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Russia
Moscow
Zelim Imadaev
AGE
30
/
Jan 25, 1995
HEIGHT
6'0"
/
182.88 cm
WEIGHT
170 lbs
/
77.11 kg
ASSOCIATION
N/A
CLASS
Welterweight
Wins
8
KO
/
TKO
8
100%
SUBMISSIONS
0
0%
DECISIONS
0
0%
Losses
3
KO
/
TKO
1
33%
SUBMISSIONS
1
33%
DECISIONS
1
33%
FIGHT HISTORY - PRO
Result
Fighter
Event
Method/
Referee
R
Time
loss
Michel Pereira
UFC Fight Night 176 - Overeem vs. Sakai
Sep / 05 / 2020
Technical Submission (Rear-Naked Choke)
Chris Tognoni
VIEW PLAY-BY-PLAY
3
4:39
loss
Danny Roberts
UFC Fight Night 163 - Magomedsharipov vs. Kattar
Nov / 09 / 2019
KO (Punch)
Rich Mitchell
VIEW PLAY-BY-PLAY
2
4:54
loss
Max Griffin
UFC 236 - Holloway vs. Poirier
Apr / 13 / 2019
Decision (Majority)
George Allen
VIEW PLAY-BY-PLAY
3
5:00
win
Ivan Gluhak
FNG - Fight Nights Global 85
Mar / 30 / 2018
KO (Punch)
Marc Goddard
1
0:13
win
Yuri Izotov
FNG - Fight Nights Global 74
Sep / 29 / 2017
KO (Spinning Back Elbow)
1
3:17
win
Kenan Guliyev
FNG - Fight Nights Global 66
May / 21 / 2017
TKO (Punches)
1
1:34
win
Chorshanbe Chorshanbiev
OFS 11 - Octagon Fighting Sensation 11
Mar / 04 / 2017
TKO (Punches)
Gennady Zuev
3
1:50
win
Dmitriy Tuzov
OFS 10 - Octagon Fighting Sensation 10: Heroes Return
Dec / 10 / 2016
TKO (Punch)
Ashot Ashugyan
2
0:11
win
Kamardin Akhmadbekov
OFS 9 - Octagon Fighting Sensation 9: Battle in Abkhazia
Oct / 06 / 2016
TKO (Punches)
Ashot Ashugyan
1
1:03
win
Alexander Kovalenko
GEFC - Hammer of Thor 3
Aug / 12 / 2016
TKO (Punches)
Michael Sidorov
2
3:58
win
Stanislav Pavlenko
Cage Fighting - Dagestan
Apr / 02 / 2016
KO (Punches)
Magomed Sultanakhmedov
1
0:12
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