Bogdan Guskov

Ankalaev used rangy attacks and dealt with Guskov's return fire through the first three rounds. He opened up further as the fight reached the championship rounds. The fifth-round pressure produced the TKO finish at 2:41.

Key moments

• Ankalaev controlled the range with rangy attacks through the first three rounds.
• He opened up further as the fight reached the championship rounds.
• The fifth-round pressure produced the TKO finish at 2:41.

It mattered because he had entered on four straight finishes and left with the kind of competitive stalemate that immediately justified the rematch.

Key moments

• Officially fought Błachowicz to a majority draw over three rounds at UFC 323.
• The result followed Guskov's first-round knockout of Nikita Krylov in July 2025.
• It set up the August 1, 2026 rematch in Belgrade.

Guskov's Krylov result was the kind of win that changed how seriously the division had to take him.

Key moments

• Knocked out Krylov with punches at 4:18 of round one.
• The finish came after back-to-back stoppage wins over Billy Elekana and Ryan Spann.
• It gave Guskov his fourth straight UFC finish.

The Elekana fight mattered because Guskov proved he was not only a puncher when the matchup forced a different answer.

Key moments

• Submitted Elekana with a guillotine choke at 3:33 of round two.
• The win pushed Guskov to three straight UFC finishes.
• It followed the April 2024 stoppage of Ryan Spann.

Spann gave Guskov a bigger-name test, and Guskov answered by breaking him down and finishing in the second round.

Key moments

• Stopped Spann with punches at 3:16 of round two.
• The win earned a Performance of the Night bonus.
• It followed the first-round knockout of Zac Pauga two months earlier.

Guskov needed a sharp answer after the Volkan Oezdemir loss, and the Pauga knockout gave him one immediately.

Key moments

• Knocked out Pauga with punches at 3:38 of the opening round.
• The finish earned Guskov his first UFC Performance of the Night bonus.
• It was his first UFC win after the September 2023 loss to Volkan Oezdemir.

Carlos Eduardo lasted only twenty-five seconds before Guskov overwhelmed him with punches at MMA Series 64.

Key moments

• Stopped Eduardo by TKO just 0:25 into round one.
• The bout was Guskov's final fight before his September 2023 UFC debut.
• It gave him four straight first-round regional finishes entering the Octagon.

The result mattered because it came only three weeks after the Saeed stoppage and reinforced how quickly he was clearing out regional matchups before the UFC call.

Key moments

• Knocked out Vafai with a punch at 0:30 of the first round.
• The finish came twenty-three days after Guskov stopped Abdul Elwahab Saeed.
• It was his third straight first-round victory.

Saeed forced Guskov to work longer than some of the other regional opponents, but Guskov still got him out of there late in the opening round.

Key moments

• Finished Saeed with punches at 4:26 of round one.
• The bout marked Guskov's first appearance since October 2021.
• It launched the three-fight burst that ended with the Carlos Eduardo stoppage.

Kalinin barely made it past the opening ninety seconds before Guskov finished with punches at RCC Intro 4.

Key moments

• Finished Kalinin by first-round TKO at 1:27.
• The bout came less than six months after Guskov submitted Konstantin Andreitsev.
• It set up the later Brave CF win over Nurlan Toktobakiev.

Guskov showed a different finishing route against Andreitsev by locking up a second-round triangle choke in Yekaterinburg.

Key moments

• Submitted Andreitsev with a triangle choke at 1:17 of round two.
• It was Guskov's second submission win as a professional.
• The finish followed back-to-back knockout victories earlier in 2018 and 2017.

Gunenko extended Guskov into a second round, but only briefly before Guskov landed the punch that closed the show.

Key moments

• Knocked out Gunenko at 0:31 of round two.
• The result followed his first-round stoppage of Ivan Lunechka in April 2017.
• It was Guskov's first second-round finish since turning pro.

The result mattered because it briefly interrupted an all-finishes start and became an early test of how he responded to adversity.

Key moments

• Lost a unanimous decision to Lisin after two rounds.
• The defeat ended Guskov's opening 4-0 start as a professional.
• He came back six weeks later and knocked out Dmitry Soloviev.