Baisangur Susurkaev

Susurkaev pulled away in the third round against Djorden Santos at UFC 328, taking his back against the fence before finishing with a rear-naked choke to move to 12-0.

Key moments

• Finished Santos by rear-naked choke at 4:12 of round three.
• Improved to 3-0 in the UFC.
• Extended his unbeaten professional record to 12-0.

Susurkaev closed the show in the third round against Eric McConico at UFC 322, landing a right hook that ended the fight in a booked return appearance.

Key moments

• Finished McConico by strikes at 1:38 of round three.
• His first UFC win by knockout rather than submission.
• Improved to 2-0 in the UFC.

Susurkaev made his UFC debut on roughly four days' notice at UFC 319 and finished Eric Nolan with a second-round rear-naked choke.

Key moments

• Debuted on short notice and finished Nolan by RNC at 2:01 of round two.
• Both fighters were making their UFC debuts.
• The turnaround from his Contender Series win to his UFC bow was one of the fastest in the show's history.

Susurkaev earned his UFC contract by stopping Murtaza Talha in the first round on Dana White's Contender Series.

Key moments

• Finished Talha by strikes at 3:04 of round one.
• The win earned him a UFC contract.
• He debuted in the UFC just days later on short notice.

Susurkaev stopped Irakli Kuchukhidze in the second round at Fury Fighting Championship 102, part of his 2025 regional run toward the Contender Series.

Key moments

• Finished Kuchukhidze by strikes at 2:12 of round two.
• Continued his unbeaten streak on the U.S. regional circuit.
• Set up his Contender Series appearance six months later.

Susurkaev showed he could win a different kind of fight when he went the full three rounds with Shane Sobnosky and earned a unanimous decision in Las Vegas. It was his first professional bout to reach the scorecards, so the result mattered less for a highlight finish and more for proving he could bank rounds and stay unbeaten over 15 minutes.

Key moments

• Went the full three-round distance for the first time in his professional career.
• Earned a unanimous decision over Sobnosky at Borroka Promotions in Las Vegas.
• Moved to 6-0 as the lone decision win on his record before the Fury FC and UFC runs.

Susurkaev needed just 82 seconds to stop Artem Kuzmin at ACA Young Eagles 26. The official result was a technical knockout from submission to punches, giving him another fast finish and extending the sequence of early stoppages that defined his pre-UFC rise.

Key moments

• Closed the fight in round one at the 1:22 mark.
• The official result was listed as TKO due to submission to punches.
• Improved to 4-0 with a fourth straight stoppage on the regional circuit.

Susurkaev blitzed Bekhruz Kurbonov in one of the quickest wins on his record, landing the knockout knee just 40 seconds into the opening round at ACA Young Eagles 23. The finish kept the run of knee-led stoppages going and underlined how dangerous he was in the first exchange.

Key moments

• Ended the fight only 40 seconds into round one.
• Finished Kurbonov with a knockout knee at ACA Young Eagles 23.
• Stayed unbeaten at 3-0 with another immediate stoppage.

Susurkaev made similarly fast work of Islom Sharopov, stopping him with a knee 59 seconds into the first round at ACA Young Eagles 20. It was another one-minute finish and another clean sign that his early career offense was overwhelming regional opposition before fights could settle.

Key moments

• Scored the finish before the first minute expired in round one.
• Recorded the official knockout with a knee at 0:59.
• Pushed his professional mark to 2-0 with a second straight first-round stoppage.

Susurkaev had to work much longer for his second professional win, but he still closed the show before the horn by stopping Akmatbek Paizilabek Uulu at 4:58 of round one. The official method credited knees and punches, giving him a second straight first-round stoppage to open 2021.

Key moments

• Finished the bout with only two seconds left in the opening round.
• The official result was TKO from knees and punches at 4:58.
• Moved to 2-0 and kept every pro win inside round one.

Susurkaev's second recorded pro appearance lasted just 47 seconds before the referee stopped Gennadiy Khamzin at Colosseum MMA: Battle of Champions 17. The abbreviated outing kept the same pattern as his debut: immediate pressure, a first-round stoppage, and no time for the fight to develop.

Key moments

• Needed just 47 seconds to get the stoppage in Moscow.
• Won by first-round technical knockout against Khamzin.
• Advanced to 2-0 with both early victories ending inside the opening minute.

Susurkaev opened his professional career with a 36-second stoppage of Bakbergen Anvarov at the Akhmat Moscow Championship in 2019. The debut win came entirely on punches and set the tone for the fast-finishing style that carried through the rest of his regional run.

Key moments

• Made his professional debut at the Akhmat Moscow Championship in Moscow.
• Finished Anvarov with punches only 36 seconds into round one.
• Started his career with the first of many opening-round stoppages.