Nasrat Haqparast

Overview

Ten UFC wins, and eight of them went to the judges. Nasrat Haqparast is a Hamburg-born southpaw who has built a 10-6 UFC record at lightweight mostly on volume and decisions, not on knockouts.

The pattern runs both ways. He has two KO/TKO wins, and he has also been finished three times. He carries a two-fight losing streak into his next fight, after a first-round stoppage and a submission with one second left in the third round.

Ten wins, eight decisions. That is the whole profile in one line.

UFC Career

Haqparast debuted in October 2017 and lost a unanimous decision to Marcin Held. He answered with back-to-back decision wins over Marc Diakiese and Thibault Gouti, then stopped Joaquim Silva in the second round in August 2019.

A first-round knockout loss to Drew Dober at UFC 246 interrupted that run. The next stretch was his best. Between August 2020 and September 2023 he had a long win streak broken up by losses, and over that span he beat Alexander Munoz and Rafa Garcia. He lost back-to-back decisions to Dan Hooker, whom our model rates as a strong opponent, and King Green. He rebounded with decisions over John Makdessi and Landon Quinones, then knocked out Jamie Mullarkey in the first round of December 2023's Song vs. Gutierrez card.

His longest UFC win streak is five fights. It ended in a loss to Quillan Salkilld, stopped in the first round at UFC 321. Splits over Jared Gordon and Esteban Ribovics came before that. Chris Padilla, another strong opponent by our model, submitted him at 4:59 of the third round.

Fifteen of his sixteen UFC fights were scheduled for three rounds. The submission loss came with one second left. That is a very small margin.

Fighting Style

Nasrat Haqparast is a busy striker who is hard to hit cleanly. He throws and lands at a high clip, and he defends well against what comes back. He also absorbs more strikes than most, so the volume comes with some wear.

On the ground, he rarely shoots for takedowns and almost never hunts submissions. He is, however, very hard to take down, which keeps most of his fights on the feet.

His results fit that profile. Eight of his ten UFC wins went the distance, and his two stoppages were both by KO/TKO, one in round one and one in round two.

Notable Wins

• Jamie Mullarkey — KO/TKO, round 1 (1:44), UFC Fight Night: Song vs. Gutierrez (2023)
• Joaquim Silva — KO/TKO, round 2 (0:36), UFC Fight Night: Covington vs. Lawler (2019)
• Esteban Ribovics — split decision, round 3, UFC Fight Night: Kape vs Almabayev (2025)
• Jared Gordon — split decision, round 3, UFC Fight Night: Whittaker vs Aliskerov (2024)

Quick Facts

• Division: Lightweight
• UFC record: 10-6 (2 KO/TKO, 8 decision)
• Professional record (all promotions): 18-7-0
• UFC debut: 2017
• Stance: Southpaw
• Height / reach: 5'10" / 72"
• Team: Team Haqparast
• Born: Hamburg, Germany