Movlid Khaybulaev
"Killer"
Cuts the cage, changes levels, drowns opponents in control time.
How much we trust this read
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Fight Plan: Movlid Khaybulaev
A coach-ready game plan — historical weaknesses opponents have exploited and what to drill in camp.
- Heavy reliance on wrestling can lead to lower volume on the feet
- Tendency to cruise once ahead in rounds rather than hunting for finishes
- Drill takedown defense and wall scrambles
- Stack southpaw sparring partners in camp
- Underhook battles and posture work off the bottom
Sub-Score Breakdown
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What Changed?
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Tactical Patterns
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Tactical Memory
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Fighter fingerprint
MMA attribute profile — only skills that matter in this sport are scored, and any axis we cannot evidence is left blank rather than scored as zero.
Wrestling and Fight IQ are the highest scored axes; expect the game plan to lean on this.
- Striking78
- Wrestling95
- Grappling92
- Cardio90
- Fight IQ94
- Distance Control78
Strategic breakdown
Style fingerprint derived from the attribute ratings and finish rates on file. Each row is labelled with how Fight Blueprint reached it — none of these are measured from footage.
Fight Timeline
How Movlid Khaybulaev has evolved year-by-year — milestones, camp changes, style shifts, and notable results.
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Observations & evidence
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Video Evidence Ledger
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Prep for camp: Movlid Khaybulaev
Recommendations a coach can act on tomorrow — opponent tendencies, drills, and the sparring styles to stack against this fight.
- Utilizes elite Dagestani wrestling to chain together takedowns along the cage
- Heavy top control and positional dominance to win rounds via decision
- Selective but explosive flying knee entries to catch opponents dipping
- Drill reactive sprawls — bait the shot off your right hand
- Pad work on cutting off their right-side exits
- Match their pace early, then turn the screws late
- Win exchanges with volume, not single shots — they walk through power
- Posture and frame drills off bottom — never give up the back
- Southpaw pressure partner
- Chain-wrestling partner
- High-output striker with heavy leg kicks
- Black-belt grappler comfortable on bottom
Timestamped breakdowns
Curated moments from Khaybulaev's tape — each clip annotated with the technique on display.
How this fighter is changing
Computed only from individual fight results on file — earlier half of the recorded fights compared with the most recent half.
100% in the last 3 fights vs 100% before.
Share of fights ended inside the distance across 5 results on file.
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Similar Fighters
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Status / Injuries
Recovered from previous knee/leg issues that kept him out of the 2022 season.
Checked 6/21/2026
Recent Form
- W2025-08-01vs Jesus PinedoSubmission (Arm-Triangle Choke) · R5 · PFL - 2025 World Tournament 8: Finals
- W2025-06-12vs Tae Kyun KimDecision (Unanimous) · R3 · PFL - 2025 World Tournament 5
- W2025-04-03vs Brendan KennedyDecision (Unanimous) · R3 · PFL - 2025 World Tournament 1
- W2023-06-08vs Tyler DiamondSubmission (Arm-Triangle Choke) · R2 · PFL 4: 2023 Regular Season
- W2023-04-01vs Ryoji KudoDecision (Unanimous) · R3 · PFL 1: 2023 Regular Season
Availability
Recent tournament winner; expected to return for the 2026 season cycle.
Scouting Summary
Movlid Khaybulaev is an undefeated Russian mixed martial artist competing in the PFL's Featherweight division. A 2021 PFL tournament champion, he is known for training with Khabib Nurmagomedov and holds a background as a champion in combat sambo and freestyle wrestling.
Primary source ↗Tendencies
- Utilizes elite Dagestani wrestling to chain together takedowns along the cage
- Heavy top control and positional dominance to win rounds via decision
- Selective but explosive flying knee entries to catch opponents dipping
- Extremely accurate leg striker with a high percentage of landed low kicks
Signature Moves
- Flying Knee
- Arm-Triangle Choke
- Double Leg Take-down
- Ground and Pound
Weaknesses
- Heavy reliance on wrestling can lead to lower volume on the feet
- Tendency to cruise once ahead in rounds rather than hunting for finishes
Biography & Camp
Movlid Khaybulaev is an undefeated Russian mixed martial artist competing in the PFL's Featherweight division. A 2021 PFL tournament champion, he is known for training with Khabib Nurmagomedov and holds a background as a champion in combat sambo and freestyle wrestling.