Every fighter is
part of a path.

Trace the shortest documented chain of professional bouts between two fighters. Then compare recent form, finishes, title experience and the quality coverage of their recorded opposition.

7,631connected identities

11,111documented links

6maximum degrees searched

Aug 29, 2026graph checked

Shortest documented route

Islam Makhachev → Alex Pereira

4degrees

Islam MakhachevfoughtIvica Truscek

M-1 Challenge 51 - Fightspirit

Sep 7, 2014WSubmission (Triangle Choke)

Ivica TruscekfoughtAbus Magomedov

FFC 26 - Final Fight Championship 26

Sep 23, 2016LSubmission (Rear-Naked Choke)

Abus MagomedovfoughtSean Strickland

UFC on ESPN 48 - Strickland vs. Magomedov

Jul 1, 2023LTKO (Punches)

Sean StricklandfoughtAlex Pereira

UFC 276 - Adesanya vs. Cannonier

Jul 2, 2022LKO (Punches)

What this means: every step is a documented professional bout. It does not claim that the fighters trained together, have equal ability or would produce the same result against each other.

Career context, side by side

Numbers with their limits exposed.

These values are calculated from each source-listed professional career. They describe recorded history; they are not a prediction or proprietary ranking.

Islam Makhachev

versus

Alex Pereira

29–1–0Professional record13–4–0

30Recorded pro bouts17

W–W–W–W–WLast five resultsL–W–L–W–W

18 (62%)Wins by finish11 (85%)

7Verified title fights0

2010–2026Recorded active span2015–2026

10Opponents with full record coverage11

78%Covered opponents’ career win rate80%

Islam MakhachevOpen career source ↗Alex PereiraOpen career source ↗

Shared opposition

Common-opponent ledger

0shared opponents

No shared opponent is present in the compiled graph for this pair.

Common-opponent results are context, not MMA algebra. Timing, weight class, preparation, judging and fighter development can all differ.

Open methodology

How the Atlas path is built

One bout becomes one edge

Every verified fighter identity is a point in the graph. A source-listed professional bout creates a two-way connection between the two opponents.

The shortest route wins

A breadth-first search checks documented opponents layer by layer and returns the first route found, up to six degrees.

Coverage stays visible

Strength-of-opposition context uses only opponents whose full records are already compiled. The coverage count appears beside the percentage.

No prediction is implied

The tool does not forecast fights, rank athletes or turn shared opponents into a claim about who is better.