An analysis highlighted Khadis Ibragimov as the best Russian fighter at reviving his career after UFC failure, based on the ratio of UFC performance to post-UFC success. Ibragimov left UFC in 2020 with an 0-4 record over 13 months, falling from 8-0 to 8-4 at age 24 during the pandemic year. Since leaving UFC, he has compiled approximately 13-3-3 across 19 fights under various rulesets and claims to have increased his fight purses four to five times compared to UFC, now reportedly earning 5-6 million rubles per fight. The post contrasted his success with other former UFC Russians like Armen Petrosyan (1-1), Ruslan Magomedov (1-3), and Alexander Yakovlev (0-2), while acknowledging solid post-UFC careers for Rashid Magomedov, Alexey Kunchenko, Ramazan Emeev, and Albert Tumenov. Ibragimov debuts at ACA 202 against undefeated heavyweight Daniil Matsola (7-0), who will have a 12kg weight advantage.
