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Mohammad Yahya
Featherweight · “The UAE Warrior”

Mohammad Yahya

0-3-0
Striker Submission Grappler Suspect TD Defense
5'9"Height
73"Reach
SwitchStance
32Age
0KO wins
0Sub wins
0%Finish rate
9:55Avg fight

Skill profile

Rated 0–100 · where 138 MMA has read him, his grades and tags set each axis and the stats only nudge inside his band · stats alone where he is silent · the rim is reserved for specialists
Striking — Below avg, rated 39 of 100 · 138 MMA: striking decent · Jul 2025 · stats read 32 → nudged -2 inside the band · tag counter striking: good (+1) · claims striking power +1, striking volume -1 (+1) Accuracy — Below avg, rated 27 of 100 · claims counter striking +1 (+1) Striking D — Below avg, rated 26 of 100 · 138 MMA whiteboard: striking defence marked as a minus · stats read 7 → nudged -10 inside the band · claims striking defense -2 (-6) Durability — Weak, rated 3 of 100 · stats only — nothing in his reads bears on this axis Wrestling — Below avg, rated 26 of 100 · stats only — nothing in his reads bears on this axis TD Defense — Below avg, rated 28 of 100 · 138 MMA tag td defense: suspect · Jul 2025 · stats read 30 → nudged -2 inside the band · claims td defense -2 (-4) Grappling — Below avg, rated 37 of 100 · stats only — nothing in his reads bears on this axis Control — Weak, rated 16 of 100 · stats only — nothing in his reads bears on this axis Striking Accuracy Striking D Durability Wrestling TD Defense Grappling Control
striking decent
2 analyst reads graded this phase
  • decent UFC Fight Night Whittaker vs de Ridder Full Card Analysis, Prediction & Breakdown · July 21, 2025 watch ↗
  • decent UFC Fight Night Sandhagen vs Nurmagomedov Full Card Analysis, Prediction & Breakdown (UFC Abu Dhabi) · July 30, 2024 watch ↗
grappling not yet read
wrestling not yet read
cardio not yet read
durability not yet read
striking decent 2 reads
grappling not yet read
wrestling not yet read
cardio not yet read
durability not yet read

138 MMA anchors Striking, Striking D, TD Defense · his tags and claims adjust Accuracy · stats alone on Durability, Wrestling, Grappling, Control.

Built on 29 minutes of tracked cage time across 3 statted fights — every axis is held down until there is more tape, so read this as a sketch rather than a verdict.

Striker below avg striking — rates 39 of 100 · 138 MMA: striking decent · Jul 2025
Submission Grappler below avg grappling — rates 37 of 100 among UFC veterans
Suspect TD Defense 138 MMA · Jul 2025 tags td defense: suspect
Career rates — the raw numbers behind the chart
Sig. strikes landed / min3.5
Sig. strikes absorbed / min6.39
Striking accuracy39.8%
Striking defense43.1%
Knockdowns / 15 min0.0
Takedowns / 15 min0.5
Takedown accuracy20.0%
Takedown defense42.9%
Sub attempts / 15 min0.5
Control time1.6%
Record vs .500+ opponents0-0

Insider info

3 analyst reads · 138 MMA · our paraphrase, never his words
vs Steven Nguyen clear UFC Fight Night Whittaker vs de Ridder Full Card Analysis, Prediction & Breakdown · July 21, 2025
strikingdecent

says it would be hard to pick Yahya to win and that he isn't UFC level; no route to a Yahya win is offered

A journeyman whose bookings have mostly come on cards held in the Middle East. His hands carry fair pop and a fair ability to time a counter, yet nothing else holds up: his guard on the feet is shaky, he rarely initiates offense, and his wrestling defense lags too. The breakdown openly doubts he has what it takes at this level.

Strengthdecent power
Strengthdecent countering ability
Weaknesspoor striking defense
Weaknesslow output
Weaknesspoor takedown defense
ko power · decenttd defense · suspect
vs Kaue Fernandes clear UFC Fight Night Sandhagen vs Nurmagomedov Full Card Analysis, Prediction & Breakdown (UFC Abu Dhabi) · July 30, 2024 · 1 read since
strikingdecent

A flat, unhedged pick: Fernandes is called the superior fighter in every area with no expected difficulty. The only caveats raised concern his own method on the ground, not the outcome.

A counter-reliant striker with real pop who lands his shots reasonably often, but commits to such a low-output, reactive style that he can get caught mid-counter and has to recover. His ability to stop takedowns is described as shaky.

Strengthconnects reliably when countering
Strengthreal punching pop
Weaknessvery low output
Weaknesscan get caught attempting to counter
Weaknessshaky takedown defense
td defense · suspect
vs Trevor Peek clear UFC 294 Full Card Breakdown, Predictions, & Analysis · October 18, 2023 · 2 reads since

Names Peek as the winner repeatedly, with no hedge on the outcome itself. The only hedge present is about betting timing -- he says the value was better earlier and he would not play it at this price now -- which per the standing rule is price commentary, not an outcome hedge, so it does not null or discount the pick.

Mohammad Yahya hits with real pop and prefers to work off the counter, but that counter-heavy style sometimes leaves his own output a little thin. His defense draws real criticism -- overly spot-picking, prone to gaps, and having eaten clean shots in his fights -- and his takedown defense is shaky too. The analyst expects this to play out as a pure striking contest, framed as unfavorable for him.

Strengthreal power
Strengthcounter-striking
Weaknessoutput sometimes a little thin
Weaknessoverly selective positioning, gaps in his defense
Weaknesstakedown defense shaky
counter striking · goodtd defense · suspect

Striking trend

Sig. strikes/min, last 3 fights · green = win
October 21, 2023 vs Trevor Peek — 2.87/min (L) Oct '23 August 3, 2024 vs Kaue Fernandes — 0.84/min (L) — only 4.8 min of tape, so this rate reflects how fast the fight ended more than how he fought Aug '24 July 26, 2025 vs Steven Nguyen — 5.7/min (L) Jul '25

Fight history

3 UFC bouts · newest first · opponent records as of fight night
L Steven Nguyen 0-1 walk-in KO/TKO · R2 5:00 — UFC Fight Night: Whittaker vs. De Ridder · July 26, 2025
57/151Sig. strikes
92/174Absorbed
0/4Takedowns
0:05Control
0Knockdowns
0Sub attempts
L Kaue Fernandes 0-1 walk-in KO/TKO · R1 4:45 — UFC Fight Night: Sandhagen vs. Nurmagomedov · August 3, 2024
4/18Sig. strikes
37/63Absorbed
0/0Takedowns
0:00Control
0Knockdowns
0Sub attempts
L Trevor Peek 1-1 walk-in Decision - Unanimous · R3 5:00 — UFC 294: Makhachev vs. Volkanovski 2 · October 21, 2023
43/92Sig. strikes
61/97Absorbed
1/1Takedowns
0:24Control
0Knockdowns
1Sub attempts

Walk-in records count UFC bouts in this database. For the pre-UFC career, see the record breakdown below or the Tapology button up top.

Record breakdown

UFC bouts in this database
0-3-0UFC record

Wins by method

KO/TKO 0
Submission 0
Decision 0
Other 0

Losses by method

KO/TKO 2
Submission 0
Decision 1
Other 0

Fights by organization

UFC 3

Showing UFC fights only — this fighter's full pre-UFC career hasn't been synced yet. It will fill in as the weekly career backfill reaches them.

Division context

vs. 134 qualified Featherweight fighters · tick = division mean
Striking volume /min 3.5 avg 3.6
Strikes absorbed /min 6.4 avg 3.6
Striking accuracy 39.8% avg 45.0%
Striking defense 43.1% avg 55.3%
Takedowns /15 min 0.5 avg 1.5
Takedown accuracy 20.0% avg 37.4%
Takedown defense 42.9% avg 60.2%
Sub attempts /15 min 0.5 avg 0.6
Control time 1.6% avg 20.1%

Headshot of Mohammad Yahya by UFC · Official UFC athlete photo (copyright UFC; not freely licensed) · Wikimedia Commons · flattened onto dark background, cropped/resized