Roman Kopylov MMA Profile Record, Stats, Biography, UFC Career & Fight History

Kopylov delivered a stunning first-round upset against rising knockout artist Gautier. Maintaining his technical southpaw distance, Kopylov cracked Gautier with a pinpoint straight left hand that dropped him to the canvas, following up with hammerfists to force Marc Goddard’s stoppage at 3:12 and collect a $100,000 Performance of the Night bonus.

Kopylov picked Tulio apart from distance with straight lefts and body kicks, stuffing takedowns and executing three knockdowns across the bout to take a clear unanimous decision (30-27, 29-28, 29-28).

Rodrigues marched forward behind heavy hooks and clinch knees, out-landing Kopylov along the fence to take a hard-fought unanimous decision sweep (29-28 x3).

In a slugfest between top middleweight strikers, Costa applied relentless pressure, mixing heavy body kicks with hooks to win a competitive unanimous decision (29-28 x3).

In a technical boxing battle, Kopylov delivered an incredible buzzer-beater knockout with only one second left in the bout, landing a flush left high kick that dropped Curtis at 4:59 of round three.

Surprising former GLORY kickboxer Almeida with his wrestling, Kopylov landed five takedowns and controlled top position alongside sharp striking to secure a split decision.

Kopylov landed sharp kicks and body punches early, but Hernandez’s relentless pace and wrestling took over in round two, securing a takedown and sinking in a rear-naked choke at 3:23.

Kopylov repeatedly punished Fremd’s ribs with stinging kicks before connecting with a devastating left hook directly to the liver that dropped Fremd at 4:44 of round two, bagging a $50k Performance bonus.

Only 33 seconds into round two, Kopylov launched a thunderous left head kick that connected flush to Ribeiro’s jaw, scoring a clean one-strike knockout in Salt Lake City.

Kopylov systematically wore down Soriano with a barrage of spinning kicks and knees to the body, collapsing him against the cage to secure a TKO at 3:19 of round two and a Performance of the Night bonus.

Securing his first UFC victory in dramatic fashion, Kopylov landed a blistering combination of punches that folded Di Chirico at 1:09 of round three, picking up a $50k Performance bonus.

Returning from a two-year layoff, Kopylov mounted a spirited striking rally in round three, but Duraev’s suffocating top control across the first two rounds earned him a unanimous decision (30-27, 29-27, 29-27).

Making his UFC debut in Moscow, Kopylov suffered an accidental eye poke in round three, and during the following exchange, Roberson took his back to sink in a rear-naked choke at 4:01.

Kopylov overwhelmed Dutra da Silva in Sochi, dropping him with crisp combinations and finishing with strikes at 3:15 of the opening round.

Kopylov dominated Ortiz with heavy kicks and punches across two rounds, leading Ortiz’s corner to throw in the towel before round three.

Kopylov picked apart experienced veteran Shokalo before securing a third-round TKO stoppage at 4:11.

Kopylov caught Gugov with a flush punch combination in round two, securing a clean knockout at 3:57.

Kopylov controlled distance with precise striking before delivering a knockout punch with only eight seconds left in the final round.

In his professional mixed martial arts debut, five-time world combat sambo champion Kopylov displayed his striking and grappling control to take a unanimous decision victory over three rounds.