MatchWiz

Asu Almabayev “Zulfikar”

24-3-0 · MatchWiz rating 1633

Next fight: vs Kyoji Horiguchi, Nov 21, 2026 · UFC Fight Night: Procházka vs. Stirling

Age32Height5'4"Reach65"StanceOrthodoxDivisionFlyweightCampDar Pro Team KazakhstanCountryKazakhstan

Rating trend

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current 1633 · hover or touch the chart to trace each fight

Our Elo-style rating after each UFC fight — 1500 is average; champions live around 1700+ (full leaderboard). This is the backbone of our win probabilities.

Career rates

Where he stands

Asu Almabayev is 7-1 across 8 fights on our tape. He's on a 3-fight winning run. Our rating has him at 1633 — it moves with every result and weights who he beat, so a win over a ranked opponent counts for far more than one over a debutant. A record on its own says very little in this sport — two fighters at 12-3 can have faced completely different opposition, which is exactly the gap the rating is built to close.

He wants the fight on the mat

Asu lands 4.7 takedowns per 15 minutes and threatens 1.4 submissions in the same span. That's the profile the model reads first, because grappling decides where a fight happens and where it happens decides most of the rest. His matchups turn on one number more than any other — the opponent's takedown defense. Against 85%-plus defense the same fighter looks ordinary; against a striker who can't stop it he looks unbeatable.

How the model reads him

Asu's number is a matchup output — rating against rating, then style against style, plus age and layoff — graded on the fight board like every other call. Our tape covers UFC and Contender Series bouts from 2015 on, and one punch can settle a fight the better fighter was winning.

The full method is on the fight board, and every published call is graded on the report card.

Asu Almabayev — FAQ

What is Asu Almabayev's record?

7-1 across 8 fights on our tape, which covers UFC and Contender Series bouts from 2015 to the present. Our rating has him at 1633 — it weights who he beat, not just how often he won.

What kind of fighter is Asu Almabayev?

He lands 2.3 significant strikes a minute and absorbs 1.9, with 4.7 takedowns per 15 minutes and 44% takedown defense. Those rates decide where his fights happen, which decides most of the rest.

Fight history

DateOpponentResultEventΔ rating
Nov 21, 2026Kyoji HoriguchiupcomingUFC Fight Night: Procházka vs. Stirling–
Jun 27, 2026Charles JohnsonW · Submission R3UFC Fight Night: Fiziev vs. Torres+15
Nov 22, 2025Alex PerezW · Submission R3UFC Fight Night: Tsarukyan vs. Hooker+18
Jul 26, 2025Jose OchoaW · Decision - Unanimous R3UFC Fight Night: Whittaker vs. de Ridder+13
Mar 2, 2025Manel KapeL · KO/TKO R3UFC Fight Night: Kape vs. Almabayev-43
Oct 19, 2024Matheus NicolauW · Decision - Unanimous R3UFC Fight Night: Hernandez vs. Pereira+29
Jun 16, 2024Jose JohnsonW · Decision - Unanimous R3UFC Fight Night: Perez vs. Taira+26
Mar 9, 2024CJ VergaraW · Decision - Unanimous R3UFC 299: O'Malley vs. Vera 2+31
Aug 5, 2023Ode' OsbourneW · Submission R2UFC Fight Night: Sandhagen vs. Font+42

Record is career MMA (including pre-UFC fights); the history and rating cover UFC and Contender Series bouts from 2015 on. Back to the fight board →