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Oleg Popov

23–2 · 25 recorded bouts · 2015–2026

MMA record

23–2

Oleg Popov finished 52% of 23 wins inside the distance — the 9th percentile for heavyweight MMA, where the median is 85%. No reach is on record, so this page compares record rather than measurements.

20102020win v Anton Vyazigin, 2015, koloss v Yusup Suliemanov, 2016, decisionwin v Timofey Mishev, 2016, decisionwin v Yuriy Fedorov, 2018, kowin v Adam Bogatyrev, 2018, decisionwin v Gerônimo dos Santos, 2019, kowin v Alexander Soldatkin, 2019, decisionwin v Sergey Alekseevich, 2020, submissionwin v Magomedbag Agaev, 2020, decisionwin v Denis Arkhireev, 2020, kowin v Alejandro Solorzano, 2021, kowin v Marcos Brigagão, 2021, submissionwin v Fernando Batista, 2021, kowin v Fayoz Shomurodov, 2021, submissionwin v Abdul Elwahab Saeed, 2021, kowin v Antônio Silva, 2022, kowin v Gökhan Saricam, 2023, decisionloss v Denis Goltsov, 2024, submissionwin v Linton Vassell, 2024, decisionwin v Davion Franklin, 2024, decisionwin v Steve Mowry, 2024, kowin v Alexander Romanov, 2025, decisionwin v Rodrigo Nascimento, 2025, decisionwin v Karl Williams, 2025, decisionwin v Magomed Magomedov, 2026, decision
WON ABOVE·LOST BELOW BAR = STOPPAGE·BROKEN BAR = SUBMISSION·TICK = DECISION 2015–2026

SOURCE·Oleg Popov (fighter) — English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)·derived figures computed here·REVIEWED 2026-07-29

How this record is compiled

  1. Measurements come from the fighter's English Wikipedia infobox; the bout list is parsed from the results table on the same article, read on 2026-07-29. Boxing tables are read by header name and MMA records by the fixed column order of the MMA record template — two different parsers, because reading MMA rows as a boxing table returns a fighter's boxing record in place of their real one.
  2. A bout enters the ledger with whatever fields the source states: result, opponent, method, round, year. Any field the source leaves empty stays empty here. A date that cannot be established is left blank rather than inferred, and the bout is still counted.
  3. A no contest is counted and printed as a no contest. It is never folded into the wins, the losses or the draws, and it never disappears to make a total balance.
  4. Where the article's infobox total disagrees with its own results table, both figures are published and each is labelled with where it came from. Nothing is averaged and nothing is reconciled against a second database.
  5. Percentiles rank this fighter among the 324 heavyweight MMA fighters in the dataset — the most specific group of at least 30 that this fighter belongs to.

Sources, exclusions and known limits →

Bout record

Every bout the article's own results table lists, in order. A dash is a field the source leaves empty — it is not a zero and it is not a guess.

Bout-by-bout recordAUG 2026
YearResultOpponentMethodRd
2026 W Magomed Magomedov Decision3
2025 W Alexander Romanov Decision5
2025 W Rodrigo Nascimento Decision3
2025 W Karl Williams Decision3
2024 L Denis Goltsov Submission1
2024 W Linton Vassell Decision3
2024 W Davion Franklin Decision3
2024 W Steve Mowry KO/TKO2
2023 W Gökhan Saricam Decision3
2022 W Antônio Silva KO/TKO2
2021 W Alejandro Solorzano KO/TKO2
2021 W Marcos Brigagão Submission3
2021 W Fernando Batista KO/TKO2
2021 W Fayoz Shomurodov Submission1
2021 W Abdul Elwahab Saeed KO/TKO5
2020 W Sergey Alekseevich Submission2
2020 W Magomedbag Agaev Decision3
2020 W Denis Arkhireev KO/TKO1
2019 W Gerônimo dos Santos KO/TKO2
2019 W Alexander Soldatkin Decision3
2018 W Yuriy Fedorov KO/TKO2
2018 W Adam Bogatyrev Decision3
2016 L Yusup Suliemanov Decision3
2016 W Timofey Mishev Decision3
2015 W Anton Vyazigin KO/TKO1

6 of these opponents have their own page here.

SOURCE·Oleg Popov (fighter) — English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)·derived figures computed here·REVIEWED 2026-07-29

What is on record

Measurements
Reachnot recorded
Height73″ (185.4 cm)
Stance—
DivisionHeavyweight MMA
Most active decade2020s — 18 of 25 dated bouts
CountryRussia

Wikipedia carries no reach figure for Oleg Popov, so the reach-advantage comparison this site is built on cannot be computed. Everything below comes from the record instead.

2020 win vs Anton Vyazigin (2015)loss vs Yusup Suliemanov (2016)win vs Timofey Mishev (2016)win vs Yuriy Fedorov (2018)win vs Adam Bogatyrev (2018)win vs Gerônimo dos Santos (2019)win vs Alexander Soldatkin (2019)win vs Sergey Alekseevich (2020)win vs Magomedbag Agaev (2020)win vs Denis Arkhireev (2020)win vs Alejandro Solorzano (2021)win vs Marcos Brigagão (2021)win vs Fernando Batista (2021)win vs Fayoz Shomurodov (2021)win vs Abdul Elwahab Saeed (2021)win vs Antônio Silva (2022)win vs Gökhan Saricam (2023)loss vs Denis Goltsov (2024)win vs Linton Vassell (2024)win vs Davion Franklin (2024)win vs Steve Mowry (2024)win vs Alexander Romanov (2025)win vs Rodrigo Nascimento (2025)win vs Karl Williams (2025)win vs Magomed Magomedov (2026)
winlossdraw / NC2015–2026

Record

MMA record

23–2

25 bouts on record

Finish rate

52%

of wins ended inside the distance — heavyweight MMA median 85%, 9th percentile

KO/TKO: 9 (39%)Submission: 3 (13%)Decision: 11 (48%)
  • KO/TKO 39%
  • Submission 13%
  • Decision 48%

The career, bout by bout

25 recorded bouts from 2015 to 2026. Every incumbent shows this as a table you have to read; here it is as a shape you can see.

Career span

12y

2015–2026

Longest unbeaten run

15

without a loss — draws do not break it

Busiest year

2021

5 bouts

Recorded bouts

25

25 with a date

Standing questions

What this record does and does not say

What is Oleg Popov's record?
23–2 in MMA. That is the aggregate stated in the English Wikipedia infobox; the results table on the same article lists 25 bouts individually.
Does a no contest change a record here?
No. A no contest is not a win, a loss or a draw, and it is never folded into one. It is counted and printed separately, so a 20–0 record with two no contests is shown as exactly that rather than as 22–0 or as 20–0 with the no contests dropped. The same applies to a bout overturned after the fact where the source records the change.
What happens when sources disagree about a fight?
This site publishes one source — the fighter's English Wikipedia article, read on the date printed under every table — and it does not silently reconcile that against anyone else's database. Where the article's own infobox total and its own results table disagree, both are shown and the page says which one each figure came from. Nothing is averaged, and no field is filled in from a second source to make a total balance.

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