Ilir Latifi
“The Sledgehammer”
HeavyweightActive
Career record
17–9–0
wins–losses–draws
UFC record
9–7–0
as stored in the database
Wins by
3KO2SUB4DEC
knockout · submission · decision
Losses by
3KO0SUB4DEC
knockout · submission · decision
Bio & physicals
- Date of birth
- 1982-07-28 · age 44
- Height
- 5′ 10″ (70 in)
- Reach
- 73 in
- Leg reach
- 41 in
- Stance
- Orthodox
- Country
- Albania
- Hometown
- Albania
- Gym / team
- Allstars Training Center - Stockholm, Sweden
- Octagon debut
- 2013-04-06
Striking & grappling
- Strikes landed per minute
- 2.05
- Striking accuracy
- 45%
- Strikes absorbed per minute
- 2.93
- Striking defence
- 56%
- Takedown average
- 2.11
- Takedown accuracy
- 35%
- Takedown defence
- 100%
- Submission average
- 0.30
Career averages as stored. A dash is a value the database does not hold; a zero is a recorded zero. Nothing on this page is computed from the bouts below.
Bout history
16 recorded · newest first| Date | Opponent | Result | Method | Weight class | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-05-20 | Rodrigo Nascimento | Loss | Split Decision · R3 · 5:00 | Heavyweight | UFC Fight Night: Dern vs. Hill |
| 2022-10-01 | Aleksei Oleinik | Win | Unanimous Decision · R3 · 5:00 | Heavyweight | UFC Fight Night: Dern vs. Yan |
| 2021-06-05 | Tanner Boser | Win | Split Decision · R3 · 5:00 | Heavyweight | UFC Fight Night: Rozenstruik vs. Sakai |
| 2020-02-08 | Derrick Lewis | Loss | Unanimous Decision · R3 · 5:00 | Heavyweight | UFC 247: Jones vs. Reyes |
| 2019-08-10 | Volkan Oezdemir | Loss | TKO · R2 · 4:31 | Light Heavyweight | UFC Fight Night: Shevchenko vs. Carmouche 2 |
| 2018-12-29 | Corey Anderson | Loss | Unanimous Decision · R3 · 5:00 | Light Heavyweight | UFC 232: Jones vs. Gustafsson 2 |
| 2018-02-24 | Ovince Saint Preux | Win | Submission · R1 · 3:48 | Light Heavyweight | UFC Fight Night: Emmett vs. Stephens |
| 2017-09-09 | Tyson Pedro | Win | Unanimous Decision · R3 · 5:00 | Light Heavyweight | UFC 215: Nunes vs Shevchenko 2 |
| 2016-09-03 | Ryan Bader | Loss | TKO · R2 · 2:06 | Light Heavyweight | UFC Fight Night: Arlovski vs. Barnett |
| 2016-03-05 | Gian Villante | Win | Unanimous Decision · R3 · 5:00 | Light Heavyweight | UFC 196: McGregor vs Diaz |
| 2016-01-17 | Sean O'Connell | Win | TKO · R1 · 0:30 | Light Heavyweight | UFC Fight Night: Dillashaw vs Cruz |
| 2015-07-18 | Hans Stringer | Win | TKO · R1 · 0:56 | Light Heavyweight | UFC Fight Night: Bisping vs Leites |
| 2014-10-04 | Jan Blachowicz | Loss | TKO · R1 · 1:58 | Light Heavyweight | UFC Fight Night: Nelson vs Story |
| 2014-07-19 | Chris Dempsey | Win | TKO · R1 · 2:07 | Light Heavyweight | UFC Fight Night: McGregor vs Brandao |
| 2014-03-08 | Cyrille Diabate | Win | Submission · R1 · 3:02 | Light Heavyweight | UFC Fight Night: Gustafsson vs Manuwa |
| 2013-04-06 | Gegard Mousasi | Loss | Unanimous Decision · R3 · 5:00 | Light Heavyweight | UFC on FUEL TV: Mousasi vs Latifi |
Bouts are matched to this fighter on ID, never on name — 16 rows in the archive list Ilir Latifi as one of the two fighters. The bout count here is a count of rows in this archive and will not always equal the career record above, which is a separate stored field. The database also holds an Elo rating for each fighter; it is a current rating that already contains the results below, so it is not published on this page.
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