Mairon Santos vs Akbar Abdullaev

Dec 5, 2026 · PARAMOUNT+

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DateDec 5, 2026

DivisionLightweight

StatusScheduled

VenueANB Arena

BroadcastPARAMOUNT+

Start times & how to watch

Start time & how to watch

Main card starts Saturday, December 5, 2026 — watch on PARAMOUNT+.

US East (ET): Sat 9:00 AM
US West (PT): Sat 6:00 AM
United Kingdom: Sat 2:00 PM
Central Europe: Sat 3:00 PM
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Mairon SantosThe Legend |17-1-0Mairon Santos vs Akbar AbdullaevAkbar AbdullaevBakal |14-0-0

Mairon SantosThe Legend17-1-0

Fight Overview

RoundTBD

TimeTBD

17-1-0Record14-0-0

26Age29

5'9"Height5'9"

72"Reach70"

145 lbsWeight155 lbs

LightweightWeight ClassLightweight

Akbar AbdullaevBakal14-0-0

Combat Edge Intelligence

Fight Intelligence

Mairon Santos owns a 3-point Elo edge (great). Tracked UFC stat edges are limited for this matchup. There are no clean shared-opponent matches in tracked pro MMA history.

Compare Mairon Santos and Akbar Abdullaev 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.

Mairon SantosAkbar Abdullaev

Recent form

Mairon SantosW W W W W · +68 Elo last 5

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Akbar AbdullaevW W W W W · +53 Elo last 5

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Elo edge

Mairon Santos1758+17 last move

Akbar Abdullaev1755+11 last move

Why they are ranked here

Mairon Santos#17 of 449 active Featherweight fighters · 1758 Elo

Biggest gain: Beat Muhammad Naimov (rated 1698 at the time): +17.
Costliest loss: Lost to Dan Argueta (rated 1634 at the time): -19.
Last 5 fights: 5 wins, 0 losses, +68 Elo in total.
Next places: 6 points behind #16 Pat Sabatini, 2 ahead of #18 Khasan Dadalov.

Akbar Abdullaev#22 of 454 active Lightweight fighters · 1755 Elo

Biggest gain: Beat Ho Taek Oh (rated 1646 at the time): +26.
Last 5 fights: 5 wins, 0 losses, +53 Elo in total.
Next places: 2 points behind #21 Mehdi Baydulaev, 0 ahead of #23 Juan Archuleta.
Opposition: Opponents averaged 1531 Elo over the last 10 fights. 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

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What's at stake

Mairon SantosNow 1758 · #17 Featherweight

Wins by decision+16→ 1774

Loses by decision-16→ 1742

Akbar AbdullaevNow 1755 · #22 Lightweight

Wins by decision+16→ 1771

Loses by decision-16→ 1739

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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

Mairon SantosvsAkbar Abdullaev

No tracked UFC stat edge yet.

Finishing profile

Mairon SantosKO/TKO leads 53% of wins

Akbar AbdullaevKO/TKO leads 93% of wins

Common opponents

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

Tale of the tape

Mairon SantosAkbar Abdullaev

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

3.33Sig. strikes landed per minNot available

UFC featherweight average : 3.94

48Sig. strike accuracyNot available

UFC featherweight average : 46%

2.24Sig. strikes absorbed per minNot available

UFC featherweight average : 3.90

66Sig. strike defenseNot available

UFC featherweight average : 54%

0Takedown averageNot available

UFC featherweight average : 1.57

0Takedown accuracyNot available

UFC featherweight average : 29%

69Takedown defenseNot available

UFC featherweight average : 56%

0Submission averageNot available

UFC featherweight average : 0.65

9Wins by knockout13

0Wins by submission1

8Wins by decision0

1Losses by knockout0

0Losses by submission0

0Losses by decision0

Mairon Santos vs Akbar Abdullaev is a scheduled Lightweight fight on UFC FIGHT NIGHT : ADESANYA VS MAGOMEDOV. Mairon Santos enters with a 17-1-0 record and Akbar Abdullaev enters with a 14-0-0 record. Combat Edge tracks the matchup preview, UFC stats, Elo edge, shared opponents, event date, venue, and full fight card.