Muhammadjon Naimov is a Tajik professional mixed martial artist fighting out of Dushanbe, Tajikistan. The city is home to Avicenna Tajik State Medical University, Tajik National University, Tajik State Pedagogical University, the Tajik State University of Commerce, the Tajik University of Law, Business and Politics and the Technological University of Tajikistan.

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BIOGRAPHY

Naimov is currently signed with the Ultimate Fighting Championship, which is based in Las Vegas, Nevada, United States. Here are 13 more things about him:

  1. His fight name is Hillman.
  2. He competes in the featherweight and lightweight divisions.
  3. He was born in Kulob, Tajikistan.
  4. He attended Tajik National University.
  5. Before joining the UFC, he competed in Jonathan Ogden Foundation, Titan Fighting Championship and Tuff-N-Uff.
  6. He is 5’9″ tall.
  7. He holds a professional MMA record of 13 wins and 3 losses.
  8. As a taekwondo practitioner, he won the Asian Junior Championships in Kazakhstan in 2010, Tajikistan in 2012, Bulgaria in 2013 and Nepal in 2014.
  9. On July 6, 2016, he made his amateur MMA debut.
  10. On November 1, 2018, he made his professional MMA debut.
  11. On September 15, 2020, he lost to Collin Anglin via unanimous decision at “Dana White’s Contender Series 33” in Enterprise, Nevada.
  12. On June 3, 2023, he made his UFC debut.
  13. On August 7, 2024, he turned 30.
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TIMELINE

From 2023 to 2025, Naimov fought six UFC opponents. Here are the results:

2023

  • On June 3, 2023, he defeated Jamie Mularkey via technical knockout at “UFC Vegas 74” in Enterprise.
  • On October 21, 2023, he defeated Nathaniel Wood via unanimous decision at “UFC 294” in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.

2024

  • On February 24, 2024, he defeated Erik Silva via TKO at “UFC Fight Night 237” in Mexico City, Mexico.
  • On June 22, 2024, he was submitted by Felipe Lima at “UFC on ABC 6” in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

2025

  • On February 1, 2025, he defeated Kaan Ofli via unanimous decision at “UFC Fight Night 250” in Riyadh.
  • On June 21, 2025, he defeated Bogdan Grad via unanimous decision at “UFC on ABC 8” in Baku, Azerbaijan.
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Published by Coco Altatis

Coco Altatis has been writing for CONAN Daily since 2009. He writes about beauty pageants, mixed martial arts, music and movies.

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