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Nikita Krylov vs Abdul-Rakhman Yakhyaev

Light Heavyweight · 3 rounds · Prelims · Bout 8 of 14Etihad Arena · Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

Abdul-Rakhman Yakhyaev def. Nikita Krylov · KO/TKO · Round 1, 2:38

Nikita Krylov portrait

Nikita Krylov

Abdul-Rakhman Yakhyaev portrait

Abdul-Rakhman Yakhyaev

Nikita Krylov versus Abdul-Rakhman Yakhyaev

“The Miner”

Orthodox · Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu · Raty Team

Krylov’s profile

“Hunter”

Orthodox · Fight Sports Deerfield Beach

Yakhyaev’s profile

Tale of the tape

KrylovYakhyaev
31-13-0Pro record11-0-0
12-10-0UFC record3-0-0
34Age25
6' 3"Height6' 2"
206 lbsWeight206 lbs
77.5"Reach78"
OrthodoxStanceOrthodox
Brazilian Jiu-JitsuStyleNot available
Raty TeamTeamFight Sports Deerfield Beach
Lost vs Robert WhittakerLast fightWon vs Julius Walker
105Days since last fight119
94%Finish rate90%

How they win

Krylov

31 wins on file

KO/TKO
13
Submission
16
Decision
2

Yakhyaev

10 wins on file

KO/TKO
4
Submission
5
Decision
1
How these figures are measured
Sig. strikes landed per minute
Significant strikes landed, divided by minutes fought. Career figure.
Strike accuracy, all strikes
Every strike landed as a share of every strike thrown, significant or not, over the career. ESPN's own figure. It is not significant-strike accuracy, which runs lower.
Takedowns per 15 minutes
Takedowns landed for every 15 minutes fought, the length of a three-round bout. Career figure.
Takedown accuracy
Takedowns landed as a share of those attempted. Career figure.
Submission attempts per 15 minutes
Submission attempts for every 15 minutes fought. Career figure.
Finish rate
Share of the wins on file that ended by knockout, technical knockout or submission.
Days since last fight
From the last bout on file to the date of this one.

Records, measurements and career averages are reported by ESPN. The UFC record, last fight, finish rate and win methods are counted by Statwell from the bouts on file for each fighter, which can be fewer than the full professional record. No striking or grappling averages are available for both fighters yet.

Matchup snapshot

Krylov

22 measured UFC bouts, 157.3 minutes

Yakhyaev

3 measured UFC bouts, 3.6 minutes

4.38689 landed of 1271 thrown (54%)
Significant strikes landedper minute
5.2819 landed of 33 thrown (58%)
2.75opponents landed 433 of 835
Significant strikes absorbedper minute
2.22opponents landed 8 of 19
38%23 of 60 attempts
Takedowns completedof those attempted
75%3 of 4 attempts
53%conceded 22 of 47 faced
Takedowns defendedof those faced
None faced
6scored, 3 suffered
Knockdownsscored and suffered
2scored, 0 suffered
About these statistics

Counted by Statwell from ESPN’s per-bout figures over each fighter’s measured UFC bouts. Small samples move quickly: read each figure with the number of bouts behind it. Nothing here is adjusted for the level of past opponents.

Recent form

Nikita Krylov

2-3 in last 5
  • L

    vs Robert Whittaker

    KO/TKO · R3 · 1:01

    · UFC 329: McGregor vs. Holloway 2

    Sig. strikes 51 of 99 · Takedowns 3 of 6

  • W

    vs Modestas Bukauskas

    KO/TKO · R3 · 4:57

    · UFC 324: Gaethje vs. Pimblett

    Sig. strikes 72 of 137 · Takedowns 1 of 4 · 1 knockdown

  • L

    vs Bogdan Guskov

    KO/TKO · R1 · 4:18

    · UFC Fight Night: Whittaker vs. de Ridder

    Sig. strikes 16 of 34

  • L

    vs Dominick Reyes

    KO/TKO · R1 · 2:24

    · UFC 314: Volkanovski vs. Lopes

    Sig. strikes 4 of 22

  • W

    vs Ryan Spann

    Submission · R1 · 3:38

    · UFC Fight Night: Yan vs. Dvalishvili

    Sig. strikes 7 of 12 · Takedowns 2 of 2

Abdul-Rakhman Yakhyaev

3-0 in last 3
  • W

    vs Julius Walker

    KO/TKO · R1 · 0:08

    · UFC Fight Night: Fiziev vs. Torres

    Sig. strikes 6 of 8 · 1 knockdown

  • W

    vs Brendson Ribeiro

    Submission · R1 · 2:52

    · UFC Fight Night: Moicano vs. Duncan

    Sig. strikes 7 of 15 · Takedowns 2 of 3

  • W

    vs Raffael Cerqueira

    Submission · R1 · 0:33

    · UFC Fight Night: Tsarukyan vs. Hooker

    Sig. strikes 6 of 10 · Takedowns 1 of 1 · 1 knockdown

Statwell Intel

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Abdul-Rakhman Yakhyaev has three UFC fights and under four minutes of UFC fighting. Nikita Krylov has twenty-two UFC fights and three stoppage losses in his last four. The first two minutes are the obvious question, not the whole answer.

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