Who will Shamil Gaziev 🇧🇭 fight next?
Shamil Gaziev is booked to fight Tallison Teixeira at UFC Fight Night Qatar: Procházka vs Stirling (ABHA Arena, Doha) on Sat 21 Nov 2026.
Latest status: BOOKED: vs Tallison Teixeira, UFC Fight Night (Qatar), ABHA Arena, Doha, 21 Nov 2026 (UFC.com event page). Last fight: Beat Kennedy Nzechukwu (KO/TKO, UFC Fight Night, 22 Aug 2026). Unofficial rank #23 (NextSmash formula, not a UFC ranking).
Updated (UAE time) · Percentages are NextSmash model estimates, not facts or betting advice.
Unofficial rank #23 Not a UFC ranking. Ranks 16–30 come from the NextSmash formula (record, last 3 results, ranked wins, activity, Meta board). How it works.
Forecast: likely opponents Model estimate
Each percentage is the estimated chance of being his next opponent. These are not chances of winning. The confirmed bout above is official; this forecast is not.
- 92%chance next opponentOfficially on the card. The rest is withdrawal risk.Likely event: UFC Fight Night (Qatar) · ABHA Arena, Doha · 21 Nov
Field / other: 8%. This covers everyone not listed above.
- Likely event
- UFC Fight Night (Qatar), ABHA Arena, Doha, 21 Nov 2026 · Event page: UFC Fight Night Qatar: Procházka vs Stirling
- Last fight
- Win vs Kennedy Nzechukwu · KO/TKO R1 1:20 · UFC Fight Night · 22 Aug 2026
- Career stage
- Won last fight.
- Confidence
- High (High = officially booked · Medium = reported or a fighter's own claim · Low = model only)
- Last updated
- (UAE time)
What changed?
- UFC.com event: UFC Fight Night (Qatar), ABHA Arena, Doha, 21 Nov 2026 · source
Only dated items with a source are listed: news reports used for the estimate, plus changes to our logged estimates.
Fight history Pro record 15-3-0
| Result | Opponent | Method | Rd | Time | Event | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | Kennedy Nzechukwu | KO (punch) · R1, 1:20 | 1 | 1:20 | UFC Fight Night: Hernandez vs. Rodrigues | |
| L | Brando Peričić 🇦🇺 | KO (punch) · R2, 3:44 | 2 | 3:44 | UFC Fight Night: Della Maddalena vs. Prates | |
| L | Waldo Cortes-Acosta 🇩🇴 | KO (punch) · R1, 1:22 | 1 | 1:22 | UFC Fight Night: Tsarukyan vs. Hooker | |
| W | Thomas Petersen | TKO (punch) · R1, 3:12 | 1 | 3:12 | UFC Fight Night: Adesanya vs. Imavov | |
| W | Don'Tale Mayes | Decision (unanimous) · R3, 5:00 | 3 | 5:00 | UFC on ABC: Sandhagen vs. Nurmagomedov | |
| L | Jairzinho Rozenstruik | TKO (retirement) · R4, 5:00 | 4 | 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Rozenstruik vs. Gaziev | |
| W | Martin Buday | TKO (punches) · R2, 0:56 | 2 | 0:56 | UFC 296 | |
| W | Greg Velasco | Submission (rear-naked choke) · R1, 2:38 | 1 | 2:38 | Dana White's Contender Series 63 | |
| W | Darko Stošić | TKO (punches) · R1, 2:54 | 1 | 2:54 | Brave CF 69 | |
| W | Pavel Dailidko | KO (punches) · R2, 0:46 | 2 | 0:46 | Brave CF 65 | |
| W | Kirill Kornilov | Decision (split) · R3, 5:00 | 3 | 5:00 | Ares 7 | |
| W | Aleksandr Kolomytsev | Submission (rear-naked choke) · R1, 2:13 | 1 | 2:13 | ProFC 70 | |
| W | Grigoriy Ponomarev | TKO (knees and punches) · R1, 2:56 | 1 | 2:56 | AMC Fight Nights 104 | |
| W | Murad Adyrbaev | Submission (rear-naked choke) · R1, 0:59 | 1 | 0:59 | Belarusian FC: Contender Series 7 | |
| W | Alexey Druzhinin | TKO (punches) · R1, 0:33 | 1 | 0:33 | MMA Series 29 | |
| W | Vladislav Kozlovskiy | TKO (punches) · R1, 0:35 | 1 | 0:35 | Belarusian FC 66 | |
| W | Artur Bunkov | TKO (punches) · R1, 0:20 | 1 | 0:20 | MMA Series 22 | |
| W | Denis Gvozdev | TKO (punches) · R1, 0:23 | 1 | 0:23 | Belarusian FC 63 |
Professional MMA bouts only, newest first. Source: Wikipedia (checked 2 Oct 2026).
Shamil Gaziev: frequently asked questions
When is Shamil Gaziev's next fight?
Shamil Gaziev is booked to fight Tallison Teixeira at UFC Fight Night Qatar: Procházka vs Stirling (ABHA Arena, Doha) on Sat 21 Nov 2026. Source: the UFC.com event page, checked 2 Oct 2026.
Who did Shamil Gaziev fight last?
Shamil Gaziev beat Kennedy Nzechukwu at UFC Fight Night on 22 Aug 2026 (KO/TKO R1 1:20).
Who is Shamil Gaziev likely to fight next?
The fight with Tallison Teixeira is officially booked. NextSmash model estimate: Tallison Teixeira (92%). Updated 2 Oct 2026. These are estimates, not facts or betting advice.
What is Shamil Gaziev's record?
15-3-0 (wins-losses-draws) in professional MMA, as listed on UFC.com (checked 2 Oct 2026).
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Sources
- UFC.com athlete profile (record, status, last fight) · 2 Oct 2026
- ESPN fighter profile (country, fight history) · 2 Oct 2026
- ESPN UFC results (scoreboard API): bouts since Jul 2024 used for the unofficial rank · 2 Oct 2026
- UFC.com event: UFC Fight Night (Qatar), ABHA Arena, Doha, 21 Nov 2026 · 2 Oct 2026
Percentages are NextSmash model estimates from the factors shown above (see methodology). They are not facts, and not betting advice. Records and ranks come from UFC.com; country from ESPN. Checked 1 Oct 2026.