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Muhammad Mokaev (Russian language: Мухаммад Мокаев; born 30 July 2000) is a British professional mixed martial artist and former freestyle wrestler. He currently competes in the Flyweight division of Brave Combat Federation. He formerly competed in the Flyweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC).
He had tried his hand in freestyle wrestling in Dagestan, but only started enjoying it when he joined the Manchester Wrestling Club in 2013 and started competing. Mokaev is twice a British Championship medallist and an English National champion (twice medallist), and has competed at the 2021 U23 World Championships finishing 5th and the 2021 Ion Corneanu & Ladislau Simon Memorial. In the junior level, he is a four-time British Champion, winning the tournament from 2014 to 2017, and also competed at the 2017 European Championships.
Mokaev picked up Brazilian jiu-jitsu and submission wrestling as well, becoming a two-time ADCC UK champion (intermediate division) in the latter.
Mokaev's second fight was against Hayden Sherriff under the Celtic Gladiator 28 card in England. Mokaev won the fight 51 seconds into the first round via TKO. Accredited MMA record keeper website Tapology has listed this bout as ineligble to be recorded as a professional MMA bout. They stated that "(Sherriff) Has purposely participated in bouts with no reasonable path to victory, displayed a lack of competitive effort, and is unjustifiably matched against far more skilled opponents. (He) has knowingly competed and/or listed themself under false names or aliases in order to hide their actual record or identity, or for another improper purpose." Sherriff officially has an 0-13 record in professional MMA and an 0-10 record in amateur MMA according to Sherdog, all of his losses have come in the first round.
His third fight was against Jamie Kelly, from Rochdale, fighting out of SBG gym under Martin Stapleton. He won the fight via a rear-naked choke, and received a "Fight of the Night" bonus.
His next fight was against Dave Jones under the Celtic Gladiator 28 promotion in Glasgow and he won the fight in the third round.
Mokaev faced Abdul Hussein at the Brave Combat Federation 49. It was described as "15 minutes of non-stop scrambling". The fight was won by decision by Mokaev.
His fight with Ibragim Nazurov at Brave Combat Federation 51 was ruled as a no-contest due to a low kick when Ibragim Nazurov was deemed unable to continue after absorbing a first round low blow.
He faced Blaine O'Driscoll at Brave Combat Federation 54 and won the fight via rear-naked choke in the second round.
Mokaev made his UFC debut against Cody Durden on 19 March 2022. He won the fight via guillotine choke in round one. With this win, he received the Performance of the Night award.
Mokaev faced Charles Johnson in his second UFC bout on 23 July 2022, at UFC Fight Night 212. He won the fight via unanimous decision.
Mokaev faced Malcolm Gordon on 22 October 2022, at UFC 280. He won the fight via armbar in the third round.
Mokaev faced Jafel Filho on 18 March 2023 at UFC 286. He won the fight via a neck crank submission in the third round.
Mokaev faced Tim Elliott at UFC 294 on 21 October 2023. He won the fight by arm triangle submission in the third round. This fight earned him the Performance of the Night award.
Mokaev faced Alex Perez on 2 March 2024, at UFC Fight Night 238. After landing takedowns and having more control time, Mokaev won the bout by unanimous decision.
Mokaev faced Manel Kape on 27 July 2024, at UFC 304. He won the fight by unanimous decision. At the event's post-fight press conference, UFC CEO Dana White said "‘PFL is going to get a great undefeated guy", that Mokaev's contract would not be renewed "for many different reasons" implying outside-the-cage-issues and that he was no longer with the promotion.
Mokaev was scheduled to face Luthando Biko on 13 December 2024 at Brave CF 91. However, days before the event, Biko was forced to withdraw due to health issues and was replaced by Joevincent So in a 130 lb catchweight bout on two days' notice. Mokaev won the fight via a brabo choke submission in the first round.
Mokaev was due to compete against Raul Rosas Jr. in the main event of ADXC 6 on 25 October 2024. Rosas Jr withdrew from the match and was replaced by Rogério Bontorin, which Mokaev blamed on Rosas Jr.’s UFC contract. Mokaev lost the match by split decision.
|- |Win | align=center|23–0 | Abdulla Mubarak | Submission (rear-naked choke) | 2020 IMMAF-WMMAA Oceania Championships: Finals | | align=center|1 | align=center|1:29 | Gold Coast, Australia | |- |Win | align=center|22–0 | Abdulla Alyaqoob | Decision (unanimous) | 2020 IMMAF-WMMAA Oceania Championships: Semifinals | | align=center|3 | align=center|3:00 | Gold Coast, Australia | |- |Win | align=center|21–0 | Reo Yamaguchi | Decision (unanimous) | 2019 IMMAF-WMMAA Junior World Championships: Day 4, Finals | | align=center|3 | align=center|3:00 | Manama, Bahrain | |- |Win | align=center|20–0 | Tynyshtyk Zhanibek | Decision (unanimous) | 2019 IMMAF-WMMAA Junior World Championships: Day 3, Cage 3 | | align=center|3 | align=center|3:00 | Manama, Bahrain | |- |Win | align=center|19–0 | Nikolay Atanasov | Decision (unanimous) | 2019 IMMAF-WMMAA Junior World Championships: Day 2, Cage 2 | | align=center|3 | align=center|3:00 | Manama, Bahrain | |- |Win | align=center|18–0 | Max Hynninen | Decision (unanimous) | 2019 IMMAF-WMMAA Junior World Championships: Day 1, Cage 1 | | align=center|3 | align=center|3:00 | Manama, Bahrain | |- |Win | align=center|17–0 | Mikey Boden | TKO (punches) | World Combat FC 3 | | align=center|2 | align=center|2:10 | Manchester, England | |- |Win | align=center|16–0 | Myles Richards | Decision (unanimous) | Caged Steel FC 23 | | align=center|3 | align=center|3:00 | Sheffield, England | |- |Win | align=center|15–0 | Reo Yamaguchi | Decision (unanimous) | 2019 IMMAF-WMMAA European Junior Open Championships: Junior Finals | | align=center|3 | align=center|3:00 | Rome, Italy | |- |Win | align=center|14–0 | Batir Sharukhanov | Decision (unanimous) | 2019 IMMAF-WMMAA European Junior Open Championships: Day 3 | | align=center|3 | align=center|3:00 | Rome, Italy | |- |Win | align=center|13–0 | Abanoub Fares | TKO (punches) | 2019 IMMAF-WMMAA European Junior Open Championships: Day 2 | | align=center|1 | align=center|2:32 | Rome, Italy | |- |Win | align=center|12–0 | Ciaran Mulholland | Decision (unanimous) | UK Fighting Championships 9 | | align=center|3 | align=center|3:00 | Preston, England | |- |Win | align=center|11–0 | Reo Yamaguchi | Decision (unanimous) | 2019 IMMAF-WMMAA Unified Junior World Championships: Day 5, Finals | | align=center|3 | align=center|3:00 | Manama, Bahrain | |- |Win | align=center|10–0 | Ismael Zamora | Decision (unanimous) | 2019 IMMAF-WMMAA Unified Junior World Championships: Day 4, Cage 1 | | align=center|3 | align=center|3:00 | Manama, Bahrain | |- |Win | align=center|9–0 | Nurbolat Oteuov | Decision (unanimous) | 2019 IMMAF-WMMAA Unified Junior World Championships: Day 3, Cage 2 | | align=center|3 | align=center|3:00 | Manama, Bahrain | |- |Win | align=center|8–0 | Imran Satiev | Submission (rear-naked choke) | 2019 IMMAF-WMMAA Unified Junior World Championships: Day 2, Cage 3 | | align=center|1 | align=center|0:57 | Manama, Bahrain | |- |Win | align=center|7–0 | Jack Eglin | TKO (slam & punches) | UK Fighting Championships 5 | | align=center|2 | align=center|2:25 | Flyweight, England | |- |Win | align=center|6–0 | Sebastian Gonzalez | TKO (punches) | Tanko FC 4 | | align=center|1 | align=center|0:37 | Manchester, England | |- |Win | align=center|5–0 | Liam Gittins | Decision (unanimous) | Tanko FC 3 | | align=center|5 | align=center|3:00 | Manchester, England | |- |Win | align=center|4–0 | Markus Hægland | Decision (unanimous) | Tanko FC 2 | | align=center|3 | align=center|3:00 | Manchester, England | |- |Win | align=center|3–0 | Jose Rufino | TKO (punches) | ICE FC 18 | | align=center|2 | align=center|1:27 | Bolton, England | |- |Win | align=center|2–0 | Ash McCracken | Decision (unanimous) | Full Contact Contender 17 | | align=center|3 | align=center|3:00 | Manchester, England | |- |Win | align=center|1–0 | Jake Hinton | Submission (rear-naked choke) | Shinobi War 6 | | align=center|1 | align=center|2:25 | Manchester, England | |-
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