5 UFC fighters who are on surprisingly long winning streaks

#2. Movsar Evloev – UFC featherweight contender (5 fights)

Movsar Evloev has yet to taste defeat in one of the UFC's most loaded divisions

The UFC’s featherweight top 15 contains just three undefeated fighters. While everyone knows all about reigning champion Alexander Volkanovski and prospect Bryce Mitchell, who had a recent breakout showing against Edson Barboza, fewer fans are aware of Movsar Evloev.

However, the Russian not only possesses an unbeaten MMA record of 15-0, but he’s also riding a five-fight winning streak in the octagon, making him one of the most accomplished fighters in the promotion to be flying under the radar right now.

Evloev’s unbeaten streak in the octagon dates back to his promotional debut in April 2019. Since beating Seung Woo Choi in that bout, he’s gone onto defeat Enrique Barzola, Mike Grundy, Nik Lentz and Hakeem Dawodu.

Like Arnold Allen, who is probably a couple of fights ahead of the Russian at this point, it’s quite clear why Evloev has been flying under the radar. All of his fights, bar none, have come in preliminary fights, and he is yet to finish a foe inside the octagon.

Despite this, any fighter who can put together a run of five straight wins in one of the UFC’s most loaded divisions has to be taken seriously. So if Evloev can defeat his next opponent, top 10-ranked Dan Ige, he certainly won’t be able to fly under the radar for any longer.

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#1. Paul Craig – UFC light heavyweight contender (6 fights)

Paul Craig is a genuine dark horse in the light-heavyweight division

Ask any UFC fan about the potential contenders floating around in the light heavyweight division and a handful of names would instantly come to mind.

Jiri Prochazka, who is set to fight champion Glover Teixeira for the division’s title in the near future, would obviously be one, while Aleksandar Rakic and Magomed Ankalaev – the latter of whom is riding the division’s longest winning streak with eight fights – would probably be two of the others.

Few fans would probably suggest that Scotland’s Paul Craig is a genuine title contender. However, the truth is that right now, it’s hard to ignore him, especially as he’s on a surprisingly lengthy unbeaten run of six fights.

Craig’s unbeaten run dates back to late 2019, when he choked out Vinicius Moreira. Since then, outside of a semi-controversial draw with former champ Mauricio ‘Shogun’ Rua, who he later beat via TKO in a rematch, ‘Bearjew’ has been perfect.

Even more impressively, he hasn’t gone the distance with any of his opponents, finishing them all via either TKO or submission, including hot prospect Jamahal Hill, who had his arm snapped by the Scotsman in June 2021.

Essentially, only Ankalaev is riding a better run than Craig in the light heavyweight division right now. When you consider that ‘Bearjew’ was responsible for the Dagestani’s only career defeat, it’s safe to say that despite some earlier losses, he’s absolutely for real and is on arguably the UFC’s most surprising win streak.