Magomed Ankalaev
“Big Ank”
Magomed Ankalaev is ranked 2nd of 208 light heavyweights by the First Light Rating, and 1st in the UFC’s own light heavyweight rankings.
- FLRFirst Light Ratingmeasure of true skill
- 2,0982nd of 208 · Light Heavyweight
- FLIFirst Light Indexfame compared to skill
- +0.17Fame ahead of skill
▼ −0.13 in 30 days - Career phase
- PrimeCareer-best FLR 2,129, 8 Mar 2025
- Record
- 21–2–1Pro, 1 NC
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 25 Jul 2026 | Won vs Bogdan GuskovUFC Fight Night 282 - Ankalaev vs. Guskov · TKO (Punches), R5 | +6 |
| 4 Oct 2025 | Lost to Alex Pereira TitleUFC 320 - Ankalaev vs. Pereira 2 · TKO (Punches and Elbows), R1 | −34 |
| 8 Mar 2025 | Won vs Alex Pereira TitleUFC 313 - Pereira vs. Ankalaev · Decision (Unanimous), R5 | +19 |
| 26 Oct 2024 | Won vs Aleksandar RakicUFC 308 - Topuria vs. Holloway · Decision (Unanimous), R3 | +3 |
| 13 Jan 2024 | Won vs Johnny WalkerUFC Fight Night 234 - Ankalaev vs. Walker 2 · KO (Punches), R2 | 0 |
| 21 Oct 2023 | No contest vs Johnny WalkerUFC 294 - Makhachev vs. Volkanovski 2 · No Contest (Illegal Knee), R1 | — |
| 10 Dec 2022 | Draw vs Jan BlachowiczUFC 282 - Blachowicz vs. Ankalaev · Draw (Split), R5 | −5 |
| 30 Jul 2022 | Won vs Anthony SmithUFC 277 - Pena vs. Nunes 2 · TKO (Punches), R2 | +18 |
| 12 Mar 2022 | Won vs Thiago SantosUFC Fight Night 203 - Santos vs. Ankalaev · Decision (Unanimous), R5 | +11 |
| 30 Oct 2021 | Won vs Volkan OezdemirUFC 267 - Blachowicz vs. Teixeira · Decision (Unanimous), R3 | +17 |
| 27 Feb 2021 | Won vs Nikita KrylovUFC Fight Night 186 - Rozenstruik vs. Gane · Decision (Unanimous), R3 | +14 |
| 24 Oct 2020 | Won vs Ion CutelabaUFC 254 - Nurmagomedov vs. Gaethje · KO (Punches), R1 | +26 |
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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