How Would a prime Mikhail Ilyukhin do in the UFC in 2016?

Nationality Russian
Height 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Weight 205 lb (93 kg; 14.6 st)
Division Light Heavyweight
Team Russian Top Team
Years active 1994–2005
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Mixed martial arts record 30-11-1

Championships and accomplishments​

• Fighting Network RINGS
  

  • 1997 RINGS Mega Battle Tournament Runner up[4]​
  • 2001 RINGS Openweight Championship Tournament semifinalist[4]​

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• International Absolute Fighting Council
  

  • IAFC Absolute Fighting Eurasian Championship Tournament Winner
  • IAFC Absolute Fighting Championship Tournament Runner Up

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Never heard the name before. So right below gatekeeper status.

 

Competition combined with USADA might be a bit much.

 

He was good for his time but fought in a completely different era of MMA that makes it hard to compare (also several of his earlier fights were likely works). He was also a quarterfinalist for the RINGS King of Kings Tournament 1999 (32 man Open Weight tournament with the likes of Hendo, Big Nog, Babalu, Valentijn Overeem, Kiyoshi Tamura, Jeremy Horn, Renzo, and others), a pretty notable achievement.

 

probably worse than a prime mikhail gorbachev would have fared.

 

Would be a gatekeeper's gatekeeper.

 

Subbed Randy with ease.

 

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well he got thrown around by rampage,so there you go lol.

Fuck i havent seen that fight in years.

 

Who knows, he was definitely short for 205lbs though. So is Ilir Latifi, I suppose.

 

A very good fighter for his time but asking how he'd do in the UFC in 2016 is kind of like asking the same question about Royce.

 

Misha was dirty as fuck, IIRC. He'd fit in UFC's eye poke era.