Razhabali Shaydullaev

Razhabali Shaydullaev (born 11 October 2000, Kyrgyz national) is the seventh RIZIN featherweight champion. The 19-0 record undersells him: all 19 wins are finishes — 7 by KO/TKO and 12 by submission. He has never won a decision, and he has never been to a judges' scorecard. He was born in Jerge-Tal, Tajikistan, and trains at Ihlas MMA in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan. At 170cm he is small for the division; neither RIZIN's own fighter database nor Wikipedia publishes a reach for him, so none is given here.

He arrived in Japan in 2024 and finished three in a row: Koji Takeda by first-round rear-naked choke at RIZIN.47 in June, Juan Archuleta by first-round armbar at RIZIN.48 in September, and Yuta Kubo by second-round TKO at RIZIN.49 on New Year's Eve. On 4 May 2025 he took the featherweight title from Kleber Koike Erbst with a KO at 1:02 of round one.

The defences got shorter, not longer. He stopped Viktor Kolesnik in 33 seconds at RIZIN.51 in September 2025, TKO'd Mikuru Asakura at 2:54 of round one on New Year's Eve, and beat Kubo again at 4:13 of round one at RIZIN LANDMARK 13 in Fukuoka on 12 April 2026 for a third successful defence. Every fight since he won the belt has ended in round one.

Next up is 10 September 2026 at Kyocera Dome Osaka for SUPER RIZIN.5, against former Bellator featherweight world champion AJ McKee. RIZIN and the PFL have put both the RIZIN featherweight title and the PFL world featherweight title on the line in the same fight — a first for the two promotions.

Note on spelling: English-language databases list him as "Razhabali Shaydullaev", RIZIN's official English romanisation is "Rajabali Shaidullaev", and the PFL release uses "Razhabali Shaidulloev".

Record and measurements are as of 7 August 2026. Sources: Wikipedia (Razhabali Shaydullaev), RIZIN official fighter page, PFL official release.