13 things about UFC fighter Islam Dulatov from Dusseldorf

Islam Dulatov is a Chechen-German professional mixed martial artist, boxer and model from Dusseldorf, Germany. He is fluent in Chechen, Russian, German and English.

BIOGRAPHY

Dulatov 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 The Ripper.
2. He competes in the welterweight division.
3. He was born in Chechnya, Russia.
4. Before joining the UFC, he competed in the German MMA Championship, the National Fighting Championship, the Elite MMA Championship, the BRAVE Combat Federation, the Sparta Championship Fighting and Oktagon MMA.
5. He has two older brothers namely Djibril Dulatov and Sulumbek Dulatov and one younger brother named Tamerlan Dulatov.
6. He is 6’6″ tall.
7. He holds a professional MMA record of 12 wins and 1 loss.
8. In 2007, he and his family moved to Dusseldorf as refugees.
9. As an amateur MMA fighter, he defeated Iraskha Khizriev and Khurshed Kakhorov in 2017, Shahab Karari in 2018 and Firdavs Khasanov in 2019.
10. On September 7, 2019, he made his professional MMA debut.
11. On October 14, 2023, he defeated Wilmber Baron in a boxing match in a Legacy Sports Management event in Oberhausen, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany.
12. On August 2, 2024, he turned 26.
13. On July 19, 2025, he made his UFC debut.

TIMELINE

From 2019 to 2025, Islam fought 13 professional MMA opponents. Here are the results:

2019

• On September 7, 2019, he lost to Gjoni Palokaj via unanimous decision at “GMC 21” in Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
• On October 26, 2019, he submitted Kolja Predojevic at “NFC 1” in Krefeld, Germany.

2020

• On February 29, 2020, he submitted Vladan Maksic at “EMC 4” in Dusseldorf.

2021

• On March 20, 2021, he defeated Laith Najjar via technical knockout at “GMC Fight Night 6” in Gelsenkirchen, Germany.
• On May 22, 2021, he defeated Ibrahim Celik via TKO at “GMC 25” in Gelsenkirchen.
• On June 19, 2021, he knocked out Giorgi Kankava at “GMC Fight Night 8” in Gelsenkirchen.

2022

• On April 2, 2022, he submitted Michael Rirsch at “NFC 8” in Dusseldorf.
• On August 6, 2022, he defeated Kleverson Cruz via TKO at “BRAVE CF 61” in Bonn, Germany.

2023

• On March 11, 2023, he submitted Patrick Spirk at “Sparta CF 2” in Schwechat, Austria.
• On October 7, 2023, he defeated Will Chope via TKO at “Sparta CF 3” in Wien, Austria.

2024

• On February 7, 2024, he defeated Ioannis Palaiologos via TKO at “Oktagon 53” in Oberhausen, Germany.
• On October 8, 2024, he knocked out Vanilton Antunes at “Dana White’s Contender Series 71” in Enterprise, Nevada.

2025

• On July 19, 2025, he knocked out Adam Fugitt at “UFC 318” in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA.