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Muslim Salikhov
22-6tale of the tape = factsmetrics = our read

FightIQ’s profile

Built from Muslim Salikhov’s own numbers — style, standout rate and current form. Not reported prose.

5'11" orthodox finisher with a 9-4 record, age 41. Standout metric: finishes 56% of wins by KO; slips 63% of incoming strikes. Form: last 5: LLWWW · on a 3-fight win streak · 105 days off · Elo 1563.

Finisher
Assembled from the striking, grappling and form figures on this page, as of 2025-11-08. If a number isn’t in the data, it isn’t in this profile.

Tale of the tape facts

The facts, plainly — vitals and record from public UFC statistics; nickname, nationality, hometown and camp from the public fighter register. A field we can't source stays “pending”; it never shows a fake value.

NicknameKing of Kung Fu
NationalityRussia
HometownBuynaksk, Dagestan
Fighting out ofAbdulmanap Nurmagomedov School
Height5' 11"
Reach70.0"
StanceOrthodox
Age42
Date of birthJun 09, 1984
Weight170 lbs.
Pro record22-6
Finish splitpending

FightIQ Metrics

Six 0–100 scores, each a percentile rank against every fighter on record. Tap any i for what a score measures.

FightIQ's read — derived from the tape
Our read — derived, not official stats.
Striking67
Defence74
Grappling / TD32
Cardio33
Chin29
Fight IQ47

Our record on Muslim Salikhov

The moat — every call we've made on this fighter, timestamped and graded in public. Nobody else can copy this.

FightIQ has picked Muslim Salikhov 3×, 2 correct (2-1 — 66.7% right). The confidence % is the number we stood behind at the time — losses shown, toss-ups included.

DateOpponentCardWe saidResult
2025-07-26Carlos LealUFC Fight Night: Ribas vs Ricci63.9%Correct
2024-11-23Song KenanUFC Fight Night: Mingyang vs Diaz54.3%Correct
2023-06-17Nicolas DalbyUFC Fight Night: Torres vs Motta53%Missed

Strike zones

Strike zones

Muslim Salikhov

Where the strikes go — and where they land on him. Career UFC totals, straight off the tape.

HEAD52.9%ACC 38%BODY29.3%ACC 71%LEGS17.8%ACC 93%
FightIQ read Balanced attack 53% head / 29% body / 18% legs — no single target dominates.
Share by zonevs field average
HEAD
52.9% acc 38%−10.0 vs field
BODY
29.3% acc 71%+8.5 vs field
LEGS
17.8% acc 93%+1.5 vs field
Where the offence happens
DISTANCE 84%CLINCH 7%GROUND 10%

Significant strikes only, as recorded by UFCStats, across the fighter's whole UFC career. Shares are raw counts — nothing here is modelled or smoothed. Accuracy is landed ÷ attempted and comes from the per-round tape, which covers slightly fewer fights than the totals do.

14 UFC fights · 427 landed

Recent form

Pro record: 22-6. Timeline below is the bouts FightIQ has tracked (most recent first).

W · vs Carlos LealUFC Fight Night: Ribas vs Ricci2025-07-26
W · vs Song KenanUFC Fight Night: Mingyang vs Diaz2024-11-23
L · vs Nicolas DalbyUFC Fight Night: Torres vs Motta2023-06-17
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