Russia
NIKITA
KRYLOV
Overview
Nikita Krylov is a ranked UFC Light Heavyweight fighter. (Data from ESPN; combat ratings are editorial estimates.)
Attributes (editorial ratings)
Tale of the Tape
Recent Form
Fight History
Krylov defeated Modestas Bukauskas via KO (punches) in round 3 (4:57) at UFC 324 on January 24, 2026, taking his record to 31–11.
Krylov lost to Bogdan Guskov via KO (punches) in round 1 (4:18) at UFC on ABC: Whittaker vs. de Ridder on July 26, 2025, taking his record to 30–11.
Krylov lost to Dominick Reyes via KO (punch) in round 1 (2:24) at UFC 314 on April 12, 2025, taking his record to 30–10.
Krylov defeated Ryan Spann via Submission (triangle choke) in round 1 (3:38) at UFC Fight Night: Yan vs. Dvalishvili on March 11, 2023, taking his record to 30–9.
Krylov defeated Volkan Oezdemir via Decision (unanimous) in round 3 (5:00) at UFC 280 on October 22, 2022, taking his record to 29–9.
Krylov defeated Alexander Gustafsson via KO (punches) in round 1 (1:07) at UFC Fight Night: Blaydes vs. Aspinall on July 23, 2022, taking his record to 28–9.
Krylov lost to Paul Craig via Submission (triangle choke) in round 1 (3:57) at UFC Fight Night: Volkov vs. Aspinall on March 19, 2022, taking his record to 27–9.
Krylov lost to Magomed Ankalaev via Decision (unanimous) in round 3 (5:00) at UFC Fight Night: Rozenstruik vs. Gane on February 27, 2021, taking his record to 27–8.
Krylov defeated Johnny Walker via Decision (unanimous) in round 3 (5:00) at UFC Fight Night: Lee vs. Oliveira on March 14, 2020, taking his record to 27–7.
Krylov lost to Glover Teixeira via Decision (split) in round 3 (5:00) at UFC Fight Night: Cowboy vs. Gaethje on September 14, 2019, taking his record to 26–7.
Krylov defeated Ovince Saint Preux via Submission (rear-naked choke) in round 2 (2:30) at UFC 236 on April 13, 2019, taking his record to 26–6.
Krylov lost to Jan Błachowicz via Submission (arm-triangle choke) in round 2 (2:41) at UFC Fight Night: Hunt vs. Oleinik on September 15, 2018, taking his record to 25–6.
Krylov defeated Fábio Maldonado via KO (punch) in round 2 (3:33) at Fight Nights Global 87 on May 19, 2018, taking his record to 25–5.
Krylov defeated Emanuel Newton via KO (knee) in round 1 (0:43) at Fight Nights Global 77 on October 13, 2017, taking his record to 24–5.
Krylov defeated Maro Perak via TKO (punches) in round 2 (0:36) at United Donbass Cup 2017 on August 26, 2017, taking his record to 23–5.
Krylov defeated Stjepan Bekavac via Submission (guillotine choke) in round 1 (0:53) at Fight Nights Global 68 on June 2, 2017, taking his record to 22–5.
Krylov lost to Misha Cirkunov via Submission (guillotine choke) in round 1 (4:38) at UFC 206 on December 10, 2016, taking his record to 21–5.
Krylov defeated Ed Herman via KO (head kick) in round 2 (0:40) at UFC 201 on July 30, 2016, taking his record to 21–4.
Krylov defeated Francimar Barroso via Submission (rear-naked choke) in round 2 (3:11) at UFC Fight Night: Overeem vs. Arlovski on May 8, 2016, taking his record to 20–4.
Krylov defeated Marcos Rogério de Lima via Submission (rear-naked choke) in round 1 (2:29) at UFC Fight Night: Holloway vs. Oliveira on August 23, 2015, taking his record to 19–4.
Krylov defeated Stanislav Nedkov via Submission (standing guillotine choke) in round 1 (1:24) at UFC on Fox: Gustafsson vs. Johnson on January 24, 2015, taking his record to 18–4.
Krylov defeated Cody Donovan via TKO (punches) in round 1 (4:57) at UFC Fight Night: McGregor vs. Brandão on July 19, 2014, taking his record to 17–4.
Krylov lost to Ovince Saint Preux via Technical Submission (Von Flue choke) in round 1 (1:29) at UFC 171 on March 15, 2014, taking his record to 16–4.
Krylov defeated Walt Harris via TKO (head kick and punches) in round 1 (0:25) at UFC on Fox: Henderson vs. Thomson on January 25, 2014, taking his record to 16–3.
Krylov lost to Soa Palelei via TKO (punches) in round 3 (1:34) at UFC 164 on August 31, 2013, taking his record to 15–3.
Krylov defeated Gabriel Tampu via TKO (punches) in round 1 (4:27) at M-1 Challenge 38 on April 9, 2013, taking his record to 15–2.
Krylov lost to Vladimir Mishchenko via Submission (arm-triangle choke) in round 1 (0:58) at Oplot Challenge 40 on March 8, 2013, taking his record to 14–2.
Krylov defeated Kylychbek Sarkarbaev via TKO (punches) in round 1 (0:49) at Gladiators FC 2 on January 19, 2013, taking his record to 14–1.
Krylov defeated Julian Bogdanov via KO (punch) in round 1 (1:17) at Gladiators FC 2 on January 19, 2013, taking his record to 13–1.
Krylov lost to Vladimir Mishchenko via Submission (arm-triangle choke) in round 1 (1:47) at Oplot Challenge 22 on December 29, 2012, taking his record to 12–1.
Krylov defeated Denis Simkin via Submission (americana) in round 1 (0:35) at Gladiators FC 1 on December 22, 2012, taking his record to 12–0.
Krylov defeated Valery Scherbakov via Submission (Achilles lock) in round 1 (1:38) at Warrior's Honor: Igor Vovchanchyn Cup 2 on November 9, 2012, taking his record to 11–0.
Krylov defeated Vladimir Gerasimchik via Submission (kimura) in round 1 (1:35) at Oplot Challenge 7 on October 20, 2012, taking his record to 10–0.
Krylov defeated Igor Kukurudziak via Submission (kimura) in round 1 (2:47) at European Combat Sambo Federation: Kolomyi Cup on October 13, 2012, taking his record to 9–0.
Krylov defeated Viktor Smirnov via TKO (doctor stoppage) in round 1 (0:12) at European Combat Sambo Federation: MMA Lion Cup on October 2, 2012, taking his record to 8–0.
Krylov defeated Anatoliy Didenko via Submission (Achilles lock) in round 1 (0:29) at Oplot Challenge 4 on September 15, 2012, taking his record to 7–0.
Krylov defeated Alexey Stepanov via Submission (rear-naked choke) in round 1 (0:29) at European Combat Sambo Federation: MMA Ukraine Cup 7 on September 14, 2012, taking his record to 6–0.
Krylov defeated Svyatoslav Scherbakov via Submission (armbar) in round 1 (1:44) at European Combat Sambo Federation: MMA Ukraine Cup 6 on August 26, 2012, taking his record to 5–0.
Krylov defeated Anatoliy Didenko via Submission (rear-naked choke) in round 1 (2:08) at European Combat Sambo Federation: MMA Ukraine Cup 5 on August 18, 2012, taking his record to 4–0.
Krylov defeated Alexey Artemenko via Submission (guillotine choke) in round 1 (2:20) at Big Boys Fights 1 on August 16, 2012, taking his record to 3–0.
Krylov defeated Denis Bogdanov via Submission (rear-naked choke) in round 1 (1:31) at European Combat Sambo Federation: Cup of West Ukraine 2012 on August 10, 2012, taking his record to 2–0.
Krylov defeated Alexander Umrikhin via TKO (punches) in round 1 (0:56) at Real Fight Promotion 6 on July 27, 2012, taking his record to 1–0.
Career record from the fighter's Wikipedia record table; fight footage plays via the official YouTube embed from its original channel.
Analytics
- KO/TKO13 · 42%
- Submission16 · 52%
- Decision2 · 6%
- DQ/Other0 · 0%
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Light Heavyweight
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