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Muslim Salikhov

King of Kung Fu
22-6-0
42y·5' 11"·70" reach·Orthodox
0:59
Control / 15m
time on top
+0.41
Striking diff.
landed minus absorbed
56%
Finish rate
wins inside the distance
1.2
Power
knockdowns per 100 landed

Tells

Non-traditional predictors we've tested against the record. Only the ones that fire on this fighter show up here.

Chin Decay

Predictive

First KO loss July 2022. Fighters at the same age and mileage lose by KO in 11.3% of fights; after a first KO it runs 17.3%.

Fired again Nov 2025

Read the research

Checked 3 tells for this fighter. 1 fired.

How they fight

Every significant strike they have landed across 14 recorded bouts, 427 in total. Target and position are two readings of the same strikes, so each adds to 100.

Target
Head 53%Body 29%Legs 18%
Position
Distance 84%Clinch 7%Ground 10%
And how often each lands
Head38%
Body71%
Legs93%
Distance47%
Clinch67%
Ground69%

How fights end

UFC bouts only, so these will not add up to the record above. Counts rather than rates: two knockouts in three wins is not a 67% finisher.

9Wins5 KO · 4 DEC
5Losses3 KO · 1 SUB · 1 DEC

Control, bout by bout

Seconds spent controlling the opponent in each fight, oldest on the left. UFCStats records this per bout and never adds it up; this is what that looks like added up.

0%
Garcia
3%
Rainey
1%
Taleb
3%
Staropoli
0%
Santos
14%
Trinaldo
12%
Jingliang
28%
Fialho
6%
Dalby
0%
Brown
0%
Ponzinibbio
1%
Kenan
0%
Leal
0%
Medic

As the fight goes on

Which measure to show

Significant strikes landed, per minute fought. Every round is measured against round one, except rounds reached by fewer than 3 bouts, which are dimmed and left uncompared.

Landed / minvs R1Bouts
R12.98100%14
R23.67123%9
R33.75126%6

Only fights that reached a round count towards it, so later rounds are a smaller sample.

Career numbers

Strikes landed / min3.37
Strikes absorbed / min2.96
Striking accuracyof everything thrown49%
Striking defenceof what comes back, missed62%
Takedowns / 15 min1.07
Takedown accuracyof attempts that land32%
Takedown defenceof attempts stuffed72%
Sub attempts / 15 min0
Pacestrikes landed and absorbed, added together6.33
Average bout lengthhow long their fights actually last, across 14 bouts9.0m

Earned Accuracy

How hard the opponents on this record were to hit at distance, and whether they beat it. Distance strikes only, so nobody gets credit for accuracy they picked up hammering someone already flat on the floor.

47.2%
Landed at range
759 thrown over 14 bouts
39.0%
Expected
against these opponents
+8.2pp
Gap
above expected
86.7%
Coverage
from real records
The fine print

Distance strikes only

Nothing thrown in the clinch or on the ground counts. Those land at about 72% and 71%, against 44% at distance, so a blended accuracy mostly measures where a fight happened. Rank the sport that way and its best strikers are all wrestlers.

One pass, not a rating

How much each opponent lets through is taken raw. It isn't adjusted for who they fought, so a fighter whose opponents all had soft schedules comes out looking better here than they are. Running it to convergence is a later job.

Coverage, and who gets ranked

Coverage is how much of the expected number came from the opponents' own records instead of the division average. Under 65% it's mostly the division talking, so the comparison gets hidden. Same for anyone under 5 qualifying bouts, or under 300 distance strikes of their own, which is where an accuracy still moves on a single exchange. Miss any of the three and you'll see what they landed, nothing else, and they stay out of any ranking.

Short records get pulled to the middle

An opponent who hasn't been shot at much gets dragged toward their division's average, and the drag fades as their record fills in. At 60 distance strikes faced, their own record and the division average count for the same.

Bout log

LUros MedicNov 2025KO R10:00 ctrl2 str0 td
Significant strikes
2 of 5 · 40%
Total strikes
2 of 5 · 40%
Takedowns
0 of 0
Control
0:00
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
KO / TKO, R1 1:03
Punch to Head At Distance
Target
Head 0%Body 0%Legs 100%
Position
Distance 100%Clinch 0%Ground 0%
This fight on UFCStats
WCarlos LealJul 2025KO R10:00 ctrl3 str0 td
Significant strikes
3 of 9 · 33%
Total strikes
3 of 9 · 33%
Takedowns
0 of 0
Control
0:00
Knockdowns
1
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
KO / TKO, R1 0:42
Punch to Head At Distance
Target
Head 33%Body 33%Legs 33%
Position
Distance 100%Clinch 0%Ground 0%
This fight on UFCStats
WSong KenanNov 2024KO R10:02 ctrl20 str0 td
Significant strikes
20 of 28 · 71%
Total strikes
20 of 28 · 71%
Takedowns
0 of 1 · 0%
Control
0:02
Knockdowns
1
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
KO / TKO, R1 3:49
Kick to Head At Distance Wheel kick
Target
Head 35%Body 15%Legs 50%
Position
Distance 95%Clinch 0%Ground 5%
This fight on UFCStats
WSantiago PonzinibbioJul 2024S-DEC0:00 ctrl46 str0 td
Significant strikes
46 of 121 · 38%
Total strikes
69 of 146 · 47%
Takedowns
0 of 5 · 0%
Control
0:00
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
Split decision, 3 rounds
Target
Head 43%Body 43%Legs 13%
Position
Distance 98%Clinch 2%Ground 0%
This fight on UFCStats
LRandy BrownFeb 2024KO R10:00 ctrl10 str0 td
Significant strikes
10 of 22 · 45%
Total strikes
10 of 22 · 45%
Takedowns
0 of 0
Control
0:00
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
KO / TKO, R1 3:17
Punch to Head At Distance
Target
Head 0%Body 10%Legs 90%
Position
Distance 100%Clinch 0%Ground 0%
This fight on UFCStats
LNicolas DalbyJun 2023U-DEC0:55 ctrl57 str2 td
Significant strikes
57 of 88 · 65%
Total strikes
70 of 101 · 69%
Takedowns
2 of 2 · 100%
Control
0:55
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
Unanimous decision, 3 rounds
Target
Head 60%Body 37%Legs 4%
Position
Distance 82%Clinch 18%Ground 0%
This fight on UFCStats
WAndre FialhoNov 2022KO R33:07 ctrl56 str1 td
Significant strikes
56 of 95 · 59%
Total strikes
77 of 123 · 63%
Takedowns
1 of 3 · 33%
Control
3:07
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
KO / TKO, R3 1:03
Kick to Head At Distance Wheel Kick
Target
Head 68%Body 25%Legs 7%
Position
Distance 63%Clinch 5%Ground 32%
This fight on UFCStats
LLi JingliangJul 2022KO R21:10 ctrl23 str1 td
Significant strikes
23 of 56 · 41%
Total strikes
33 of 67 · 49%
Takedowns
1 of 4 · 25%
Control
1:10
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
KO / TKO, R2 4:38
Punches to Head At Distance
Target
Head 78%Body 13%Legs 9%
Position
Distance 87%Clinch 0%Ground 13%
This fight on UFCStats
WFrancisco TrinaldoJun 2021U-DEC2:07 ctrl62 str2 td
Significant strikes
62 of 118 · 53%
Total strikes
71 of 129 · 55%
Takedowns
2 of 3 · 67%
Control
2:07
Knockdowns
1
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
Unanimous decision, 3 rounds
Target
Head 47%Body 42%Legs 11%
Position
Distance 77%Clinch 2%Ground 21%
This fight on UFCStats
WElizeu Zaleski dos SantosJul 2020S-DEC0:02 ctrl40 str0 td
Significant strikes
40 of 88 · 45%
Total strikes
40 of 88 · 45%
Takedowns
0 of 3 · 0%
Control
0:02
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
Split decision, 3 rounds
Target
Head 57%Body 20%Legs 23%
Position
Distance 95%Clinch 5%Ground 0%
This fight on UFCStats
WLaureano StaropoliOct 2019U-DEC0:30 ctrl63 str3 td
Significant strikes
63 of 132 · 48%
Total strikes
64 of 133 · 48%
Takedowns
3 of 5 · 60%
Control
0:30
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
Unanimous decision, 3 rounds
Target
Head 65%Body 24%Legs 11%
Position
Distance 78%Clinch 17%Ground 5%
This fight on UFCStats
WNordine TalebSep 2019KO R10:02 ctrl10 str0 td
Significant strikes
10 of 23 · 43%
Total strikes
10 of 23 · 43%
Takedowns
0 of 0
Control
0:02
Knockdowns
1
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
KO / TKO, R1 4:26
Punch to Head At Distance
Target
Head 10%Body 20%Legs 70%
Position
Distance 100%Clinch 0%Ground 0%
This fight on UFCStats
WRicky RaineyApr 2018KO R20:19 ctrl25 str0 td
Significant strikes
25 of 48 · 52%
Total strikes
26 of 49 · 53%
Takedowns
0 of 2 · 0%
Control
0:19
Knockdowns
1
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
KO / TKO, R2 4:12
Punch to Head At Distance
Target
Head 40%Body 32%Legs 28%
Position
Distance 88%Clinch 0%Ground 12%
This fight on UFCStats
LAlex GarciaNov 2017SUB R20:00 ctrl10 str0 td
Significant strikes
10 of 27 · 37%
Total strikes
10 of 27 · 37%
Takedowns
0 of 0
Control
0:00
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
Submission, R2 3:22
Rear Naked Choke
Target
Head 40%Body 30%Legs 30%
Position
Distance 100%Clinch 0%Ground 0%
This fight on UFCStats

Numbers from UFCStats. Control time and strike placement are summed from each bout, everything else is as published.