All fightersNikita Krylov
“The Miner”
Light Heavyweight31-13RECORD
13KO / TKO WINS
16SUBMISSION WINS
2DECISION WINS
Profile
| Full name | Not added yet |
|---|---|
| Nickname | The Miner |
| Date of birth | 7 Mar 1992 |
| Nationality | Russian |
| Birthplace | Krasnyi Luch, Luhansk, Ukraine |
| Lives in | Not added yet |
| Division | Light Heavyweight |
| Team | Not added yet |
| Height | 190 cm (6′3″) |
| Reach | 196 cm (77″) |
| Stance | Orthodox |
| Weight | 93 kg (205 lb) |
| Status | Not added yet |
| Pro debut | 27 Jul 2012 |
| UFC debut | 31 Aug 2013 |
| Last fight | 24 Oct 2026 |
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Fight history
44 professional fights on file (23 in the UFC). Newest first.
| Result | Opponent | Method | Round | Time | Event | Date | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Loss | Abdul-Rakhman Yakhyaev | KO/TKO (knee and punches) | 1 | 2:38 | UFC 333: Volkanovski vs. Evloev | 24 Oct 2026 | Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates |
| Bout Light Heavyweight BoutScheduled 3 rounds | |||||||
| Loss | Robert Whittaker | KO/TKO (punch) | 3 | 1:01 | UFC 329: McGregor vs. Holloway 2 | 11 Jul 2026 | Las Vegas, Nevada, USA |
| Bout Light Heavyweight BoutReferee Chris TognoniScheduled 3 rounds | |||||||
| Win | Modestas Bukauskas | KO/TKO (punch) | 3 | 4:57 | UFC 324: Gaethje vs. Pimblett | 24 Jan 2026 | Las Vegas, Nevada, USA |
| Bout Light Heavyweight BoutReferee Marc GoddardScheduled 3 rounds | |||||||
| Loss | Bogdan Guskov | KO/TKO (punches) | 1 | 4:18 | UFC Fight Night: Whittaker vs. De Ridder | 26 Jul 2025 | Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates |
| Bout Light Heavyweight BoutReferee Marc GoddardScheduled 3 rounds | |||||||
| Loss | Dominick Reyes | KO/TKO (punch) | 1 | 2:24 | UFC 314: Volkanovski vs. Lopes | 12 Apr 2025 | Miami, Florida, USA |
| Bout Light Heavyweight BoutReferee Marc GoddardScheduled 3 rounds | |||||||
| Win | Ryan Spann | Submission (triangle choke) | 1 | 3:38 | UFC Fight Night: Yan vs. Dvalishvili | 11 Mar 2023 | Las Vegas, Nevada, USA |
| Bout Catch Weight BoutReferee Herb DeanScheduled 3 rounds | |||||||
| Win | Volkan Oezdemir | Decision (unanimous) | 3 | 5:00 | UFC 280: Oliveira vs. Makhachev | 22 Oct 2022 | Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates |
| Bout Light Heavyweight BoutReferee Marc GoddardScheduled 3 roundsScorecards David Lethaby 30-27, Anders Ohlsson 29-28, Vito Paolillo 29-28 | |||||||
| Win | Alexander Gustafsson | KO/TKO (punch in clinch) | 1 | 1:07 | UFC Fight Night: Blaydes vs. Aspinall | 23 Jul 2022 | London, England, United Kingdom |
| Bout Light Heavyweight BoutReferee Marc GoddardScheduled 3 rounds | |||||||
| Loss | Paul Craig | Submission (triangle choke) | 1 | 3:57 | UFC Fight Night: Volkov vs. Aspinall | 19 Mar 2022 | London, England, United Kingdom |
| Bout Light Heavyweight BoutReferee Lukasz BosackiScheduled 3 rounds | |||||||
| Loss | Magomed Ankalaev | Decision (unanimous) | 3 | 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Rozenstruik vs. Gane | 27 Feb 2021 | Las Vegas, Nevada, USA |
| Bout Light Heavyweight BoutReferee Mark SmithScheduled 3 roundsScorecards Mike Bell 28-29, Chris Lee 28-29, Ron McCarthy 28-29 | |||||||
| Win | Johnny Walker | Decision (unanimous) | 3 | 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Lee vs. Oliveira | 14 Mar 2020 | Brasilia, Distrito Federal, Brazil |
| Bout Light Heavyweight BoutReferee Mike BeltranScheduled 3 roundsScorecards Joseph Terrell 30-27, Sal D'amato 29-28, Mike Bell 29-28 | |||||||
| Loss | Glover Teixeira | Decision (split) | 3 | 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Cowboy vs. Gaethje | 14 Sep 2019 | Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada |
| Bout Light Heavyweight BoutReferee Yves LavigneScheduled 3 roundsScorecards Dave Hagen 28-29, Mike Bell 29-28, Sal D'amato 28-29 | |||||||
| Win | Ovince Saint Preux | Submission (rear naked choke) | 2 | 2:30 | UFC 236: Holloway vs. Poirier 2 | 13 Apr 2019 | Atlanta, Georgia, USA |
| Bout Light Heavyweight BoutReferee Blake GriceScheduled 3 rounds | |||||||
| Loss | Jan Błachowicz | Submission (arm triangle) | 2 | 2:41 | UFC Fight Night: Hunt vs. Oleinik | 15 Sep 2018 | Moscow, Moscow, Russia |
| Bout Light Heavyweight BoutReferee Marc GoddardScheduled 3 rounds | |||||||
| Win | Fábio Maldonado | KO (punch) | 2 | 3:33 | Fight Nights Global 87 | 19 May 2018 | Rostov-on-Don, Russia |
| Win | Emanuel Newton | KO (knee) | 1 | 0:43 | Fight Nights Global 77 | 13 Oct 2017 | Surgut, Russia |
| Win | Maro Perak | TKO (punches) | 2 | 0:36 | United Donbass Cup 2017 | 26 Aug 2017 | Donetsk, Ukraine |
| Win | Stjepan Bekavac | Submission (guillotine choke) | 1 | 0:53 | Fight Nights Global 68 | 2 Jun 2017 | Saint Petersburg, Russia |
| Loss | Misha Cirkunov | Submission (guillotine choke) | 1 | 4:38 | UFC 206: Holloway vs. Pettis | 10 Dec 2016 | Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
| Bout Light Heavyweight BoutReferee John McCarthyScheduled 3 rounds | |||||||
| Win | Ed Herman | KO/TKO (kick) | 2 | 0:40 | UFC 201: Lawler vs. Woodley | 30 Jul 2016 | Atlanta, Georgia, USA |
| Bout Light Heavyweight BoutReferee Marc GoddardScheduled 3 rounds | |||||||
| Win | Francimar Barroso | Submission (rear naked choke) | 2 | 3:11 | UFC Fight Night: Overeem vs Arlovski | 8 May 2016 | Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands |
| Bout Light Heavyweight BoutReferee Lukasz BosackiScheduled 3 rounds | |||||||
| Win | Marcos Rogerio de Lima | Submission (rear naked choke) | 1 | 2:29 | UFC Fight Night: Holloway vs Oliveira | 23 Aug 2015 | Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada |
| Bout Light Heavyweight BoutReferee Herb DeanScheduled 3 rounds | |||||||
| Win | Stanislav Nedkov | Submission (guillotine choke) | 1 | 1:24 | UFC on FOX: Gustafsson vs Johnson | 24 Jan 2015 | Stockholm, Sweden |
| Bout Light Heavyweight BoutReferee Marc GoddardScheduled 3 rounds | |||||||
| Win | Cody Donovan | KO/TKO (punches) | 1 | 4:57 | UFC Fight Night: McGregor vs Brandao | 19 Jul 2014 | Dublin, Leinster, Ireland |
| Bout Light Heavyweight BoutReferee Marc GoddardScheduled 3 rounds | |||||||
| Loss | Ovince Saint Preux | Submission (von flue choke) | 1 | 1:29 | UFC 171: Hendricks vs Lawler | 15 Mar 2014 | Dallas, Texas, USA |
| Bout Light Heavyweight BoutReferee Dan MiragliottaScheduled 3 rounds | |||||||
| Win | Walt Harris | KO/TKO (kick) | 1 | 0:25 | UFC on FOX: Henderson vs Thomson | 25 Jan 2014 | Chicago, Illinois, USA |
| Bout Heavyweight BoutReferee Robert MadrigalScheduled 3 rounds | |||||||
| Loss | Soa Palelei | KO/TKO (punches) | 3 | 1:34 | UFC 164: Henderson vs Pettis 2 | 31 Aug 2013 | Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA |
| Bout Heavyweight BoutReferee Al WichgersScheduled 3 rounds | |||||||
| Win | Gabriel Tampu | TKO (punches) | 1 | 4:27 | M-1 Challenge 38 | 9 Apr 2013 | Saint Petersburg, Russia |
| Loss | Vladimir Mishchenko | Submission (arm-triangle choke) | 1 | 0:58 | Oplot Challenge 40 | 8 Mar 2013 | Kharkiv, Ukraine |
| Win | Kylychbek Sarkarbaev | TKO (punches) | 1 | 0:49 | Gladiators FC 2 | 19 Jan 2013 | Donetsk, Ukraine |
| Win | Julian Bogdanov | KO (punch) | 1 | 1:17 | Gladiators FC 2 | 19 Jan 2013 | Donetsk, Ukraine |
| Loss | Vladimir Mishchenko | Submission (arm-triangle choke) | 1 | 1:47 | Oplot Challenge 22 | 29 Dec 2012 | Kharkiv, Ukraine |
| Win | Denis Simkin | Submission (americana) | 1 | 0:35 | Gladiators FC 1 | 22 Dec 2012 | Donetsk, Ukraine |
| Win | Valery Scherbakov | Submission (Achilles lock) | 1 | 1:38 | Warrior's Honor: Igor Vovchanchyn Cup 2 | 9 Nov 2012 | Kharkiv, Ukraine |
| Win | Vladimir Gerasimchik | Submission (kimura) | 1 | 1:35 | Oplot Challenge 7 | 20 Oct 2012 | Kharkiv, Ukraine |
| Win | Igor Kukurudziak | Submission (kimura) | 1 | 2:47 | European Combat Sambo Federation: Kolomyi Cup | 13 Oct 2012 | Kolomyia, Ukraine |
| Win | Viktor Smirnov | TKO (doctor stoppage) | 1 | 0:12 | European Combat Sambo Federation: MMA Lion Cup | 2 Oct 2012 | Lviv, Ukraine |
| Win | Anatoliy Didenko | Submission (Achilles lock) | 1 | 0:29 | Oplot Challenge 4 | 15 Sep 2012 | Kharkiv, Ukraine |
| Win | Alexey Stepanov | Submission (rear-naked choke) | 1 | 0:29 | European Combat Sambo Federation: MMA Ukraine Cup 7 | 14 Sep 2012 | Donetsk, Ukraine |
| Win | Svyatoslav Scherbakov | Submission (armbar) | 1 | 1:44 | European Combat Sambo Federation: MMA Ukraine Cup 6 | 26 Aug 2012 | Pervomaisk, Ukraine |
| Win | Anatoliy Didenko | Submission (rear-naked choke) | 1 | 2:08 | European Combat Sambo Federation: MMA Ukraine Cup 5 | 18 Aug 2012 | Cherkassy, Ukraine |
| Win | Alexey Artemenko | Submission (guillotine choke) | 1 | 2:20 | Big Boys Fights 1 | 16 Aug 2012 | Donetsk, Ukraine |
| Win | Denis Bogdanov | Submission (rear-naked choke) | 1 | 1:31 | European Combat Sambo Federation: Cup of West Ukraine 2012 | 10 Aug 2012 | Truskavets, Ukraine |
| Win | Alexander Umrikhin | TKO (punches) | 1 | 0:56 | Real Fight Promotion 6 | 27 Jul 2012 | Donetsk, Ukraine |