Amirchupan Taygibov vs Karim Labdou

Oct 22, 2026 · UFC Fight Pass

Combat Edge model forecast60%Amirchupan Taygibov40%Karim LabdouFull forecast and your pick

DateOct 22, 2026

DivisionWelterweight

StatusScheduled

VenueADNEC Marina

BroadcastUFC Fight Pass

Start times & how to watch

Start time & how to watch

Main card starts Thursday, October 22, 2026 — watch on UFC Fight Pass.

US East (ET): Thu 1:00 PM
US West (PT): Thu 10:00 AM
United Kingdom: Thu 6:00 PM
Central Europe: Thu 7:00 PM
Australia (Sydney): Fri 4:00 AM
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Amirchupan Taygibov2-0-0Amirchupan Taygibov vs Karim LabdouKarim Labdou1-0-0

Amirchupan Taygibov2-0-0

Fight Overview

RoundTBD

TimeTBD

2-0-0Record1-0-0

TBDAge22

6'3"Height6'0"

TBDReachTBD

185 lbsWeight185 lbs

WelterweightWeight ClassWelterweight

Karim Labdou1-0-0

Combat Edge Intelligence

Fight Intelligence

Amirchupan Taygibov owns a 28-point Elo edge (solid). Tracked UFC stat edges are limited for this matchup. There are no clean shared-opponent matches in tracked pro MMA history.

Compare Amirchupan Taygibov and Karim Labdou across their careers →

Elo Recent career Elo trajectory

Recent three-year Elo paths for both fighters. Ratings shown here are current career context; the event-specific prediction or verified result remains on this Fight page.

Amirchupan TaygibovKarim Labdou

Recent form

Amirchupan TaygibovW W · +55 Elo last 2

Karim LabdouW · +27 Elo last 1

Elo edge

Amirchupan Taygibov1555+26 last move

Karim Labdou1527+27 last move

Why they are ranked here

Amirchupan Taygibov#218 of 280 active Middleweight fighters · 1555 Elo

Biggest gain: Beat Aren Asatryan (rated 1500 at the time): +29.
Last 2 fights: 2 wins, 0 losses, +55 Elo in total.
Next places: 1 point behind #217 Xavier Vasquez, 0 ahead of #219 Austin Ross.
Opposition: Opponents averaged 1500 Elo over the last 2 fights. Beating higher-rated opponents is worth more.

Karim Labdou#262 of 280 active Middleweight fighters · 1527 Elo

Biggest gain: Beat Omar Khaled (rated 1477 at the time): +27.
Next places: 1 point behind #261 Edson Silva, 10 ahead of #263 Gabriel Tabet.
Inactivity: Placed on 1510, not 1527: 17 points are held back after more than 18 months without a fight, until the next one.
Opposition: Opponents averaged 1477 Elo over the last 1 fight. Beating higher-rated opponents is worth more.

Every rated fight moves a rating by an amount set by the opponent's rating at the time, the result and how it ended. Places are counted among fighters active in the last 24 months. How the rating is calculated

Fight intelligence

Model forecast and your pick

Inspect the model’s probability and Elo baseline, then make your own call before the card starts.

Combat Edge Model

Fight forecast

Frozen pre-fight · v0.8-2026-10-04

60%Amirchupan Taygibov40%Karim Labdou

Model favoriteAmirchupan Taygibov

Elo baseline54% for Amirchupan Taygibov

Matchup adjustment+6 pts vs Elo

Win probability computed before the fight from point-in-time Elo, records, and matchup data. The baseline shows what Elo alone expected; the adjustment is not a certainty. Analytics, not betting advice.

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Forecast context

What separates the fighters

Model + Elo agree

Amirchupan Taygibov leads the full model at 60%. Elo agrees, and the complete matchup model strengthens that lean by 6 points.

Current Elo ratings1555 · 1527Amirchupan Taygibov leads by 28 rating points.

Recent opponent quality1500 · 1477Amirchupan Taygibov faced the stronger recent schedule (2 vs 1 sampled fights).

Elo record depth2 · 1 fightsAmirchupan Taygibov has the deeper counted Elo history.

Largest tracked stat edgesNot enough comparable dataNo advantage is inferred when the underlying records are incomplete.

What's at stake

Amirchupan TaygibovNow 1555 · #218 Middleweight

Wins by decision+22→ 1577

Loses by decision-26→ 1529

Karim LabdouNow 1527 · #262 Middleweight

Wins by decision+26→ 1553

Loses by decision-22→ 1505

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Projected with the same rules as the rankings, at today's ratings. Split decisions move ratings less and finishes more.

Stat advantages

Amirchupan TaygibovvsKarim Labdou

No tracked UFC stat edge yet.

Finishing profile

Amirchupan TaygibovKO/TKO leads 50% of wins

Karim Labdousubmission leads 100% of wins

Common opponents

No clean shared-opponent match found in tracked pro MMA history.

Tale of the tape

Amirchupan TaygibovKarim Labdou

Tracked UFC statistics may not cover a fighter's full career. Unavailable measurements are not zero.

Not availableSig. strikes landed per minNot available

UFC middleweight average : 3.94

Not availableSig. strike accuracyNot available

UFC middleweight average : 48%

Not availableSig. strikes absorbed per minNot available

UFC middleweight average : 3.82

Not availableSig. strike defenseNot available

UFC middleweight average : 52%

Not availableTakedown averageNot available

UFC middleweight average : 1.62

Not availableTakedown accuracyNot available

UFC middleweight average : 30%

Not availableTakedown defenseNot available

UFC middleweight average : 59%

Not availableSubmission averageNot available

UFC middleweight average : 0.68

1Wins by knockout0

1Wins by submission1

0Wins by decision0

0Losses by knockout0

0Losses by submission0

0Losses by decision0

Amirchupan Taygibov vs Karim Labdou is a scheduled Welterweight fight on UAE WARRIORS 74 : OLIVEIRA VS ABDUEVA. Amirchupan Taygibov enters with a 2-0-0 record and Karim Labdou enters with a 1-0-0 record. Combat Edge tracks the matchup preview, UFC stats, Elo edge, shared opponents, event date, venue, and full fight card.