Kaan Ofli

Ofli turned the Baku matchup by dragging Reyes into a scramble and finishing the arm-triangle choke late in the opening round. The win pushed his professional record to 14-4-1, gave him a third straight UFC victory, and kept building the post-TUF rebound that has made him look far more settled at featherweight than he did in his first Octagon appearances.

Key moments

• The arm-triangle finish came at 4:16 of round one.
• Ofli's pro record moved to 14-4-1 after the submission win.
• It was his second straight UFC finish after the Ricardo Ramos rear-naked choke.
• The result extended his winning streak to three professional fights.

Against Zha Yi, Ofli had to prove he could win a close scorecard instead of relying on his back-taking game, and he did exactly that with a majority decision over 15 minutes. That was an important shift for a fighter whose reputation had long been built on early submissions rather than measured point-fighting.

Key moments

• Ofli won a majority decision after three rounds.
• The fight followed the first-round submission of Ricardo Ramos from October 2025.
• It was one of the few non-finish wins in his professional career.
• The result set up the Reyes fight as a chance to make it three straight wins.

Ofli's best UFC finish before Baku came against Ricardo Ramos, where he found the rear-naked choke in round one and closed the fight before Ramos could settle into his own range game. The performance mattered because it showed the Australian could finish experienced UFC opposition, not just regional names back home.

Key moments

• The rear-naked choke ended the fight at 3:02 of round one.
• It was Ofli's first UFC finish after the losses to Santos and Naimov.
• The win started the professional streak that carried through Zha Yi and Javier Reyes.
• It reinforced why his profile still leans heavily toward submission threats despite a freestyle label.

Muhammadjon Naimov made Ofli fight from behind on the cards and handed him a unanimous-decision loss, which stalled the momentum from the regional run that earned the UFC call-up. That setback is still useful context because it came between his two earliest Octagon losses and the later three-fight rebound now shaping his record again.

Key moments

• Naimov won a unanimous decision after 15 minutes.
• The loss dropped Ofli to 11-4-1 as a professional at the time.
• It was his second UFC defeat in a row after the Mairon Santos loss.
• Ofli answered it with consecutive wins over Ramos, Zha Yi, and Reyes.

Mairon Santos knocked Ofli out in the second round on the night Ofli made his UFC debut, a harsh start that briefly made the jump look steep. What matters more now is that Ofli eventually used that loss as the low point before rebuilding toward the three-fight streak he carried out of Baku.

Key moments

• The knockout came at 1:30 of round two.
• It marked Ofli's first official UFC loss on the professional ledger.
• The setback followed a long regional streak of wins across Hex and international shows.
• He later rebuilt the run with wins over Ramos, Zha Yi, and Reyes.

Ofli closed his HEX run by forcing Wilbraham to give up his back late in the third round and securing the rear-naked choke for a technical submission. The finish came in the main event with the HEX featherweight title attached, which made it a strong regional capstone before his eventual move onto The Ultimate Fighter and into the UFC.

Key moments

• The fight reached the third round before Ofli found the finish, which showed he could stay composed deep into a title fight.
• The technical submission was recorded at 2:36 of round three.
• Winning a main event over Wilbraham extended Ofli's regional momentum to three straight victories.
• The result also gave him a clean championship-level finish on the Australian circuit.

Ofli kept the fight in his preferred scramble-heavy range and wrapped up a first-round guillotine on Braca before the bout could settle. It was another reminder that his regional run was being driven more by opportunistic grappling and front-choke threats than by long striking exchanges.

Key moments

• The guillotine choke ended the bout at 3:55 of round one.
• Ofli secured another finish without needing the scorecards.
• The win set up his February 2023 title fight with Jarrett Wilbraham.
• It fit the same submission-first identity that would define much of his pre-UFC stretch.

Ofli returned to action in Melbourne and handled Costa over three rounds, banking a unanimous decision rather than chasing a risky finish. That kind of steadier win mattered in the middle of his regional rebuild because it kept him moving without forcing the fight into the chaos that had shaped many of his earlier results.

Key moments

• The fight went the full distance and ended with a unanimous decision for Ofli.
• It marked a successful return after a long layoff from his 2019 outing.
• Costa made Ofli work all three rounds instead of giving up an early opening.
• The result helped restart the run that later carried through Bushido and HEX.

In Abu Dhabi, Ofli found one of the few striking-led finishes on his ledger by stopping Laidi with late first-round strikes. The result stood out because most of his wins in that era came by choke, so this bout showed he could still produce a clean stoppage without needing a submission entry.

Key moments

• The stoppage came at 4:15 of round one.
• Ofli finished Laidi with strikes rather than with one of his usual chokes.
• The win snapped a two-fight stretch that had ended in decisions.
• It became his last fight before the long break into 2021.

Ofli wasted almost no time against MacGregor, taking the back early and finishing the rear-naked choke exactly one minute into the fight. It was the kind of fast submission win that became the cleanest recurring pattern of his regional career.

Key moments

• The rear-naked choke ended the bout at 1:00 of the opening round.
• MacGregor never had time to turn the fight into a longer kickboxing match.
• The finish gave Ofli a quick rebound after the Pacatiw decision win the year before.
• It reinforced how dangerous he was once he got straight to back-control sequences.

Ofli travelled to Jakarta as the less-fancied side and still took a unanimous decision over Pacatiw across three rounds. That road win over a live prospect was one of the better non-finish results on his record because it showed he could stay organized and win minutes outside his usual home circuit.

Key moments

• The fight was contested at a 140-pound catchweight and went the full fifteen minutes.
• Ofli won a unanimous decision over Pacatiw in Jakarta.
• Tapology's pre-fight picks leaned heavily toward Pacatiw, so the result read as an upset.
• The win pushed Ofli back on track after the mixed AFC run from 2015 to 2017.

Ofli got back to his strongest pathway in Xi'an, working his way into another back-take and finishing Fujita with a second-round choke. The result mattered because it steadied his record after the Hardman loss and the Trepca draw had interrupted his early momentum.

Key moments

• The finish came in round two after the fight moved past the early feeling-out phase.
• Tapology records the winning hold as a rear-naked choke.
• It was Ofli's first victory since the 2015 win over Bayden Mandich.
• The submission re-established the grappling identity that later drove most of his best wins.

Hardman handed Ofli a clean unanimous-decision loss over three rounds and kept him from building on the Mandich win from the year before. The defeat is useful context because it showed Ofli still had trouble dictating longer fights against stronger athletes before his later regional maturation.

Key moments

• The fight lasted all three rounds and ended on the judges' cards.
• Hardman won a unanimous decision in the AFC 16 co-main event.
• The loss left Ofli without a win in back-to-back outings after the Trepca draw.
• It became part of the uneven early stretch that he later corrected with his 2017-2023 run.

Ofli and Trepca fought to a majority draw in Melbourne, a result that left neither man able to separate over the full fifteen minutes. For Ofli, it served as the middle point between the Mandich win and the Hardman loss in an early career period where the results had not yet settled into a consistent upward trend.

Key moments

• All fifteen minutes were required and the scorecards returned a majority draw.
• It was the only draw on Ofli's professional record.
• The bout showed Ofli could stay competitive in a close three-round fight even without a finish.
• The inconclusive result was followed three months later by the Hardman decision loss.

Mandich entered unbeaten and heavily favored, but Ofli flipped the script quickly by locking up a bulldog choke in the opening round. That upset win was one of the first clear signs that his submission game could trouble better-regarded regional opponents if he could force the fight into close grappling exchanges.

Key moments

• The bulldog choke finish came at 1:37 of round one.
• Mandich was 3-0 going in, so the result read as a meaningful early upset for Ofli.
• It was Ofli's first professional finish after his split-decision loss to Mitch Martin.
• The win pushed his record to 3-1 and gave his young career real momentum.

After dropping his second pro bout, Ofli answered with a measured unanimous decision over Burghartswieser across three rounds. It was a simple but important stabilizing result because it showed he could reset after the Mitch Martin loss rather than letting the early setback define his start.

Key moments

• The fight went the full distance and ended in a unanimous decision for Ofli.
• It was his first win after the split-decision loss to Mitch Martin.
• The result moved his record to 2-1 as a professional.
• Burghartswieser made him work a longer fight instead of giving him an early finish.

Ofli's second professional fight ended in a split-decision loss to Mitch Martin after three competitive rounds in Seaford. The narrow verdict showed he was already durable and functional over fifteen minutes, but he still left with the first defeat of his career.

Key moments

• All three rounds were needed before Martin took the split decision.
• It was Ofli's first professional loss after his opening-round debut stoppage of Darcy Baily.
• The narrow scoreline kept the setback from looking like a major collapse.
• He bounced back in his next outing with the unanimous decision over Christian Burghartswieser.

Ofli opened his professional career with the kind of fast violence that would become familiar later, stopping Baily in the first round of his debut. The exact finishing sequence is thinly documented, but the result still set the tone for a career that has repeatedly turned on quick finishes and front-foot pressure.

Key moments

• The stoppage came in round one of Ofli's professional debut.
• It gave him an immediate 1-0 start before his first trip to the scorecards later that year.
• The available record confirms a first-round KO/TKO without a published official time.
• The result began the long pattern of Ofli fights ending before the judges were needed.