Khamzat Chimaev
“Borz”
Khamzat Chimaev is ranked 1st of 317 middleweights by the First Light Rating, and 1st in the UFC’s own middleweight rankings.
- FLRFirst Light Ratingmeasure of true skill
- 2,0981st of 317 · Middleweight
- FLIFirst Light Indexfame compared to skill
- +0.60Fame ahead of skill
▲ +0.18 in 30 days - Career phase
- PrimeCareer-best FLR 2,126, 16 Aug 2025
- Record
- 15–1Pro
Fame against skill.
Every fighter with an FLI, by skill and fame. Hover a dot for the fighter; click to open their page. The dashed curve is the fame their skill predicts: above it, a fighter is more famous than their skill; below it, better than their fame.
Skill and attention.
Attention is drawn at the skill level its fame matches: above the skill line, more famous than skilled. Shaded: where the most similar careers went next.
Recent fights.
| Date | Fight | FLR |
|---|---|---|
| 9 May 2026 | Lost to Sean Strickland TitleUFC 328 - Chimaev vs. Strickland · Decision (Split), R5 | −23 |
| 16 Aug 2025 | Won vs Dricus Du Plessis TitleUFC 319 - Du Plessis vs. Chimaev · Decision (Unanimous), R5 | +33 |
| 26 Oct 2024 | Won vs Robert WhittakerUFC 308 - Topuria vs. Holloway · Submission (Face Crank), R1 | +36 |
| 21 Oct 2023 | Won vs Kamaru UsmanUFC 294 - Makhachev vs. Volkanovski 2 · Decision (Majority), R3 | +18 |
| 10 Sept 2022 | Won vs Kevin HollandUFC 279 - Diaz vs. Ferguson · Submission (Brabo Choke), R1 | +35 |
| 9 Apr 2022 | Won vs Gilbert BurnsUFC 273 - Volkanovski vs. Korean Zombie · Decision (Unanimous), R3 | +32 |
| 30 Oct 2021 | Won vs Jingliang LiUFC 267 - Blachowicz vs. Teixeira · Technical Submission (Rear-Naked Choke), R1 | +38 |
| 19 Sept 2020 | Won vs Gerald MeerschaertUFC Fight Night 178 - Covington vs. Woodley · KO (Punch), R1 | +41 |
| 25 Jul 2020 | Won vs Rhys McKeeUFC on ESPN 14 - Whittaker vs. Till · TKO (Punches), R1 | +54 |
| 15 Jul 2020 | Won vs John PhillipsUFC on ESPN 13 - Kattar vs. Ige · Submission (Brabo Choke), R2 | +51 |
| 4 Oct 2019 | Won vs Mzwandile HlongwaBrave CF 27 - Abdouraguimov vs. Al-Silawi · Technical Submission (Brabo Choke), R2 | +66 |
| 19 Apr 2019 | Won vs Ikram AliskerovBrave CF 23 - Pride & Honor · KO (Punch), R1 | +121 |
FLR is the First Light Rating points the fight earned or cost them.
How it is measured.
Data Credit: First Light Observatory.
How these numbers are made.
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