Vadim Nemkov
Cuts the cage, changes levels, drowns opponents in control time.
How much we trust this read
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Fight Plan: Vadim Nemkov
A coach-ready game plan — historical weaknesses opponents have exploited and what to drill in camp.
- Historical pacing issues in high-intensity long-duration bouts
- Willingness to engage in brawls that expose him to counters
- Drill takedown defense and wall scrambles
- Constant lateral movement to break their rhythm
- 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.
Striking and Fight IQ are the highest scored axes; expect the game plan to lean on this.
- Striking88
- Wrestling82
- Grappling85
- Cardio84
- Fight IQ87
- Distance Control83
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 Vadim Nemkov 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
Timestamped tactical observations that back the analysis. Each item cites the fight, round, and moment.
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Prep for camp: Vadim Nemkov
Recommendations a coach can act on tomorrow — opponent tendencies, drills, and the sparring styles to stack against this fight.
- High-volume aggression with heavy forward pressure
- Utilizes powerful leg kicks to compromise opponent mobility
- Integrates World Combat Sambo skills for seamless striking-to-grappling transitions
- 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 Nemkov'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 2 fights vs 100% before.
Share of fights ended inside the distance across 4 results on file.
How often recent fights reach the judges.
Similar Fighters
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See it on film
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Status / Injuries
No recent injury or status information found.
Checked 6/22/2026
Recent Form
- W2025-12-13vs UnknownSub · R1 · PFL
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- W2023-06-16vs Yoel RomeroU Dec · R5 · Bellator 297
- W2022-11-18vs Corey AndersonU Dec · R5 · Bellator 288
- W2020-08-21vs Ryan BaderKO/TKO · R2 · Bellator 244
Availability
Listed with a scheduled bout on Tapology for Dec 2025.
Scouting Summary
Vadim Aleksandrovich Nemkov is a Russian professional mixed martial artist and a sambo competitor. He currently competes in the Heavyweight division of the PFL, where he is the current and inaugural Heavyweight World Champion. He formerly competed in the Light Heavyweight divisio
Primary source ↗Tendencies
- High-volume aggression with heavy forward pressure
- Utilizes powerful leg kicks to compromise opponent mobility
- Integrates World Combat Sambo skills for seamless striking-to-grappling transitions
- Employs dynamic explosive striking combinations early in rounds
- Comfortable controlling the center of the cage to force opponents backward
Signature Moves
- Calf kicks
- Arched head-kick
- Rear-naked choke
- Overhand right
- Sambo hip tosses
Weaknesses
- Historical pacing issues in high-intensity long-duration bouts
- Willingness to engage in brawls that expose him to counters
Biography & Camp
Vadim Aleksandrovich Nemkov is a Russian professional mixed martial artist and a sambo competitor. He currently competes in the Heavyweight division of the PFL, where he is the current and inaugural Heavyweight World Champion. He formerly competed in the Light Heavyweight division of Bellator MMA, where he was the longest-reigning Light Heavyweight World Champion. As of March 26, he is #3 in the PFL men's pound-for-pound rankings. Nemkov is the younger brother of Viktor Nemkov and a protégé of the heavyweight MMA and sambo master Fedor Emelianenko.