Movsar Evloev

Overview

Ten UFC wins, zero finishes, and the only stoppage in Movsar Evloev's UFC career is the one he lost to.

The Featherweight from Ingushetia, Russia, is 10-1 in the UFC (20-1-0 across all promotions), and all ten wins went the distance: eight by unanimous decision, one split, one majority. That's not a sample quirk. It's the pattern. The scorecards decided every win, and the one time a UFC fight of his ended early, he was the one stopped.

The loss came in the second round of a title fight.

UFC Career

Evloev debuted in April 2019 with a unanimous decision over SeungWoo Choi, then added Enrique Barzola that October and Mike Grundy in July 2020. All three went the full three rounds.

The middle stretch brought a split decision over Nik Lentz at UFC 257, followed by unanimous decisions over Hakeem Dawodu, Dan Ige and Diego Lopes.

Then the opposition got harder. Our model rates Arnold Allen and Aljamain Sterling as elite opponents, and Evloev beat both by unanimous decision, Allen in January 2024 and Sterling at UFC 310. He then headlined against Lerone Murphy, another elite-tier opponent, and won a majority decision over five rounds.

That made three wins over elite opponents and ten straight overall.

At UFC 333, he fought Alexander Volkanovski in a title fight and lost by KO/TKO in round 2 at 4:54. It was his first UFC loss and the first of his UFC fights that didn't reach the final bell.

He carries a one-fight losing streak into his next fight.

Fighting Style

Evloev is a takedown-first fighter who takes the fight to the mat far more often than most. He is also hard to take down himself, which makes him tough to out-wrestle.

He doesn't hunt for submissions. His attempts are well below the UFC average, and he has no submission wins in the UFC. Takedowns are a way to control a fight for him, not to finish it.

On the feet, he is a busy striker who is hard to hit. He lands often, absorbs less than most, and defends well, though his accuracy is about average.

That control-heavy approach shows in the results. All ten of his UFC wins have come by decision, with no knockouts and no submissions.

Notable Wins

• Aljamain Sterling — unanimous decision, round 3, UFC 310 (2024)
• Arnold Allen — unanimous decision, round 3, UFC 297 (2024)
• Lerone Murphy — majority decision, round 5, UFC Fight Night: Evloev vs Murphy (2026)

Quick Facts

• Division: Featherweight
• UFC record: 10-1
• Professional record (all promotions): 20-1-0
• UFC debut: April 2019
• Height: 5'7"
• Reach: 72.5"
• Team: American Top Team
• Born: Ingushetia, Russia