Mehemmedeli Osmanli vs. Ilimbek Akylbek UuluW
UFC Fight Night · September 26, 2026 · Meta Apex · Main Card 8:00 PM ET
The brief
- The result
- Ilimbek Akylbek Uulu by Disqualification (illegal knee), R1
- What kind of fight
- TUF tournament final
- Finish likelihood
- Medium
- The line
- Osmanli -290 · Uulu +240Consensus (multiple sportsbooks)
- The stakes
- Bantamweight · Main Card
The result
Ilimbek Akylbek Uulu def. Mehemmedeli Osmanli — Disqualification (illegal knee), R1 2:19
Ilimbek Akylbek Uulu won the TUF 34 bantamweight final by disqualification after Mehemmedeli Osmanli landed an illegal knee to his grounded opponent's head.
Osmanli had put Akylbek Uulu on the canvas and then followed him down with a knee that landed while he was still grounded, knocking him out and forcing the referee to rule it a foul-ending disqualification at 2:19 of round one.
The result still made Akylbek Uulu the first fighter from Kyrgyzstan to win The Ultimate Fighter.
The breakdown below was written before the fight.
The read
Osmanli's finishing instincts and aggressive scrambling give him the higher ceiling in a fight that could end early, while Uulu's more measured approach has been enough to get him this far in the tournament.
Given how the two fighters' paths through the house went, expect an intense, personal final with a real finish threat from Osmanli's side.
The matchup
This is the bantamweight final of The Ultimate Fighter season 34, closing out the Cormier-vs-Bisping season with two finalists who reportedly clashed during a training-room altercation on the show.
Osmanli's aggressive, finish-first style — highlighted by a highlight-reel buggy choke in the semifinals — contrasts with Uulu's more composed, decision-based approach to reaching the final.
Tale of the tape
| 12-1 | Record | 10-3 |
| 22 | Age | 22 |
| — | Height | — |
| — | Reach | — |
| — | Stance | — |
| Azerbaijan | Country | Kyrgyzstan |
| — | Team | — |
The numbers
Career UFC averages. Red bar = statistical edge.
The fighters
Mehemmedeli Osmanli 12-1
“Ineffable”
Mehemmedeli 'Ineffable' Osmanli is a 22-year-old bantamweight from Azerbaijan who advanced to the Ultimate Fighter season 34 final by landing the first buggy choke submission in the show's history. He carries a 12-1 record and an aggressive, high-finish style into the tournament final against fellow Team Bisping product Ilimbek Akylbek Uulu.
UFC debut — no prior UFC bouts.
Ilimbek Akylbek Uulu 10-3
Ilimbek Akylbek Uulu is a bantamweight from Kyrgyzstan who won his Ultimate Fighter season 34 semifinal by unanimous decision to reach the tournament final opposite Mehemmedeli Osmanli. His full career win-method breakdown carries some uncertainty across sources and should be treated as a rough estimate pending further verification.
UFC debut — no prior UFC bouts.