Nurullo Aliev
Vitals
Height, reach, and career background.
Record
Tap any fight for the breakdown.
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Opponent: Shem RockunanimousR3 5:00
UFC Fight Night: Tsarukyan vs. Hooker
22 Nov 2025
22 Nov 2025
Aliev stayed unbeaten in Qatar by sweeping Shem Rock on the scorecards. The UFC Qatar result table lists Aliev winning a unanimous decision with all three judges at 30-27, reinforcing the control-first profile he had already shown against Rafael Alves and Joe Solecki.
Key moments
- The UFC Qatar result table lists Aliev over Shem Rock by unanimous decision.
- All three scorecards were recorded as 30-27 for Aliev.
- The result gave Aliev a third UFC victory before the Mike Davis booking.
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Opponent: Joe SoleckiunanimousR3 5:00
UFC Fight Night: Dern vs. Ribas 2
11 Jan 2025
11 Jan 2025
Aliev returned from a long gap after his UFC debut and outpointed Joe Solecki over three rounds. Solecki's sourced career page says he stepped in as a replacement opponent and lost to Aliev by unanimous decision at UFC Fight Night 249.
Key moments
- The sourced Solecki page lists Aliev as the unanimous-decision winner.
- Solecki replaced Yanal Ashmouz for the January 2025 booking.
- The fight went the full three-round distance in Las Vegas.
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Opponent: Rafael AlvesmajorityR3 5:00
UFC Fight Night: Muniz vs. Allen
25 Feb 2023
25 Feb 2023
Aliev won his UFC debut against Rafael Alves by majority decision. The sourced table lists the result as a three-round majority decision, making Aliev the first Tajik fighter to enter the UFC and immediately extending his unbeaten start.
Key moments
- The sourced record table lists Aliev over Rafael Alves by majority decision.
- The fight was Aliev's UFC debut on February 25, 2023.
- The page notes Aliev as the first Tajik fighter to enter the UFC.
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Opponent: Josh WickpunchesR1 4:36
Dana White's Contender Series: Week 9
20 Sep 2022
20 Sep 2022
Aliev earned his UFC contract opportunity by stopping Josh Wick late in the first round on the Contender Series. The sourced table lists a TKO by punches at 4:36, one of only two stoppage wins on an otherwise decision-heavy record.
Key moments
- The sourced table lists the Wick fight as a first-round TKO by punches.
- The stoppage came at 4:36 of round one on the Contender Series.
- The page notes Aliev entered the UFC through Dana White's Contender Series.
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Opponent: Kirill KryukovunanimousR3 5:00
EFC / AMC: Abdulmanap Nurmagomedov In Memory Tournament
17 Sep 2021
17 Sep 2021
Aliev beat Kirill Kryukov by unanimous decision in Moscow before the Contender Series call. The sourced table lists a full three-round result, keeping intact the pattern of decision wins that dominates his professional record.
Key moments
- The sourced table lists Aliev over Kryukov by unanimous decision.
- The bout went three rounds at the Abdulmanap Nurmagomedov memorial tournament.
- It moved Aliev to 7-0 before the Josh Wick Contender Series fight.
24 Dec 2020
30 Aug 2019
23 Sep 2018
11 May 2018
4 Mar 2018
3 Feb 2018
The Read
Style, strengths, and where this fighter stands.
Aliev is an unbeaten Tajik lightweight whose record is almost entirely built on control and decision wins. The sourced record table gives him nine decisions among eleven victories, with the two stoppages coming before his UFC debut: a Contender Series TKO of Josh Wick and an early regional corner-stoppage win over Rasul Mamedbekov.
The Mike Davis matchup is a clean pressure test. Aliev has handled Rafael Alves, Joe Solecki and Shem Rock across his first three UFC appearances without losing a round-heavy identity, while Davis brings the bigger finishing threat and a recent knockout rebound.