before the referee stepped in.

Key moments

• The knockout came at 1:27 of the opening round.
• It was one of Magomedov's quickest finishes during the 2018 PFL season.
• The result came in a regular-season bout rather than a playoff fight.
• The win helped keep him on track for the postseason push.

Magomedov opened his 2018 PFL season with a body-shot stoppage of Villefort and immediately looked like a problem in the middleweight field. The front kick to the body was the signature strike, with the follow-up punches sealing the finish late in the first.

Key moments

• The official finish time was 3:37 of round one.
• The front kick to the body was the signature moment of the stoppage.
• This was a regular-season PFL win, not part of the later playoff bracket.
• The result gave him a strong start in the 2018 middleweight season.

Magomedov stopped Dan Hope in the first round to claim the vacant Superior FC middleweight title.

Key moments

• The stoppage came at 2:15 of the opening round.
• The bout was for the vacant Superior FC middleweight championship.
• The official method is a first-round TKO by punches.
• It added another regional title to Magomedov's résumé before the PFL and UFC phases.

Magomedov had to work deeper here than in several nearby finishes, finally submitting Benrois in the second round instead of blowing him out early.

Key moments

• The submission came at 2:51 of round two.
• The official method is a guillotine choke.
• The win kept his Superior FC stretch moving in Darmstadt.

Magomedov wiped out Schuck in under a minute at Superior FC 15. The finish is officially recorded as a mixed punch-and-elbow sequence rather than a simpler punches-only stoppage.

Key moments

• The fight ended 53 seconds into the opening round.
• The official method is TKO by punch and elbow.
• The bout took place in Russelsheim am Main.

Magomedov finished veteran Ivica Truscek late in the second round with a rear-naked choke at FFC 26.

Key moments

• The rear-naked choke finish came with only ten seconds left in round two.
• The fight was held at catchweight, not standard middleweight.
• It took place on the FFC 26 card in Linz.

Magomedov produced another quick regional finish by stopping Josip Artukovic in 1:10 of the first round.

Key moments

• The first-round finish came at 1:10.
• The official method centers on a body kick followed by punches.
• The fight took place in Fulda, Germany.

Magomedov stopped Andreas Birgels late in the first round to win the Superior FC welterweight championship.

Key moments

• The TKO came at 4:44 of round one.
• This win earned him the Superior FC welterweight title.
• The official method is a first-round punching stoppage.
• The championship result came in Hamburg.

Magomedov stopped Jessin Ayari in the first round to win the vacant GMC welterweight title. It became one of the more meaningful early wins on the file because Ayari later reached the UFC and the bout itself carried belt stakes.

Key moments

• The finish came at 1:49 of the first round.
• This win gave him the vacant GMC welterweight championship.
• The official method is TKO by punches.
• The title-winning performance happened in Herne.

Magomedov beat Gocha Smoyan by doctor stoppage early in the second round at Superior FC 7. It is another early finish on paper, but this one turned on cageside medical intervention rather than a normal referee wave-off or submission.

Key moments

• The stoppage came only 15 seconds into round two.
• Officially the method is doctor stoppage rather than a standard strikes TKO.
• The event branding tied into the M-1 Fighter Europe platform.

Magomedov stopped Bjorn Corsis by doctor stoppage in the second round at Superior FC 6.

Key moments

• The fight was stopped at 1:28 of round two.
• Officially the result is a doctor stoppage, not a normal strikes TKO.
• The event took place in Karlsruhe.

Magomedov beat Igor Montes by unanimous decision over two rounds at Mix Fight Gala 11.

Key moments

• The fight was scheduled for two rounds rather than three.
• Magomedov won a unanimous decision after the full distance.
• The event took place in Sindelfingen.

Magomedov beat Fahd Jahri by unanimous decision over two rounds at Kiru: In the Spirit of the Knights. Like the Montes bout, it reads most honestly as a straightforward early distance win under a shorter regional format.

Key moments

• The bout went the full two-round schedule.
• Magomedov earned another unanimous decision on the cards.
• The event took place in Bitburg, Germany.

Magomedov won his professional debut by guillotine choke in only thirty seconds against Nicola di Loreto.

Key moments

• This was Magomedov's professional debut.
• He finished the fight with a guillotine choke at 0:30 of round one.
• The bout took place in Bielefeld.